gurthang1536
New Member
Evenin' all,
having just joined the forum and bought my first landy (2.5 N/A 89' 90 pickup) i thought i'd share the nightmare of what happened after it left the traders forecourt.
i bought the 90 from farnham carriage company in farnham (funnily enough) and when i inspected it, there were a few problems - a few lights in the dash didnt work, the door panels were a but wonky and the rear o/s lights were a bit knackered, but it had a really clean chassis so i went for it.
the asking price was 2695 but i managed to haggle the guy down to 2050, which was a pretty good price i thought.
anyway, two mates went to pick the thing up a couple of days later as i was at work, and drove it about 30 miles down the road towards heathrow, when it conked out and wouldnt start again. i ended up getting the AA to bring it back to my house in north london on the back of a flatbead.
i called the seller up and asked what the hell was going on, and he basically said sod you, theres nothing im doing about it! luckily a have a friend who is a barristar and there are a few things which might surprise everyone to know:
under the 1979 sale of goods act, a buyer is entitled to a full refund of the cost of the vehicle if a major fault occurs a reasonable time after purchase. this reasonable time is a grey area, but in my case 30 miles from the forecourt before the vehicle even got home definitely qualifies a a reasonable time. i have since been advised that its about a week in some circumstances.
it is a criminal offence for any trader to use the term sold as seen. this has absolutely no legal value and cannot be used as a defence against selling defective goods.
anyway, the guy agreed to take the landy back and inspected it and it looks like the starter motor cable was loose so there was no life when the key turned. in addition, the fuel solenoid cable which goes through the loom burned out, cutting off the fuel supply, which caused it to stall. i'm not sure exactly how much it's gonna be to check the loom and repair any other melted wires, but the guy who sold it to me wasn't having any of it and even after i offered to go halves on the cost of the repair still no luck.
i'm seriously ****ed off at the moment seeing as i've spent 2 grand on a car and not even driven it, so i'm taking the seller to the small claims court, to get him to pay the cost of repairs which will return the vehicle to the condition it was in when i bought it,
i dont think its fair that i should have to pay another 500 odd quid on top of the original price of the car, to get it into a drivable condition, considering it was advertised as a fully roadworthy vehicle.
i might be being seriously naive here, but i thought i'd share the tale of woe with everyone here to get your thoughts. please dont pull any punches and if i'm being a precious arse, then let me know!
cheers,
ollie
having just joined the forum and bought my first landy (2.5 N/A 89' 90 pickup) i thought i'd share the nightmare of what happened after it left the traders forecourt.
i bought the 90 from farnham carriage company in farnham (funnily enough) and when i inspected it, there were a few problems - a few lights in the dash didnt work, the door panels were a but wonky and the rear o/s lights were a bit knackered, but it had a really clean chassis so i went for it.
the asking price was 2695 but i managed to haggle the guy down to 2050, which was a pretty good price i thought.
anyway, two mates went to pick the thing up a couple of days later as i was at work, and drove it about 30 miles down the road towards heathrow, when it conked out and wouldnt start again. i ended up getting the AA to bring it back to my house in north london on the back of a flatbead.
i called the seller up and asked what the hell was going on, and he basically said sod you, theres nothing im doing about it! luckily a have a friend who is a barristar and there are a few things which might surprise everyone to know:
under the 1979 sale of goods act, a buyer is entitled to a full refund of the cost of the vehicle if a major fault occurs a reasonable time after purchase. this reasonable time is a grey area, but in my case 30 miles from the forecourt before the vehicle even got home definitely qualifies a a reasonable time. i have since been advised that its about a week in some circumstances.
it is a criminal offence for any trader to use the term sold as seen. this has absolutely no legal value and cannot be used as a defence against selling defective goods.
anyway, the guy agreed to take the landy back and inspected it and it looks like the starter motor cable was loose so there was no life when the key turned. in addition, the fuel solenoid cable which goes through the loom burned out, cutting off the fuel supply, which caused it to stall. i'm not sure exactly how much it's gonna be to check the loom and repair any other melted wires, but the guy who sold it to me wasn't having any of it and even after i offered to go halves on the cost of the repair still no luck.
i'm seriously ****ed off at the moment seeing as i've spent 2 grand on a car and not even driven it, so i'm taking the seller to the small claims court, to get him to pay the cost of repairs which will return the vehicle to the condition it was in when i bought it,
i dont think its fair that i should have to pay another 500 odd quid on top of the original price of the car, to get it into a drivable condition, considering it was advertised as a fully roadworthy vehicle.
i might be being seriously naive here, but i thought i'd share the tale of woe with everyone here to get your thoughts. please dont pull any punches and if i'm being a precious arse, then let me know!
cheers,
ollie
