To think I almost considered sending Saint a Pm about this when I heard it was for sale, lucky escape for sure.
I'd of easily threw a TC and box at it and buffed out the bramble scratches, lol.
Not wishing to denigrate Saint, something obviously went seriously tits up which was outwith his control or knowledge, can happen to any machine.
Someone mentioned tow truck liabilities re. repatriation.......
Hmmmm, anyone got a white Fiat Uno they can lend?
I know a underpass.....
There is no way I could have known that the engine was going to go bang in 6 months time - Pluribus even said the engine has been brilliant and pulled like a train up until this failure.
When I sold the car, I told him everything I knew was wrong with the car and gave rough costs, including the fact it would need extensive gearbox work.
The engine was religiously serviced by me in the 5 years I owned her, she never missed a beat engine wise....we had a few electrical issues, and a couple of annoying air locks that took ages to trace, but I could never have known the engine crank was going to snap, it is impossible to know or predict.
I have never hidden from the car, or run away at his first issues he posted. I stand by the car and I would not have sold it to a fellow forum member and made the sale so public in front of my peers had I known it was going to give the poor guy so much hassle, it would only do harm to my help and advice I try to giv others on here.
I really do feel for the chap, I bought the car of my dreams and on the first day had issues with it which I am not to manly to admit brought me to tears - I spent all I had on buying the L322 and had little left initially to fix a fault that occured within an hour of picking her up, I was heartbroken....but in the 5 years I owned her, I lavished well over £21k in repairs, parts, servicing and diagnostics to keep her running....when my time and money ran out along with having a young daughter I needed to evaluate the priorities and the L322 had to go - and I still regret the sale as I loved that car....but The gearbox work required was out of my bdget, so I sold on to someone who had a small pot of money to sort out the issues she had that I knew about.
Never in a million years would I have ever thought the crank would snap as it is almost unheard of on the M62 engine....and considering it is an engine that is about 6/7 years old and fitted by LR, it is beyond anything I could ever have imagined to think would happen, and if I did - I certainly wouldn't sell it to a forum member and make the sale so public if it was going to tarnish me and ridicule me as (what I hope I am) a respected member of this forum.
