Car bought with a windscreen chip

Herzlos

parking_question_chap said:

Not sure why the age of the vehicle is of any consequence. A stone chip can happen at any time. You have done well to get money out of the dealer. Leave it at that if it passed the MOT. Monitor in case of further cracks though.

If it was professionally repaired then there should be some warranty with it meaning if it gets worse they'll replace the windscreen.

Scrapit

Were_Doomed said:

The age question is relevant ... in that the older the vehicle (and/or the more miles travelled), the more likely there is to be a chip.

I think we all agree on the OP's way forward though.  

what? Age is not proportional to amount of stone chips

Were_Doomed

Scrapit said:

Were_Doomed said:

The age question is relevant ... in that the older the vehicle (and/or the more miles travelled), the more likely there is to be a chip.

I think we all agree on the OP's way forward though.  

what? Age is not proportional to amount of stone chips

🙄 There's always one.

AdrianC

Age isn't proportional to the amount of stonechips, but it is proportional to the amount of margin the dealer has available to resolve such trivial issues, and to reasonable expectations for absolute perfection.

TornSoldier

Thank you for the valuable feedback. I checked on my insurer website, and if the chip is within 3cm of the edge, the screen will have to be replaced and not repaired. However, it passes MOT because it is not in the line of vision. 

On another note, I just read-  If you've just bought this vehicle the tax or SORN doesn't come with it. You'll need to tax it before driving it. Does this mean I have to tax again already taxed vehicle? The dealer told me its already taxed till next April.

AdrianC

TornSoldier said:

On another note, I just read-  If you've just bought this vehicle the tax or SORN doesn't come with it. You'll need to tax it before driving it. Does this mean I have to tax again already taxed vehicle? The dealer told me its already taxed till next April.

Yes. That's been the case since 2014 for tax, and since introduction in 1999 for SORN.

The previous keeper gets a refund as of the date of keeper change.

If the car was with a dealer, it almost certainly wasn't taxed anyway. But it's possible he may have put 6mo tax on it for you as part of the deal. 6mo from now would indeed end in April.

scrappy_returns

AdrianC said:

Age isn't proportional to the amount of stonechips, but it is proportional to the amount of margin the dealer has available to resolve such trivial issues, and to reasonable expectations for absolute perfection.

No one mentioned perfection, the dealer has offered to pay the excess to correct the damage to the point where it can't be noticed. It has been repaired but not to the op's satisfaction albeit it good enough to satisfy the MOT tester. The age is irrelevant. As is milage on the vehicle. Especially considering the dealers offer.