Hi,
So the basic story goes my Mini Cooper S was stolen at the end of November. Insurance paid out and I've been looking for a car ever since. I wanted to stay in the BMW family and started to look at 325ci's and 325i's (E46).
After searching for awhile I found a relatively low mileage 325i in Alpine White. I phoned the person who placed the advert and asked if I could come see the car. When I phoned, I spoke to a elderly German lady who gave me an address of where the car was. When I arrived I found out it was a dealership. I spoke to the owner of the dealership who assured me he was selling it on behalf of his friend, the elderly German lady.
I drove the car and had it checked out by my friendly mechanic. He gave me a list of things that were incorrect on the car and told me to see if they would fix said things and that would perhaps make the car a viable prospect. They seemed relatively accommodating with regards to my concerns and assured me they would fix it.
I waited a week and was called up as all the problems had been fixed. I went through, drove the car, and expressed that there were still issues. They went away and 'fixed' these issues again. I took my mother through to the dealership to see the car. She test drove it and was elated with the car. I still had my concerns.
Last week Friday, my mother surprised me with the car after work saying she had paid for it. Naturally I was extremely shocked. She was just trying to surprise and she felt she was doing something right. I test drove the car on the Friday and found some HUGE issues that they still hadn't fixed. I took it back to the dealership straight away. They said they'd have the problems fixed by Tuesday of this week.
Now that we've already paid for the car we have almost no leg to stand on. As it's a huge sum of money that was paid over, myself and my mother are horribly worried now. The car was far worse when I drove it on friday then it had ever been. I took all the details I could before handing it back to the dealership to see if i could find some sort of legal standing in this regard.
Today I ran the registration and ownership details of the car and found it was never owned by a little old lady and the car was owned by a second hand dealer for the past 3 years.
I really feel like we're in serious trouble and i was wondering if any of you Fanatics had some advice for us.
Thanks in advance.
So the basic story goes my Mini Cooper S was stolen at the end of November. Insurance paid out and I've been looking for a car ever since. I wanted to stay in the BMW family and started to look at 325ci's and 325i's (E46).
After searching for awhile I found a relatively low mileage 325i in Alpine White. I phoned the person who placed the advert and asked if I could come see the car. When I phoned, I spoke to a elderly German lady who gave me an address of where the car was. When I arrived I found out it was a dealership. I spoke to the owner of the dealership who assured me he was selling it on behalf of his friend, the elderly German lady.
I drove the car and had it checked out by my friendly mechanic. He gave me a list of things that were incorrect on the car and told me to see if they would fix said things and that would perhaps make the car a viable prospect. They seemed relatively accommodating with regards to my concerns and assured me they would fix it.
I waited a week and was called up as all the problems had been fixed. I went through, drove the car, and expressed that there were still issues. They went away and 'fixed' these issues again. I took my mother through to the dealership to see the car. She test drove it and was elated with the car. I still had my concerns.
Last week Friday, my mother surprised me with the car after work saying she had paid for it. Naturally I was extremely shocked. She was just trying to surprise and she felt she was doing something right. I test drove the car on the Friday and found some HUGE issues that they still hadn't fixed. I took it back to the dealership straight away. They said they'd have the problems fixed by Tuesday of this week.
Now that we've already paid for the car we have almost no leg to stand on. As it's a huge sum of money that was paid over, myself and my mother are horribly worried now. The car was far worse when I drove it on friday then it had ever been. I took all the details I could before handing it back to the dealership to see if i could find some sort of legal standing in this regard.
Today I ran the registration and ownership details of the car and found it was never owned by a little old lady and the car was owned by a second hand dealer for the past 3 years.
I really feel like we're in serious trouble and i was wondering if any of you Fanatics had some advice for us.
Thanks in advance.
