Ripped off on 2nd hand car - can I do anything?

Burlesque_Babe

no comeback at all unless you can prove the seller knew about the fault and deliberately didn't tell you and even then it's a small claims job.

anewman

I'm sure I remember hearing that one trick used by car sellers to quieten up gearboxes is to put thick oil in them - the gearbox then dies a death not long after.

Not going into second gear sounds like the differential or whatever it is?! It is probably the most used gear anyway - if it just won't go into second gear you could thrash it in first then go to third. Obviously not ideal though.

hewhoisnotintheknow

anewman wrote: »

I'm sure I remember hearing that one trick used by car sellers to quieten up gearboxes is to put thick oil in them - the gearbox then dies a death not long after.

Not going into second gear sounds like the differential or whatever it is?! It is probably the most used gear anyway - if it just won't go into second gear you could thrash it in first then go to third. Obviously not ideal though.

people put banana skins in too to make it quieter

charliefarlie1307

If it was a private sale then no you dont have any come back. I bought a car from BJC car sales in poole and they gave me a 3month warente they had the car back twice and repaired it but litterally just outside the three months and I had to spend £2000 in repairs and now there are more faults with it. Majorly stiched up and not just £850 try £5500 plus £2000 in repairs. I hate second hand cars! And the garages that sell them.:mad:

vaio

charliefarlie1307 wrote: »

If it was a private sale then no you don’t have any come back. I bought a car from BJC car sales in poole and they gave me a 3month warrantee they had the car back twice and repaired it but literally just outside the three months and I had to spend £2000 in repairs and now there are more faults with it. Majorly stitched up and not just £850 try £5500 plus £2000 in repairs. I hate second hand cars! And the garages that sell them.:mad:

I would have thought that £2k repairs on a £5k car inside 4 months it falls foul of the SoG and the garage should sort it out

Burlesque_Babe

blimey Charlie. I nearly bought my last car from BJC - glad I didn't now.

Have to say though, not all second hand garages are dodgy and BJC are quite a high profile company locally - call trading standards at the council?

goldspanners

charliefarlie1307 wrote: »

I hate second hand cars! And the garages that sell them.:mad:

thats a bit of a broad statement.
i dont think all garages are bad and i doubt every second hand car will cost its next owner £2000.

hewhoisnotintheknow

cars just go wrong everynow and then, it happens