New car painted wrong colour
Discussion
Cold said:
ferrisbueller said:
jeff666 said:
Cold said:
V8LM said:
Understand if you don't wish to say, but what substantial loses have you incurred?
About two years of interest on a £20k deposit. So a couple of hundred quid?The point is, AIUI (and IAMAL), the OP has to be put back in the same position he would have been if the contract hadn't been breached i.e. a GT8 in his garage.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
ferrisbueller said:
That's what he would have to pay to get another one.
The point is, AIUI (and IAMAL), the OP has to be put back in the same position he would have been if the contract hadn't been breached i.e. a GT8 in his garage.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
He can not buy another brand new one as AM are not making any more. To be put back in the original position would mean a refund of the deposit and a goodwill bouquet from Interflora. The point is, AIUI (and IAMAL), the OP has to be put back in the same position he would have been if the contract hadn't been breached i.e. a GT8 in his garage.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
Cold said:
ferrisbueller said:
That's what he would have to pay to get another one.
The point is, AIUI (and IAMAL), the OP has to be put back in the same position he would have been if the contract hadn't been breached i.e. a GT8 in his garage.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
He can not buy another brand new one as AM are not making any more. To be put back in the original position would mean a refund of the deposit and a goodwill bouquet from Interflora. The point is, AIUI (and IAMAL), the OP has to be put back in the same position he would have been if the contract hadn't been breached i.e. a GT8 in his garage.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
Or AML sue everyone prepared to pay more than the list price for the car.
(Not serious by the way).
Durzel said:
rkwm1 said:
For all of you who think some major piece of information is missing it is not.
Having checked with my solicitors i pleased to say that buying a car and then selling it to make a profit is totally legal.
As i understanded it AM have told the dealer that they are no longer allowed to sell me the car because they think i will sell it on.
If i had wanted to sell it(which i didn't) there is nothing Aston Martin could have done about. To my knowledge no contract can legally be drawn up which forbids the sale of an item when it is sold to the new owner. The only notable exception to this is when the government subsidise property and then the owner of the property is not allowed to sell the property and profit from it.
Subsequently as the dealer is breaking their contract with me the dealer will be taken to court for substantial losses by me.
I'll just leave this hereHaving checked with my solicitors i pleased to say that buying a car and then selling it to make a profit is totally legal.
As i understanded it AM have told the dealer that they are no longer allowed to sell me the car because they think i will sell it on.
If i had wanted to sell it(which i didn't) there is nothing Aston Martin could have done about. To my knowledge no contract can legally be drawn up which forbids the sale of an item when it is sold to the new owner. The only notable exception to this is when the government subsidise property and then the owner of the property is not allowed to sell the property and profit from it.
Subsequently as the dealer is breaking their contract with me the dealer will be taken to court for substantial losses by me.
Strictly speaking contracts can impose all kinds of terms that might ostensibly seem unreasonable, but if you sign it then you're agreeing to be bound by them.
Obviously if AM have no such contract then it's a different story.
Cold said:
ferrisbueller said:
jeff666 said:
Cold said:
V8LM said:
Understand if you don't wish to say, but what substantial loses have you incurred?
About two years of interest on a £20k deposit. So a couple of hundred quid?http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=156...
Problem is that the valuation depends on timing and in the case of Mr Hughes he only got his car valued at 170k when at the time of appeal the going rate was close to 300k.
Truffles said:
That is a US contract. You cannot have an enforceable consumer contract like that in the UK. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaustion_of_intell...
Thanks. I did not know that. VGTICE said:
Cold said:
ferrisbueller said:
jeff666 said:
Cold said:
V8LM said:
Understand if you don't wish to say, but what substantial loses have you incurred?
About two years of interest on a £20k deposit. So a couple of hundred quid?http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=156...
Problem is that the valuation depends on timing and in the case of Mr Hughes he only got his car valued at 170k when at the time of appeal the going rate was close to 300k.
Edited by V8LM on Sunday 19th February 18:37
jeff666 said:
I wonder if you would feel the same way if this had happened to you ?
Personally I'd be ragging the bejeebus out of my new car, taking advantage of all the complimentary things that AM bestowed upon me while knowing that I'm now the dealership's most bum-licked customer. I'd probably even pop over to Geneva next month to treated like a YouTube star.A discrepancy over two shades of grey/silver wouldn't spoil my enjoyment of the car.
Cold said:
jeff666 said:
I wonder if you would feel the same way if this had happened to you ?
Personally I'd be ragging the bejeebus out of my new car, taking advantage of all the complimentary things that AM bestowed upon me while knowing that I'm now the dealership's most bum-licked customer. I'd probably even pop over to Geneva next month to treated like a YouTube star.A discrepancy over two shades of grey/silver wouldn't spoil my enjoyment of the car.
DefenderOfTheFaith said:
All seems a bit strange to me. I've always Found them to be a nice bunch. How did you manage to upset them so that they wouldn't supply?
Can't you get a friend / family member to work with them on your behalf?
Have you read the thread ?Can't you get a friend / family member to work with them on your behalf?
He didn't upset them, they upset him by not painting the car the right colour.
jeff666 said:
How are you going to do that when they have refused to sell it to you ?
They wouldn't have refused to deal with me as I wouldn't have been a dick when the mistake was uncovered. I'd have sat down calmly with the dealer and a rep from AM to discuss options that we were all happy with. I certainly wouldn't have bothered with a solicitor about the colour of a toy. jeff666 said:
DefenderOfTheFaith said:
All seems a bit strange to me. I've always Found them to be a nice bunch. How did you manage to upset them so that they wouldn't supply?
Can't you get a friend / family member to work with them on your behalf?
Have you read the thread ?Can't you get a friend / family member to work with them on your behalf?
He didn't upset them, they upset him by not painting the car the right colour.
They upset him, it was all going to get fixed, then it all went wrong. Feels like a chapter is missing...
Like I say, I find them easy and straight to deal with.
Cold said:
They wouldn't have refused to deal with me as I wouldn't have been a dick when the mistake was uncovered. I'd have sat down calmly with the dealer and a rep from AM to discuss options that we were all happy with. I certainly wouldn't have bothered with a solicitor about the colour of a toy.
Yes of course you would 
DefenderOfTheFaith said:
Yup, thanks.
They upset him, it was all going to get fixed, then it all went wrong. Feels like a chapter is missing...
Like I say, I find them easy and straight to deal with.
Fantastic,They upset him, it was all going to get fixed, then it all went wrong. Feels like a chapter is missing...
Like I say, I find them easy and straight to deal with.
I guess all the cars you bought from them turned up in the right colour ? Happy days eh ?
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