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Breach of Contract?
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I signed a contract with a car dealership on 10th April this year. the contract was that they were to supply me with a Motability Vehicle - an automatic, Skoda Kodiaq, se l executive (due to medical reasons) with the delivery date being from the 6th of July this year.
After nearly 3 months of waiting, just days before the perceived delivery date, i received a call saying that they were ever so sorry, but the car which i had 'ordered' was now unavailable as i should have selected one from 'stock' and basically asking would a smaller vehicle do? To this question, i replied not really, as the 7 seater was the size of vehicle that I required - that's why i ordered it in the first place, as well as being within my price range for the advance payment of £1515 (to be payed upon delivery).
With my answer in mind, they cancelled both the contract & the Motability 'earmark' so that i could search for and order a car with a different vendor.
Unfortunately, the only other vehicle which met my needs and was similar to the Kodiaq, was a VW Tiguan Allspace which will be costing me an extra £1200 on top of the £1515 bringing the total to £1907, also, with no standard stock available, the car has been ordered, but is getting built and has a 6-8 month delay to allow for this.
Do i have any grounds for compensation due to breach of contract by the car dealership? , as i'm now due to have knee surgery within the next 3 months and am effectively going to be unable to use my current vehicle due to it being manual.
After nearly 3 months of waiting, just days before the perceived delivery date, i received a call saying that they were ever so sorry, but the car which i had 'ordered' was now unavailable as i should have selected one from 'stock' and basically asking would a smaller vehicle do? To this question, i replied not really, as the 7 seater was the size of vehicle that I required - that's why i ordered it in the first place, as well as being within my price range for the advance payment of £1515 (to be payed upon delivery).
With my answer in mind, they cancelled both the contract & the Motability 'earmark' so that i could search for and order a car with a different vendor.
Unfortunately, the only other vehicle which met my needs and was similar to the Kodiaq, was a VW Tiguan Allspace which will be costing me an extra £1200 on top of the £1515 bringing the total to £1907, also, with no standard stock available, the car has been ordered, but is getting built and has a 6-8 month delay to allow for this.
Do i have any grounds for compensation due to breach of contract by the car dealership? , as i'm now due to have knee surgery within the next 3 months and am effectively going to be unable to use my current vehicle due to it being manual.
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Sadly not. if they can't supply one.
Best option would be to ring round other Skoda dealers & see if any have stock.Life in the slow lane0 -
Read the contract you signed. I'm pretty sure you'll find some clause covering non-availability of the ordered vehicle, so no breach of contract.1
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