I have been royally ripped off!

Grumpy_chap

Did you buy the car privately or from a dealer?  Makes a big difference to your rights.

cymruchris

Are you coming back to update us further?

Scrapit

Unforgiveable to not check the oil. So simple, so easy. Or is it unforgiving, I forget.

born_again

No flashing lights on the dash to warn of pending doom, with little oil in the engine.....

couriervanman

born_again said:

No flashing lights on the dash to warn of pending doom, with little oil in the engine.....

Did the OP have a test drive

Jumblebumble

Grumpy_chap said:

Did you buy the car privately or from a dealer?  Makes a big difference to your rights.

In this case I am not so sure as the OP did not check the oil level.
My belief is no warranty is ever going to pay out if a car lunches itself owing to low oil
I hope the OP learns the ABC of buying second hand cars privately
Ask questions
Believe nothing
Check everything

MinuteNoodles

born_again said:

No flashing lights on the dash to warn of pending doom, with little oil in the engine.....

Electronic oil level indicators aren't widespread and tend to be limited to higher end models. Unfortunately too many people treat the red oil pressure warning light on the dash as an oil level indicator. It isn't and by the time that red light comes on the damage has usually been done.

Mistral001

NotMyCar123 said:

Hi, 
So I'll try to keep this concise. About a month ago I bought my dream car, have wanted it since I was a teenager. Two weeks ago the engine tore itself to bits. I was fuming when I found out he had sold it with no oil in the engine(!) despite having told me he serviced it, and then I rang up the DVLA to chase up the V5 so I can sell it for spares, and they had no record of him transferring ownership, which he claimed to have done online whilst I was there!
So now I have a broken car that I don't legally own. My question is, what is my legal recourse with regards to potentially getting my money back for a car I've never owned, which was sold to me with no oil in the engine. The car is obviously not as I bought it. I have no clue when it comes to any of this stuff so any help at all would be really appreciated!

Thanks
J

Never believe anything a car seller tells you.  "Owned by old lady who only used it to go to church", "I am not even covering my costs at that price",  "I have given it a service". 

treeroy

Not sure you have much recourse, if you didn't check the oil level yourself then its your responsibility.

Not accusing you of anything, I myself bought a car last week and didn't occur to me to check the oil level - found out when i got home that it was near empty of oil. But don't think you have the "right" to a refund from a private seller when you could have checkd the oil before purchase.

fred246

Mistral001 said:

NotMyCar123 said:

Hi, 
So I'll try to keep this concise. About a month ago I bought my dream car, have wanted it since I was a teenager. Two weeks ago the engine tore itself to bits. I was fuming when I found out he had sold it with no oil in the engine(!) despite having told me he serviced it, and then I rang up the DVLA to chase up the V5 so I can sell it for spares, and they had no record of him transferring ownership, which he claimed to have done online whilst I was there!
So now I have a broken car that I don't legally own. My question is, what is my legal recourse with regards to potentially getting my money back for a car I've never owned, which was sold to me with no oil in the engine. The car is obviously not as I bought it. I have no clue when it comes to any of this stuff so any help at all would be really appreciated!

Thanks
J

Never believe anything a car seller tells you.  "Owned by old lady who only used it to go to church", "I am not even covering my costs at that price",  "I have given it a service". 

It does seem to be a particular problem with used car salesmen. My theory is that a used car salesman will say anything to clinch a deal. So they say every car is serviced before giving it to the customer. However they have no power to request it from the service department. So the car isn't serviced even though the customer thinks it has been. If the customer kicks up a fuss they might end up actually servicing it in the way that garages do ie badly.