New Car, concern about repairs done.

okay cheers GC123.

Not all ebay adds are bad, 2 years back I got a 1999 Almera N15, its been fab not a fault this was also a repair but I know the repair was done via nissan dealer on that. The only reason I am buying it has higher mileage and things will go, plus I always liked the newer shape.

It will be a shame to sell it - but before I do Im gonna make sure this one will LAST! The missus has said this is the last one as she is insisting on children in the next few years! (sorry to go off topic) !

Just as a matter of interest GC I take it you work in car sales industry?
 
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When it comes to buying a pc im fine. I work in a copany relatied to purple shirt people, I look at customers who buy thinking what a bargain there getting and I can see beyond that. Where as I know I can build an fix pcs for a fraction of the cost.

Now turn the table on the car market, I am like this with cars. I did view the car, possibily my judgement my have been clouded slightly, We did see the state of the wheel well, and the rust was spotted. It doesnt help that I am not that expierence and maybe dont have a trained eye as some people.

From the advise ive been given it doesnt sound like I got that bad a deal, I hope not, all I after is second opion. When I ring up local shops they ask for opppointments want to charge instantly it took me 4 hours to find a place in nottingham just to take a look for an estimate

There is one thing I have noticed is that the damm hole they made below the light to push out the panel is letting in the water, this is about the size of a 5 pence piece. This will need sealing. I just removed the ***** tape on the wheel well around the edge, to find out there is no rust or corrosion and the oposite side underneath seems to be intact with no corrosion so everyone who has said the boot well is ok it correct so far.. Yes it dont look that attactive so they figure put some ***** plastic like tape, i used practically no force and it pushed off.

At the end of the day it is a learning expierence but I know its not a total waste of money I will do all i can of warning people from buying from this guy as he was not honest and I had to do all the chasing to get details of what happened. I understand that it was a risk due to my limited knowledge of bodywork, However I have learned a lot FAST in the last day about MOTS, VICS, its been a lot to take in.

Please dont think I am being defensive any way, simply trying to highlight they whole situation.
 
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I think I would have stopped reading the ebay listing at the point where he said it was written off for a broken light cluster. Unless this cars rear light clusters are the most expensive in the world, I doubt it very much.
 
in fairness it just looks like the guy cut corners and didnt finish off well. we have the same shape almera in the extended family and it does just keep going, without problems. take a bit of time , seal the light, (silicone) and spend a small amount of money. the car should be fine. whereabouts in notts are you? as a matter of interest.
 
GC123

- I made some progress on this today, On advise of a friend he said ring VOSA and just make sure the VIC marker has not been placed on it. It hasnt been. So thats one good thing.

Secondly i took the car to another bodyshop the enginner took one look at it, noticed the boot and first thing he said was "Wash youre hands of it!" I was horrified. he highled the fact there is slight gap inthe passenger side rear door. (Personally i can put up with this so long as it will never rust sooner) and the read panel infront of the boot does not align.

After consulting the local garrage on Nutall road that do my MOT on my last car they state the the boot well structure should not effect MOT whatsoever.

The bodyshop was a large one, I went over to hucknall / sandiclffe
They did not want to start any sort of repair as they would never garrentee it.

After speaking with a friend in the trade and others who have looked at it, say i would be lucky to get even 2000 for it. Im now left pretty demolarised about the whole ordeal.

As for where I live I m in north nottingham near Aspley. Maybe you could recommend anyone who could help do the sealing, I m in two minds about keeping the car now.

I will never buy on ebay again on a purchase of this scale i have last faith.

Other option would be and dont know if this would work out if I take the car to a main dealer with intent of buying a new car and ask for part/ex some places give a fixed mimimum part exchange. Im swaying on getting rid.

with refferce to section 13 of the sales of goods act does this apply to private sales and auctions and does the fact that i saw the car nulify section 13. Just asking it maybe worth a shot, but want to know frist before i speak to anyone in a legel position.

I really do feel quite angry at the ebayer that sold me this and I have sent him a email explaining why hes conned me, but I feel he doesnt care at all. He got my money and ran!
 
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GC123

- I made some progress on this today, On advise of a friend he said ring VOSA and just make sure the VIC marker has not been placed on it. It hasnt been. So thats one good thing.

Secondly i took the car to another bodyshop the enginner took one look at it, noticed the boot and first thing he said was "Wash youre hands of it!" I was horrified. he highled the fact there is slight gap inthe passenger side rear door. (Personally i can put up with this so long as it will never rust sooner) and the read panel infront of the boot does not align.
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Insurance companies write cars off for a reason.......Because they would be un-economical to repair properly.

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After consulting the local garrage on Nutall road that do my MOT on my last car they state the the boot well structure should not effect MOT whatsoever.
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It won't effect you obtaining an MOT. Actually even a bent chassis wouldn't stop you from obtaining an MOT because they don't check chassis alignment on the MOT.

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The bodyshop was a large one, I went over to hucknall / sandiclffe
They did not want to start any sort of repair as they would never garrentee it.
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Its not worth their while getting involved because you might claim they hashed it up.
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Other option would be and dont know if this would work out if I take the car to a main dealer with intent of buying a new car and ask for part/ex some places give a fixed mimimum part exchange. Im swaying on getting rid.
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They wouldn't want it if they notice the bad repair, If you don't tell them and they find out later they will ask for their money back.

waveydave79 said:
with refferce to section 13 of the sales of goods act does this apply to private sales and auctions and does the fact that i saw the car nulify section 13. Just asking it maybe worth a shot, but want to know frist before i speak to anyone in a legel position.
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I'm not sure but, I doubt it would cover it as his not a proper business is he?
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I really do feel quite angry at the ebayer that sold me this and I have sent him a email explaining why hes conned me, but I feel he doesnt care at all. He got my money and ran!
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Why will he care ? His stole your money and run. doubt he would even read the email to be honest.
Your only chance of getting your money back would be to take him to the small claims court but, even then you would have to prove he sold it to you without telling you that it had been repaired to that extent.
 
hi, tbh ,this is what i was worried about, when you say gap on rear door , do you mean when the door is closed it is a smaller gap between the rear of the door and the quarter , than the other side, or sticks out slightly. if the gap has closed i would be thinking that it now needs a pull on the rear to open it up, which would mean undoing most of the repair. the other thing is ....not wanting to cause undue worry, did you hpi it? (sorry if already answered) did it state cat d or c. cat cs dont always have a vic marker, some never do and some take up to 6 months. if you p/ex the car they will hpi it , and either not want it or offer less, . i have just noticed with privelidge insurance, that the blurb they come out with when you first insure, now states, if the vehicle has been a write off they will pay significantly less out if a claim arrises, (did ask if i could pay less for insurance...)
 
if you dont mind travelling , you could always pop down and i will have a quick look. i have a 2 poster lift in my garage at home. cant guarantee anything , but i dont pull punches. take it to email if you want. (in trust). gary
only just off j11 of m42 a444 side.
 
GC,

This is has now been a long and horrible nightmare.

I spent yesterday taking the car around garages, like i said there was gaps in the panels and my conclusion is no one was going to touch the car. It is useless getting in touch with the ebayer, expect the fact the he misadvertised the damm thing, I got in touch with legal advise as my next step - im informed its useless as its less than 5K legal costs are likely to cost me more and I am not garrenenteed to win, as I did see the car.

Its my own fault for not getting the inpection done by a professional i should have known

Me and my partner has sat down and agreed that it has to go. We have come to the conclusion that we have been properly stung by this ebayer.

From now on I will be fully avoiding situations like this,
 
i know how you feel, everyone gets stung at least once. put it in the autotrader , stating it had been bumped, and you may get most of your money back, i once had a perfectly straight mondeo for sale, and no buyers . so i dented the rear 1/4 and stuck it in the salvage section as light damage . it sold on the first day for £50 less than it was advertised straight. there will always be somebody who wants your car.
i would still kick up a fuss with the ebayer, about trading standards etc, you may get some money back, you assume he is a private guy, he may be trading buying and selling repairable salvage, and may not want the heat. GOOD LUCK. gc
 
Gc,

You have hit the nail right on the head. Its exactly what has happened, I ve had a lot of mixed opionions if I have a comeback, I had a written qoutel from the original bodyshop for repairs to the car, to bring it back to a working condition total cost is 1100, I think this is excluding VAT and painting. Its easy going to be over 1500. It having plenty of prev owners also reduces that, its probably worth no more than 1300.

On the lighter side of this I have been to a local dealership, and put a deposit down on a Y plate 1.5 E almera. Its standard model but still nice and has 22K, test drove it I am happy it drives better than the 02 Heap, as I would expect of the mileage.

Unforntunly with losing the money, Ive only been able to put 50% of the cost down as desposits, its left me with 69 pounds a month payment over 3 years. Iam likely to pay it off before then to save credit. The car is absotlutly spot on, after checking it agaist the 02 heap. + I get 12 months comprehsive engine and electrics warrenty :)

It now hightlights all the differences. This has been a very trumatic expierence that I am glad to be almost out of.

I have learned a very harsh lesson.

I would like to disclose the name of the ebayer so people could avoid this person, I personally would like to cuase him as much grief as possible. These 2 guys are asain and claim to have a car sales pitch everytime i have phoned them after they seem to be serving in a shop talking to customers, In the WF area. - without getting comeback from them that is as much as I will say at this point.

I pick that up on wendsay
 
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