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Hi when it comes to calliper carriers judicious use of a blowtorch normally sorts it.

Great Colin, Hope said son has been involved in finding and installing this, otherwise they can take it for granted such things just appear out of fresh air! Kind regards, Gareth.

07 car, so you got the same key as me. Make 100% sure the batterys in correctly. The LED will still flash even if battery is not installed correctly, start there, i had this after i lost keys and had to have new keys made, they refused to open the car, then one day i stuck new batterys in desperation and they worked a charm after they, they shouldnt need re-syncing. You can see if they need re-sync by starting the car, it will say SAFE in the clock if the key is not presenting valid data to the barrel

Alls well that ends well😀

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂 sounds like a great collection of cars!

Its amazing how things can happen, was out in the driveway last night and a guy from the top of my street commented how nice my sons A3 looked. He mentioned his son had a 2020 A3 but it got wrote off and he got another car on the insurance. I mentioned I needed a spare wheel and he quickly got on his phone rung his son up and found out he had a 18" Audi spacesaver (125/70/18) in his shed. I bought it from him for £30 , also bought a 2.5T Jack / toolkit from Amazon and am awaiting 5 wheel bolts for the spacesaver from GSF cars. The best thing is the subwoofer fits perfectly inside the spacesaver wheel. My son is a happy chappie !!!

Hello Jay, I think you are missing the all important point that he doesn’t have to tell you what is wrong with the car - it is up to you to assess the vehicle before you buy it. Now if he uses phrases such as ‘good condition’, ‘drives beautifully’ etc. then the vehicle must meet those descriptions. If his description is non-specific then the court is quite likely to simply judge its condition against that description. If you show us a copy of the advert then I’m sure it will be possible to advise how sound your claim will be. Regrettably, your written contact with him mentioning fault codes etc. dilutes your case by inferring you are ‘….handy with cars…’ which is what you have said, so you should be more capable than most of assessing what you were buying. I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but Clifford’s advice maybe worth a coat of thinking about, and you may end up with expenditure on reports etc. which may just result in more hassle than the worth of the outcome. Just send us a copy of the advert description Jay and we will then have a far better idea of what you are up against, and things maybe much brighter than my pessimistic view. Kind regards, Gareth.

John. You have not mentioned how much you paid for the car, but I doubt it was a lot considering its age and mileage, in which case I fear it will cost you more in money and time to get recompense than the car is worth. I suggest you swallow the bitter pill and accept that you have been conned, then move on to either repairing or replacing the car.

I'm assuming you bought it privately in which case there's not much come back. You could try small claims court. Please keep us posted on how you get on.

Thanks Ian for looking, the same size tyres as my sons so I will look for that particular size space saver (125/70/18) and tools as i know it will fit in the wheel well. Regards Colin