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Hi,
Not an MB but advice needed. Partly my fault but I recently bought a car (just a cheap run around) for my mother-in-law from a local car lot.
A citroen Saxo. £1000.00 with 3 months warranty and a new MOT. I asked the usual questions about accidents and HPI and was told "oh yes - I HPI everything and it's all fine. I have the HPI sheet here somewhere and its all fine...." I never saw it though.
When I got the car home I found the brake lights didn't work, the SRS light was flashing and the steering was iffy. I also noticed he took the car 70 miles for an MOT..! I took the car back to enquire and he said he would get it sorted but could not book it in for a week or so. I kept going back to him and calling him but he was never there.
The Mother in law took the car and drove it back to Cheshire but wanted to get the things fixed so took it to her local chap who told her it was a death trap. They did an HPI for her to find it's a Cat D and not been repaired properly.
What can I do about it. It's been 2 months and I still can't find the guy....
Is it a lesson learn't and £1000 down the drain. My mother-in-law is part ex'ing it next week for another car but I'm not happy to throw money away and let this chap get away with it. Is there anything I can do even though he is nowhere to be found..? Even though it's 2 months after the MOT date should I contact the MOT station..?
Not an MB but advice needed. Partly my fault but I recently bought a car (just a cheap run around) for my mother-in-law from a local car lot.
A citroen Saxo. £1000.00 with 3 months warranty and a new MOT. I asked the usual questions about accidents and HPI and was told "oh yes - I HPI everything and it's all fine. I have the HPI sheet here somewhere and its all fine...." I never saw it though.
When I got the car home I found the brake lights didn't work, the SRS light was flashing and the steering was iffy. I also noticed he took the car 70 miles for an MOT..! I took the car back to enquire and he said he would get it sorted but could not book it in for a week or so. I kept going back to him and calling him but he was never there.
The Mother in law took the car and drove it back to Cheshire but wanted to get the things fixed so took it to her local chap who told her it was a death trap. They did an HPI for her to find it's a Cat D and not been repaired properly.
What can I do about it. It's been 2 months and I still can't find the guy....
Is it a lesson learn't and £1000 down the drain. My mother-in-law is part ex'ing it next week for another car but I'm not happy to throw money away and let this chap get away with it. Is there anything I can do even though he is nowhere to be found..? Even though it's 2 months after the MOT date should I contact the MOT station..?
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