Just had the defects list back from Rusper... his opening statement was "are you sitting down?". A lot of worn suspension components (front & rear) despite me being told 4 months ago that they were all in tip-top condition. £550 due now, another £350 in about 6 months time, and every possibility of needing a CV joint anytime between now & then too
This reinforces my point not to use SDR Autos to buy a car or repair it - they are shoddy when it comes to prepping a car for sale (i.e. they're blatantly not interested).
Rusper are the first people in a long time I actually trust to work on my car.

Paddy
Just Sold: 2001 156 2.4 JTD (140) Sportwagon Veloce
Replaced by: 2004 (54) Saab 9-5 2.2TiD Linear Sport
Also own: 2007 (07) Vauxhall Astra Twintop 1.6