Conned. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Minty,

Ive already recieved the new log book. And I know the guys address. For the last few days I have been resisting the temptation of paying him a visit.:zx11:

On a side note. After searching through this forum I have come to the conclusion my tiptonic needs a fluid and filter change to get rid of that cold jerky gear shift problem. I dont want to go to the ******** as they will charge a lot. I have a local Indy close by, I might get a quote from him. I have seriously considered doing it myself but I am a bit unsure about it.

Has anyone here done this job themself? Or know of a indy / ******* that would do it for a reasonable price?

Being optimistic.... with the car having done so many miles and with some sort of service history the odds seem to favour it being OK...mechanically that is. In which case the story might end well with jasear at least having a decent car to drive....


Provided its not a ringer of course....which needs to be eliminated. Yep, gather your facts, VIC, dealer etc before deciding if

just wondering whats the latest is on the car?

yeah.. how you getting on with this one?

RicKT

Have you actually contacted the guy and told him your problem??

If you hav'nt then
1/he doesnt know you have a problem or dispute.
2/ Has not been given the chance to put it right.

Communication is the key, I would'nt advise you to hold your breath waiting but he just might say , sorry I cant do anything or you might get a result maybe some cash back or whatever, But he probably doesnt read this forum so he wont know that your unhappy:zx11: with the deal.

Give the guy a go, worst case is he tells you to get lost, your no further back if he does but at least you'll know where you stand.

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Originally Posted by mycarsavw

Unless it says "SOLD AS SEEN" you have comeback.

Caveat Emptor

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Be aware... "Sold As Seen" makes no difference.

When I was a car trader many moons ago at the lower end of the food chain, (All cars ex-trade-ins under £1000), we had printed on our receipts "Sold As Seen Tried And Approved, With No Warranty Given Or Implied". We had 3 or 4 run-ins with Trading Standards and found that our legal position wasn't affected by that statement at all. The car still had to be in a condition "Fit for the purpose it was sold for". We only ever had one case where we had to make a refund and that was where we hadn't noticed a mileometer not working and the mileage was the same at the MOT 3 months before. We had quoted the mileage in the Advert.

In the case of a car being a repaired write off, if the buyer asks the question, then the answer must be honest. If he doesn't ask, then there is no legal requirement to tell him.

Caveat Emptor - "Let the buyer beware".
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René

So have you been the see the guy or imformed him your unhappy yet?

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Originally Posted by jasear

:zx11: :zx11: Im so angry right now I cannot describe it. I bought a Passat TDI which was advertised in the papers.

It seemed like a good deal but was about 120 miles away from where I lived. After losing out on numerous cars before, due to not acting quick I thought I will not miss out on this one!

Anyway, I phone the guy and asked him some basic questions about the car. He tells me the mileage is 55,000 (there was no mention of it in the ad) backed with full service history. All sounds good. I go to this guys place first thing in the morning as he tells me several people have tried to pay him a deposit over the phone to secure the car.

I reach there and he tells me he is at work so will be available in an hours time. After an hour I go down his place and view the car. I am shocked to see 120k on the clock. Upon asking him about the service history he tells me there is none.:zx11: I drive the car and it drives perfect. I ask him is it HPI clear and he informs me it is. Anyway I get the price down as much as I can and buy the car (dunno why I just didnt walk away I want to beat the hell out of myself for that).

He didnt even have a V5 just gave me the new keepers part. Anyway, I drive the car 120 miles and I cant really complain about anything.

Next day I start the car up and notice the gear shift from 1st to second, 2nd to 1st and reverse are jerky but are fine when warm (explains why he couldnt see me straight away and only an hour later because he was probably warming the car up so that I dont notice this problem).

To top it all off today I recieved the new V5 with my name on it and to my shock and horror I find in the special notes that the car had been inspected after being repaired from substantial damage in 2005.

The guy has sold me lie after lie. I am just wondering is there anything I can do about this legally? Or am I just now stuck with this problem.

I know I have been absolutely stupid but for sure I will NEVER EVER make this mistake again. More than the loss of money I consider it important that this guy doesnt get away with this and others like me dont find themselves in this situation.

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soz to here this but have you not heard of HPI, its there to be used ,and a good eye would of spotted the damage repaired

Hi there
A fair bit of good advice a couple of points though:

If the car has been used as a taxi, then the local council to where the guy lived will have licensed it, it will also have had an extra inspection every year over and above the Mot. If it has had a plate screwed on the back then that would be his license number.
It might be worthwhile giving them a call to see if they have a record of the car. If they do they will have a record of the mileage
If they have a record of a higher mileage, then i am fairly certain you have the guy by the short and curlies.

No council will want to give a license to someone who is defrauding members of the public. If you can dangle that over his head it may help

On the plus side, if you are right about the taxi thing, it does mean the car was properly repaired as the inspections to get the car licensed are very thorough

Also if you can show "just cause" i believe the DVLA can confirm mileages when the car has changed owners

Ron