Blenheim Car Sales

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  1. Epic, when the jobs flying there really is no better way to earn your living, Hope it continues for you rest of the month
  2. we had our hour on a phone, Plaintiff obviously gave her side to mediator as did i, Important incite was gained into what Plaintiff will be basing here case on so valuable from that point, She made a demand i made an offer, She lowered her demands and i made an increased offer, She lowered it again but not to an acceptable level, Our hour was up and i am in court early April, Take my chances and what i have learned might just help me with what the mediator disclosed about the Plaintiff and her case evidence,
  3. same for me on a 61 plate mondeo you have to part undo the bumper to remove the headlight .........................as you say No room
  4. My problem is exactly that i think it is is impossible to prove what i believe happened, She will of course deny that she drove it to destruction
  5. There was no oil used, It was all still in engine, It was oil Pump that failed and a loss of pressure because nothing was being pumped around the engine to cool and lubricate it,There were no leaks all problems were internally, We tested the |Oil pressure switch and the wiring to the dashboard to light up the Oil light, All this was found to be working, Our view is that the warning light was ignored and the damage was caused by a failure to stop after these warning lights came on this is my issue...................... on paper it looks BBAAADDDDDDDDD i agree I believe the judge will see this only one way regardless of any evidences, My only chance is a bit of compromise on the Mediation hearing i have latter today, I do not hold much hope
  6. Exactly. I truly believe i have acted in good faith and done nothing wrong, I have had considerable cost to myself i have made a repair and then suffered costs in finding cause of second issue, Fact remains however ( looking from outside in) it looks like rouge garage has sold a un roadworthy car to vulnerable young girl
  7. When we striped it down after the second time it "would not start" we were thinking of our own legal position here so we striped it down and reported our findings to our customer, In that we did not believe we were in any way at fault for her current position and it was negligence that had caused the current problem, Not going to Lie we did not quote her for repair once we had found the problem. should i not have sold a car then to someone 17 ??? its a new one on me, I never gave it a thought, She was with sister and boyfriend at the time who each drove the car for her as experienced drivers she never drove it and trusted there judgement
  8. Car was striped by my garage, The cause of the none starting was identified and thats where our dispute started, There stance is it wont start its my fault and we are saying after striping it down its your fault for running it with warning lights on and its negligence, Car was put back together and i told her its free to be collected, and thats what she did, Collected it and no further contact was made by her, so much time passed i believed she had accepted what had happened and how it happened and accepted we were not to blame, Car will need new engine and disks and tyres all around. Car has not moved in 2 yrs
  9. i have Lawgistics as my legal council and i have had a mechanical engineer strip the engine to find the exact cause of the failure
  10. The second time was just 3m into ownership........................ again another "car wont start" issue, this was when they wanted there money back as they were saying its a repeat of the initial issue.......................... well apart from them both not starting who knows what it is thats wrong..................................they took it to VW MD who did a free visual check obviously inconclusive this was just 20 min of free check, it went to some breaker friend of there who said it needed a new engine, I asked what he had done to the car to be confident enough in knowing that and again he had just "looked at it" and plugged it into a diagnostic system, I asked them to recover it to my garage and thats where we striped it down, Our original timing chain repair was intact and correctly timed, 7 hours of investigation latter we found the oil pump had failed and caused severe damage, So now we knew exactly the root cause of the failure but can not prove it was driven in this contrition, We tested dashboard lights and the oil light is working, we tested the oil pressure switch and again its working, So we believe that there was a flashing light and maybe a chime constantly going off as this car is driven, We believe she drove it 5-10 miles got home with all these lights and chimes going of switched it of and then and only then did it seize up and that`s when she reported next day "it wont start"
  11. She has done less than 1000 miles since purchase and the second terminal issue, I just feel as reasonable as i am the judge if it goes there will side with teenage girl, The burdon of proof is for me to prove, I have no way of proving anything, She submitted a 50 page dossier to the court for all proofs of her out of pocket expenses, This will cost her £350 win or loose she will not even pick up my costs if i were to win, How is that fair ?? Encourages people with no morals to make fictitious claim against innocent parties
  12. successful and permanent fix on original issue within first 30 days, the second issue was 3m later Lawgistics just say it could go either way, No guarantees, My engineers report is conclusive but that is just going to prove what state the engine is in now, I need to prove she drovie it to get it to that state that its in now, Not asked her but i guess she will say she didnt drive it with a warning light on Would not start.......................simple as that we striped it down and found the timing chain had jumped on the cog, We had got a replacement head skimmed and new head gasket, Was as good as new, Got them to sign a second PDI form for that repair to saying they were happy the repair was full repair
  13. I am a Lawgistics memeber and they have been looking after me, However its very much a admin exorcise really i have found rather than a lawyer to fight for you service, Part i am struggling with is the Proof, I believe i know whats happened and how its happened but i can not prove she ran the car after she had the oil pressure warning light on and that is the reason the engine is in its current state I have had an engineer strip it down and found that this is the case, I just can not prove she drove it in this state though
  14. Yes passed test just same week of purchase, it was not a 3rd party was a cash sale with my customer invoiced
  15. she was entitled to a repair and we did this in january 3m after she took delivery at our cost (£750) The car has been in storage i have seen it, its not moved in almost 2 years and has not been further repaired or used in any way, Its currently sorn and on private land Guys i have swaloowed that pill on this one............... your right whatever the rights and wrongs i dont think i can agrue against to much, I am joing to going to have to pay up and reverse the whole thing, my question today was about experiences to do with this mediation, anything to look out for anything i should know
  16. I know in my heart of hearts that i have done nothing wrong, But on other hand i can not "PROVE" anything that i need to in order to have a judge side with me, I am certain it will be a loss, The car failed because she carried on driving it with no oil pressure, Warning lights worked and we striped it and found oil pump had failed, She had passed her test September the month she purchased it and at 17 yrs old some how or way she got the timing chain to jump on the cogs and then soon after destroyed the engine with no oil pressure, As mentioned i can say that is what has happened, its how the engine died but what i cant prove is negligence on her behalf, She disappeared for over 12m i was beginning to think she had accepted my series of events and she had accepted responsibility for her actions in how it became a broken engine I am going to mediation, and failing a resolution then going to court, Its a worry and a pressure i just want to have it lifted and not have it hanging over me, what would you sugest is best way for me to do this, I do want a settlement, i will not be entertaining any of here costs its just purchase price of car i am settling she went quiet, stopped calling messaging wrighting and went cold on her complaint...................... she dissapeared for over 12m like it had gone away
  17. I wont bore you with full detail but sold car developed real problem and customer and i are in dispute about how it became in its current position 2011 11 Polo 1.2 44k 5 services and was sold with full MOT, I sold it Sept 16, 1sts of 2 major problems happened in December and then Jan 17....................over 12m with no contact and then she hits me with 9999 claim on a car she paid £5200, Balance is train, bus, Taxi, Insurance, Loan, Tax, Rail passes, Uber, Parking sensors ect ect to inflate her claim Yes i have PDI and all the normal things we should always do to keep ourselves legal, My issue is that regardless of who is right or wrong and if i am to blame in some way i realise that the the seriousness of the issue and the short time of ownership really does leave me open to judge ruling against me, I am a realist i belive that will be the case So i have mediation, I know the format its likely to take the 2 parties talking through intermediary on a phone but would be interested if anyone has any incite to share, I really could do with settling rather than going to court, I have 1 hour on Wednesday to get the matter resolved,
  18. I was told by LLoyds that i can have an over draught but i was paying for its facility.............................. as in your paying for it if you use it or not, fact you have it is your paying for it
  19. i personally am counting from purchase date to date delivered dont like counting chickens and all that............................. last yr my average stock turn was 30.9 days average
  20. I ordered one, Its all tax deduct able and for £30 i will see, I have a car that needs a single door dent on it just the sort of thing my dent man would make go completely, Will be a good test to see if it could do similar, It only needs to work once and i am in profit with my dent man I will let you know
  21. https://easy-bump.com/products/easybump?gclid=CjwKCAiAhp_jBRAxEiwAXbniXZwfHQz9e0jOq9F3-33Z2HXeGK5fEAucXgZLOdqjQXYPob8m2jfM-RoCtHkQAvD_BwE Video makes it all look so easy, I currently use a dent man and that costs a fair bit and the waiting ect ect
  22. case of ........................ wait for it ............................"food for thought" then it seems
  23. are they not leading you if they text and you text and this continues, Its there safe way of protecting them selves from the nasty sales person who wants to sell them something. Its been mentioned above, Call them and take them through your process, This is our full time profession we do it every single day, How can a Billy who does it once every 3 years be better at it than us