possibility of wining a court action for a damaged car deal

colino

You can take your pick from the ever inconsistent (and never willing to stand-by) CAB advice; either you have no protection, you bought it at auction after inspecting the goods; you bought it from a dealer and they cannot negate their responsibilities as a trader; or even better, not only are you covered by buying from a dealer, you may in fact have enhanced rights with DSR!
Bearing in mind the make, model, year and cost, you may feel minded to pursue it if you paid £60k for a current model Range Rover. However if you paid a pittance for an old banger, inspected it and then drove away, you might want to put it down to experience and sort what you've got.

Joe_Horner

arcon5 wrote: »

Your opinion doesn't trump the law. As said depends on their terms of business as well as wording of the advert

I assume Nobby's referring to the RTA requirement for cars sold to be roadworthy. If they're not then they have to be sold clearly as spares / needing repair. That's separate from SOGA and applies just as much to auctions (and private sales) as it does to your local main dealer. Seller's terms can't over-ride that and "You inspected it" is also not a defence.

Unless there's a glaring issue it can be a hard one to enforce, and doesn't apply at all to things like aircon. But he's basically right that if it's sold as a car it's expected to be safe to use as a car, if not then it must be sold as spares / repair.

nobbysn*ts

arcon5 wrote: »

Your opinion doesn't trump the law. As said depends on their terms of business as well as wording of the advert

You calling it an opinion doesn't change the fact my 'opinion' is right, and your 'opinion' is wrong.

bod1467

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

You calling it an opinion doesn't change the fact my 'opinion' is right, and your 'opinion' is wrong.

In your opinion.

Avoriaz

Yet another newbie who posts a thread that is just asking for controversial and aggressive responses about his wisdom in buying a car that he hasn't fully checked out?

My money is on this being a wind up.

OP, if you are genuine then welcome to the forum. If you hang around long enough you will understand my scepticism. :beer:

motorguy

Avoriaz wrote: »

Yet another newbie who posts a thread that is just asking for controversial and aggressive responses about his wisdom in buying a car that he hasn't fully checked out?

My money is on this being a wind up.

OP, if you are genuine then welcome to the forum. If you hang around long enough you will understand my scepticism. :beer:

I think its a fair question and a fair scenario from a newbie. Not really thinking its a wind up?

Having said that, it has generated aggressiveness from one or two which is a shame.

Avoriaz

motorguy wrote: »

I think its a fair question and a fair scenario from a newbie. Not really thinking its a wind up?

Having said that, it has generated aggressiveness from one or two which is a shame.

You could be right but I have seen this type of scenario many times on this and other forums and the OP rarely posts again.

It is a common internet forum phenomenon and is designed to create the very aggressiveness already seen above and to get people arguing with each other.

Hopefully that is not so in this case.

philgr

How much mot was on the car?

suspension

OK Thanks for all the replies.

Well for those who are concerned, this is a genuine scenario and I dont get any joy by seeing others arguing.. The reason I did not post was due to me being out of home for few days.

Well, this car is not an expensive car. Its below 1K, made in 2002. I would not expect perfectness from a car of that age, but certainly expect it to be safe. It is a pity that I cannot add links to show the damage to the frame near from engine mount.

I also feel getting an MOT is the way to go. The last MOT was taken around 8 months back. How much would it cost to get an MOT? If I get an MOT like that, can I use it for the next 12 months?

bod1467

An MOT is typically valid for 12 months from the date of issue. (There are some exceptions, such as getting an MOT within 4 weeks of expiry of the old one means the new one expires 12 months after the old one).

That doesn't mean the vehicle is roadworthy for those 12 months, just that it has a valid MOT certificate.