Got New Car But Don't Like It!!!

spike7451

Beancounter wrote: »

I thought I better update the thread on what happened......

Basically, decided the Swift wasn't as good as the Megane so managed to get a deal on the Megane trading in the Swift, made a loss of about £700 but that's life! Much happier with that car.

The strange thing is the Swift ended up back at the dealership I bought it from. The thing that is now annoying me is that despite me being the owner of the car for 6 days, the V5 document never reached me. I am now wondering if they are selling that car on as if my timne with the car didn't exist. Surely that's illegal?

My last car I got the V5 the day I picked the car up from the dealers.
Mind you,some garages take the pish with it.I traded a car in once,ohh 1989ish,.Drove over from Germany where I was based,dropped off my old car & picked up my new 309 GTI & went back to germany.
Six weeks/couple month's later I got summoned to the Pay & Discipline Office as they'd recieved a parking ticket for my old car.Thankfully I was able to prove I was back in Germany when the ticket was issued & passed it back to the Pugeot dealer.
(As a by,the managing director of the dealership got a stern call from the Senior Sales Manager for Peugeot UK,who was a close friend of my late father's,who was the Senior Parts Manager for Peugeot!:T)

sheslookinhot

Beancounter wrote: »

I thought I better update the thread on what happened......

Basically, decided the Swift wasn't as good as the Megane so managed to get a deal on the Megane trading in the Swift, made a loss of about £700 but that's life! Much happier with that car.

The strange thing is the Swift ended up back at the dealership I bought it from. The thing that is now annoying me is that despite me being the owner of the car for 6 days, the V5 document never reached me. I am now wondering if they are selling that car on as if my timne with the car didn't exist. Surely that's illegal?

forget it. You seemed to have got a great deal to only lose £700.

Beancounter

sheslookinhot wrote: »

forget it. You seemed to have got a great deal to only lose £700.

To be honest I am not bothered either way, more concerned that whoever buys the car from this dealer may be misled about it's status.

Hammyman

Beancounter wrote: »

To be honest I am not bothered either way, more concerned that whoever buys the car from this dealer may be misled about it's status.

Its none of your concern.

cyclonebri1

Beancounter wrote: »

To be honest I am not bothered either way, more concerned that whoever buys the car from this dealer may be misled about it's status.

Why should you be, the OP merely bought the wrong car for her, not a faulty one.

I do realise that you are saying it may have had I more owner than the V5 states but no one only the garage will ever know that. . And even if it does, I can't see an issue.

robredz

Hammyman wrote: »

Its none of your concern.

Agreed, but if the DVLA do their usual (in)efficient tricks, OP may be looking at "Fines" for failing to notify change of ownership, Tax et.al.

harveybobbles

We only send the V5's off after about 3-4 weeks just incase the customer doesnt like the car. That way we can sell the car on as a 1 owner car and not have to !!!! about waiting for documents to go to the customer and then back to us.

Nothing illigal about it.

mikey72

harveybobbles wrote: »

We only send the V5's off after about 3-4 weeks just incase the customer doesnt like the car. That way we can sell the car on as a 1 owner car and not have to !!!! about waiting for documents to go to the customer and then back to us.

Nothing illigal about it.

You missed again out there.

"That way we can sell the car again as a 1 owner car "

So you don't count the first punter you sold it to as it doesn't count for the first few weeks if you a used car salesman?

Nothing illegal if it's had more owners than the V5 states?

harveybobbles

It's called a cooling off perioud. Plus it will make it harder to sell on again if the current reg'd keeper is showing as had the car fdor 6 days.

cyclonebri1

harveybobbles wrote: »

We only send the V5's off after about 3-4 weeks just incase the customer doesnt like the car. That way we can sell the car on as a 1 owner car and not have to !!!! about waiting for documents to go to the customer and then back to us.

Nothing illigal about it.

Nothing personal Harvey but what a one sided post. (fingers down throat emoticon needed)

I can just imagine the punter taking the car back to you saying;

Well, I've only had it a few days, you won't have done the paperwork, can I please have my money back, you won't lose anything.

Hah hah hah, to you it would have an additional owner, even tho' by your method it wouldn't, 1 more strike up to the motor trade.:T:T:T