BLOODY CAR!!!!! (6)
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Posted by sweetsurrender1 on Wed 13 Aug 08, 8:57 PM to sweetsurrender1's blog.
I geared myself up to go the Preston munch tonight, i got myself all ready, went to the car, turned the key.......nothing!!!!! Not a BLOODY THING!!!!!!
Now got a recovery guy coming to see if he can get it started but God knows how long it will take. I was REALLY looking forward to going too 
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13 Aug 08, 9:09 PM
Jezzebelle
UK, 10 yrs
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My advice, when car is running put it on the market and get shot! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jezzebelle/
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13 Aug 08, 9:16 PM
MisterBear
UK(WA), 8 yrs
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Jezzebelle wrote:
My advice, when car is running put it on the market and get shot!
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It has to be able to pass an MOT before you can sell it privately, if it breaks down after buying it and it's something that wouldn't pass an MOT then the seller is responsible. However you could try a trade in. What I say goes...
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14 Aug 08, 12:47 AM
sweetsurrender1
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I know, your right, thanks
Jezzebelle wrote:
My advice, when car is running put it on the market and get shot!
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14 Aug 08, 12:48 AM
sweetsurrender1
BE, 6 yrs |
It is Mot'd until April 2009 so should be ok
MisterBear wrote:
Jezzebelle wrote:
My advice, when car is running put it on the market and get shot!
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It has to be able to pass an MOT before you can sell it privately, if it breaks down after buying it and it's something that wouldn't pass an MOT then the seller is responsible. However you could try a trade in.
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14 Aug 08, 9:03 AM
kisses_for_me
UK, 5 yrs
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MisterBear wrote:
It has to be able to pass an MOT before you can sell it privately, if it breaks down after buying it and it's something that wouldn't pass an MOT then the seller is responsible. However you could try a trade in.
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Not correct.
If sold by an individual, there are no musts at all other than the requirement to notify DVLA. If a private individual sells a car and 30 seconds after the deal is done it falls apart in a cloud of rust thats just tough on the buyer. If sold by a dealer the car must be fit for purpose. Hence one of the reasons dealers charge more, its another cost for them. It's easy to tell the difference between right and wrong. What's hard is choosing the wrong that's more right.
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14 Aug 08, 10:16 PM
MisterBear
UK(WA), 8 yrs
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Wolfie708 wrote:
Still not quite correct
Any item being advertised either by a company or privately as a fully working item has to be of Merchantable Quality, ie Fit for the purpose to which it is being sold for.
If it does fall into a pile of rust then it is obviously not fit for purpose as this can in no way be something of which no prior knowledge was known (unless it was hit by a fancy time advancing ray gun of course lol).
It IS the purchasers responsibilty to make sure it is wholly fit to use/drive etc, but is IS the sellers responsibility to make any interested party aware of any ongoing faults or defects that they are reasonably (reasonably taken in this case as being something that is plain/obvious to the current owner) aware of.
In the case of any item where an ongoing (known) fault is present that could cause injury (or worse) it is a Very fine line between pleading ignorance and knowingly putting another persons health/life at risk.
Consumer rights state:
Buying Privately
Buying privately might be a cheaper option, but it's much riskier, because you have far fewer rights. The only qualification is that the car needs to be "as described." If a private seller lies about the car's condition, then you can sue him.
OK, that's My two penneth lol
kisses_for_me wrote:
MisterBear wrote:
It has to be able to pass an MOT before you can sell it privately, if it breaks down after buying it and it's something that wouldn't pass an MOT then the seller is responsible. However you could try a trade in.
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Not correct.
If sold by an individual, there are no musts at all other than the requirement to notify DVLA. If a private individual sells a car and 30 seconds after the deal is done it falls apart in a cloud of rust thats just tough on the buyer. If sold by a dealer the car must be fit for purpose. Hence one of the reasons dealers charge more, its another cost for them.
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Well I just saw something on either a car program or a consumer program that said that a privately sold car should be in MOT condition if being sold as a working car. But that might have meant that if it's MOT is up it has to be sold in a condition where it would pass it. Was a few years back though when I saw it. What I say goes...
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