On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:37:44 +0100, Nightjar
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On 19/07/2011 13:43, Jim K wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:35 pm,
wrote:
On 19/07/2011 09:59, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article_ZKdnUBeuuDj2LjTnZ2dnUVZ8lqdn...@giganews. com,
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There are quite a few about the cars in private transactions too. If I
were thinking of buying second hand, I would only go to a dealer.

In general, the motor trade is the most dishonest you are likely to find
in any dealings. Makes the double glazing industry seem like saints. And
the dedicated secondhand trade perhaps the worst of all.

I was thinking more of a manufacturer's dealership.

they are not necessarily any better

It is a very long time since I bought a second hand car, but my
experience then was that the manufacturer's dealership gave excellent
service and a good guarantee. Of course, it may depend upon the
manufacturer.

I guess it depends on the age of the car. On cars older than 3 years
you're unlikely to get a good warranty. And you are guaranteed to pay
more in a dealership.

I haven't bought a car for quite a long time but, when I did, I was
shocked at the poor quality of the cars on all the forecourts.
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In article ,
Mark wrote:
experience then was that the manufacturer's dealership gave excellent
service and a good guarantee. Of course, it may depend upon the
manufacturer.

I guess it depends on the age of the car. On cars older than 3 years
you're unlikely to get a good warranty. And you are guaranteed to pay
more in a dealership.

Most dealers include an insurance type 'warranty' with reasonably recent
secondhand cars. Hoping this will exempt them from the sale of goods acts.


I haven't bought a car for quite a long time but, when I did, I was
shocked at the poor quality of the cars on all the forecourts.

Forget the claims they are thoroughly checked before sale. Unless this
just means a good clean. And exactly the same applies to main dealers.

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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:05:36 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Mark wrote:
experience then was that the manufacturer's dealership gave excellent
service and a good guarantee. Of course, it may depend upon the
manufacturer.

I guess it depends on the age of the car. On cars older than 3 years
you're unlikely to get a good warranty. And you are guaranteed to pay
more in a dealership.

Most dealers include an insurance type 'warranty' with reasonably recent
secondhand cars. Hoping this will exempt them from the sale of goods acts.

Have you looked at the small print of some of these warranties? Last
time I checked they excluded anything actually likely to go wrong.

I haven't bought a car for quite a long time but, when I did, I was
shocked at the poor quality of the cars on all the forecourts.

Forget the claims they are thoroughly checked before sale. Unless this
just means a good clean. And exactly the same applies to main dealers.

Exactly. Virtually all of the cars I inspected had significant faults
which I spotted easily. Some dealerships didn't even bother to clean
the cars.

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