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No I didn't, gut feel is that the gearbox would go again so I left it

Going to keep looking !

On 3/12/2021 at 11:01 AM, Pinkers said:

Hi Imran,

Have a March 2006 X type Classic Estate, AWD, Automatic, 2.5 V6 Petrol, British Racing Green, all black leather interior . Current mileage is 32912, mot till 15/04/2021 but will have new mot done prior to sale. The car has been owned by me since Feb 2010 has been well maintained and is still in very good condition. Any inspection /trial is welcome, Any further details / information that you may need, please contact me , thanks

Sorry bud, I only go for black cars

I'm sure yours will go quick with that low Mileage!

Bump - still looking

I took a car at a dealers for a test drive which had everything i was looking

The test drive went fine so i paid for the car and went to drive off.

I engaged drive and the car wouldnt move forward so i was literally stuck at the lights outside the garage! It would just rev away even if i tried the semi auto controls.

I tried reverse and reverse worked fine.

I called the garage owner out and he managed to get it to engage drive by slamming it quite firmly in drive but admitted there was a problem straight away and gave me a refund.

I was gutted because the car was everything i was looking for and low mileage at 95k.

Fast forward to today and the garage has just rang me up and said they have done an Oil change and service and this has fixed the issue.

My gut instinct is that the gearbox problem is much bigger than an Oil change and even if that has fixed the problem it will just come up again in the future and it may have to be replaced with a costly bill.

Has anyone had a similar problem with the Xtype petrol estates and will an Oil change really fix this type of problem? Its a 2007 estate petrol with the semi auto gear.

Im in 2 minds as to whether i should go back as they did make me wait ages for it to be MOT'd and washed after i paid a deposit.

Thanks

Bump and update

I took a car at a dealers for a test drive which had everything i was looking

The test drive went fine so i paid for the car and went to drive off.

I engaged drive and the car wouldnt move forward so i was literally stuck at the lights outside the garage! It would just rev away even if i tried the semi auto controls.

I tried reverse and reverse worked fine.

I called the garage owner out and he managed to get it to engage drive by slamming it quite firmly in drive but admitted there was a problem straight away and gave me a refund.

I was gutted because the car was everything i was looking for and low mileage at 95k.

Fast forward to today and the garage has just rang me up and said they have done an Oil change and service and this has fixed the issue.

My gut instinct is that the gearbox problem is much bigger than an Oil change and even if that has fixed the problem it will just come up again in the future and it may have to be replaced with a costly bill.

Has anyone had a similar problem with the Xtype petrol estates and will an Oil change really fix tthis type of person? Its a 2007 with the semi auto gear.

Im in 2 minds as to whether i should go back as they did make me wait ages for it to be MOT'd and washed after i paid a deposit.

Thanks

Bump - Stil looking

Thanks Rod,

Just a petrol for me as I'm only doing short distances. Thanks

Thanks i saw that but was put off with the price for such a high mileage example

Hi All

Im looking for a black X type estate, must be a petrol auto with the sat nav screen & black leather.

Funds ready to go!