pulling out of a car buy

shannianni

hi all, i went to look at a car from a dealer on saturday, took it for a test drive seemed ok , when i asked for the mot certificate he said it expires in 5 days . His advert stated supplied with new mot i put £50 deposit and he said he would get mot done yesterday . I have looked on line and it has failed on a number of items including brake parts also when i said can i pay through credit card he said he didnt have facilities and wanted cash approx £2,500.

I signed a used vehicle invoice it says at the top -

I / we the undersigned agree to purchase from the above seller


what im asking is can i now pull out and he can keep the deposit

also the chassis number has been written down incorrectley on the invoice

spacey2012

The cost of changing your mind will be £50

They are some expensive legal methods to attempt to get your deposit back, but with a two bit car dealer, the chances of success are about zero at best and the dealer could counter sue for his costs of performing work you requested..
The lucky thing is, you only paid £50 not £500.

Never place any deposit on anything you are not prepared to lose if either party backs out, always exchange cash for goods.

shannianni

spacey2012 wrote: »

The cost of changing your mind will be £50

They are some expensive legal methods to attempt to get your deposit back, but with a two bit car dealer, the chances of success are about zero at best and the dealer could counter sue for his costs of performing work you requested..
The lucky thing is, you only paid £50 not £500.

Never place any deposit on anything you are not prepared to lose if either party backs out, always exchange cash for goods.

hi many thanks for your reply, his ad said supplied with new mot, so he should have had this done before he advertised it surely.
losing £50 is better than losing 2500. and also why put a few digits wrong on the invoice seems he didnt want me to look up the car details.

Rain_Shadow

shannianni wrote: »

hi many thanks for your reply, his ad said supplied with new mot, so he should have had this done before he advertised it surely.
losing £50 is better than losing 2500. and also why put a few digits wrong on the invoice seems he didnt want me to look up the car details.

Don't see a dealer doing that and then having it sitting on his forecourt for weeks while the MoT ticks down. If he advertises a new MoT you'd expect it to be new when you collect the car.

System

and has he said you can't get it with 12 months mot?

shannianni

the_r_sole wrote: »

and has he said you can't get it with 12 months mot?

sold with new mot

NeverEnough

You should have checked how he wanted payment before you put a deposit down - lots of two-bit dealers have no card facilities, leaving buyers potentially exposed in a similar way to private sales- ie chance of getting money back nil.

However, as for the MOT, as long as he provides the 12 month mot, I can't see the problem. And its quite normal for a dealer to put a car through MOT as is and then fix faults accordingly after its failed.........if the failure points are repaired then I can't see why you have a problem?

If you just have buyers remorse, then expect to lose the £50, thats all. Its not the sellers fault you changed your mind because he has no card facility -you should have checked first.

ian103

whats the issue, he's kept his part of the deal - he is getting a new mot. to get this will cost him some money to have the failed items repaired so that he gets the new certificate.

Stooby2

Personally if it failed on those items and the dealer fixed them all and gave a new MOT I'd be happy - all those items are new and not something I'd have to worry about for a while.

arcon5

Let me guess, rusting brake pipes? Common issue, usually easily solved with some copper grease and scratch pad.

System

shannianni wrote: »

sold with new mot

exactly, so why do you want to pull out of the sale?? why not wait for him to get its mot?
the deal hasn't changed at all since you paid your deposit!