Second Hand Car - Death Trap help!!

Jakg

What brand of car OP?

keybored

Alfa 156 for £950 by any chance OP?

edowen

As you bought the car privately and not from a dealer or garage it seems that caveat emptor applies here.

As others have asked, it is important to qualify what you have paid for the car, and what it was.

Assuming it is the aforementioned nine hundred pound alfa romeo, then it would not be reasonable for you to ask the seller for your money back.

This is a great example of inspecting a car (or getting it inspected) BEFORE you buy it.

Did you check the car over, did the seller stop you looking under the car?

unholyangel

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Who would you expect to get money back from? If the garage did a poor job of repairing the car for the MOT, that's not the private seller's fault. If they had no idea you can't blame them.

You can if they've described the car as being in great condition/free from rust or along those lines.

While theres no implied terms about quality in private sales, it does still have to match any description made about it. If it lists a cd player, the cd player should work etc.

KTF

Trading standards wont be interested in a private sale.

Netwizard

OP you should of had the car checked out BEFORE you purchssed it, not after. AA or RAC inspections might cost you an extra few quid but its worth it for peace of mind. As said above, trading standards wont be interested in a private sale.

If the car really is that bad, break it for spares to get a few quid back, or if you cant be bothered, scrap it, get a few quid back and put that towards another car.

Majorproblem

My advice would be to ask for help on a respectable and trustworthy site like Pistonheads.

Kurtis_Blue

Majorproblem wrote: »

My advice would be to ask for help on a respectable and trustworthy site like Pistonheads.

I concur, the gentleman drivers over at PH will take pleasure in explaining how you ended up in this small quandary both concisely and in-depth, possibly with the aid of diagrams.

However they do tend to specialise in MX5's and 320D's