sold my impreza yesterday, but got a call from the buyer this afternoon saying the bottom end has just gave up, i am gutted for the guy but what can i do. i cant take the car back as it is, would you????

 

No mate, sold as seen, not your fault it,s gone, these things do happen i,m affraid, it,s crap luck for the buyer i,m affraid though....

 

If you didn't knowingly sell the car with this due to happen then it is unfortunate for the buyer.
I wouldn't take it back as these things happen unfortunately.

 

CAVEAT EMPTOR mate or in english SOLD AS SEEN.

 

Jesus, what did he do to it in order to trash it within a day? :suspiciou

 

It actually means "Let the buyer Beware". If the seller deliberately tries to deceive the buyer by doing something to cover up a known problem - for instance if the seller had detected a slight knocking and didn't tell the buyer, then I don't think "sold as seen" is water-tight.

 

i all honsety i never knew the bottom end was about to go, from what i know there is no tell tale signs letting you know its about to pack in,
i just had a new bottom end fitted at the start of the year with 50k miles on it, cost me near £2k for parts and labour, up untill i last seen the car it was running sweet, pulling like a train with no noise bangs rattles, was very quiet, suppose its just bad luck

 

Waits for buyer to make a post...

 

Thats either some really **** luck, or someone wasnt completly honest.

Personally i would not take it back.

 

in my defence when i was out for a run in the car with him, my girl friend and his got chatting as females do, and she said to her that he drives like a mad man most of the time and cant wait to get out in the impreza, my opinion is its been getting thrashed badly

 

Hmmmmmm, well there,s your answer most probably, he,s killed himself would be my bet AND now it,s dead he wants you to have it back.... NO-WAY.......

 

If there were any signs it was going to go, suerly the buyer would have picked up on them? Sold as seen and tried im afraid.

 

I would not engage in ANY correspondence with him -- unless you are prepared to reimburse him/take the car back

It will only prolong the agony for him

Private buyers have few rights --- especially if he took it for a test drive


Happened to me btw, sold my Range Rover, bloke rang me to say broke down on the way home, possible HG failure. I started to speak to him and in an effort to help him spoke to my friend who owns a Range Rover specialist garage – but he said don’t get involved, any communication comes over as an admission of guilt – and gives the buyer the expectation that you will help him.

 

It only had a rebuild 2 months ago didnt it? If so who rebuilt it?

 

It can be quite a common trick


fault develops but the buyer can get it fixed cheap say £600 and asks can you go halves !!!


friend has a mechanic who gives a report on it !!!


sold as seen flogged to bits showing off as soon as he bought it ""


He could of walked away from the sale or bought it from a dealer so just Ignore

 

i had one of my inpreza`s a week before it got "the death knock".

but was running sweet when i test drove it.

And for the week i had it....

I BROKE IT!.... i didnt even considder going back to the P.O!

i ragged it!, learnt my lesson, sccoby dont like prolonged high speed runs!.

Just dont get into it with him.

Car`s bought privatly are sold as seen.

Its crappy luck, i`ve been there!, but nothing you can do to help.

As since its been out of you posesion it could have been constantly ragged.


Daz

 

Who did the rebuild? Did you give receipts for the individual parts used?

It does seem like you've had a bad run with it in the last 2-3 months:
https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...ml#post8746345

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...ml#post8716246 Did you drain it out?

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...ml#post8699213

 

Who rebuilt it fella? if it was by a garage surely there would be some kind of warrenty.

 

dont go there

his car, his problem

once you start talking warranties it will become your problem -- fine if you intent to sort it out for him, but see post 16

its hard -- but I buy privately and accept the risks

 

i am totally gutted for the guy but i am going to have to ignore him, i am the sort of person that if i started speaking to him about the car i will end up giving him a refund, and i just cant do that, got the next impreza lined up and need the money for that

 

He broke it, his problem.

 

I've quoted the above as maybe you missed it.

 

You are covered by the sale of goods act, whether the car was bought privately or from a dealer - this means that unless you've been negligent & the engine failed because it ran out of oil because you didn't check it or similar.
I would sent back
That is just your side of the story. It is easy to say the other person broke it ! but deep down there was a problem before it was sold !! I would pay for anyone to go on a lie detector, it is cheaper than a new engine rebuild
No one seems honest anymore especially with these cars, you have to be careful

 

Ha ha ha well spotted Timmy2take. Looks like he has had problems with it. Interesting
I feel for the other bloke

 

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wont tick over proparly

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I have just changed the turbo on my impreza cause the old 1 was knackerd,
Now the car wont idle, the revs bounce between 1.5k-2.5k, the engine check light flashed on a couple of times aswell, Have i dun somthing wrong? anybody got any ideas?

 

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oil level

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over filled my oil by a fraction it is above the full mark by 3-4mm,
Will the oil burn off or will i need to drain some out?

 

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think i am using to much oil, covered about 600 miles and used 500ml of oil, i get a bit of smoke on high boost but it's not really blue, more grey/brown,
i have checked for leaks but everywhere is dry,

Any Help?

 

here come the witch hunters .... giving the guy the benefit of the doubt he's had problems and tried to fix them which he thinks he'd managed ..... fk it BURNNNNNNN THE WITCHHHHHH

 

Thats what i was trying to get at fella, a recent engine rebuild thats using an excessive ammount of oil goes bang on the new owner...

Did the OP rebuild the engine himself?

 

Yes in fairness i have had a number of problems with the car, that was half the reason i decided to cut my losses and sell the car, but at the time of the sale the car was running better than it ever had been the whole 2 years i owned it, there was no knocks bangs rattles nothing. The offer i got for the car wasn't any where close to what i spent on getting the engine replaced, so i knocked the buyer back at 1st, then after a good think i thought i might not get an other offer for months and accepted it, dont know if its really good luck for me or really bad luck for buyer.