Ok my mate bought this off a member on here on Sunday there from Wrexham. We travelled from Central Scotland so it was a bit of a trek.
Anyways, we got there and gave the car a once over and a very quick test drive. Bar a few marks and bits which we didn't expect (and was left off the ad) it was a good enough car so the deal was done and we headed back up the M6.
This is where things started to go wrong. We got as far Carlisle services and my mate turned into the car park looking pissed right off, it turned out to be for good reason. The exhaust was blowing badly, very badly. We thought it might have came loose at the connector so we jacked it up and I went under to find this. A 1" wide 2" long hole in the 3" downpipe right on the elbow. If you look closely you can see the patch that was welded onto it to cover the hole. The guy claimed to have no knowledge of any damage and said it must have been the company that caused it when they fitted it
We made or way loudly back up the road when the car started to run a touch rough. The next morning the idle was very bad so we opened the bonnet to find this. It was wrapped up in black insulation tape so was very well hidden. It worked its way loose on the way home and was hanging off. Anyone any idea what this pipe is and where it goes to as that's obviously the cause of the rough idling.
So that's the eventful few days of mk5 ownership my mates had lol. Not quite what he imagined.
