Rav4 - MOT Advisories.. help me

rule one of buying a used car - check MOT history before even thinking about contacting / speaking to the dealer.

At this kind of price bracket - no dealer is actually going to "fix" all of the above - to do all the above properly is going to cost thousands and lose the garage a ton of money. They're banking on purchasers not spotting this and just selling them a ticking time bomb of deferred maintenance.

Find a car that's been properly serviced and doesn't have a tone of pending work the dealer is hiding.

Their idea of fixing this will be to give it the cheapest new tyre they can find and give everything underneath a quick coat of paint with a rattle can to hide the corrosion and taking it to a different MOT station that will be "friendly" to them and just not list the other bits of worn bushings etc..
 
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He sent a video saying it's surface corrosion, not deep... dirt & paint. He said they will clean it up with a wire brush and underseal it all. He knocked on it a few times and they it's all solid. I've taken screenshots of the corrosion he pointed out: (not videos)
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This'll go one of two ways. Either the dealer is one of the extremely rare honest lot and will actually fix everything (maybe that just about justifies the ridiculous asking price) or you're going to end up putting your mum in a car that'll be potentially dangerous.

My advice - tell the dealer that you're expecting everything to be rectified or you're walking away with your deposit back. Ask them if they'd be happy for Toyota to examine it before the sale completes. If he says no, then demand your money back.
 
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Ask them if they'd be happy for Toyota to examine it before the sale completes. If he says no, then demand your money back.
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I would expect most dealers would just give you your deposit back without asking and tell you to go and buy another car if you asked for a 16 year old car to be inspected by the original manufacturer prior to completing a purchase.
 
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