Couldn't make this up! The car I am interested in has been to an Indy, had a LOT of faults fixed by the current owner (4x new tyres, that sort of thing). Indy has called me to say the car is kosher and now only has a few minor issues (slight weep from diff, CD player doesn't always play CD on first insertion, front-left dash speaker is not working)
So i popped over with the GF tonight to buy the car.
1 - GF's Mini's gearbox went bang 200 yards from sellers house.... managed to get there but.....
2 - My Barclays bank account (despite twice confirming on the phone my account can do up to 50k transfer online) actually is limited to 10k!
So I've (rather embarrasingly) had to apologise to the current owner and agree to make payment via Barclays Branch tomorrow.... He seemed fine with this and we have signed the V5 so i think it's a done deal
Ended up coming home in the Mini - on the back of an RAC truck after waiting for 90 minutes at a local petrol station to be rescued!
On the plus side, we think the gearbox is ok (changes ok still) and that we actually hit a pothole which has wrenched part of the gearbox oil seal off causing a leak.
On the downside, i somehow have to try and sleep tonight....!
So i popped over with the GF tonight to buy the car.
1 - GF's Mini's gearbox went bang 200 yards from sellers house.... managed to get there but.....
2 - My Barclays bank account (despite twice confirming on the phone my account can do up to 50k transfer online) actually is limited to 10k!
So I've (rather embarrasingly) had to apologise to the current owner and agree to make payment via Barclays Branch tomorrow.... He seemed fine with this and we have signed the V5 so i think it's a done deal
Ended up coming home in the Mini - on the back of an RAC truck after waiting for 90 minutes at a local petrol station to be rescued!
On the plus side, we think the gearbox is ok (changes ok still) and that we actually hit a pothole which has wrenched part of the gearbox oil seal off causing a leak.
On the downside, i somehow have to try and sleep tonight....!