Bought a dud car!!

Myrddin

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

As for the fact its a Gard and you reckoned she'd tell the truth? A Gard is a normal person, aside from any lieing about work that is done she most likely knows about as much about cars as you do (if you happen to know nothing), so unless you feel capable of checking the car out yourself, bring a mechanic

At this stage you'd have to wonder if she really is a Guard, & that wasn't made up to lull the OP into trusting her.

The logbook thing is fairly shocking

Yawns

Any update on this OP?

Did you manage to get in contact and verify about the log book. Have you brought the car to another mechanic?

Kenny Logins

maiden wrote: »

I dont think the girl herself signed the form, i think she left the paperwork with her parents etc to deal with it.

The reason i didnt sign the form was because she was a guard and had no reason in the world not to believe her!!

Im assuming that Shannon will think its my signature and its being processed as we speak

Did you check here?

https://www.motortax.ie/PSE/start.do?page=welcome

Nonoperational

Really there is lots of speculation and pretty ridiculous suggestions here.

Things like going to the superintendent about her signing the form? That's just crazy. The OP agreed to buy the car. The first rule of buying a used car privately is buyer beware. You basically assume it's a heap of junk until you prove otherwise. It's unfortunate but it's a lesson you'll never forget.

As for the actual issues... To be honest there is as little evidence for the belt not being changed as there is for it being changed. Tippex is used by some mechanics but not by others. If there was a genuine attempt to fake a belt change then tippex-ing the cover is the first thing someone would do.

The next thing if you want advice is to post the list of problems the mechanic suggested. On any used car there are going to be things less than perfect. That list is vital really before anyone can comment. Oil leak could be nothing, could be serious. Need lots more info really...

dudara

Moving this to the Motors forum

dudara

Media999

If that log book lands in your letterbox sue the **** out of that Guard for forgery.

A lot of stories lately of guards thinking they are above the law. No sale until that logbook is signed by you.

Keep us updated please.

Pottler

maiden wrote: »

I thought being a garda that sold it to me they might be telling the truth, but there u go, lesson well learned!!

I know! I went to my car dealer there last week asking to get him to call around and arrest a burglar, and he was crap at it! Not a clue. Who knew?

Bearcat

In summary...caveat emptor

bobin fudge

somone bought a car of me a few years back privately and txt me with his name and address later on for me to write it on the log book and send to shannon- not sure that this is such a big deal

there was nothing on the log book to ask for a sig, just the details

if you bought a car of her and handed over money, I dont think her filling in your details and sending them on is somthing she did wrong?

ottostreet

She doesn't have to do a thing, you bought the car without checking.

She can just continuously tell you to feck off, and there's nothing you can do about it!

Only questionable thing is how serious Shannon take forged signatures, but I'd imagine it's fairly common, and if you were driving the car, you didn't steal it from the seller!

darragh o meara

There's a gap of possibilities and unfortunately as a private buyer your really kinda screwed.

1. Private sales are exactly that private and as such the seller doesn't have to give any warranty, they do however have to be truthful when selling a car.. The big problem is a lot of people and I'm sorry to generalise but generally women don't know much about thier cars an some will drive them until either it stops or something comes up on the dash. An unscrupulous mechanic whos not so busy can easily tell you that he done x,y and z to a car and charge you for it when in reality he only done x. If that person goes on to sellt he car a few weeks later he's gonna think that x,y and z has been for and will probably mention that when selling the car, they're being truthful to the best of theyre knowledge.

2. The Nct is not a cert to say the car will be ok for another 2 years of driving. It's merely a report of the condition of a car at a specific time and nothing else. I've seen cars with important things fall off them in the way home from the nct centre. You say the car had been tested 2 months previous? A person could do an awful lot of driving in 2 months !! In any case buying a car especially when you don't know much about them is crazy without getting it checked out by somebody who does know them. I've seen far too many people go out determined to get x brand of car and get love struck when they see them and neglect to properly check them out. As said already its "Caveat emptar" (spelling ) when buying privately.

3. Your details are on the tax book, just because it might come back in your name doesn't mean that your signature was forged! I've sent off tax books in the past that weren't signed by anyone but the previous owners and they all were processed. To suggest going to the superintendent is a stupid idea as it has nothing to do with him/her, sure enough the gaurd will prob get hauled in over it and you don't really want a pissed off gaurd who got a bollicking because of you on your case, especially when your not going to be too hard to find seen as your driving her old car

4. As already stated timing belt changes are not always marked with Tipp ex, if she says it's done but can't find the receipt ask her who actually fitted it and five them a call, it's a big job so I'm sure they'll remember or have a record of doing it. As for the rest if the jobs well lets just say things wear out and on a 7-8 year old car things are bound to need replacing hence your car prob cost about 26-28k new and is only 3900 now

All in all as sore as you might feel about this you'll very likely have to put it down to experience and take it on the chin. People get stung all the time and just because a person is a gaurd doesn't make them any more reliable than any other Joe soap, nor does it make them mechanics. It's not what you want to hear but I'm afraid you won't be the first or last person to be sold a lemon ( that's if it is a lemon)

randy hickey

There are dozens of these threads on Boards, and something tells me this won't be the last one either.
It's very simple, in a private sale, Caveat Emptor applies- so unless you ARE a mechanic or really, REALLY know your cars, do the bloody HPI check AND bring a mechanic with you to check the car over.How many times.......?

Media999

What exactly needs to be done to the car or was it mentioned already? Cant see any list of what needs to be done.

A lot of cars would probably need 1000 euro worth of work done but drive handy enough.

Let us know what actually needs to be done.

Toyotafanboi

only read to the end of page 1. this thread is a farce...

you bought a car privately, on nothing more than someones word, not knowing what your looking at, looked for no proof or verification of work, didnt sign the logbook after purchase and now your complaining.

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