Why is guarantee ridiculously short when buying a user car from a trade seller in the UK? 31 August 2018 at 12:55PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Motoring 10 replies 794 views

gilbutre

In France you get 3 months guarantee anywhere and it's easy to negotiate 6 months.

In Birmingham I see 1 month included in the price everywhere. One month. What the hell? Why not one day? And for 3 months which is still short IMO you have to pay like £200 extra. Again what the hell.

End of venting, thanks.

davidwood681

You're buying from the wrong places

loskie

look at your consumer rights, not the warranty.

Exemplar

We just bought a 2011 Pug 3008 from a Pug main dealer in Hinckley. Came with a 2 year FULL Pug main dealer warranty with no excess. We paid no more than 'normal' dealers forecourt prices for the car.

You Sir are buying from the wrong places.

AdrianC

How much are you paying for the car in Brum, compared to what the same type/age of car would cost in France?


Now how much margin is in that for the dealer?

bigisi

Move (back?) to France!

Simples.

motorguy

gilbutre wrote: »

In France you get 3 months guarantee anywhere and it's easy to negotiate 6 months.

In Birmingham I see 1 month included in the price everywhere. One month. What the hell? Why not one day? And for 3 months which is still short IMO you have to pay like £200 extra. Again what the hell.

End of venting, thanks.

You;re looking in the wrong places and / or at the wrong price point of cars.

AndyMc.....

motorguy wrote: »

You;re looking in the wrong places and / or at the wrong price point of cars.

I think he's looking at the wrong end of the Birmingham market where even the three month warranty isn't worth the paper irs written on.

cajef

In view of you only being offered £100 for your vehicle in your other thread I assume you are looking at the cheaper end of market, that is the sort of warranty you get unless you are paying for a more recent vehicle.

jimjames

gilbutre wrote: »

In France you get 3 months guarantee anywhere and it's easy to negotiate 6 months.

In Birmingham I see 1 month included in the price everywhere. One month. What the hell? Why not one day? And for 3 months which is still short IMO you have to pay like £200 extra. Again what the hell.

End of venting, thanks.

Pay £20k for a car and you'll get more warranty.

forgotmyname

Spend more than £100 on the car and get a longer warranty?

Looked at one recently where they have their own workshop, they will give a full years warranty on everything... for cars over £2000.
They can fix the cars themselves so costs to repair are minimal and they dont buy junk cars either, Mostly cars over £4k. But a few well looked after cars also crop up from time to time for much less.