Sold Cat D car by dealer

Silver-Surfer_2

Nobbie1967 wrote: »

The only loss here is the difference in the current value between a 10 year old Z4 and a 10 year old Cat C Z4. That's about £1k as Cat D cars are usually about 10-20% cheaper. I don't think you can claim for a potential loss from 8 years ago that wasn't crystallised at the time.

Try getting a quote from WBAC or similar outfits with and without declaring Cat C and see the figures it comes up with.

The OP said his was cat D.

burlington6

Do you still have the original advert and purchase invoice?

motorguy

antrobus wrote: »

S32 LA 1980;

the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud, concealment or mistake (as the case may be) or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it.

On the presumption that the failure to disclose a car as being Cat D would be one of the three.

I'm not sure that flies TBH.

Where do you stop with that? Car had a new engine 6 years ago - "oh i wouldnt have bought it had i known and the dealer didnt tell me therefore thats frauds and i'm entitled to some money back"?

Its a 10 year old car. The owner has had 8 years of driving it and didnt twig nor was he told by any mechanic / MOT centre there was a problem.

I just cant see that after 8 years you can expect a dealer to stand over a car.

Marvel1

Bit late now, but lesson learnt, it's worth getting a HPI check yourself.

foxy-stoat

cjdavies wrote: »

Bit late now, but lesson learnt, it's worth getting a HPI check yourself.

On a 2 year old car at a dealers that was probably around £25000-£30,000 ?

Thinking when would you HPI it, before buying it, the day of purchase, a week afterwards or in this case 8 years later?

Chucky1234

AdrianC wrote: »

If it'd been flooded, it'd be CatB or even A. It wouldn't be D.

Not true. I have seen many flood damaged Cat C's and D's.

bigjl

Chucky1234 wrote: »

Not true. I have seen many flood damaged Cat C's and D's.

Depends on the kind of flood.

Salt water is very different to fresh water. And let's not even think of the kind of flood water that is full of human waste.

lee678

who has actually done the hpi check ? the potential new owner ? have you carried out a hpi check yourself ? [ not a ten bob text hpi check, a proper one ] maybe the potential buyer is pulling a fast one ?

bigjl

lee678 wrote: »

who has actually done the hpi check ? the potential new owner ? have you carried out a hpi check yourself ? [ not a ten bob text hpi check, a proper one ] maybe the potential buyer is pulling a fast one ?

That's a very good point.

Or even used an incorrect Reg No.

prowla

k3lvc wrote: »

Plus the fact it was a Cat D - no BMW dealer would touch it so their 'valuation' is a bit meaningless.


Anything of this age/Cat D would be non-main dealer material and with write off being nearly 10yrs ago then condition is more likely to impact price than Cat D

Actually I was offered acceptance of a Cat C car against a used BMW from a dealer last year.

I chose not to go with them though.