Long story short, I got a new job which I start in a couple weeks. I have a company truck just now so I need to get a car for new job. Don’t have a pile of cash sitting so need a cheap motor. Brother in law just bought new car and has given me his old Vectra.
So, it needs an MOT. Which it won’t pass as the suspension needs work. That’s fine though as I’ll sort that myself.
It’s a 2005 1.8 petrol. In decent condition and will certainly do me for now until I squirel some cash away for something else.
It’s been sat for 6 weeks doing nothing. Went to get it tonight and the bugger wouldn’t start. It did sound like it might so with a little persuasion I did eventually get it running. This is good.
But, once running I press the accelerator and nothing? It was like the cable was disconnected. Foot to the floor and nothing – it just continued to idle.
This is odd I thought. So I turn it off and try again but the same thing. Tried a few times but no joy.
I went inside and had a cup of tea. Thought I’ll give it one more go and hey presto! It starts no bother and the accelerator works as it should! Great! So I jump in and drive it home. On the way home it behaves as it should and all is good.
Anyone experienced this before?
I’m happy to sort out the suspension but my worry is that it does this again. If it’s going to be unreliable it’s not worth me sinking money into it to get through MOT. I don’t want to keep having to throw money into it, but it would be great if it could be reliable as I need to get a few months out of it to allow me to save up for something else.
Any help is much appreciated, cheers