Advice needed on problems after buying used car on Ebay.

goldspanners

jk, your placing far too much trust in both the MOT that had been carried out previous to your purchase and the one your about to get.
an MOT in the real world means very little. it only means its road worthy at the time of the test, it doesnt say that its perfect, an MOT has plenty of grey areas, it all comes down to the tester on the day, nothing more.

Brooker_Dave

JK12345 wrote: »

I have spoken to trading standards, and on their advice booked the car in for MOT on Monday.

Good move, instead of having 9 months before having the worrry of an MOT and not being able to use the car while it's being repaired, you've dragged the whole process forward...

Brooker_Dave

Hintza wrote: »

Not convinced the MOT is relevant. The OP needed to check vehicle to their satisfaction

And how do you prove what it fails on was present at the time of sale, you could sell your car to some clown who hits every curb on the way home....

JK12345

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Good move, instead of having 9 months before having the worrry of an MOT and not being able to use the car while it's being repaired, you've dragged the whole process forward...

?? Dragged what forward?

JK12345

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

And how do you prove what it fails on was present at the time of sale, you could sell your car to some clown who hits every curb on the way home....

Well as I fisrt mentioned the issues with the seller less than 18 hours (collected about 5.30 - contacted him the following morning) after picking up the car, and driving less than a mile it's kinda unlikely. The MOT is prely to ascertain the current condiotion, then if deemed not fit, Trading Standards will take the car and do their inspection, which I guess will be a lot more comprehensive.

Bottom line I dont know, I am acting on the advice of legal bodies advice rather than opinons, I'm sure before they are able to offer this advise, they must have to have some sort of legal training and knowledge??

Jx

JK12345

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Dean's talking nonsense.

Ooh, forgot so say good evening Brooker Dave :-) Welcome back to the thread from hell! lol

Hope your in a good mood as really dont need the grief again lol

Jx

JK12345

goldspanners wrote: »

jk, your placing far too much trust in both the MOT that had been carried out previous to your purchase and the one your about to get.
an MOT in the real world means very little. it only means its road worthy at the time of the test, it doesnt say that its perfect, an MOT has plenty of grey areas, it all comes down to the tester on the day, nothing more.

The MOT is purely because of the request by trading standards, and based on the outcome decides weather they then take the car for further inspection.

Jx

goldspanners

i still dont see how trading standards can do anything,considering the seller isnt a trader in cars. why an MOT is trading standards buisness i dont know, i would have though VOSA would have been the better governing body to decide the outcome of any MOT.

tinkerbell84

JK12345 wrote: »

?? Dragged what forward?

If you left it with the current MOT you could drive it (sort of).

Re-MOT it on Monday - if it fails, you won't be able to drive it until it's repaired.

So you've brought the risk forward by 9 months.

JK12345

goldspanners wrote: »

i still dont see how trading standards can do anything,considering the seller isnt a trader in cars. why an MOT is trading standards buisness i dont know, i would have though VOSA would have been the better governing body to decide the outcome of any MOT.

Just cos the current MOT isn't in question, just the CURRENT state of the car - as you say many things can happen after an MOT, it's purely to ascertain the roadworthyness of the car now. As i tod them I couldnt afford a full independant check, they agreed that an MOT inspection would suffice for them to investigate futher if necessary.

Trading stadards are only interested because under the Road Traffic Act it is illegal to sell a car non roadworthy (I have posted the relevant bits).

Sorry I;m not a legal person, so really dont know anything apart from what trading standards, Consumer Direct, and the bits I have found online have told me.

Jx