Sold as seen is not a legal loop hole for geting out of refunding or repairing the vehicle by a dealer.
A friend was sold a dodgy motor,had lots of probs.went to the dealer told him of problems,he said hard luck missus "sold as seen".She went to trading standards who recommended a garage to lk it over.The garage would not allw her to drive it.It hadshot brakes ,been shunted up the rear basically it was a death trap.TS advised her of the legal process.
She too k out a civil actionshe was told exactly what to do and howto proceed.
Various letters sent to dealer all ignored.
Anyhoo,it ended in court,the dealer actually turned up!!!and he ended up paying court fees and reimbursing the womens money.
So basically sold as seen don't hold s**t and people should not be put off persuing a claim when they are told this.
The faults with the car you describe are roadworthiness issues and you are right, however a head gasket failing after 6 weeks is nothing to do with roadworthiness. Unless the dealer sold the car for spares or repair and advised that it should be removed by trailer then it has to comply with the road traffic act in order for the buyer to drive it away. I say for the third time that the goods must be in reasonable order taking into account age, mileage etc. Sold as seen is a term used mainly when dealers trade between themselves, or when buying at an auction. It is very different when selling to the public. However, everybody wants cars as cheap as they can, this leads to loss of profit and therefore you can't expect to get something for nothing. There are so many variables it is often impossible to get to the bottom of car related matters. Even taking an experienced mechanic along would not have helped Dan's friend as the car was OK for 6 weeks. It is a case of bad luck, something which we all get from time to time.
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