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victorias_dad
Posts: 227 Forumite
in Motoring
My son recently purchased a used VW golf from a dealer in Fallowfield, Manchester. Before he took delivery of the car he noticed on the mot sheet it had a blowing exhaust which was not in the description of the car. He also noticed a vibration coming through the clutch pedal which apparently is down to a warped flywheel. The car is going back tomorrow for the dealer to take a look at it. Under the terms of the warranty he will be charged for any investigatory work undertaken. The finance company seem happy to take any money off him but don't seem happy enough to offer any help. Although he has mentioned to the finance company that the car is not as described he is constantly told that he has to take into account the mileage and age of the car. The car is an 11 year old VW golf with 93000 miles on it. Can anyone offer any help?
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i cant really see a warranty covering a fair wear tear item like a exhaust or a clutch, as hes noted the exhaust fault before hes purchased the car then that would say to me he accepted its condition before purchase, as for car not as described, and the finance company, how exactly was car described ? as new ? or a eleven years old golf ? buyers remorse ?0
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Its 11 years old buy him some spanners for birthdays and xmas.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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what kind of finance company would finance an 11 year old car?
who would take finance on an 11 year old car?
im amazed
cant offer any help mind
sorry
im still amazed though
runs off before he gets sla:Dgged0 -
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"The kind of finance company voted best car finance co 2014 2015"
huh? was that one of the reasons to purchase ?0 -
Suggest he learns to view the most recent MOT before buying next time.0
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can you be more elaborate on that remarkparking_question_chap wrote: »Suggest he learns to view the most recent MOT before buying next time.0 -
victorias_dad wrote: »can you be more elaborate on that remark
You can see mot history online with just a reg and manufacturer0 -
victorias_dad wrote: »The kind of finance company voted best car finance co 2014 2015
Was that on their advertising?0 -
victorias_dad wrote: »can you be more elaborate on that remark
Its pretty self explanitory.0
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