hi there,

Recently sold my fabia and then 2 weeks after i sold the car the guy is demanding his money back..he is claiming it needs £1500 worth of repairs and that i had "fixed" the car up to sale ( this is what his mechanic is telling him ) what he is saying is that i added some sort of additive to the cooling system..

Obviously i cant tell what he has done too the car in the 2 weeks he has had it (had a speeding ticket from him kindly )

 

just wanted to know my rights ..

If it was a private sale then I don't there is much he can do, no sort of warranty applies.

He could probably go down the small claims court route but would need to convince a judge.

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You can get the speeding ticket quashed as you can prove the date it was sold by the dvla record.

And no chance with any come back with the car its sold as seen with private sales

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Your rights are, if you are a private individual and not a 'Trader'

or some one that is acting like a Trader but on the side. No licence, Records, Insurance or Declaring to HMRC

 

'You offered the car for sale, he had the opportunity to come, check, bring a mechanic etc.

Then to take it once he bought it and get it checked.'

 

Maybe you would then of arranged to take it back if you had cheated him.

You had no requirement to if the sale was as the agreement was carried out ,

he got a car he inspected, and you got the money.

 

He went, he drove, he kept, now it is his. He owns what he came to see and bought from you.

Sorry but 'Buyer Beware', if you buy privately, unless you lied in your adverts, or clocked it etc.

K Seal, or Radweld in the Coolant, or K-Seal in the engine then he should have checked for.

Like Saw Dust in the Gearbox. He needed to check right away, not now.

 

Leave him to take the actions he wants to, you know you did nothing wrong.

 

Speeding ticket is his, or for him to 'Name the Driver', you can not.

if you did the change of Registered Keeper properly with the DVLA.

Signed V5, you and him, date of hand over.

So you write and call the DVLA and get the Speeding Fine over to him as you are no longer responsible for a car you are not the Registered Keeper of.

 

george

The law is very clear with regard to private sales of cars. 

 

The seller must have the right to sell the car (not be stolen or under finance). The car should match the description given by the seller. The car must be roadworthy (ie not dangerous). I suspect in your case all the above were complied with. So he has absolutely no right to his money back. As you say, you don't know how he's been driving it or abusing it in the time he has had it.   

 

I would try not to antagonise him. Simply tell him he has no right to any kind of refund and will not be receiving one.  

Thanks for your advice guys, I took a trip too citizens advice today and they said the same.

I have now sorted the speeding offence with the police/dvla  

Exactly what booke23 says. It's caveat emptor (buyer beware) in a bona fide private sale.

Sorry for sounding like a lawyer but I am one.

Dave