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My car passed with both Berk and later with the AVO 3" high flow cat system.

It's not anything like a full engine rebuild, in fact it's nothing of the kind. They don't even remove the heads to replace the valves. Sure the cam covers come off and the cams have to come out, but that is all really. Due to the laws of probability nothing generally is 100% successful. But what is important here is not to spread over hyped scare stories when a lot of us have had the valve spring recall done with no problems at all. I would not be put off buying a car second hand if it had the valve spring recall. All I would do is make sure it's done a bit of mileage afterwards. Any failures and there have been very few in the UK will have resulted in the first 50 miles post recall. Also it's worth remembering that if the OP bought a car that has just had the recall done, then it will have a warranty for a year on the engine.

Visit this website: https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-recall and then click the: Check if a car has a safety recall link. You enter the reg and it lists the MOT history and any recalls. You can also check on the Toyota website here: https://www.toyota.co.uk/owners/vehicle-information/recall-checker but this won't show you the MOT history.

Add Paul Nicholas to the list please Keith will be coming along Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They should be called "The Reverb Guys".

Welcome Mick It might be worth popping into Evan Halshaw in Walsall as they have a black 2014 (63 reg) car, for £10,770. Not sure if it has SatNav, however it doesn't have any out standing recalls and has 11months MOT (till Oct 2020): https://www.evanshalshaw.com/search/vehicledetails/used-car-toyota-gt86--manual-petrol-white-coupe-sm63opk/ I'd recommend you take your time and read up on the Recall as, due to your budget you'll be buying a car around the affected age (12-14) Thanks Will

It'd be very close to the same work to just bolt in the second CAT and remove as opposed to doing that really Luke.

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I was going to try Oulton Park but I have to go to a wedding instead 😕. Hope the weather holds out for you.

It's nothing like a full engine rebuild! This is at best misinformation and at worst, scaremongering. They don't even take the heads off to change the valve springs. Things like this can never be 100% successful but that's just probability for you. 3505 cars in the UK are affected. Most have no issues and the bonus is that if you buy a car car that is a 2012/13 car most owners will have had the plugs changed and a new clutch as part of the deal. This saves money in the future. For cars that have problems post recall, pretty much all of these will be in the first 50 miles of driving the car away. I wouldn't see that as a reason to be put off. Also factor in that the coolant will have been changed and the aircon recharged. The recall is a big free service really.

I've got a StopLock steering wheel lock which I used for a while but have given up using it primarily because, when it's not being used, it rattles so loudly I can hear it even when it's in the boot.

If you have an ECUTeK map, you can have one of the modes programmed as an immobiliser, meaning that the car cannot be started even with the fob unless you know how to get it out of that mode. I found it gave extra peace of mind when I parked at the airport long term car park for a few days.