General: Volvo V8 Mark 2

[VolvoVictory]

Good evening, my first post on this forum so please bear with me.

We bought a Volvo V8 Mark 2 from a seller 2 weeks ago and have had some trouble with it. It broke down on the M1 only 2 days after purchase and had to be recovered by the AA. A few local garages have had a look at it and said they cannot repair it, including a specialist one in Faversham.

The garage brought to back to us this evening and we are not thinking about what to do. Apparently the engine has seized and they cannot source another one. It would seem that classic cars are not easy to have repaired.

Is there any chance of the engine being cleared somehow so that it works? Does anyone know of someone who might own a replacement one we could have fitted?

Worse case scenario we could speak to the man and hope that he takes it back. My great feeling is he will refuse, leaving us to take him to small claims court. Has anyone else been in our position? What did you do?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you all in advance

[Dippydog]

Did you buy it from a dealer or privately? I believe different selling rules and therefore what rights you have are different between the two scenarios[I could be wrong though] I hope you get things sorted to your satisfaction.

[Forg]

Originally Posted by Dippydog

Did you buy it from a dealer or privately? I believe different selling rules and therefore what rights you have are different between the two scenarios

I can't imagine the rules are massively different between there & here ... but here, if it's a private sale & out of warranty then "buyer beware" as you have no recourse but if it's from a dealer that business must provide a warranty ... if the dealer claims the driver did something to break the car the onus is on the dealer to prove it, otherwise the dealer has to fix it or refund the money.

Ah, here we are, this is a sales page for someone selling aftermarket warranties (which generally aren't worth the paper they're printed on) but it has a plain-words description of the statutory warranty this vehicle is under if bought from a dealer: https://www.car.co.uk/car-warranties...-on-a-used-car

Originally Posted by Extended Warranty Scam Sales Page But Which Has Useful Info

If a car develops a fault within the first 30 days of purchase, it is under statutory warranty and the buyer can simply reject it and return it to the dealer for a refund.

If a fault emerges between 30 days and six months from the date of purchase, the law assumes that the fault was pre-existing and, unless the seller can prove otherwise, the vehicle is still protected by statutory warranty. Here, the seller has one chance to fix the problem. If they do not manage to do that, the buyer is entitled to a refund, which may be less than the original purchase price to account for the time during which the car has been functional.

If it was a sale from a private person there's really no come-back, it'd probably need to go to court (erk) & you'd need proof the seller definitely knew the engine was about to do this.

[Familyman 90]

Originally Posted by Forg

If it was a sale from a private person there's really no come-back, it'd probably need to go to court (erk) & you'd need proof the seller definitely knew the engine was about to do this.

Not only that, he would need to prove that the seller willfully misled him about it. A private seller innocently selling a P.O.S. wouldn't be enough because rules about the quality of the merchandise and fitness for purpose etc don't apply ro private sales.

Fingers crossed its a dealer sale!

Did you by any chance have the car professionally inspected by the AA, RAC or the like? If you did then you might have some comeback against them.

Best of luck.