Car Purchase

Ectophile

Every used car dealer will know an MOT inspector who will do an MOT with no advisories.  Either it fails, and the dealer will need to fix something, or it passes with no advisories.

UnsureAboutthis

Ectophile said:

Every used car dealer will know an MOT inspector who will do an MOT with no advisories.  Either it fails, and the dealer will need to fix something, or it passes with no advisories.

That is a fundamental slur on all car dealers. I don't trust car dealers, EA's, paviours, roofers etc but I'm 100%
certain there are many in there that are 100% genuine, decent business people.

Ditzy_Mitzy

TeaBee72 said:

Not nice to hear but I feel like that it was an advisory a year ago. A more recent MOT hasn’t raised any concerns. As for as a seller goes they have sold in good faith. Sold as seen.
iF you could PROVE there was dishonest but the seller you may have someting to fight back, but I doubt you’d be able to ? 

No expert though 

We won't know anything until the car's underside has been looked at.  It's more than possible for corrosion to be rectified - sometimes it's as simple as applying an inhibitor and new paint in areas where the metal is thick and isn't perforated.  It's also possible that the under-body stuff has been welded.  

There are loads of older cars running about that have had bits of rust repaired.  Mine, for example, has had new front wings as the original ones were starting to rot.  

Dingledell

My trusted mechanic has looked at the car and all looks good, (under sealant applied). I had also spoken to the dealer for an explanation of the corrosion disappearing from the latest MOT). They state they had cleaned off rust and treated with under seal. I can now take a sigh of relief. Thank you everyone for your all your input.