fair price for a 2012 reg, just passed MOT in March,

central locking fault and smoke at startup


https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104091181074 2017 SEAT Ateca 4drive 2.0 xcellence (May 2022 -
2007 HSE with HST bodykit in Zermatt Silver 169,700 miles (dec 2016 - May 2022 )
2007 Honda Civic Type S GT (2012-2017)
2002 Mini Cooper S (2008-2012)
1992 Honda Legend 3.2i (2003-2008)
1990 Honda Concerto (1999-2003)
1985 Honda Accord (1997-1999)
1983 Honda Accord (1993-1997)
1983 Mini Mayfair (1988-1993)
1974 Mini 1000 (1979-1986)

If the Dealer selling it doesn't want to get it fixed, I bet it's something expensive causing the smoke on start up. Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

yeah, someone smoking a spliff in the boot . .  2017 SEAT Ateca 4drive 2.0 xcellence (May 2022 -
2007 HSE with HST bodykit in Zermatt Silver 169,700 miles (dec 2016 - May 2022 )
2007 Honda Civic Type S GT (2012-2017)
2002 Mini Cooper S (2008-2012)
1992 Honda Legend 3.2i (2003-2008)
1990 Honda Concerto (1999-2003)
1985 Honda Accord (1997-1999)
1983 Honda Accord (1993-1997)
1983 Mini Mayfair (1988-1993)
1974 Mini 1000 (1979-1986)

 Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

I hope hes got that jiggly pin as explained in, "Emergency release for the rear hatch"

I wonder if it is a "We buy any car " vehicle that has ended up there. They must buy some right lemons at times, evidenced by one of my daughters selling her Evoque to them with non functioning aircon, due to the compressor not having a pulley on it.
She was quoted £1k to repair it before she sold it.

I paid half that for my 2009MY SE, with less mileage, but a nut in a cylinder.
Mine has cost me another £1k to get it sorted (piston replaced, low mileage head, new brakes all round and a DIY reconditioned rear diff), but for £3k I have an immaculate 58 plate SE with 120,000 on the clock. 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.

Would agree with gasman the fact a dealer or possibly more than one is passing on fixing this makes me think they know the problem and just trying to shift it. What colour smoke is not mentioned, and may be injectors yes and one of another hundred or so possibilities.

As an aside never seen one with interior seats like the one below.

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/41012771/clea...nder-sandy

Possible import, two tone seats are a continental options for many makes, so Malta, Cyprus and a couple of others who drive on the left, whether it could be a far east is another option. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

2 tone seats like that were pretty common on early Freelander 2`s with SE spec.

I quite like the colour scheme. Pity there are no pics of the drivers seat as methinks it probably has the common split squab.

dondiddy wrote:

2 tone seats like that were pretty common on early Freelander 2`s with SE spec.

Yes I looked at a couple of SEs in that colour, but preferred the blue/ black, which is what I eventually found.
 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.

Or was it more of a case of NOT maintained by a moron?

Bogart wrote:

Or was it more of a case of NOT maintained by a moron?

I suspect the previous owner didn't do anything but wash it. When maintenance was done, they took the vehicle to a moron, who clearly was mechanically inept.
The paint is lovely (although some low life has just keyed 6" of the RH rear door for me )
The interior was like new, with the exception of some oily marks on the door card, which I've now cleaned.
However I've had to undo loads of bodges from the previous moronic repairer, but I now think I'm sorted, and it's lovely. 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.