Rejecting car ? Please help

mollycat

arcon5 wrote: »

Have you read the thread?

Less helpful more judgemental. After all the responses you seriously wonder why op got defensive?

Like misleading comments like this #2

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you don't have a lot of comeback if you don't test drive the car

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Resentment from OP starts in post #4

Can't see any judgement being made on OP.

Judgemental opinions seem to be from him; referring to "headmasters" and "being back at school", which i read as an assumption of percieved authority/superiority on part of helpful posters. None was intended...(speaking for myself only).

Seems a bit silly not to point out the benefits of properly checking out something you're about to spend a substantial amount of money on...it was fairly obvious the dealer would require to act in some way given the problems reported.

But he knew that anyway.

EdGasketTheSecond

Who buys a £3K car without first driving it?? anyone else apart from the OP?

fred246

I love these arguments. If motor traders were honest, qualified, registered professionals you would be able to buy a car from them without a test drive knowing they would have subjected the car to a 200 point safety check and only let the car leave the garage when it was working perfectly.
People in the know know that they are unqualified, totally dishonest clowns just trying to make as much money as possible.
The funny but is that when someone like Jonnyhere trusts a motor trader all the motor traders then tell him he is an idiot for trusting them.

mollycat

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

Who buys a £3K car without first driving it?? anyone else apart from the OP?

Who buys any car without first driving it?

Jonnyhere

Its all my fault then ed ? :T

Ok :j , funny because i never thought buying a car but then finding a fault would turn out to be my fault :rotfl:

Yes i bought a 3k car without a test drive as i trusted the man to be honest which in the end he has been i suppose .

Lesson learned but there is a law for a reason .

arcon5

neilmcl wrote: »

However you can't expect a 10 year old car to be without faults commensurate to it's age/condition and the legislation allows for this.

We're not talking about fair wear and tear though are we. Smoking from the engine bay makes the car not fit for purpose. So the whole point of the law allows for it is moot.

AdrianC

We have no idea what caused the "smoking". It could very well be spillage from clumsy oil-filling post-service, or simply from oily handprints.