My Son who is selling his, BMW on Gumtree, received a phone call asking to view the car.
3 Gentlemen arrived from an EU Eastern Country and looked round the car with interest.
They then asked for the bonnet to be lifted so they could check the injectors, one of the Gentlemen said that he had spotted an oil leak and reached down, disconnected one of the leads to the Turbo and confirmed no oil leak and asked for a test drive. As soon as my Son started off on the run a warning flag came up on the Dash.
Fortunately, Andy realised they had interfered with the car and challenged them and returned home and directed them to do one. All confirmed in the morning and loose cable reattached.
Lesson 1 never allow multi buyers to turn up. Lesson 2 never show a buyer the car at night.
Gumtree & eBay are the most likely to be Scammers and time wasters.

They also trick you to turn your back and put oil in the water.

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That only works if the cap to the expansion tank comes off easily. Never did on my FL2!

No, you missed the actual issue. Any sensible person would not a have bought, with two barge poles end to end, a BMW... or Toyota for that matter! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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"Gentlemen?"
That's not the word I'd use to describe them.
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2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Lightwater wrote:

No, you missed the actual issue. Any sensible person would not a have bought, with two barge poles end to end, a BMW... or Toyota for that matter!

Bobupndown wrote:

"Gentlemen?"
That's not the word I'd use to describe them.
.😡

I have to be mindful on this site as I was accused of being racist about the French, when all I was saying is they make cars.

I think French cars have improved in recent years. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Gone.
2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE. Gone.
Audi A5 convertible, my daily driver.
1972 Hillman Avenger GT, the project.

The old Pug diesel was a great engine.
Had 205, 305 and 405 diesels - really easy to work on. Jules

Yes those diesil engines were great, had a 309 , bx , and xantia all very economical

jules wrote:

The old Pug diesel was a great engine.
Had 205, 305 and 405 diesels - really easy to work on.

I thought that the FL2 Diesel engine was developed from a French PSA engine.

If so I have no complaints. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

zum Thema Skoda Yeti, und zuverlässig 🙈🙈🙈ich hab nach meinem Frontera B 2.2 TDI für 5 Jahre einen Skoda Yeti 2.O TDI 170 PS Allrad gefahren. Der hat mir an Wartung und Reparaturen 8000€ gekostet und als ich ihn beim Händler für meinen Freelander 2 SD4 HSE in Zahlung gegeben habe standen Reparatur für weitere 2000€ an. Außerdem ist der Freelander 2 in Sachen Fahrkomfort und nutzen sowie Gelände um Welten besser. Ich bin so froh das ich noch einen der letzten Freelander 2 kaufen konnte

Ja, der Freelander 2 ist komfortabler und besser gebaut als der Yeti und leistungsstärker und bietet bei guter Pflege eine gute Zuverlässigkeit. 2013 FL2 XS.
Defender 90 300 TDi.
Defender 90 300 TDi CSW.
1964 MGB Roadster.
1944 Willys MB "Jeep" with bullet holes. (gone)
17 hand Irish Drought Thoroughbred (mostly lame)
Nagging Old Boiler.

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