Sold car, buyer isn't happy..

benham3160

vivitar wrote: »

It's a hydraulic clutch so there is no cable, there's no sounds or burning smell either.

Is it a 4x4 by any chance?

Regards,
Andy

vivitar

benham3160 wrote: »

Is it a 4x4 by any chance?

Regards,
Andy

Nope, it's a focus

atrixblue.-MFR-.

benham3160 wrote: »

Is it a 4x4 by any chance?

Regards,
Andy

whats the difference? car van 4x4 same goes hydrolic clutch no cable slipping in high gears.

possible solutions,

friction plate contamination.

friction plate worn to excess.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

vivitar wrote: »

Nope, it's a focus

cheap for clutches, not so for the hydrolic CSC and recommended on clutch change.

depending on what you sold it for you need to correct it! or collect it!

Hintza

vivitar wrote: »

Sometimes it revs and doesn't accelerate in higher gears, maybe it's slipping,

I think you have misrepresented the car and you knew it was slipping. Why else would you pay £1860 + £700 and then sell it for £900.

Not often I think this about private sales but I think you will lose if she takes it to court.

Your best bet will be to have the clutch repaired and then re-sell.

Delivery_Driver

A slipping clutch is a fault you should have made her aware of.If not for legal reasons, then moral ones.Plus its less hassle in the long run of someone coming back to you complaining.
If you are strapped for cash atm, then start by offering half of the bill at a local garage you can both agree on(not main dealer).At least you are showing willing and she has the benefit of a brand new clutch that should last her many years.

mikey72

That's why you should never buy off ebay without a test drive.
I never hand over the money until I've driven the car. If it's as described, we're both good with that.
As to having to see the car and drive before you bid, I don't have time for that with a car I probably won't win, and if there's 200 watchers, if you were the seller, would you really want them all round?

benham3160

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

whats the difference? car van 4x4 same goes hydrolic clutch no cable slipping in high gears.

possible solutions,

friction plate contamination.

friction plate worn to excess.

I am more than aware of this The word is also 'hydraulic'.

However I am dealing with a similar situation with somebody over a 4x4 vehicle.......

Regards,
Andy

gilbert_and_sullivan

Less than 2 hours from receiving the car and the buyer has sussed out that the clutch is on its dying breath, hardly surprising she's slightly cheesed off.

Buyers fault in a way, she should have judged the seller better, the seller who by the way was fully aware there was a clutch problem.

I appraise the vendor as much as the product these days, less likely to get scenarios like this.

pendulum

Although she did not buy it through eBay directly (I don't think?), she has the proof she saw the advert on eBay AND that you approached her to buy it through eBay. Therefore what you wrote about the car in the advert stands as the description of the car. The description must be accurate. If you said there were no problems, and there is a significant problem (clutch), you must give a refund because she had rejected the car in good time on the basis of not as described.

I think this may hinge on the description, but I also have to say, if it went to Court, that Court would probably sympathise with her, buying a car in good faith, described as a good car in the listing, and it turns out to be a dud...