serious help needed urgently!!!!

mollysmum

Today i bought a ford focus estate from someone. I saw the car advertised on ebay and managed to persuade them to sell me it after her reserve price wasnt met. Got home and did a vehicle check online ( yes i know should of done before but never had a problem with any vehicle off there before ) to find out was a cat c insurance write off!!! got in touch with dvla who told me was legal to drive as was taxed motd insured now dont know whether to get back in it again as really worried about safety of vehicle. should i get an inspection done or just have it motd and obviously if major faults they will tell me. Also can i take any action against seller if is seriously dangerous???
Thanks in advance all help duely grateful

bb69

Hello

Just wondering why you didn't get it checked before you bought it?

Also how did you pay.. cash?

Judas

You have absolutly no rights. Move on.

Scuttsy

Have a look on the v5 document. A marker should be added to the bottom of the front page if the vehicle has been checked and declared safe to drive. This is a comment from VOSA who should have safety checked the car. If the car has been tested it has obviously been declared safe to drive. You should inform your insurance company that the vehicle is a cat c write off though, and unfortunately the fact it is a cat c write off usually halfs its trade value, so hope you plan to keep the vehicle.

anewman

I'm sure there's loads of people selling on ebay chuckling to themselves that buyers can't be bothered to check the history of the car. Suspect that's the reason noone else was interested in it And now that you've no doubt dealt outside ebay you can't even leave negative feedback.

mollysmum

yeah marker has been set with dvla but not on v5 , but we was driving it back and the backend was slidding all over the place , didnt check before cause to be honest i never thought about it and i am to trusting , i am an honest person and think people are like me but i guess in some cases i am wrong , i wont be keeping it my misses wont get in it again so will be selling on asap thanks for your help steve

mollysmum

there was interest but there was 10 offers on car but seller didnt get back to anyone within the time limit guess i know why now , i had half a dozen cars off ebay in 2 years never with anyone problems until now

mikey72

mollysmum wrote: »

there was interest but there was 10 offers on car but seller didnt get back to anyone within the time limit guess i know why now , i had half a dozen cars off ebay in 2 years never with anyone problems until now

Shouldn't we be asking you for advice?

Rolandtheroadie

mikey72 wrote: »

Shouldn't we be asking you for advice?

6 cars in 2 years? nope.


If I was worried, i'd throw it in for an MOT.

mollysmum

have had 2 new babies and grandchild in 2 years, so as family has grown upgraded car sizes , yeah i am going to get it motd tommorrow if possiable

richardvc

Did you buy it THROUGH ebay ? Not really sure, but there could be some come back. Obviously this wasn't declared on the listing.

Good advice by scotsman4th - chuck it in for a MOT. Out of interest how much did you pay for the car ?