please advise me if u know about car sales

marble

i,ll try keep it short,
i bought an opel vectra sri from a dealer about 18 months ago and was happy with it.it gave me no trouble,was fuel efficient etc.only thing was,it was lighter than the car i had beforehand which i didnt like.it also had low profile tyres and i must have bought 3 or 4 new ones in the space of a year,so i decided to trade it in about 3 months ago for a saab 93.
since then i've been getting calls,letters and solicitors letters about the vectra because when they checked it out,theres a list of problems with it as long as your arm and the bill to do repairs is about €5-€6k.firstly they wanted the saab back now they're threatening legal action to get me to foot the bill to fix the vectra.i've contacted the dealer i bought the vectra from by phone and i hand delivered one of the threatening letters i received directly to his office,but hes refusing to call me back.i had no idea the vectra was in such bad repair,if i did i wouldnt have traded in a perfectly good audi a4 in exchange.
if anyone knows what my position is legally please advise me.friends,family etc are telling me i,ve nothing to worry about but at the end of the day they dont really know.
thanks

dats_right

Talk to a solicitor.

MagicMarker

You have absolutely nothing to worry about, legally the person who bought your car hasn't got a leg to stand on.

Ignore them and enjoy your new car.

PCPhoto

*not legal advice

I understand that the law is on your side here - at the time of purchase the buyer is required to do as many check as possible so that they are satisfied the trade-in vehicle is of decent value, the seller is required to disclose any previous accidents if asked.

in your case the term "caveat emptor" applies - you sold the car, purchased another.... transaction over .... the buyer takes responsibility of the old car.

if you really wanted them to stop - contact a solicitor and ask them to issue a letter on your behalf demanding that they stop sending letters of you will start a claim for harassment.

Keep a copy of all the letters they have sent you and do not engage in phone conversations - keep all correspondence by email/letter. (people forget phonecalls when matters come before courts)

MagicSean

If you bought it from a dealer they are well equipped to have the car checked before they accept it in a trade in.

slimjimmc

+1
Just to be clear, I gather the Saab and the Vectra came from different dealers. It's no wonder the original Vectra's dealer isn't replying, the Saab seller's complaint has absolutely nothing to do with him and he's making sure he's staying well out of it, especially on a car he sold 18mths ago. The dealer who accepted the Vectra as a trade-in should have done a proper assessment of its condition before accepting it. As you are a consumer he has very little grounds against you, unless of course you completely misrepresented the car in the first place, for example denying it was crashed when you knew it was.

marble

slimjimmc wrote: »

unless of course you completely misrepresented the car in the first place, for example denying it was crashed when you knew it was.

i asked about the vectra when i bought it and was told it was never crashed.it never gave me trouble,so i had no reason to think there was a problem

Atlantic Dawn

slimjimmc wrote: »

+1
The dealer who accepted the Vectra as a trade-in should have done a proper assessment of its condition before accepting it. As you are a consumer he has very little grounds against you, unless of course you completely misrepresented the car in the first place, for example denying it was crashed when you knew it was.

Exactly and the OP is not qualified to give a mechanical check up of the car, it is solely the dealers responsibility to perform any checks on the car prior to agreeing a price for the trade in. Tell the dealer you are getting legal advice.