Bought car and I don't like it!

macman

Hotspur wrote: »

Yes you would. A few exceptions, must be no face to face negotiation,.. if the car was made to your spec, for example. See page 7 in this link.

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/consumer_protection/oft689.pdf

But, you would be expected not to use it other to inspect it to ensure was of merchantable quality etc.

But if you bought in on say eBay Motors, distance regs would not apply, as it was an auction sale and not a conventional sale.

Gloomendoom

taffy056 wrote: »

OP why don't you just ask the dealership if they would be willing to take the car back, and choose another one with them, they have no legal reason to do so, but they may be sympathetic.

Actually, this isn't bad advice. I know a couple of people who have gone back and swapped cars for others on the forecourt.

missile

Some dealers offer an exchange deal where you can select a.n.other car from their forecourt. My nephew has done just that with Arnold Clark.

motorguy

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Actually, this isn't bad advice. I know a couple of people who have gone back and swapped cars for others on the forecourt.

As i said previously, i would struggle to think of a reason why the dealer wouldnt try to accommodate the O/P.

inmypocketnottheirs

TBH there really is only one way to find out.

Go back to the dealer and ask.

Out of curiosity, what is the vehicle and what don't you like about it?

Lum

Isn't there someone on this forum is a trader and states that this exact situation is why they wait a month before sending the logbook off to the DVLA.

When the car comes back, it'll still have the same number of keepers as the DVLA were never told about the new keeper.

macman

Regardless of the V5 position, the dealer is not going to just take the vehicle back and refund the OP their money, even if they have only put a dozen extra miles on the clock. They have no obligation whatsoever to do this. However if it's a vehicle that they reckon they can sell on again easily, they might do so, but of course the price they pay will not be what the OP paid for it, the dealer will look for some profit to compensate them for being messed about.

colino

Please be realistic, any trader worth his salt will accomodate you and get you into another car off the forecourt. It will be two retail sales though and he will get both sets of profit from you. V5c apart, this could be very sweet for the trader, two bites from the same cherry, an apparently happy customer - who will tell their friends and another retail car needing virtually no rework/prep.

colino

Sorry, forgot about the other point above re V5c. Once you have a pile of speeding and parking fines on your desk you soon learn to give timed as well as dated receipts and get them off to Swansea on the day of sale.

Hotspur

neilmcl wrote: »

I think they could argue that having the car registered in your name may be classed as a personal specification. Interesting one though.

Neilmcl No, the good (car) wouldn't have been made to personal spec. It may be reasonable though to have to pay for the plates which have been provided as an ancillary service

Originally Posted by Hotspur
Yes you would. A few exceptions, must be no face to face negotiation,.. if the car was made to your spec, for example. See page 7 in this link.

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/rep...ion/oft689.pdf

But, you would be expected not to use it other to inspect it to ensure was of merchantable quality etc.

But if you bought in on say eBay Motors, distance regs would not apply, as it was an auction sale and not a conventional sale.

Macman I agree but not all sales on E Bay are auction sales. So, distance selling regs would apply to Buy It Now sales.