huge problem pleaSE need some help

daveonline

Thanks for the update, just been reading this post and hope it all works out for you, good luck.

Wig

Just to let you know, IMHO IANAL TINLA, I believe that you have now done two things which could be a problem

1. You have accepted £200 compensation - though he has nothing in writing to say that this was accepted as a final offer (if I was the seller I would have done that).

2. You have arranged an independant mechanic repair/inspection, this usually means under SOGA that you have accepted the vehicle is yours, which means it cannot now be rejected. But there is still hope, if you can prove that at the time of the sale the vehicle was inherently faulty -engineers report, not a mechanics report- you can still claim compensation.

The best thing you could have done was to negotiate a refund not a repair/£200.

astraea

hi
i did not sign anything to say it was a final payment, i am not that stupid hopefully (although debateable with this whole mess!)

the mechanic who is looking at the car does work for trading standards and said he can do an engineers report for us if needed and he said he can say that he was inspecting the car to see if it was faulty at time of purchase, am i doing the right thing not going for all my money back? probably, but also in these times of no money i cannot afford to not have a car and not have the money for the car for the months it would take to go through court.

if the block has a crack in it then the mechanic will ring him again and try to get him to pay up and if that does not work then trading standards here we come the mechanic working on the car says we have a good case. as he said he can proove that the car has been like this for a good while as the bolts were rusty showing water has been getting in for a good while.

markelock

before you complete the work, is it not worth adding some figures up.
for example

£200 plus the value of the car as scrap, plus money for new parts if you can get that off of him, you might be able to break even and start again? I know the market could have changed and the scrap value could be minimal, but its worth checking.

unless of course the repairs are the only things that will need doing and it's going to last for a good while longer.

I'm suprised he wouldn't take the car back and refund, rather than start giving you money back.