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Seen an advert for a car with trade sale plastered all over it, no warranty, guarantee or any responsibility for the cars condition.
As the car is being offered by a trader at pretty much retail price on the basis it was a trade-in what are the pro's, cons, risks of buying such a car?
As the car is being offered by a trader at pretty much retail price on the basis it was a trade-in what are the pro's, cons, risks of buying such a car?
FMOB said:
Sheepshanks said:
FMOB said:
....what are the pro's, cons, risks of buying such a car?
Why would you even contemplate doing such a thing?What are the details/post up a link
I bought a car "sold as seen" / no warranty from a garage.
Bear with me. It was 15% ish below the market price, under 10 years old and in good condition, and I don't mind a bit of light motoring DIY.
They'd taken it in PX, as they sold £50K + mercs, SUVs and sports cars.
It rang true that they just wanted it gone with no strings attached, as their business model wasn't fixing niggles on £3k family cars.
Legally I know I could have insisted it was a trade sale etc, though they would just have not sold it to me.
As it turns out, nothing went wrong with it for well over a year (so beyond any period I would have had a claim on the garage) and when it did, it was wear and tear like any other similarly aged car.
Ultimately, buy based on condition, and your assessment of the trader. But there might be a reason they want a trade sale other than the car is shagged.
Note though: if it's not decently below the market rate, I would avoid this example .
Hth
Bear with me. It was 15% ish below the market price, under 10 years old and in good condition, and I don't mind a bit of light motoring DIY.
They'd taken it in PX, as they sold £50K + mercs, SUVs and sports cars.
It rang true that they just wanted it gone with no strings attached, as their business model wasn't fixing niggles on £3k family cars.
Legally I know I could have insisted it was a trade sale etc, though they would just have not sold it to me.
As it turns out, nothing went wrong with it for well over a year (so beyond any period I would have had a claim on the garage) and when it did, it was wear and tear like any other similarly aged car.
Ultimately, buy based on condition, and your assessment of the trader. But there might be a reason they want a trade sale other than the car is shagged.
Note though: if it's not decently below the market rate, I would avoid this example .
Hth
lord trumpton said:
FMOB said:
Sheepshanks said:
FMOB said:
....what are the pro's, cons, risks of buying such a car?
Why would you even contemplate doing such a thing?What are the details/post up a link
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310052...
If they weren’t prepared to stand behind the car then they shouldn’t have taken it in part exchange.
Those RS4s are well known for hideous chassis rust issues and this one has an acknowledged mileage discrepancy. Who knows what happened to it while it was abroad too.
Technically you could still enforce your consumer rights in court as legally them saying trade sale means nothing, but the fact they’re even trying it screams shysters. The age and mileage of the car gives them a lot of wriggle room in terms of the wear and tear side of things too.
If it was very cheap then maybe. Otherwise, just… no.
Those RS4s are well known for hideous chassis rust issues and this one has an acknowledged mileage discrepancy. Who knows what happened to it while it was abroad too.
Technically you could still enforce your consumer rights in court as legally them saying trade sale means nothing, but the fact they’re even trying it screams shysters. The age and mileage of the car gives them a lot of wriggle room in terms of the wear and tear side of things too.
If it was very cheap then maybe. Otherwise, just… no.
FMOB said:
Fill your boots.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310052...
You'd have to have bigger balls than King Kong to buy that car advertised like that.https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310052...
A dealer who thinks they can "trade sale" cars to a consumer isnt going to play ball when you present them with the CRA
You could have a long, tedious, legal fight with them whilst not being able to use your car.
Trevor555 said:
A dealer who thinks they can "trade sale" cars to a consumer isnt going to play ball when you present them with the CRA
Ignoring the illegality of it it for a moment, someone would have to be beyond dense to buy that car and then try and take action against the trader if it developed faults.And the mileage story doesn’t stack up vs the MOT history either - maybe it did go abroad, but, what, it was taken there and not used?
There’s a couple of ‘07 RS4 Avants for sale near me for a good bit less than that, with lower miles and decent history too, so they haven’t exactly priced it to sell. I was expecting at least £2-3K less than that, and even then it’s going to be a bit of a gamble so I would be passing if I was in the market for one.
Pablo16v said:
There’s a couple of ‘07 RS4 Avants for sale near me for a good bit less than that, with lower miles and decent history too, so they haven’t exactly priced it to sell. I was expecting at least £2-3K less than that, and even then it’s going to be a bit of a gamble so I would be passing if I was in the market for one.
Can you share the ads?fridaypassion said:
They are perfectly within their rights to offer a car with no warranty but they could shoot themselves in the foot by using the term trade sale and then selling to a private punter though. They will need to choose their customer carefully.
IANAL, but as I understand it, they wouldn't "shoot themselves in the foot" selling to a private punter; the words in the advert just become irrelevant. It would be B2C sale, so the customers protection in law would be in place.As ever, legal protection may require legal action to enforce.
Also, why would anyone want to deal with a company with such values?
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