Bought a terrible car

I've read some bad opinions before and this is right up there.

It's probably more of an issue with older cars than newer ones, where a garage is trying g to limit there warranty to engine, axles and gearbox.

If for I stance the tyres are bald, their us a dent,electric window not working, soor not closing properly etc, the garage can claim that these were o ivious faults and the mechanic must have spotted them, making the buyer aware and his not pointing them out at time of sale is indicative of him accepting them as part of the sales contract.

Great results, hopefully the garage will disclose the info and drop price accordingly but wouldn't be surprised if they don't...

Great result OP. That’s a huge relief for you. A few years ago I’d see transporters with English cars on them on the M50. Always a couple crashed ones on it too. Obviously still at it.

Did you ring them and say you wanted a refund under your consumer rights? Was there any push back from them?

must be some way of reporting them for this? Is it not fraudulent selling?

Delighted. Sounded rough as could be.

It being an English car is not the problem. There are arguably more checks you can do on uk cars versus irish ones before buying as there will surely be mileage records etc.

The problem is that you bought a crashed car from a dodgy dealer.

Buying your next car, you will have most security buying fron a main dealer for that brand. You will pay more but generally should get a reasonably respectable example.

whats the reg of the yoke?

did you check to see if the dealer fupped it back onto forecourt/website after getting your refund? (lying in wait for some other poor soul)

still say its easier to sell on dodgy uk cars here than it is to sell dodgy irish cars - irelands a small country . ireland a dumping ground

Well done getting your money back. I can imagine the relief walking away from it with your 20grand back in your pocket.

As others have said though, any car needs to be checked out, doesn't matter if it's UK or Irish. And don't assume it's perfect because its at a main dealer.

It has not been economical to import cars from the UK since Brexit. VRT and emissions import tax have added significantly to the cost. The gap in price between Ireland and the UK have closed as well. The only reasonnto import now is to buy a specification that is very hard to get in Ireland.

I was checking out a 2014 or 15 Toyota Rav 4 2.2 D in the UK last Autumn. The car were 9-12+k sterling which was 10.5-14k euro. Import duty was another 6-7k euro if I remember right. Add in sourcing costs at 6-800 euro and the car would cost 16-20k imported If you found one in Ireland you would buy it for 14-15k euro

If dealers import cars and are selling the car even at the same as Irish prices they are losing significant money on the transaction.

Where they win with damaged cars is the import costs are significantly cheaper and they are probably buying cars that are not economical to repair in the UK

Glad you got the refund OP, link to the advert for the car currently for sale ?

You might want to educate yourself. That's quite a lecture and completely untrue.

For registered motor dealers with Tan number etc, it is perfectly easy and profitable to bring in uk cars. They claim back uk vat and pay irish vat. Duty is 10 percent of uk invoice however is not required in all cases.

In addition to this, a dealer can now pick up any uk car whether vat qualifying or not as the non qualifying one are now entitled to a rebate from uk revenue of 1/6 uk invoice Price.

You are making quite a statement to say that only dodgy cars are now worthwhile from uk.

What you are confusing is the ability to access the uk market for private buyers. That no longer makes sense as basically you end up paying vat in uk and Ireland.

Dealers are bringing in cars by the lorry load daily. Auction prices are also through the floor in uk for more high end stuff so even more opportunity to import.

Please pm

I wouldn't name the garage, but I would contact SIMI and ask them to check it out.

If there is a stream of iffy Cat-S motors coming in from GB, it bears closer regulation.

SIMI membership is meant to count for something.

Surely link the car and dealer?

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Anyone else get the feeling we’ve been had? The OP might be a dreamer?

No reason not to post the ad. We all post dozens a day to various threads.

I really want to know how, practically, he got his money back. Phone call and the garage agreed to take the car back and gave him cash or transferred the money straight away on return?

Too many loose ends for me.

At least I learned about that 30 day no fault return on goods. Didn’t know about that so not a complete loss of a thread.

At least it wasn’t that new account dreamer who was popping up every month for a while with his fanciful stories of mechanics refusing to return cars and teenage neighbours mocking his driving skills!

Pm please