Post by boringgit on Feb 20, 2017 19:28:37 GMT
Hey Folks. Wonder if any of you fine chaps have any input on this! Aplogies for a long boring read.
Several years ago, 2010 without looking at the paperwork my other half bought a car from a second hand dealer. We think the cost was around £2,500 and paid in full in cash.
Anyway, cut a long story short. The car was faulty, Jayne only has an automatic License and it was one of thosefancy prarrie canoe triptronic corsas. (She didn't have me around then to tell her better!!). She had it recovered several times to the dealers garage, eventually it was fixed at a cost of circa £500 (Gearbox ECU). So this is all fine and dandy until the dealer tries to bill her, obviously she isn't going to pay because he sold a faulty car. Again, I wasn't around then so she wasn't sure of the legalities of a sale from a dealer & he fobbed her off with the old caveat emptor private sale no warranty mumbo jumbo. So they end up in limbo - she won't pay him for the remedial work and he won't let her have the car back. In hindsight she should have demanded a refund back then and got trading standards involved. Hindsight is a great thing.
So we fast forward to now. Jayne had a letter from DVLA at her mothers house (where the car was registered to at the time), saying she is no longer the registered keeper. Until you didn't need to update a SORN every year she was updating it. This leads us to believe that the dealer has sold the car, or which I think is likely he has sent away the yellow V5C/3 form so it's now registered to him as a trader. Jayne phoned DVLA this morning and they couldn't tell her much, except that it has been potentially sold.
Obviously the monetary value of the car now is probably less than £1000. It currently has NO MOT, NO TAX and isn't insured. Although interestingly enough it was taken for an MOT on the 20th January this year, which it failed on a few minor things. It was also MOT'd last year and had some work done.
Now we're at a bit of a loss where to go with this, we spoke to CAB a few years ago and they advised either mediate with him directly, which won't happen because the guy will ignore us and make excuses of ill health etc - or small claims court, obviously Jayne would be liable for any costs incurred should the case lose.
1. Small Claims Court
2. Try and mediate with the dealer
3. Buy a knackered panel van, write in big bold letters "DO NOT BUY CARS FROM THIS DEALER --->" and park it outside. This is my preferred option, if anyone has a knackered van with MOT for sale, hit me up.
4. Test drive some of his cars, park round the corner and undo the sump plugs on the gearbox, diff and engine.
5. Forget about it, let it go and move on. Although it really is a matter of principle rather than anything else.
Any input gratefully received.
Several years ago, 2010 without looking at the paperwork my other half bought a car from a second hand dealer. We think the cost was around £2,500 and paid in full in cash.
Anyway, cut a long story short. The car was faulty, Jayne only has an automatic License and it was one of those
So we fast forward to now. Jayne had a letter from DVLA at her mothers house (where the car was registered to at the time), saying she is no longer the registered keeper. Until you didn't need to update a SORN every year she was updating it. This leads us to believe that the dealer has sold the car, or which I think is likely he has sent away the yellow V5C/3 form so it's now registered to him as a trader. Jayne phoned DVLA this morning and they couldn't tell her much, except that it has been potentially sold.
Obviously the monetary value of the car now is probably less than £1000. It currently has NO MOT, NO TAX and isn't insured. Although interestingly enough it was taken for an MOT on the 20th January this year, which it failed on a few minor things. It was also MOT'd last year and had some work done.
Now we're at a bit of a loss where to go with this, we spoke to CAB a few years ago and they advised either mediate with him directly, which won't happen because the guy will ignore us and make excuses of ill health etc - or small claims court, obviously Jayne would be liable for any costs incurred should the case lose.
1. Small Claims Court
2. Try and mediate with the dealer
3. Buy a knackered panel van, write in big bold letters "DO NOT BUY CARS FROM THIS DEALER --->" and park it outside. This is my preferred option, if anyone has a knackered van with MOT for sale, hit me up.
4. Test drive some of his cars, park round the corner and undo the sump plugs on the gearbox, diff and engine.
5. Forget about it, let it go and move on. Although it really is a matter of principle rather than anything else.
Any input gratefully received.
le sigh