We had the first viewing of the car a week ago and, understandably, they were suspicious of a nice shiny Lupo with only a few weeks left on the MOT - with the Caddy on the way we simply needed a quick sale. To help the car sell better we decided to put it through a test, which it passed with flying colours; not a single thing wrong...
...until the emissions test!
As suspected (the car did go through quite a bit of oil) it failed spectacularly - my diagnosis, and that of the garage, is an oil ring or valve seal has gone. To do the job right it is a cylinder-head off type job - simply not economically viable for us to do when we've just shaken hands on a £10k Caddy!!!
The price was reduced on Pistonheads (cue the vultures who offered stupidly low amounts of cash) and a chance ad on the ClubLupo forums - where the car sold in a matter of minutes.
So it's goodbye little car, I'm happy it's gone to an owner who will look after it and has the time and inclination to put things right.
