Bought a van from a trader, am I being too fussy?!

[boombox]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 17 December 2021 at 14:22

[EthanSmale]

It'll partly depend on age, price and mileage, I think

[boombox]

It's a 2004 Doblo with 120,000 miles on the clock - paid £1600

[Muzzer79]

Indeed

Is this a 6 month old van with 10k miles on it or a 6 year old van with 200k miles on it?

[CraigyMc]

boombox said:

It's a 2004 Doblo with 120,000 miles on the clock - paid £1600

In that case, yes, you're being too fussy.

[Muzzer79]

boombox said:

It's a 2004 Doblo with 120,000 miles on the clock - paid £1600

I'm sure you could technically get your money back but come on man - it's a 17 year old van for a bag and a half that's been halfway to the moon.

Edited by Muzzer79 on Friday 17th December 14:30

[sherman]

boombox said:

It's a 2004 Doblo with 120,000 miles on the clock - paid £1600

Its a 17 year old van thats had probably quite a hard life. For £1600 you are lucky it runs as well as it does and has an MOT.

[boombox]

I don't need the laughter - I'm asking because I don't want to be a d*ck to the seller

But I think the culture we have in this country of selling cars with known faults and not declaring them hoping to stitch somebody else up stinks

Just sold another van and I was scrupulously honest with the buyer.

[sortedcossie]

If the tyres are fouling it shouldn't have an MOT?

The other points are to be expected, but I wouldn't expect the tyres to rub. He should sort that?

[jeff666]

Did you test drive It ?

Or just take the Traders word that all was hunky dory ?

[steveo3002]

yet you didnt notice any of this on the inspection and test drive ?

[normalbloke]

Nobody quoted the o/p anticipating the flounce? You lot are letting standards slip…

[Dracoro]

boombox said:

But I think the culture we have in this country of selling cars with known faults and not declaring them hoping to stitch somebody else up stinks

If they had declared these faults, would you have bought it?
Most 17 year old vans are work machines and may well have had a hard life, so I would suspect most/all others at £1600 would also have a list of faults as long as your arm! If what you posted is correct, that's a quite a short list!

Does the engine start, run OK? Does the gearbox work OK (other than reverse issue)? Is the suspension OK? The rest being good is a bonus at this price.

However, that all said, I am sure there are some obligations given that it's a trader and not a private sale.
1. Keys - Did you not reject/make condition of purchase?
2. Will need a mechanic to look at, could just be a loose linkage, or could you get used to it?
3. Wipers that much of a problem, do they still clear the screen OK?
4. Guess you can work around that given not often people need fully lock, I assume just "off" full lock it's OK?
5. Possibly just a loose bolt, have a check. But it's a safety thing so could push that if not an obvious fix.


Regardless of what the actual obligations are, you could spend weeks/months fighting the issue for not much real gain if a lot of the above you can fix/live with?

[sherman]

normalbloke said:

Nobody quoted the o/p anticipating the flounce? You lot are letting standards slip…

Either did you?

[steveo3002]

will be up the main dealer next getting a list of faults lol

key -who cares dont loose it

wipers - ebay parts for a few quid

tyres- maybe wrong size , replace when worn out

gears- can liley be adjusted or some repair kit on the gearstick , doubt its a huge problem

dealer probably gave £200 for it ...what are you doing buying an 18yr old van at a dealer ?

Edited by steveo3002 on Friday 17th December 14:35

[ecsrobin]

sherman said:

normalbloke said:

Nobody quoted the o/p anticipating the flounce? You lot are letting standards slip…

Either did you?

Because it was deleted before he posted???

[steveo3002]

ecsrobin said:

Because it was deleted before he posted???

he's off to write to ester rantzen now

[normalbloke]

ecsrobin said:

sherman said:

normalbloke said:

Nobody quoted the o/p anticipating the flounce? You lot are letting standards slip…

Either did you?

Because it was deleted before he posted???

Exactly, I was late to the show, it had already gone.