Private car sale - Letter of court action

[colin_p]

E-bmw said:

colin_p said:

southendpier said:

iphonedyou said:

andyr said:

I wasn't replying to the OP, numnuts

You replied to a dead thread, numnuts.

numbnuts

IMHO.

Could have been

National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

But then that would have been NUM NTUS.

Oh, b***ocks

[Tim-mech]

Whatever you do, avoid explaining anything to them about the condition of the vehicle. That is the equivalent of admitting they have a case that you must answer. Doing that has its own meaning in a legal situation that isn't always the same as the every-day English meaning. Consider the old saying "Actions speak louder than words:" and think about what the action of giving an answer is saying, Please.
I am from New Zealand and there are slight differences in our laws, the emphasis we put on some details, and the way we interpret facts and actions HOWEVER I understand that in the UK admissions are taken more seriously than we do. Many a person has rued the day they thought they were being NICE-AND-REASONABLY while the person planned it that way from the beginning. Let them stew-in-their-own-juice.

[AdeTuono]

Tim-mech said:

Whatever you do, avoid explaining anything to them about the condition of the vehicle. That is the equivalent of admitting they have a case that you must answer. Doing that has its own meaning in a legal situation that isn't always the same as the every-day English meaning. Consider the old saying "Actions speak louder than words:" and think about what the action of giving an answer is saying, Please.
I am from New Zealand and there are slight differences in our laws, the emphasis we put on some details, and the way we interpret facts and actions HOWEVER I understand that in the UK admissions are taken more seriously than we do. Many a person has rued the day they thought they were being NICE-AND-REASONABLY while the person planned it that way from the beginning. Let them stew-in-their-own-juice.

I appreciate there's a time-difference between the UK and NZ, but....

[Durzel]

AdeTuono said:

Tim-mech said:

Whatever you do, avoid explaining anything to them about the condition of the vehicle. That is the equivalent of admitting they have a case that you must answer. Doing that has its own meaning in a legal situation that isn't always the same as the every-day English meaning. Consider the old saying "Actions speak louder than words:" and think about what the action of giving an answer is saying, Please.
I am from New Zealand and there are slight differences in our laws, the emphasis we put on some details, and the way we interpret facts and actions HOWEVER I understand that in the UK admissions are taken more seriously than we do. Many a person has rued the day they thought they were being NICE-AND-REASONABLY while the person planned it that way from the beginning. Let them stew-in-their-own-juice.

I appreciate there's a time-difference between the UK and NZ, but....

What they're saying is true though.. I was told by my solicitor during a claim that being overenthusiastic about a sale could come back to bite you, e.g. "this car is mint", "it won't need anything doing", etc.

Although unqualified statements probably won't have decisive weight, they could be used against you in the context of a misrepresentation claim.