Can I return a car I just bought?

Quentin

pendulum wrote: »

By the way, I have not made a single "abusive" post so please don't falsely accuse me of that - you seem to have mistaken "blunt" for "abusive".

I took this to be abusive (and unnecessarily rude):

pendulum wrote:

Think more before making silly suggestions...

Just what gives you the right to speak to anyone like that? There is advice on etiquette on every page.

Apples2

Quentin wrote: »

I took this to be abusive

If you find THAT abusive, you didn't go to my school. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Quentin

This isn't supposed to be a playground!

If you want to disagree, that's fine. But there's no need for anyone to pass judgement, and refer to a suggestion given in good faith like this. Unless they just want to cause trouble.

Wig

what odometer problems?

Tiddlywinks

So, have I got this right? A grown adult (who has a full driving license) goes to a garage and agrees to buy a car (fully knowing that it had 38k on the clock - not the 31k she expected).

Money exchanged and presumably a purchase order signed.

She is now worried that as she can't see the end of the bonnet then the car might not be right for her. So now she wants to wriggle out of it by blaming the garage for incorrectly stating the milage in the ad (a figure which the salesman corrected BEFORE she signed on the dotted line).

The OP needs to take responsibility for her actions and admit that the fault lies with her hasty decision making and then speak with the garage and hope they take pity on her. They are a business and she has wasted their time and resources.

To simply cancel the cheque is just plain rude - the buck stops with her and she needs to grow up and deal with the results of her actions.

In future maybe she should remember the "6 P's" - prior planning prevents p*** poor performance - maybe do a bit more research in the future?

Wig

McKneff wrote: »

to be quite honest, i think if you reread quentins posts again he talks a lot of sense. You at least wuld have the upper hand even if you ended up having to keep the car and have to reissue the cheque

And I would agree with this view aswell, the most you would lose out on is the costs incurred by the seller for the bounced cheque bank charges, and possibly some admin charges he decides to add on. Under £100 I would think. You'd also lose any goodwill the dealer had for you in the buyer/seller relationship.