Hi

 

Have any of you used this company, there offering a low milage engine with all bits and fitting, 12 months warranty, parts and labour for £3000, is that worth it. Still waiting for the rebuild price.

 

Cheerz

John

 

[This message has been edited by John Whelan (edited 19-02-2002).]

Sounds expensive to me for what is just a second hand engine. I'd want a rebuild for that money. What they are offering is a second hand engine which might go wrong.

 

They are effectively offering 'free insurance' rather than a warranty. The term warranty is inappropriate for anything second hand. You can't warrant something unless you know it's quality.

 

This may sound picky but it's an important point. A true warranty costs the company nothing because they are warranting that the goods are of the described quality - and they are in a position to know it. If it costs them nothing to offer a warranty then you (the customer) don't have to pay for it.

 

Insurance DOES have a cost because x% of times they'll have to pay out. And at the end of the day the customer pays for that.

 

Dave

Dave's right!

 

£3k is expensive and you could have the engine rebuilt for less (depending on actual damage)

 

I have some good contacts who could turn the job round for you.

 

Steve

John,

I think Timmy Turbo paid around £2500 for his rebuild at SE and they are not renowned as being the cheapest, although the majority of their work is fixed price. £3000 for fitting a secondhand engine sounds expensive to me.

you could buy another car for that kind of money

Bloody hell, you could get 3 second hand engines for that much!!