Paying for a car privately

[Bob Dalek]

4. Something else.

A mate of mine bought a lovely-looking jag for £11k. AA inspected it (£200, I think). All OK, they said, but they don't check everything. Fell to bits about 6 months later. Caveat emptor was all he had to comfort himself.

Dealerships are, at least, subject to various aspects of Consumer Law.

[Bagpuss]

Car Numpties are probably best going to dealerships. Your friends mistake was buying a Jag, no inspection is going to make it reliable.

An AA inspector told me some of the worst second hand cars he had seen were at dealerships including cut n shuts, I suppose in that case you can comfort yourself that you might get some of your money back

[milanbenes]

surely if you're gonna risk spending ten large on a second hand car privately, you may as well go the whole hog at down to the auctions at measham or somewhere and pickup a bargain ?

anybody bought executive cars at auction ?

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

surely if you're gonna risk spending ten large on a second hand car privately, you may as well go the whole hog at down to the auctions at measham or somewhere and pickup a bargain ?

anybody bought executive cars at auction ?

Milan.

The cars I am looking at don't turn up at auctions very often. Auctions are for your common or garden cars.

I'm looking at a VXR 220 Turbo, Clio V6 or a TVR or someother unusual rear drive monster for track days and doing doughnuts in the Tesco car park.

[Bagpuss]

vx220 owners club, some very nice well looked after cars there

http://www.vx220.org.uk/forums/index.php?showforum=25

[ASB]

The cars I am looking at don't turn up at auctions very often. Auctions are for your common or garden cars.

I'm looking at a VXR 220 Turbo, Clio V6 or a TVR or someother unusual rear drive monster for track days and doing doughnuts in the Tesco car park.

By Clio V6 I assume the mid-engined variety. They only really need 3 wheels, one's always in the air. Never driven one, but been driven in one. Great fun, squared.

I was looking for a Chimera a while back for Mrs ASB. Loads of extra life insurance... Anyway about 90% of them > 3 years old were Cat D. It's going to get bent. If you define handling as what happens when mechanical grip runs out then they are about as useful as a pig on blancmonge. Absolutely evil in the wet.

[swamp]

4. Go together to your bank and get them to write the seller a banker's cheque for said amount. Sort out V5 and drive off in their car.

Banker's drafts can only be written for cleared funds and cannot be cancelled, but technically there is nothing stopping you taking out a load of money so it bounces before they pay it in.

Some sellers insist on cleared funds (in their bank) before you can take the car away. I reckon this is fair so long as you get the V5.

[Bagpuss]

Swamp's method is best, as long as your buyer doesn't want the funds cleared first

[Peoplesoft bloke]

..... Your friends mistake was buying a Jag, no inspection is going to make it reliable.

An AA inspector told me some of the worst second hand cars he had seen were at dealerships including cut n shuts

Why do you think jags are unreliable? On your AA ,man's point; I saw an X type at a supposedly reputable dealers at the weekend that been very badly repaired after a major front end shunt

[Advocate]

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