Car from garage, not as it seems, where do I stand

Dav4 · 14 Jul 2017 at 19:33

Jamesyboyjim said:
There are so many small dealerships that mot their own cars on site that sell old cheap cars that all have clean mot's. I'd always be wary!

True they well put them through sometimes with clean MOT's when they might not have achieved it at an independent testing station.
When I was helping my sister find a car nearly everyone she went to look at they said "we will put 12 months mot on for you" now that straight away just sounds dodgy to me as I would rather it have one present to check for advisories etc.
Someone I worked with bought a car for about 5k from a dealer so not exactly a £400 banger and it had a clean 12 months MOT despite the fact 2 of the Tyres were ******. one of them had a massive chunk out of the side wall that was downright dangerous

Lopéz · 15 Jul 2017 at 17:10

An MOT is a basic safety check, nothing more. Leaky roof and noisy clutch bearing are pretty much standard for an older 206, I think your mum is on a hiding to nothing here.

sigma · 15 Jul 2017 at 17:15

Posted in haste.

Lopéz · 15 Jul 2017 at 17:21

sigma said:
Wrong! Terrible advice! If it's within 30 days they have to refund if the car is not fit for purpose - you don't have to give them a chance to fix it.

It doesn't sound like it is "not fit for purpose", and she bought it "just over a month ago" which is not within 30 days.
Therefore it's not exactly terrible advice....

sigma · 15 Jul 2017 at 17:23

Lopéz said:
It doesn't sound like it is "not fit for purpose", and she bought it "just over a month ago" which is not within 30 days.
Therefore it's not exactly terrible advice....

I think it can still count within 30 days as that was when she first had it checked out. Although, I am not a lawyer... and having thought about it perhaps my comment was ill-judged, and I brought in some pre-conceived ideas because I am having issues of my own with a **** of a car dealer

I did bold the "if" for that reason, it depends how bad the bushes etc are.

MichaelAwkward · 15 Jul 2017 at 17:25

Define fit for purpose... bearing in mind that it's a 15 year old french hatchback sold by a used car dealer that's somehow able to get a clean MoT for every car he sells?

It honestly isn't worth the time and effort to try and get them to fix it.

sigma · 15 Jul 2017 at 17:26

MichaelAwkward said:
Define fit for purpose... bearing in mind that it's a 15 year old french hatchback sold by a used car dealer that's somehow able to get a clean MoT for every car he sells?

It honestly isn't worth the time and effort to try and get them to fix it.

If that's aimed at me, please see the post above "having thought about it perhaps my comment was ill-judged, and I brought in some pre-conceived ideas because I am having issues of my own with a **** of a car dealer.".