Son's car MOT advisories - garage ignoring us

foxy-stoat

Jirmette1 wrote: »

I'll seek advice elsewhere, I was asking for advice as this is all a little beyond me, not to get condescending remarks it's neither nice nor helpful.

Ask on Pistonheads or Mumsnet - you may get different responses there.

When you buy a car you really need to know more than just putting the key in a starting the engine.

jimbo6977

Hey what's with peeps being so tetchy, is it having to go back to work?

If we take the OP at face value, hubby asked whether there were advisories and was told "no".

Frankly, correcting the throw of the lights, fitting a pair of part-worns or ditchfinders, and tightening an exhaust bracket would not have cost the dealer a fortune, and if that represents his margin on a 4k sale then he should do something else for a living.

Retailers (and forumites) should not expect "civilian" customers to come armed with diagnostic toolkits and the knowledge to use them correctly.

Is no-one to be allowed near a PC unless they can code?

AdrianC

So you don't think that looking at the tyres before agreeing a potential purchase, and saying "They're a bit thin, mate, we'll have it if you put a new pair on in the deal" is part of reasonable due diligence from a car buyer?

Car_54

AdrianC wrote: »

He has no excuse for not knowing - it's one of the show-me-tell-me questions on the driving test.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/car-show-me-tell-me-vehicle-safety-questions/car-show-me-tell-me-vehicle-safety-questions

He has a good excuse - "... a few days before his 17th birthday ...", so he won't have encountered the test yet.

couriervanman

As others have said why didn't he notice the tyres

EdGasketTheSecond

£4K for a first car? Mine was £25 and lasted a year. SInce then I've never spent more than £1K on a car in over 40 yrs motoring.

01afraser4

AdrianC wrote: »

So you don't think that looking at the tyres before agreeing a potential purchase, and saying "They're a bit thin, mate, we'll have it if you put a new pair on in the deal" is part of reasonable due diligence from a car buyer?

This argument could potentially be countered given that the garage "were insistent that any issues would be resolved."

Of course, 'issues' is vastly open to interpretation, but I certainly wouldn't put it past a garage to lure in an inexperienced car buyer by suggesting any issues would be resolved i.e. any advisories taken care of.

Jirmette1

jimbo6977 wrote: »

Hey what's with peeps being so tetchy, is it having to go back to work?

If we take the OP at face value, hubby asked whether there were advisories and was told "no".

Frankly, correcting the throw of the lights, fitting a pair of part-worns or ditchfinders, and tightening an exhaust bracket would not have cost the dealer a fortune, and if that represents his margin on a 4k sale then he should do something else for a living.

Retailers (and forumites) should not expect "civilian" customers to come armed with diagnostic toolkits and the knowledge to use them correctly.

Is no-one to be allowed near a PC unless they can code?

Thank you!

Jirmette1

01afraser4 wrote: »

This argument could potentially be countered given that the garage "were insistent that any issues would be resolved."

Of course, 'issues' is vastly open to interpretation, but I certainly wouldn't put it past a garage to lure in an inexperienced car buyer by suggesting any issues would be resolved i.e. any advisories taken care of.

Thank you, our point exactly, also that when my husband phoned, he was told that no car should have gone out without advisories being sorted (yet we seem to be akin to the devil incarnate, albeit an apparent cheap one, for daring to ask if we can do anything about it).

I've managed to seek advice elsewhere, best to just ignore the rude, unhelpful people.

lincroft1710

Buying a car brings responsibilities, one of them making sure the tyres are legal. It is one of the first things a prospective buyer of any car should check. In this case they were legal at the time of purchase. So the buyer has no comeback.

As has been said in several posts, the time to negotiate the price is before purchase not after