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A couple? what else was wrong with it?
Not mentioning problems is one thing, specifically saying it doesnt have them is another
How cheap do you expect an engine to be?
So it was way below normal price then so what did you expect? With £500 for a replacement engine it'd still be fairly cheap if it's in perfect condition.
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Well there's taking it with a pinch of salt and there's outright lying - from what I can tell the advert veers closer to the latter description than the former. As an example saying it uses a little oil might be underselling the issue slightly so you would take that with a pinch of salt, saying it uses no oil is not in the same category, it's deceit plain and simple - it may well come under the Trade Descriptions Act as well if anyone felt like taking it that far.
And as already stated if you are banned from motoring then you're banned, there's no "but what if I drive a different car? How about if I use a tractor instead?". It's a ban because you have broken the law sufficiently seriously or enough times to earn the ban.
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[TW]Fox;15414770 said:
Agreed, and when I was younger and more trusting/naïve, I have been ripped off buying cars by people like Danny. So this really hits a nerve with me.
As said above, there’s bending the truth or omitting small details. And then there’s blatant deception.
Caveat Emptor
You would hope that someone buying a Turbocharged car would be able to spot the warning signs of a duff Turbo. If you don't keep your eyes open and take everything with a pinch of salt, you're going to get burned when buying a used car. If you're naive enough to think that the car is completely fine just because the vendor says it is, you should stick to buying brand new out of the showroom.
You would hope that someone buying a Turbocharged car would be able to spot the warning signs of a duff Turbo. If you don't keep your eyes open and take everything with a pinch of salt, you're going to get burned when buying a used car. If you're naive enough to think that the car is completely fine just because the vendor says it is, you should stick to buying brand new out of the showroom.
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Go view before you bid.
Simples.
Only a fool would commit to buying something with contact having not checked the condition personally.
Or bid, win the auction, go and see the car, and if it isn't as described (I.E, the Turbo is knackered) you walk away.
Far many people think that they are doomed if they bid on a car on ebay which in reality turns out to be an utter nail. This quite simply isn't the case, and they can just leave.
Local Police would be interested in that auction as it IS fraud by misrepresentation. Stating here it drinks oil and stating completly the opposite on the ebay ad. Criminal offence buddy 
and no you can not go purchase a bike and ride it around. You are banned from DRIVING
and no you can not go purchase a bike and ride it around. You are banned from DRIVINGHow would you suggest Caveat Emptor applies with regards to Section 13 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 which applies to private sales such as this one? The buyer of that car would have easily had redress under this section. Caveat Emptor is nothing more than an old common law doctrine which has been superseded by numerous statutes.
In any such case, a buyer has far more legal protection when they don't inspect the car at all.
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Syntactically correct isn't it? Never used a drop but used litres?
Syntactically correct, but not factual.
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