No private car owner for 32 months?!

Nobody wanted it, what is it?

Was it NCT’d at all or did that expire as well?

What's the difference in the mileage since the NCT? That'll tell you if it's been driven.

€790 a year to tax these days would certainly be a factor in it being undesirable to many people even if the selling price reflected it. It passing through the trade for long periods sounds like to me it was almost impossible to sell at any sort of retail price.

If you do go ahead with buying it then just remember that as you will probably be married to it.

Higher tax would make it less desirable, but not to such an extent to render it unsaleable for two and a half years. This should have been a reasonably desirable 7 seater at a time when they were in short supply.

Have you asked the dealer why it hasn’t been taxed?

Are they keeping the deposit?

No I agree. Not a valid reason to back out of a deal, checks should have been done before placing the deposit. Was just curious is all.

In my opinion, you probably should have requested a full comprehensive history check, or did your own, before committing to buy the car. The garage may have bought it recently and the seller never did the ownership transfer online. I assume you haven’t done any other checks to see if theres a reason the car isn’t selling? Like a mechanical inspection etc?

id be looking for deposit back. A main dealer and an off standard history not disclosed. No case for keeping deposit.

An 18 car having stood parked half its life is something anyone would want to know and a main dealer should be disclosing this and the reason for it being parked.