Car has 9 inch rust hole 8 months after buying from a dealer

[HPF 75]

easy way out if this, stop buying rusty old stbox cars, shoguns notorious for rot, and I've never seen one looked after over 3 yrs old.

[TVR1]

Vaud said:

silentbrown said:

How do you warrant a 14 year-old car against going rusty? I'm not aware of any warranty that would cover such a thing...

In this case it wouldn't, but it is a system that might protect the middle band of trading better.

http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring-services/buy-sel...

3. Used car statutory warranty
Applies to all dealer-sold passenger cars with less than 160,000km and under 10 years old and not exceeding the luxury car tax threshold. The warranty is valid for three months or 5,000km from date of purchase. This warranty will cover most items on a car relating to safety, reliability and roadworthiness.

That said, I am quite taken by Unrepentant's view.

The only thing with The Oz statutory warranty is that you can ask the buyer to sign a statutory warranty disclaimer waiving his/her rights. Also, you have omitted the value aspect. The Oz warranty isn't a 'catch all'. I've had a number of occasions that I have refused to sell a car unless the buyer signed such a disclaimer. They knew the car was a beater and so did I-they were chancing thier luck and hoping to come back and have a few $1000 worth of work rectified under warranty.