Can garage sell my car

AdrianC

You passed legal ownership to them back in December. That's the end of.

Yes, they should have changed the keeper then - they may have completed the "in trade" section of the V5C, but that's not important for actual legal ownership.

Instead of scrapping the car, they decided to repair it for resale. Their car, they can do that if they wish.

If you want to go back and say "Woah, hold on", and reclaim ownership of it, then feel free to do so - but don't be surprised when the bill for the engine change comes out at somewhere around that asking price - or perhaps higher - when their labour is fully costed at their normal retail rates.

Or, to put it simply, move on.

Stoke

One way of looking at this, is that the car was worth nothing when it broke. Just because it's now worth 2 grand doesn't mean it was worth anything more than £0 when it was in your possession. A 2008 Astra with a broken engine really isn't worth bothering about.... Vauxhall's are hardly worth bothering about when working, if we're realistic.

stator

Write to them and ask for an explanation.
It may be reasonable, it may not.

If they inflated the cost of repair to con you out of your car, it would be criminal. But how can you prove this. I suppose you'd need to prove that the engine hadn't been replaced. I'd suggest sending someone in 'under cover' to look at the car and note down the engine serial number.
If it hasn't changed then report it to the police or consider taking them to small claims court.

GDB2222

This is all speculative. What if there was nothing seriously wrong with the car, in the first place?

scd3scd4

GDB2222 wrote: »

This is all speculative. What if there was nothing seriously wrong with the car, in the first place?

Yep..........that seems more likely in my view.

Noree

AdrianC wrote: »

You passed legal ownership to them back in December. That's the end of.

Yes, they should have changed the keeper then - they may have completed the "in trade" section of the V5C, but that's not important for actual legal ownership.

Instead of scrapping the car, they decided to repair it for resale. Their car, they can do that if they wish.

If you want to go back and say "Woah, hold on", and reclaim ownership of it, then feel free to do so - but don't be surprised when the bill for the engine change comes out at somewhere around that asking price - or perhaps higher - when their labour is fully costed at their normal retail rates.

Or, to put it simply, move on.

As Adrian mentions. Move on. You!!!8217;ve given up the vehicle and it!!!8217;s up to them with what they do.

You can!!!8217;t just reclaim a vehicle you wanted to give up. If you want it back, then it!!!8217;ll cost.

The garage don!!!8217;t need to explain anything to you in this instance. I expect the V5 has been sorted.

parking_question_chap

facade wrote: »

Did you receive any payment for the "scrap", or did you agree to give the car to the garage for "scrap" to cover a bill or something?

If you sold it/gave it away to them then they can do what they like with it.

Most likely they sourced another engine and got the boy to fit it in dead time in between jobs so it cost them nothing to fit, whereas you would have had to pay a lot of labour charges and the cost of the engine, plus storage while they were getting it, so it wasn't worth you paying for the repair.

Of course it cost them to fit.

Engine swaps are not 5 minute jobs and mechanics do not earn £0 per hour.

peter_the_piper

KiTech wrote: »

They offered help with scrapping it and asked if I can bring logbook for this purpose.
Next day I showed up with the logbook

Thanks a lot

Providing the OP's wording is correct the car should still be theirs, (assuming the garage has not paid them. )

AdrianC

scd3scd4 wrote: »

This is all speculative. What if there was nothing seriously wrong with the car, in the first place?

Yep..........that seems more likely in my view.

<shrug> It's possible. Unlikely, though.

Anyway, even if it is the case, that solely reflects on the OP's decision to pass ownership back in December. THAT was the time to get a second (or third, given it was the recovery people who took it there) opinion. An engine "seizing" is not something that's easy to mis-diagnose.

What has happened since the OP passed ownership in December is completely separate.

scd3scd4

AdrianC wrote: »

<shrug> It's possible. Unlikely, though.

Anyway, even if it is the case, that solely reflects on the OP's decision to pass ownership back in December. THAT was the time to get a second (or third, given it was the recovery people who took it there) opinion. An engine "seizing" is not something that's easy to mis-diagnose.

What has happened since the OP passed ownership in December is completely separate.

-shrug-.................unlikely a garage may be dishonest or be trying it on?.........very likely I would say. Let us know where you go?


An engine "seizing" is not something that's easy to mis-diagnose.


Who said it was misdiagnose. All we know is that's what they told him.


Every car I scraped always needed a new engine..............even if it did not before. ;-]