I know this HAS to be too good to be true but I thought I'd get your opinion.

I noticed a sweet priced but slightly roughed up 2.0 140 TDI Laurin and Klement 2006 Octavia at a huge car supermarket. Within my price and way better in terms of options than any car I can afford right now. I went along to test drive it on Sunday. I was given the keys and turned it over. This is what I found:

Emissions warning - EGR?

Droping revs on tickover - Vacuum leak? MAF Sensor?

Airbag Warning

Oil Pressure Warning - No sodding oil in it??

PAS failure

ESP failure

ABS failure - MK60 G201 issue

(Obviously I decided a test drive was not what it , or indeed I, needed)

Could it all be down to a goosed ECU?

An oiky slaes guy barked ' we can fix that' before he even had any idea of the extent of the fault codes.

My question is this; should I just walk away or give these guys the chance to resolve all of the issues before delivery?

I guess I can boomerang it straight back if any of the noted faults showed up again.

I've got some cash burning a hole in my pocket for a car that I'd never own from new and would struggle to own S/H.

My gut says go for it but screw down the price and haggle for an AA 12 month warranty to cover the faults in the deal.

Is my heart over ruling my head here?

Any advice would be very welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

with that many faults if it was me i'd run, not walk!

Avoid like the plague, to sort that lot out is going to cost the garage a small fortune and I would expect them to cut corners due to the cost. if the engine really is low on oil then who knows how goosed the turbo and engine are.

Walk away, I waited and kept looking, mostly at the Skoda used cars and Autotrader websites, for about 9 months before the car in the spec I was looking for became available at a price I could afford, I know your heart is screaming at you to say sod it and go for it but believe me there are better cars out there and you will thank yourself in the long run for being patient and waiting for a good car at the right price.

Ian.

Walk away, I waited and kept looking, mostly at the Skoda used cars and Autotrader websites, for about 9 months before the car in the spec I was looking for became available at a price I could afford, I know your heart is screaming at you to say sod it and go for it but believe me there are better cars out there and you will thank yourself in the long run for being patient and waiting for a good car at the right price.

Ian.

I would definitely agree, walk away from a car with this much wrong.

Only p[roblem with trying to find a L&K at a Skoda franchised dealer is the very high prices that they are asking.

When I was looking at dealer prices for 2009 Octavia L&K TDi DSG Estate under 10k miles, they were only about 1k less than the VAT free offer price.

John.

Thanks guys.

That is exactly what my head was trying to tell me.

I have never liked the idea of large 'stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap' places. This was my first visit to one and the first and only car I looked at was a dog. God alone knows what state the other 3,000 cars are in.

Shame really because if it was AOK it would have been a reasonable buy.

I'll just keep looking.

Thanks again.

Mark