denise
09-08-2010, 01:24 PM
I contacted Mr Ali of A***** Cars last Sunday regarding a car he had advertised on Autotrader. I queried him on the vehicles service history (he told me it had a full 4 stamp history from Toyota), i queried the mileage, (he said the history matched mileage), and i also queried the description immaculate (as i informed him it was very important to me,) and he said it was immaculate inside and out. On that basis i agreed a 200 pound deposit and i would book the flights and ferry and we would pay the rest on collection of the vehicle.
On arrival on Friday 06 August at the Airport Mr Ali collected us. He took us to his home to look at the car. The car had 2 scratches on the windscreen, had been keyed up the nearside, had a number of small scratches around the car that had been poorly touched up, all alloys were scuffed and some corroded, and there was a hole in the front bumper. I asked why in particular he had not told me about the keying and he said that it had happened on the Wednesday and he hadn't told me as he didn't want me to not come. I looked around the car and told him that the car did not suit my idea of immaculate and he merely shrugged his shoulders. I told him that i would have to replace the passenger door at the very least and he agreed to knock 100 pound off for this. At this point my boyfriend noticed that the paint was slightly different at the offside rear. I asked why this was and Mr Ali said that someone had bumped him on the rear arch and made a dent that he had got repaired and sprayed. I asked him was this logged against the car or its insurance and he said no. We drove the vehicle and it seemed fine and with 12 months mot we accepted his word and completed the sale. He gave us a receipt for the car in the Trade name A***** Cars and we left to make our ferry. On our return I looked up the number for hpi by text as i was unsettled still by the sale. On doing this i received a text to say that the car is a category D insurance write off, written off on the 17/03/10. The car also only has 3 services recorded on the printout from Toyota World ( not the seller!)in Birmingham, not 4 as described, and the mileages for service don't match. I have contacted Mr Ali by text, as he is not answering my calls or voice, and told him that i want the full money paid for the car 2300 pounds and 140 to get the car sent back on a transporter to him. I am willing to forgo my costs as a lesson to check the hpi before i buy again, but i am unwilling to own an insurance writeoff. What can i do?
On arrival on Friday 06 August at the Airport Mr Ali collected us. He took us to his home to look at the car. The car had 2 scratches on the windscreen, had been keyed up the nearside, had a number of small scratches around the car that had been poorly touched up, all alloys were scuffed and some corroded, and there was a hole in the front bumper. I asked why in particular he had not told me about the keying and he said that it had happened on the Wednesday and he hadn't told me as he didn't want me to not come. I looked around the car and told him that the car did not suit my idea of immaculate and he merely shrugged his shoulders. I told him that i would have to replace the passenger door at the very least and he agreed to knock 100 pound off for this. At this point my boyfriend noticed that the paint was slightly different at the offside rear. I asked why this was and Mr Ali said that someone had bumped him on the rear arch and made a dent that he had got repaired and sprayed. I asked him was this logged against the car or its insurance and he said no. We drove the vehicle and it seemed fine and with 12 months mot we accepted his word and completed the sale. He gave us a receipt for the car in the Trade name A***** Cars and we left to make our ferry. On our return I looked up the number for hpi by text as i was unsettled still by the sale. On doing this i received a text to say that the car is a category D insurance write off, written off on the 17/03/10. The car also only has 3 services recorded on the printout from Toyota World ( not the seller!)in Birmingham, not 4 as described, and the mileages for service don't match. I have contacted Mr Ali by text, as he is not answering my calls or voice, and told him that i want the full money paid for the car 2300 pounds and 140 to get the car sent back on a transporter to him. I am willing to forgo my costs as a lesson to check the hpi before i buy again, but i am unwilling to own an insurance writeoff. What can i do?