private sale, major problem

taz

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Mar 19, 2010
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basicly i bought a car this week from a private seller, when bought the tank was on minimum so filled up today and have a MAJOR petrol leak , took it straight to garage to find the seam on the tank has gone totally needs a new tank at a cost of £300 . I know about buyer beware etc but do i have any comeback at all regarding this, the car passed a mot on tuesday and the garage i took it to has said that the mot station should have at least advised on it but no advosory note was given, i have checked this.

the thing that has upset me most about all of this is the seller knew i would be driving the car a long way home and if they knew anything about this leak then they knew i was risking mine and my childrens lives driving it


Also the advert decribing the car says it has radio cassette player but it doesn't actually work