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Bought an r56 cooper s in February. Driving it back from garage I bought it from and oil pressure light comes on, couldn't be bothered to drive back down so put it in local garage, new oil pressure switch and everything is fine. Drove it for 3 months with no problem then oil leak. New housing gasket, turbo oil feed pipe and oil/filter change, leak all sorted. Car sat on drive for a few months. Bought another car in mean time so decided to sell mini. Put it in for mot, failed on brakes and suspension bits, £500 to sort. Car driving like new, no problems whatsoever. Sold car to someone 2 days ago, now he's been in touch to say engine management light is on but car drives OK. Is there any comeback on me for this??
Nothing constructive to add other than it amazes me that jo public think they can "save money" buying privately then after the event think they all have the protections of a dealer sale.
The only genuine comeback the buyer has is if you have misrepresented the car. If you said it was a focus RS and it's actually a tarted up ST. If you told him it had a new clutch and doesn't etc.
It's also slightly dodgy ground if you claimed in the advert it drove like new etc.
Otherwise suggest to him he takes his car to get diagnostics.
The only genuine comeback the buyer has is if you have misrepresented the car. If you said it was a focus RS and it's actually a tarted up ST. If you told him it had a new clutch and doesn't etc.
It's also slightly dodgy ground if you claimed in the advert it drove like new etc.
Otherwise suggest to him he takes his car to get diagnostics.
No come back on you at all.
You bought the car from a trader and even though you had every right to take it back for repair you paid from your own pocket to have it done.
This is different, it's a private sale, tell him there's no warranty on this kind of sale its up to him to have it sorted.
Dont engage in conversation/reply to texts, emails and block his number.
A1VDY- car dealer..
You bought the car from a trader and even though you had every right to take it back for repair you paid from your own pocket to have it done.
This is different, it's a private sale, tell him there's no warranty on this kind of sale its up to him to have it sorted.
Dont engage in conversation/reply to texts, emails and block his number.
A1VDY- car dealer..
I had someone earlier this year buy a Focus from me, he came back 7 weeks later wanting me to pay for parts that had failed since he purchased it. He seemed to think that he had the same rights with me as he would have when buying from a dealer/trader. Was threatening court in the end.
I found the whole thing unsettling, in the end I followed advice saying send legal proceedings, take screen shots of all messages and store on another device then blocked his number. Touch wood nothing since in post.
Over the last few months I've seen and read quite a few similar situations, and I have to wonder whether some "buyers" are actually running a scam whereby they buy a car, wait a few weeks, claim it wasn't as described in the hope that money is transferred back whilst in the meantime they use the car for a few months then sell it on for roughly what they paid for it.
I can imagine that folk who are easily intimidated in the situation that I was in would back down and hand money back. In my case i'm sure he was trying it on in the end, looking back through the messages the faults weren't consistent, he kept changing what they were, and the one that sealed it was that he said he purchased the car then the following day it had a misfire, he said he continued to use it - as I said to him, if that was the case then he should have been in touch the day after at least. The car was a 58 plate 2.0tdci, he reckoned that 3 injectors were not functioning causing a misfire - i know those engines, we had the injectors replaced 3,500 miles before he purchased it and there is no way it would even run with more than 2 down. I even showed him the repair bill for them. Also he refused to answer the phone and would only communicate via text.
All in all you can see why we buy any car have scaled so much, i'm certainly dreading the next time I come to sell a car.
I found the whole thing unsettling, in the end I followed advice saying send legal proceedings, take screen shots of all messages and store on another device then blocked his number. Touch wood nothing since in post.
Over the last few months I've seen and read quite a few similar situations, and I have to wonder whether some "buyers" are actually running a scam whereby they buy a car, wait a few weeks, claim it wasn't as described in the hope that money is transferred back whilst in the meantime they use the car for a few months then sell it on for roughly what they paid for it.
I can imagine that folk who are easily intimidated in the situation that I was in would back down and hand money back. In my case i'm sure he was trying it on in the end, looking back through the messages the faults weren't consistent, he kept changing what they were, and the one that sealed it was that he said he purchased the car then the following day it had a misfire, he said he continued to use it - as I said to him, if that was the case then he should have been in touch the day after at least. The car was a 58 plate 2.0tdci, he reckoned that 3 injectors were not functioning causing a misfire - i know those engines, we had the injectors replaced 3,500 miles before he purchased it and there is no way it would even run with more than 2 down. I even showed him the repair bill for them. Also he refused to answer the phone and would only communicate via text.
All in all you can see why we buy any car have scaled so much, i'm certainly dreading the next time I come to sell a car.
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