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[Ronald_McBurger]

re: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120106874773&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:UK:1

I emailed this guy a couple of questions and pointed out that the cambelt was 3k overdue changing as he proudly stated that it had been changed at 66k (mileage now 109k). He then edited the listing so as to conceal this and indeed imply it has recently been done with his new wording. He then sent me the following:


look wisecrack if your not having the car stop bothering me, its irrelevant to me

Just thought you guys may want to be aware of that in case you were thinking of buying it.

[Taxi_Driver]

Cheers for the info Ron......i thought it was one i had looked at.....the seller on that one states cambelt changes every 60k.....but its a different one.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have asked a question to.....

[ClarCE]

I have asked a question to.....

Me 3..

[Admin]

Funnily enough, me as well.   Including the question of what happened to the front seats....

[tunnie]

Funnily enough, me as well.   Including the question of what happened to the front seats....

Being x-plod be cloth seats so he has sourced pre-facelift leather by the looks of things.

[Matchless]

Front and rear seats are pre-facelift leather, car is facelift. So what happened to the front seat airbags?
Not aware of any way to connect old seats into later car so would guess that he has removed the airbag warning bulb and I think that means that the whole airbag and seatbelt tensioner system is inoperative.

If he knows this and is selling an unsafe car then he is breaking the law.

[Andy B]

Front and rear seats are pre-facelift leather, car is facelift. So what happened to the front seat airbags?
Not aware of any way to connect old seats into later car so would guess that he has removed the airbag warning bulb and I think that means that the whole airbag and seatbelt tensioner system is inoperative.

If he knows this and is selling an unsafe car then he is breaking the law.

Mine's a 99 MINI face lift but has seats with pyrotechnics in. Are they the same (electrically) as face lift cars' seats?

[TheBoy]

Front and rear seats are pre-facelift leather, car is facelift. So what happened to the front seat airbags?
Not aware of any way to connect old seats into later car so would guess that he has removed the airbag warning bulb and I think that means that the whole airbag and seatbelt tensioner system is inoperative.

If he knows this and is selling an unsafe car then he is breaking the law.

Mine's a 99 MINI face lift but has seats with pyrotechnics in. Are they the same (electrically) as face lift cars' seats?

Yes, though not sure if connectors the same.

Pre 98 cars had mechanical type pretensioners (and no side airbags)

[The Barge Captain]

My 97 minifacelift has airbags in the side of the seats.

[x25xe]

Sounds like a good honest trader then!

What a T****r to send a reply like that.  Should be banned from e-bay I reckon.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Seem to recall that plod cars did not have side airbags.....

[STMO123]

So I dont feel left out, I've asked him about the cambelt as well

[ClarCE]

So I dont feel left out, I've asked him about the cambelt as well

Excellent  

I love the bit at the bottom: no more silly questions please - fool.

[Danny]

i think any of us would be well within our rights to report him for his listing, explaining about his responses to our questions, the more the merrier

after all, we're only gonna be looking out for the future owner who's engine will fall apart within the next few hundred miles unless s/he gets the cambelt done him/herself upon purchase!