Help-valve through cylinder after 400miles....

[AlastairM]

...i've done less than 400 miles since i purchased an Audi S8 2000 model (75k miles full Audi S/H)and it's managed to break a bit off the valve which then went down with the piston and on the way back up smashed into the hydraulic tappet and then out of the cylinder block! I purchased this car from a dealer on the 17th Jan but as a trade sale ie no warranty. Where do i stand as i still have my statatory rights even though i took the car with no warranty. Yes it has had it's cambelt change @Audi along with the waterpump etc.
the garage that sold it said they MAY contribute but i want to know my rights-i assume i can't reject the car?

[AlastairM]

i've read my rights and it apprears that i've been misled by the dealer on a number of items so i will be contacting them in the morning with a view to rejecting the car. What are yout thoughts?

[AlastairM]

yes, i have the original advert which specifically states full audi service history and it turns out it only has part audi service history. At the end of the day i may have purchased on a trade sale but that does not make my statutory rights invalid. What i'm after from you guys is a way to approach this in order to get the best outcome, not 'tough luck better luck next time. I only purchase the car 3 weeks ago and have done less than 400 motorway miles.

[AlastairM]

the car was advertised @ XXXXX and when i called i natrually asked what his bottom line was. It was then that he said he would do it for XXXXX and said that it would be without a warranty but did not say or tell me what that implied to myself as a consumer. Yes, perhaps i was a little naive but looking back on it he should have clearly told me what the options were.

[AlastairM]

Still no further forward. dealer is not returning calls etc. Lucky for me i paid a £200 deposit via Barclaycard which gives me protection/help for getting this sorted outeven though i did not pay the full amount on my cc.
There has been a lot of different views expressed on here, some plucked out of thin air and some are straight facts. There also seem to be people who are on my side and and championing my cause so to speak so to them i have a massive thanks as there have been some very good sources of information. Hopefully this will be sorted out qucikly as i'm currently without a car. I will keep everyone upto date with the progress of this. If anyone wishes to know the dealer involved them PM me as i'm aware of Ted's name and sham policy. I'd not like anyone else to get stung by these guys.

[AlastairM]

So, it transpires that a valve was fitted less than 1000miles ago and the spring on this was incorrectly fitted which caused the failure. I've spoken to the previous owner to see if he had the work done and he did not which means the dealer i bought it from that he traded it into must have had the work done. I'm still getting no where with the dealer and i know he's been reported to trading standards before so i'm not holding out a lot of hope here. However, i'm joe public and i did not buy it on trade terms (despite my previous claims-i assumed i did as i had no warranty) and the receipt makes no link to it being a trade sale so i guess i just have to go back to the dealer and get him to sort this or slur his name over every piece of media i can get my hands on and then take him to court??

Advice please from the wealth of knowledge that is on here.
Thanks