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where do we stand??car purchase
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thanks so much for your comments so far
unfortunately the advert was on his website and has been removed ,in hindsight should have saved it but didn't expect to need a copy. wish we had as the sales rep today told us that all their cars sold for less than £1000 are sold for parts and when looking at his website none of the cars less than £1000 say anything about being sold for parts either.so even if we forget the other stuff hes deff being dishonest about this (but its proving it which we can't without the ad)
car was advertised for the £995 (y reg) he wouldn't take any less.
unfortunately we had repairs done to get it back on the road ,didn't realise until coming on here that we had any come back with the dealer.you live and learnDo you still have a copy of the advert? Also how much was the car in the advert for?
I do think the crux is 'sold for parts', but if you have a copy of the advert and it was advertised at say, £1095 and no mention of selling for parts then you *might* have some comeback, but it would be a long hard struggle.
Also, you have had the faults repaired. You MUST give the dealer the opportunity to examine the car / rectify the faults under SOGA, which you havent done.
I would say find a cheap mechanic and only do what needs done as you go along.
It must feel disheartening as its your sons first car and no doubt a big step for both you and your son, but to be honest i've not seen in anything you've said anything that makes me think this car has terminal problems.
Best of luck with the car.0 -
thanks also for your 2p's worth
not had the sump welded yet, its suppose to go in thursday.
we do feel we were tricked over the sold for parts thing ,as we'd never looked at it let alone buy it if we'd know and he knew it was to be for our son( so to be used and not for parts)
but like you say proving and getting a result would be nigh impossible. shame we don't have a copy of the advert at least that would have proved it was not advertised as sold for parts.
thanks againMy 2p
It's arguable -as they did not advertise it as such and did not mention to you when you bought it, and they only wrote it on the reciept which was folded- that they have pulled a fast one on you, a dishonest act designed to trick you. So it is arguable that your SOGA rights are still intact.
As you have taken possession and serviced the car and repaired the car you have lost the right to reject (assuming you ever had that right).
So all that remains is the right to a repair, refund or replacement assuming that there was a fault which made it unroadworthy at time of sale or a fault which was present at the time of sale that the seller should have known about and that fault made the car unsatisfactory, which depends on it's age and condition and description.
Had you not repaired the brakes, you could have asked the garage for a free repair. But as you have now repaired them I don't think you have any chance of getting them to refund the cost of repairs.
Regarding the cracked sump, it doesn't make it unroadworthy, not something they necessarily knew about, but it was likely there at the time of sale, however could have happened after sale. So it is possible you might get this one under SOGA assuming it hasn't been repaired yet.
Regarding the ongoing forthcoming jobs that will need doing soon, you won't be eligible for those repairs under SOGA either because they are probably faults to be expected on a car of that age.
I think it might be a good idea to report their underhand practices to trading standards but as to getting any money out of them - forget it and learn a lesson. It's not worth the hassle just to chase them over the cracked sump.0
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