Dodgy dealer

Is this a wind up?

If the car has been recently serviced and NCT’d the fact it was off the road for so long probably isn’t a big issue. But I’d expect it to have a new oils, filters, timing belt, new brakes, new tyres etc.

You agreed to buy the car tho and there is nothing illegal about selling a car that was once off the road.

You do have consumer rights tho. Have you informed them of the issues the car has? Have you given them a chance to fix the issues before calling them dodgy?

Where did you pull this information from?

You bought a car that was lying idle for 1 year or 10 years?

Cars dont have cvrts, do they? Was it sold with a current NCT cert?

OP - I had to read your post at least 3 times to make sense of it.... There is a load of red flags that i cannot believe you didn't run a mile from:

1. 10 year missing of taxing and cvrt NCT - WTF?
2. He still "convinced" me that it was a good car and had had a lot of work done hence the reason for the price of the car being above average for the year - did he produce evidence of work done, ie, receipts??
3. The car was just lying up for years as the previous owner had two - absolute bullshit!
4. They are travellers so I dont know what to do now - who are you talking about? the previous owner or the guy who sold you the car??
5. The brakes are leaking the lights turn on and off and the odometer does not work so dont even know if the milage is correct - did you not notice this when you did a test drive?

Would like to follow this to the end.Extraordinary.

What’s the reg of the vehicle? Plenty of Boardsies here will check the history for you and give you some advice.

If you’ve been sold a seriously defective, get on to a solicitor to help you get your refund.