So as some of you are aware, I need an engine for my daily driver

I rang around a few car breakers and found a few places with the correct engine but a lot of them were high milers or Mental money. I found a guy up in Newry, Northern Ireland who informed me that he had an engine out of a 2010 with 90k Km's (50k miles), the deal was he wanted £1200 stg plus a €400 deposit to get his engine and exchange my old one, he insisted that he needed stg. This cost me €1759 plus the €400 refundable deposit, I asked him on numerous occasions that it was a 2010 engine with 90kms. He assured me on each occasion that it was. I drove 3 hrs to his place to find a manky engine with the timing belt changed at 95k MILES!! He tried to tell me that they were KM's as it was a Southern reg'd pickup, I went to look at the pick up which had had a dogs life by the amount of dents and rust on it, he'd removed the no. Plates but I had a look inside and found an old insurance cert and tax disc for a 2006 l200 4Life!!

Shower of lying B***ards. He then tried telling me it was a genuine mistake, Bullsh*t!!, he insisted that the engine was worth every penny and he had a lad who'd buy it, but that he felt bad that I'd had a 6 hr round trip and that I'd lose €100 changing the Stg back to Euro, he still wanted all the money and my old engine which I'd have to bring back up to him(6hrs). I told him to get lost and phoned Ken in Mullingar Car Breakers, he assured me he had a 2008 engine with 72k miles and I could hear it / see it running to verify the mileage for €1400. I told him to pull the engine and that I was on the way. Ken is a total Gentleman, he gave me the engine for €1150 as all my money was in Stg and I could only scrape up €1200 between myself and my mam who had come up with me to do some shopping. He didn't want my old engine as exchange either, so I have a few bits I can sell off to make some of my money back!!

If you need car parts in Ireland, I would highly recommend Ken in Mullingar Car Dismantlers and I would avoid the other crowd in Newry as they are untrustworthy and go to great lengths to make it an expensive ordeal if you do catch them out!! If anyone's looking for the name of these Cowboy, Gangster Breakers, PM me and I'll give you their names so you don't get stung as I did!!!

Edited August 12, 201510 yr by Richie K

Glad you got it sorted in the end, sure it worked out cheaper!

It did indeed Jay, might be able to get the Z done as well as the Pickup:thumbup1:

Glad you got it sorted in the end, sure it worked out cheaper!

 

Yup - my thoughts too mate...:clover:

I don't understand how these people think they can do business this way.. Lying through their teeth to get you to go to a lot of bother and expecting you to just accept it and pay up if they get caught out, just because "you've come all this way and it would be a shame to go home empty handed" attitude. It cost me €50 for diesel, I've lost €98 on the exchange rate from changing Euro to Pounds and back to Euro plus all the time travelling.. We left at 11 am and didn't get home till 9.30. The guys a Total Dick!!!

Cannot understand how people can lie through their teeth, very frustrating, and you havent even factored in a full day of your time

Cannot understand how people can lie through their teeth, very frustrating, and you havent even factored in a full day of your time