Hi everyone I am Richard and have just got a 2006 S-Type 2.7 Diesel.

Wasn't a planned buy but the owner was desperate to get shut of it as it has faults and he'd got sick of throwing money at it, and his local garages wouldn't touch it so he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. 

I'm an extremely enthusiastic amateur mechanic with, even if I say so myself a pretty good setup and the tools and equipment to do most tasks and am also used to completely stripping and rebuilding cars so I figured I'd give it a go. Plus as a UK national living in the Black Forest in Germany I felt somewhat honour bound to try to rescue the poor thing ;0)

I usually work on older cars but actually work in software for a large auto manufacturer so figured it would also be a good opportunity to get to work on something more modern than usual. 

Hi Richard, good on you. Here's hoping you can get the problems resolved and another great car back on the roads.

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