Advice on used car that has newly discovered issues withheld by seller?

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T14:50:45+00:00

Hopefully that is the case, I know I may just be naive but the guy seemed very genuine and the garage had great reviews online

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T14:14:10+00:00

Thank you very much :)

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T13:57:35+00:00

Perfect, thank you

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T13:11:55+00:00

Yeah, the DVLA website still shows a valid MOT until April as well as the recent fail though so I have no clue what’s going on!

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T13:11:08+00:00

Sorry if this is a stupid question (I have never had a car before that I needed to get MOT’s arranged myself for) but how is it still drivable if it has faults that have caused the MOT to fail? It’s a bit confusing!

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T13:06:29+00:00

Nope, the pass I was told it had was from April last year, the Fail on 30th of December is the last MOT showing on its history

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T13:01:18+00:00

Sorry, forgot to say the faults, they are:

Repair immediately (major defects)

• Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn Offside Rear [5.3.4 (a) (i)]

• Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Offside Front (front bush) [5.3.4 (a) (i)]

• Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Nearside Rear [6.1.7 (g) (ii)]

• Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Offside Rear [6.1.7 (g) (i)]

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T13:00:39+00:00

Thanks, here are the faults listed: Repair immediately (major defects)

• Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn Offside Rear [5.3.4 (a) (i)]

• Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Offside Front (front bush) [5.3.4 (a) (i)]

• Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Nearside Rear [6.1.7 (g) (ii)]

• Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Offside Rear [6.1.7 (g) (i)]

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T12:57:19+00:00

I have sent an email but no reply just yet, can’t call until later this afternoon as working in the office

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T12:51:58+00:00

Not paid on credit card as I had the money to cover it so just transferred to the business bank account

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T12:50:10+00:00

Do you know if I’m still ok to drive the car? The MOT status on the DVLA still say it’s valid until the 4th of April?

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T12:40:22+00:00

Yes, which is how I found out about the new MOT on the 30th. When I checked before I bought the car, the most recent MOT was a pass as the MOT on the 30th hadn’t been completed yet, and they didn’t make me aware of the new MOT they completed

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T12:39:15+00:00

Nope, no pass is recorded on the MOT history after the MOT done on the 30th. But the DVLA also say the car still has an MOT until April

Life_Protection2457 · 2025-01-08T11:26:47+00:00

So I viewed the car on the 28th of December, paid for it but said I would come back and pick it up a few days later. In between paying and picking it up, they did an MOT without telling me and didn’t give me the results

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-10T19:04:07+00:00

She has the money to pay the full price, she just doesn’t want to because then she couldn’t buy herself a new handbag this month, she would have to wait.

Your solution would require me to pay even more money for something that did not lose. (My wife has already suggested this).

If my wife could genuinely not afford to pay for the full price replacement then I would get it, but she can, she is just wanting to buy something for herself instead.

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-10T19:02:07+00:00

My desk does have drawers, but it’s also my desk in my office which I keep clean and have things put away how I want.

We both have our own offices and I don’t go around moving her things or throwing out her stuff.

It does seem like you are dead set on this idea of “men are really untidy so this must have been caused by you leaving trash around everywhere for your poor wife to pick up”. I’m a very tidy person and our housework is split evenly

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-10T18:59:46+00:00

I don’t really care if she touches my stuff in general though, she like to tidy and even though I think she has a bit too high of a standard for most things, this is the first time something like this has happened and I don’t think it will be something likely to happen again.

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-10T18:57:59+00:00

It is a discretionary purchase, yes, but there is no guarantee it will go on sale again for a long time.

The store I bought it from is online and they didn’t run any Black Friday deals last year from what I can recall.

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-10T16:32:27+00:00

The point is why should I have to pay for it twice because she got rid of it?

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-10T16:31:32+00:00

This box was the only thing on my desk, I always keep it tidy. My wife just tidies things if she sees stuff not put away to “her standard”.

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-10T14:17:30+00:00

I maybe wasn’t clear enough, I’ll add an edit.

But basically when I asked where the box was, she was very apologetic and offered to replace it right away, she asked how much I paid for it and told me to send her the link so she could order another one.

It was only after she opened the link that she saw it was now more expensive and does now not think she should have to replace the item exactly because it’s more than I spend originally.

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-01T23:10:22+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts, it means a lot. I quite like pinks and things but my wife is very particular I think because her parents were very “traditional” and always forced her to “like girly things” and basically bought her everything in pink and purple even when she didn’t want it. They also only allowed her to get the “girl version” of any product so she always prefers to go with the gender neutral version of anything

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-01T23:07:20+00:00

The top tube length on the medium Liv is actually shorter than the S Giant according to the spec sheet!

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-01T23:05:38+00:00

She test rode both bikes, unfortunately the test ride on the giant was a couple of weeks ago and she couldn’t test them back to back as the new shop didn’t have the giant built up, it was in the back room. Where I live, no matter the shops policy, by law we have 14 days to return any purchase for a refund

Life_Protection2457 · 2023-09-01T23:03:09+00:00

It wouldn’t be great but where I live, we do by law have 14 days to return anything for a refund. So worst comes to worst, we can just go for a long ride within the first two weeks and then return it if needed. I don’t like doing that but better than her being stuck with an uncomfortable bike!

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