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Broken down second hand car dispute
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sheslookinhot said:Buying an old car for £2,400 would certainly come with significant risk of using time and spending money. Especially a French car.
The cynical amongst us might wonder about the timing and whether the previous owner had been advised to get shot of the car PDQ by his or her mechanic.2 -
WellKnownSid said:sheslookinhot said:Buying an old car for £2,400 would certainly come with significant risk of using time and spending money. Especially a French car.
The cynical amongst us might wonder about the timing and whether the previous owner had been advised to get shot of the car PDQ by his or her mechanic.WellKnownSid said:sheslookinhot said:Buying an old car for £2,400 would certainly come with significant risk of using time and spending money. Especially a French car.
The cynical amongst us might wonder about the timing and whether the previous owner had been advised to get shot of the car PDQ by his or her mechanic.
If the dealer had been honest with me from the start, I could have made a better, more informed decision.
I want to reiterate I’m not a car expert. I genuinely thought paying this amount of money would be enough to avoid any major issues.0 -
...buying 2nd hand from a dealer still gives you certain statutory rights, and given the circumstances you describe the dealer should be offering you a full refund, or at least get it fixed for you.
.."It's everybody's fault but mine...."4 -
Bowties said:WellKnownSid said:sheslookinhot said:Buying an old car for £2,400 would certainly come with significant risk of using time and spending money. Especially a French car.
The cynical amongst us might wonder about the timing and whether the previous owner had been advised to get shot of the car PDQ by his or her mechanic.WellKnownSid said:sheslookinhot said:Buying an old car for £2,400 would certainly come with significant risk of using time and spending money. Especially a French car.
The cynical amongst us might wonder about the timing and whether the previous owner had been advised to get shot of the car PDQ by his or her mechanic.
If the dealer had been honest with me from the start, I could have made a better, more informed decision.
I want to reiterate I’m not a car expert. I genuinely thought paying this amount of money would be enough to avoid any major issues.1 -
WellKnownSid said:sheslookinhot said:Buying an old car for £2,400 would certainly come with significant risk of using time and spending money. Especially a French car.
The cynical amongst us might wonder about the timing and whether the previous owner had been advised to get shot of the car PDQ by his or her mechanic.
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Additionally, the car was sold in good working condition and at a reduced price, reflecting this agreement.To me, this is contradictory. If the car was in good working condition, it would not need to be sold at a reduced price - it would be sold around or above market value for a car of that make, model, age, specification, mileage and cosmetic condition.
There may not be a warranty provided - but would anyone expect one on a car costing £2,400? What they have replied with is worse than simply stating there was no warranty included.I’m guessing that scraping together £3,900 from the outset would have got the OP a more dependable car than £2,400 to this outfit and £1,500 for repairs after 13 days maximum of use. Presumably it was not driven on all of them, as OP had no idea what might be wrong with it.
Have you checked Trustpilot or similar for reviews? Have other customers reported similar issues? One customer having an issue every so often might be unfortunate, but a number of them is indicative of a pattern of behaviour on the part of the company and would go in your favour.2
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