Private car sale - urgent

pinkshoes

If it is not a "letter before action" she has sent, then do nothing.

If she does then send a letter before action, reply factually stating that all previous MOTs passed, had been inspected and valued by garage week before, mileage is clearly dated, and she had ample opportunity to inspect and test the car before purchasing.

arcon5

lol that's a dream fail!

A bit of putty and a part-worn tyre.

£30.

Can't have been that major if she never heard it when looking at it.

JReacher1

Only an idiot would buy a cheap second hand car with a MOT of less than a month.

Although if I was selling a car and it had less than a months MOT left I would get it MOT'd myself before I put it up for sale. This would protect me from problems like this!

shaun_from_Africa

arcon5 wrote: »

lol that's a dream fail!

I was thinking exactly the same myself.
A 10 year old motor with worn tyres and a hole in the exhaust isn't exactly unusual and the negotiated £200 discount will easily cover the repairs provided that it's not done at a main dealers.

robatwork

Just to be extra sure, can you post here the exact wording of the contract that you both signed when making this transaction. This is pretty simple contract law, and caveat emptor applies to anything not in the contract.

Marktheshark

One person apparently lost a case after ignoring all advice on how to defend the claim and writing a shed load of self incriminating blurb para-legal tosh instead of the simple phrase "caveat emptor" , this does not and will not set a precedent in any county court claim.
Others on here take pride in Ponting out the claim was lost and they were right despite the fact the poster involved ignored the defence written for them and entered basically a bunch of self incriminating rubbish admitting they knowingly sold a faulty car.

Lets get that straight.

naedanger

Marktheshark wrote: »

One person apparently lost a case after ignoring all advice on how to defend the claim and writing a shed load of self incriminating blurb para-legal tosh instead of the simple phrase "caveat emptor" , this does not and will not set a precedent in any county court claim.
Others on here take pride in Ponting out the claim was lost and they were right despite the fact the poster involved ignored the defence written for them and entered basically a bunch of self incriminating rubbish admitting they knowingly sold a faulty car.

Lets get that straight.

If the op gave any description of the car (e.g. in the advert), and the buyer was effectively arguing the car was not as described, then the op would be ill advised to defend the case by simply responding "caveat emptor".

That said, at this stage the op can just ignore the complaint if they wish (alternatively they could give a valid defence - which "caveat emptor" may not be).

worried_jim

Just let them jog on and forget about it.

loufrance

Thanks everyone.


I am going to reply to the letter, I want to be cooperative and would also like a chance to defend myself against some of the points she has made.




I was wondering in the letter if I should mention something about further contact? If I send a letter and she responds I don't want to keep having to reply (unless of course its legal documents.)

tykesi

Just defend the points she has raised but without incriminating yourself. Re-iterate that it was a private sale and her responsibility to carry out due diligence and tell her you won't enter into any further correspondence about the matter.

Post your reply here first if you like, I'm sure people will be happy to give you pointers.