Another Caveat Emptor Thread - with a slight twist
Discussion
C70R said:
funkyrobot said:
Still doesn't explain why people bother with these vehicles.
Do they offer so much fun that the risk of a £4k gearbox bill is worth it?
I suppose that depends on your definition of "fun", but this looks like a right laugh to me... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24a-H9o36FoDo they offer so much fun that the risk of a £4k gearbox bill is worth it?
Burwood said:
Not in isolation, no. Just looking at the totality of his comments, the dates and high degree of coincidence. He is lower than a snakes belly.
And this is the problem.I agree wholeheartedly with you - but being all emotional and sentimental about it is of no help to the OP. He needs good legal advice, not people saying "ooh, what a nasty man".
Burwood said:
The OP is getting proper legal advice. Here he gets moral support.
Moral support is no use when it's giving false hope. It's not impossible that he may get a result out of this, with good advice and the right judge. However, the overwhelming sentiment here is "surely you must have some recourse against the nasty man".C70R said:
Burwood said:
The OP is getting proper legal advice. Here he gets moral support.
Moral support is no use when it's giving false hope. It's not impossible that he may get a result out of this, with good advice and the right judge. However, the overwhelming sentiment here is "surely you must have some recourse against the nasty man".Burwood said:
funkyrobot said:
Burwood said:
all fixed under warranty in early years. outside warranty, by Audis good grace. The car is now 6 years old.
Still doesn't explain why people bother with these vehicles.Do they offer so much fun that the risk of a £4k gearbox bill is worth it?
C70R said:
I suppose that depends on your definition of "fun", but this looks like a right laugh to me... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24a-H9o36Fo
That isn't fun. Fancy laughing at the poor Audi driver who is stuck in first gear, and due to the big fat skinny tyres and despite all of his attempts, simply cannot get out of that car park on a rainy day.I know this is a moral support thread, but may I sound a small note of caution regarding the suggestions to press on with going to court. This may come over as harsh, limits of a text medium, so apologies in advance for that.
The vendor:
1) "IT consultant" - we can perhaps infer a contractor. Likely to have had all the usual hassle of dealing with customers, contracts, non-payment of fees, chasing people for invoices etc. etc. i.e. teeth cut
2) Not afraid to sell their £20K car privately - so not adverse to hassle (dealing with dreamers, tyre kickers etc.) and happy to take a risk (non-insured test drives etc.)
3) Managed to convince the buyer + mechanic/mate that the car was was sound. If the vendor did know of the issue, that implies an excellent ability to deceive and hold their nerve as a half an hour test drive would have had them sweating but they clearly exhibited no signs of concern
4) No fear about responding to the solicitor's letter, and in a relatively lucid and eloquent manner, setting up defences in advance.
On the other side we have chris, who was nervous enough to get a solicitor to send the letter.
So what I am trying to say is, my worry would be that in front of a judge it won't be an equal fight, regardless of the facts. Pushing Chris to go to court could be setting him up for expense and a non-enjoyable situation.
The vendor:
1) "IT consultant" - we can perhaps infer a contractor. Likely to have had all the usual hassle of dealing with customers, contracts, non-payment of fees, chasing people for invoices etc. etc. i.e. teeth cut
2) Not afraid to sell their £20K car privately - so not adverse to hassle (dealing with dreamers, tyre kickers etc.) and happy to take a risk (non-insured test drives etc.)
3) Managed to convince the buyer + mechanic/mate that the car was was sound. If the vendor did know of the issue, that implies an excellent ability to deceive and hold their nerve as a half an hour test drive would have had them sweating but they clearly exhibited no signs of concern
4) No fear about responding to the solicitor's letter, and in a relatively lucid and eloquent manner, setting up defences in advance.
On the other side we have chris, who was nervous enough to get a solicitor to send the letter.
So what I am trying to say is, my worry would be that in front of a judge it won't be an equal fight, regardless of the facts. Pushing Chris to go to court could be setting him up for expense and a non-enjoyable situation.
Flooble said:
So what I am trying to say is, my worry would be that in front of a judge it won't be an equal fight, regardless of the facts. Pushing Chris to go to court could be setting him up for expense and a non-enjoyable situation.
Yes but it's county court, not the old bailey... it's quite informal. There is almost no expense. Neither side needs lawyers.I have a laptop and software to check cars and in the past have found spurious error codes stored on the ecu but no error message on main screen. I know some disply faults are triggered by a set number of out of parameter instances so is it pissible the dsg ran with errors until the last fault occured and displayed on the main display.
rongagin said:
Maybe, but what was the outcome?
Refund?
Legal route?
Cheap fix?
Re-sold on eBay?
Come on OP people, some anyway, tried to help. Your turn.
I'll guess at the naysayers being right and the OP has had to swallow it, either because there was little chance of victory and / or the legal costs to pursue would be prohibitive and result in a Pyrrhic victory at best. Refund?
Legal route?
Cheap fix?
Re-sold on eBay?
Come on OP people, some anyway, tried to help. Your turn.
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