Advice please- was sold a dodgy car

lopsyfa

EmilyJ90 said:

pinkshoes said:

You have evidence that stated the clutch was good which it clearly wasn’t, you have evidence he is a dealer, you have evidence that he liked about why he had the car.

Send a letter before action giving him 14 days to collect the car and refund in full, otherwise you ill be taking him to court for a full refund plus all expenses, enclosing a copy of all the evidence you will be using.

He might or might not have money to pay but sometimes it is worth getting the CCJ against him.

I have posted him a letter that trading standards emailed me, he’s received it today. I didn’t state in the letter about him being a trader and buying the car as a non runner, I left it vague that he stated it had a very good clutch and was in good condition and it doesn’t match the description, the rest of the evidence I’ll keep for court if needs be.
Im hoping he will get in contact but he was so quick to block me I can’t see it 😞.

The best option is to get your money before it gets to court. Send him a letter before action with all the evidence and tell him he has 14 days to refund your money and take his car back. There is no reason for you to withhold any evidence from him that could have made him take you more seriously and avoid court case.

AdrianC

EmilyJ90 said:
I didn’t state in the letter about him being a trader...

If he was a private seller, then you would have precisely zero comeback unless you can prove he knowingly explicitly lied.

How he bought it, what he paid - irrelevant.

As it is, your rights are tempered by reasonable expectations for used goods of that price and apparent condition. They are very limited... but, even so, this sorry mess is outside reasonable expectations...