Mercedes Benz early voluntary termination query with Mortimer Clarke solicitors

visidigi

visidigi said:

I think alot of this comes down to just 'how over' your allowance you are.

£6500 for damage and mileage seems a heck of alot. So just what are the numbers involved here? 

If only the OP would answer this...

I mean take for example...

£1,500 damage, £5,000 excess mileage, average case 20p per mile would equal 25k over mileage.
£3,000 damage, £3,500 excess mileage, average case 20p per mile would equal 17.5k over mileage.
£5,000 damage, £1,500 excess mileage, average case 20p per mile would equal 7.5k over mileage.

It sound suspiciously like the OP has either trashed the car or has absolute blown the mileage having bought totally the wrong allowance to save cost or worst case done both.

Which would mean the VT point is irrelevant - and you can see why the solicitors have been engaged...

porkisnotmeat

shiraz99 said:

bettasurveyor said:

I found this on the car expert website (see above) does anybody know of someone who has WON or LOST in court battling excess mileage on a voluntary termination pcp ?

There a couple of cases out there with the result going either way. Unfortunately, district court cases don't set precedent and afaik the law regarding this has never been tested in the higher courts.

There's a whole section regarding VT on the legal beagles forum - Vehicle Finance and Issues - LegalBeagles Forum

Precisely.

County Court judgements are largely irrelevant unless they're following existing case law, and these were not.

Personally, I'd disagree that the condition of the car is not tied to its mileage, the more miles you put on the clock the more the materials in the car have been stressed.  But until this is tested in a higher court than a county one there's no way anyone can say definitively one way or the other, so perhaps people should stop doing that.

born_again

visidigi said:

visidigi said:

I think alot of this comes down to just 'how over' your allowance you are.

£6500 for damage and mileage seems a heck of alot. So just what are the numbers involved here? 

If only the OP would answer this...

I mean take for example...

£1,500 damage, £5,000 excess mileage, average case 20p per mile would equal 25k over mileage.
£3,000 damage, £3,500 excess mileage, average case 20p per mile would equal 17.5k over mileage.
£5,000 damage, £1,500 excess mileage, average case 20p per mile would equal 7.5k over mileage.

It sound suspiciously like the OP has either trashed the car or has absolute blown the mileage having bought totally the wrong allowance to save cost or worst case done both.

Which would mean the VT point is irrelevant - and you can see why the solicitors have been engaged...

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