Returning the car I traded in

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Wed 9 Mar 2016 21:48
Returning the car I traded in - Conclub
Hi all, right here goes, I just traded my Renault Megane in last Monday for a Vauxhall signum, the following morning on the way to work i noticed black smoke coming from the exhaust, I got a friend from work to have a look, the swirl bar was off and one of the pins it connects too was broken, my mate says it will probably need a new inlet manifold , then on the way home the car started squeeling every time I slowed down and even more black smoke when I sped up, I decided to contact the dealer I got the car from and told him about the problems, I took it up to him, he said he will fix it and asked me to buy a swirl bar off eBay and he will fit it, I said ok, while waiting for the bar to come, the car felt even worse, two days later I decided enough is enough, I contacted him and said I wanted my old car back, he said I can't do that, he said he spent money on my car putting it through mot, and fitting a new timing belt, he said he serviced it too, altogether he said he spent 500 pounds on my car, i just wanted my car back so now I'm down 500 quid, when I got my car home I checked it, there was no new timing belt on it, the service was not down because the oil was still black, my tyres where worn down so it couldn't have passed mot, he changed the wheels so it would pass mot then put my old ones back on, I know this because the bolts on my wheels had been changed and my locking nuts where missing, my question is, do I have any rights in getting my 500 pounds back, even if he had done work to it, I'm glad to get my car back, the signum would have ended up costing me a fortune
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Thu 10 Mar 2016 08:44
Returning the car I traded in - FoxyJukebox

So--you got the money back from the "new" car you didn't want and you also got your old car back -£500?.

On the face of it that looks like an ok deal--but first check-is the vehicle listed as having a new MOT on the vehicle MOT website?..second check...ask for an itemised invoice for all the work done?

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Thu 10 Mar 2016 09:07
Returning the car I traded in - RobJP

Send him a letter - by recorded post - detailing the checks that you have made on the 'alleged' work that he's done, and that it's a load of nonsense.

Inform him that you expect to receive a cheque for the missing £500 by return of post - within 7 days at the most, or you will take him to the Small Claims Court for it, and inform Trading Standards about his fraudulent activities, and inform VOSA about the dodgy MOT.

No reply or a refusal - www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/mcol/welcome

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Thu 10 Mar 2016 09:15
Returning the car I traded in - pd

I agree with the above, except the MOT isn't dodgy. It is perfectly legit, technically, for a car to pass a MOT and then bits swapped off it afterwards.

Not exactly ethical, maybe, but not a MOT offense.

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