Moral Dilemma

[AshMan]

Okay,

Bloke gets his *new* XF towed into work the other day for a roadworthy.

Has like 350,000km + on the clock.

The car failed miserably, with items like rust on the firewall, oil leaks, coolant leaks, possible blown headgasket, 3 bald tyres, unsecured drivers seat... the list just keeps going.

Firstly, the fella said he paid $500 for the car, and that he knows nothing about cars. (to prepare for the roadworthy all he did was drown the interior in deodrant...) He is very insistant on having the repairs done so we quote him an abitrary figure of $2000 to try to discourage him from bothering...

He still wants the repairs done!

Now, my opinion is that he bought the car because it had brandnew looking chrome 12 slotters and had a nice exhaust note.

The mechanic wants to take his money, yet I would prefer to convince the fellow not to bother and to spend his money on an ED/EF...

Do I just shutup and take the money or talk him out of it???