AIBU to expect some sort of compensation?

[Clown1]

5 weeks ago I bought a used car, it broke down last week and needs £3000 of repairs. The person who sold it is a family friend and his business is a Ltd company. AIBU to expect him to help with the cost of repairs?

Is this something that he would have known about when selling you the car?

Sorry, bit if it was a private sale I think you are being unrealistic.

If you bought from a business you may have more luck.

Did you buy it from him or his company? If the former then its caveat emptor, if you bought it from his (car) business you might get somewhere.

It's your responsibility when buying a car to do all these checks. It's best to get used cars checked over by a garage or someone independent before purchasing. You can only get him to cover repair costs if you can prove he sold it knowing it needed alot of work so I would say YABU

Depends if the fault was present when sold. 5 weeks is a reasonable chunk of time for faults to appear, and you'd probably spend more time and money trying to prove it was faulty when you bought it

Private sale? It’s pretty much a case of sold as seen- buyer beware.

With second hand cars it's pot luck you can pay extra which I did which cover a years guarantee the garage would pay out anything that as required on the car( minus tyres)

If you wanted a car that came with a warranty, you should have bought one from a dealer than offered one, and paid the higher price that they charge.

Private sales are cheaper, because they don't include any warranty.

I don't think its reasonable to expect the private seller to pay towards repairs or offer any compensation.

You say this is a family friend - if you think they deliberately sold you a car with known faults,without declaring it or accounting for it in the price - then they'd no longer be friends. But if they didn't know, or the fault developed later, then I'm afraid its just bad luck and one of those things tbh. But in any case, no, they're not liable to pay towards your repairs.

If it was a private sale then you will have very little comeback

Is he a car expert? Is his company a car dealership?

If not then YABU. He sold in good faith, you bought in good faith.

The person who sold it is a family friend and his business is a Ltd company.

Does his company sell used cars? Or was he selling his own car?

Private sale so tough bought as seen

You should have got someone out to check it before you bought

That’s why I will never buy private and only buy from a reputable garage

Caveat Emptor

Latin for "let the buyer beware." A doctrine that often places on buyers the burden to reasonably examine property before purchase and take responsibility for its condition. Especially applicable to items that are not covered under a strict warranty.

A reputable seller, especially a family friend, should have had the car checked all over before selling it on. It would have cost them some money of course, but it's only fair to do this. It's not as though it's bought from a dodgy back street dealer, and sold as seen.

I am not sure about the compensation issue, and how you stand. Do you know about all the past history on the car, and have all the mot stuff on the car.

Yabu to ask for advice then missing out the most important details that enable people to advise properly

I think he did but obviously can't prove it.

@araiwa
Sorry aibu for not being on mn all day long.

CAB have a page that might be useful here - www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/buying-or-repairing-a-car/problems-with-a-used-car/

@Whinge he sells used cars, that's his business. I don't want to make trouble but I'm feeling thoroughly ripped off. The repairs have nearly doubled the price of the car.

[quote Clown1]@Whinge he sells used cars, that's his business. I don't want to make trouble but I'm feeling thoroughly ripped off. The repairs have nearly doubled the price of the car.[/quote]
What's wrong with the car, and have you spoken to him about the issues?

[quote Clown1]@Whinge he sells used cars, that's his business. I don't want to make trouble but I'm feeling thoroughly ripped off. The repairs have nearly doubled the price of the car.[/quote]
Then, no matter how 'small', sole trader etc his company could be he has a higher standard of care in law.

Read the below and get in touch with him for a resolution

www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/the-car-i-bought-has-a-problem-what-are-my-rights-aAnMC5b0ZzJb

[quote Clown1]@Whinge he sells used cars, that's his business. I don't want to make trouble but I'm feeling thoroughly ripped off. The repairs have nearly doubled the price of the car.[/quote]
Ok in that case, google the consumer rights act. You may have a challenge to prove the car was sold as part of his business, but you’re likely to succeed if it came to it

Consumer rights act says within 30 days you can return and get full refund. You’re outside that though, so for you, in the first 6 months a fault is deemed to have been there when sold. It’s the dealers responsibility to prove otherwise.

You’re entitled to a full repair. They have one chance to fix, after that you’re entitled to a full refund

All this, IF you can show it was sold as part of his trade

i’d approach him and say this. If he refused, small claims (government money claim). Be prepared to demonstrate with proof that he’s a trader, and you bought from the business

I'm not sure with your situation as he sells used cars as a business but I sold my car to my ex husband and he ended up having to spend quite a lot on it over the next few weeks/months. I had always had it serviced/MOT's and had recently had some expensive work done to it too but it was 7 years old and you can never guarantee a car that old won't develop issues at any time.

I felt bad but he understood the risks.

I also bought a 3 years old car at the same time from a family friend and it had been v well looked after and not driven for the best part of a year as he had died but I have also had to spend quite a lot of money on things that have gone wrong in the few months i have had it.

If you wanted a car that came with a warranty, you should have bought one from a dealer than offered one, and paid the higher price that they charge

Big fat bollocks. If you are buying from a business you can buy an additional warranty (or pay more for a garage that offers one) but it is that Additional. Any car that fails in the first six months is the dealers problem, regardless if the fault was there or not.

I believe @BillMasen is correct here, I bought a car and there were several issues with the car in the first few weeks, I kept letting them repair it because it was for free but the repairs wouldn't fix the issue (honestly I think they were just turning off the warning lights as it was the same issues again and again). I just wanted to be rid of the hassle and issues but thought I was stuck with it as was past the 30 days and when I called the warranty provider it wasn't worth the paper it was written on for cars older than 3 years as the hidden excess was most of the car value until an uncle pointed out this, he marched me down to the dealership and had them take it back for a refund but then again my uncle can look like quite a big scary bloke when he wants to lol!