savvy:

"No wonder "only" 120k USD have been bid. 245k??? For a modded RS 4.0?  This guy is insane."

That was condescending. I thought I showed notable restraint in my responses given the sharpness of the stick to my eye.

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The thing that has fired me up was the public judgement and assignment of value by posters who seemingly know/knew nothing of the details of the mods .... I will not accept a public berating from those who know not of which they speak ...

@savvy: it's clumsy to lump together all the views you don't agree with and then tar them all with the same brush.

I was focussing on the warranty aspects only. RC was focussing on aftermarket mods per se, the originality of the car and the consequent impact on resale values. I haven't participated on those aspects. If you felt RC was being condescending on one strand of the discussion, that doesn't excuse or justify you adopting a condescending tone on another strand of the discussion.

I am a lawyer with 2 decades experience of practising English law. It goes without saying that I have a thorough understanding of English contract law, in particular, warranties and how such contractual terms are interpreted.

If I interpret the enforceability of a warranty a certain way, it is not because of fear. It is because I know the position under English law and, from my years of experience, I know how companies seek to wriggle out of honouring their contractual obligations given half a chance.

Other people are not as fearful or foolish as you might think at first glance. People should be able to disagree with you without being labelled pejoratively.

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