Brought ex rental car without knowing from dealership

WilfieK

Hi,

I wondered if anyone had any advice please?

We went to a well known car dealership and purchased a 1yr old car for 20k. It has 23k miles on the clock with only one owner.
I have since found out today that the one owner was Enterprise Rental Cars. I would have not brought it if I had known it was a rental car.

Where do I stand legally?

Many Thanks

Shaka_Zulu

Did you ask the question and they then lied? If not you have no comeback.

agrinnall

Is there anything wrong with it? Your failure to do due diligence is not really an acceptable reason for returning it.

McKneff

What'the problem with buying an ex rental car.

WilfieK

Nothing wrong with the car but I wouldnt have purchased it as I dont like the idea of owing an ex rental car. These cars are driven my numerous people and in my experience, dont treat them with much care.

I didnt question the one owner, its only until I've just seen it on the V5 and I googled the company name, turns out to be Enterprise cars.

I feel like ive been ripped off and paid over the odds as its going to be harder to sell on with it being an ex rental car.

Can anyone suggest what course of action I should take?

Thank you

Oakdene

WilfieK wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the car but I wouldnt have purchased it as I dont like the idea of owing an ex rental car. These cars are driven my numerous people and in my experience, dont treat them with much care.

I didnt question the one owner, its only until I've just seen it on the V5 and I googled the company name, turns out to be Enterprise cars.

I feel like ive been ripped off and paid over the odds as its going to be harder to sell on with it being an ex rental car.

Can anyone suggest what course of action I should take?

Thank you

But what has been done wrong?

The dealer has bought a car from an auction house, such as BCA, they have then brought it into stock. You have seen it, driven it, liked it & bought it.

k3lvc

WilfieK wrote: »

Can anyone suggest what course of action I should take?

Either forget about it and enjoy your car or spend the next x months/years listening/feeling for every possible fault that could have been caused by the previous owner(s)


Bear in mind though that although it's had one owner it may also have genuinely had one driver throughout that period

donny_jim

You do have a lot more rights buying from a dealership, the first question to ask them is, is the mileage genuine, I would find this rather low for a rental car, next it's a matter of going to whichever consumer rights department deals with car sales. Good luck.

WilfieK

Interesting responses, thank you.
Do you think the car will have a lesser value when I re-sell it, stating that its an ex rental car? Compared to a non ex rental?

Oakdene

No because unless you tell people they wont know

peachyprice

donny_jim wrote: »

You do have a lot more rights buying from a dealership, the first question to ask them is, is the mileage genuine, I would find this rather low for a rental car, next it's a matter of going to whichever consumer rights department deals with car sales. Good luck.

Not necessarily, depending on where it was based. I thought it was on the high side compared to sub 1yo cars I usually hire, they are usually around the 10k or less mark. But OP was happy to pay for a high mileage 1yo car.

Unless the dealership have been dishonest, which from what OP has written they haven't, there are no consumer rights OP could rely upon.