Buying a car 'as is' from a dealer

*pinkpanther*

force_ten wrote: »

www.consumeruk.co.uk

that is a section taken from the link i posted above, so you may have some comeback

As Is is more of a term used in the USA for car sales but i am not sure if it holds water over here

IF THE CAR YOU BUY HAS A DISCLAIMER

Some car traders try to use disclaimers such as 'sold as seen', 'trade sale only' or 'no refund' to restrict your rights. This is against the law and you can report any trader that does this to Consumer Direct, the Government funded consumer advice service.

if the dealer taped over the lights to hide faults then that sucks but it may not have been him that did it, the person that traded it in may have done it either way i would check your rights before you go back to the dealers and that way you can quote your right to the seller

Thank you that's a big help! Although I do kind of feel like 'he saw us coming' i would like to think the dealer himself didn't know (in a perfect world)

force_ten

bigjl wrote: »

So you wanted to buy a car on the cheap.

But what you actually wanted was a brand new car with no faults.

People like the OP are why i sold my last car to webuyanycar.

What a pathetic thing to say

the original poster said he bought the car with certain known and declared faults which he was happy with, what they are not happy with is somebody has tried to hide system warning lights to make the car appear more attractive

to the OP

i think i am right in saying that if the seller provided a new MOT and you drove the car off their forecourt then you do have some comeback under the sale of goods act, the dealer has declared or you found some faults which wont be covered as you bought the car with known or declared faults, but the warning lights were disabled to hide a fault so i would speak to trading standards to see what they say and then go back to the dealer with the info they give you

*pinkpanther*

force_ten wrote: »

the seat mat for the seat occupancy sensor is quite difficult to replace

you said the car interior is shot what age car is it?

you may be able to find a complete interior on e bay and swap it out with your crappy interior, people often change cloth interiors out for leather and stick the old interior on e bay and some sell for very little money

if you swap out the interior then the new seat may have a good sensor

I bought a new door card for £10 on eBay as the one in has a few, let's call them fag burns! It's 2002, everything is just abit sad looking and the console is peeling, nothing major, it's just showing its age and needs a face lift! Thank you I wouldn't have even thought of that!

force_ten

*pinkpanther* wrote: »

I bought a new door card for £10 on eBay as the one in has a few, let's call them fag burns! It's 2002, everything is just abit sad looking and the console is peeling, nothing major, it's just showing its age and needs a face lift! Thank you I wouldn't have even thought of that!

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-3-SERIES-COUPE-BLACK-LEATHER-ELECTRIC-HEATED-SEATS-INTERIOR-

that is the sort of thing i was talking about under £100 for a full leather interior they say it has some scratches but no rips or tears, that is for a coupe but search ebay for BMW E46 interior and see if you can find somthing that fits your car and suits your budget

SunReader

Strictly speaking all dealers must offer a warranty unless a 'trade sale' -except you aren't a trader, as Force 10 earlier concurred.

In reality you took a risk, unfortunately on modern cars electrical faults often cost more than the mechancial bits and the diagnostics are often difficult without main dealer level service tools.

Non working warning lights is a big walk away fast. Good luck fixing it but it is probable that this has been tried before, hence the masking tape bodge.

Learn from it and move on, avoid the temptation to spend a lot on it trying to tidy up a scruffy car, you will rarely get your money back.

*pinkpanther*

force_ten wrote: »

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-3-SERIES-COUPE-BLACK-LEATHER-ELECTRIC-HEATED-SEATS-INTERIOR-

that is the sort of thing i was talking about under £100 for a full leather interior they say it has some scratches but no rips or tears, that is for a coupe but search ebay for BMW E46 interior and see if you can find somthing that fits your car and suits your budget

Your a star. Thank you

force_ten

keep us updated and let us know how you get on

*pinkpanther*

SunReader wrote: »

Strictly speaking all dealers must offer a warranty unless a 'trade sale' -except you aren't a trader, as Force 10 earlier concurred.

In reality you took a risk, unfortunately on modern cars electrical faults often cost more than the mechancial bits and the diagnostics are often difficult without main dealer level service tools.

Non working warning lights is a big walk away fast. Good luck fixing it but it is probable that this has been tried before, hence the masking tape bodge.

Learn from it and move on, avoid the temptation to spend a lot on it trying to tidy up a scruffy car, you will rarely get your money back.

Yea I think your right! I said earlier to my husband that it may not be worth doing the work. We were really enjoying working on it together, we both have limited knowledge on cars so now that things are getting abit too complicated for us it's becoming more of a head ache!

bigjl

force_ten wrote: »

What a pathetic thing to say

the original poster said he bought the car with certain known and declared faults which he was happy with, what they are not happy with is somebody has tried to hide system warning lights to make the car appear more attractive

to the OP

i think i am right in saying that if the seller provided a new MOT and you drove the car off their forecourt then you do have some comeback under the sale of goods act, the dealer has declared or you found some faults which wont be covered as you bought the car with known or declared faults, but the warning lights were disabled to hide a fault so i would speak to trading standards to see what they say and then go back to the dealer with the info they give you

Whatever.............

arcon5

*pinkpanther* wrote: »

Yea I think your right! I said earlier to my husband that it may not be worth doing the work. We were really enjoying working on it together, we both have limited knowledge on cars so now that things are getting abit too complicated for us it's becoming more of a head ache!

Well sadly he's 100% wrong. No trader is bound
to offer a warranty.
And faulty goods don't automatically mean rights. The law excludes wear and tear. Also if a car is sold as faulty then you can't just turn round and claim free repair.
But what a trader can't do is misrepresent his vehicles by hiding faults.