It not arbitrary costings. This is something the garage has quoted me to make the car roadworthy and they have taken pictures and written a report.

They offered to take the car back but they won't pick it up meaning i have to pay for a low loader/trailer to take it there plus a vehicle to drive me back. Its a 60 min journey there and back and i'm unwilling to get this sorted. Worst still its been at the garage for two weeks and i'm waiting for Trading Standards to call me to see what i can do as the garage is getting impatient. I actually want to keep the car but want what i paid for. The chap at the garage has taken photos and marked down everything that was wrong with the car however i am wondering if i can get it fixed as i need a car and i don't know how long this will go on for.

Thanks for the advice. What else can i do apart from trading standards?

I signed up to this forum after seeing a similar post. On Friday 16th April 2010 i bought a 1999 VW Golf Mark 4 1.4 after seeing this advert on autotrader: VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1.4 S 3DR+UP GRADED ALLOY'S+TINTED GLASS+, 3 Doors, Manual, Hatchback, Petrol, 1999 S Reg , 102,422 miles, Metallic Black, MOT-04-2011. ABS, Adjustable seats, Adjustable steering column/wheel, Air conditioning, Alloy wheels, Anti theft system, CD, Central locking, Cloth upholstery, Colour coding - Body, Driver airbag, Electric mirrors, Electric windows, Foglights, Head restraints, Headlight washers, Heated seats, Lumbar support, Metallic paintwork, Passenger airbag, Pearlescent paint, Power assisted steering, Radio, Side airbags, Steel wheels, Sunroof, Tinted glass, Traction control. Insurance Group:4, CHEAP ROAD TAX & INSURANCE,SMART LOOKING CAR,MUST BE SEEN, All Dealer Facilities, £1,995 Upon viewing the car initially, there were aparent cosmetic faults with the car such as cigarette burns, small bit of rust and scratched alloys, damaged interior door, rear passenger seatbelt faulty. I left the dealership to think about it and came back the following week on the 16th April to purchase after negotiating a lower price of £1650. On Monday the 19th April i started to experiance issues with the breaks finding them slow and unresponsive on the way to work. I decided i would take it to the garage when i finished work that day and had a nerous drive back the short distance home. Today I have received notification from the garage that the car is unroadworthy. Faults reported upon initial inspection are that the car needs new front and rear disks, rear brake callipers, new pads and had leaked brake fluid all over the rear callipers to the point that there is no brake fluid left. The Road Traffic Act 1988 states that a vehicle sold must be roadworthy (it is a criminal offence to sell an unroadworthy car) and describes that a car is not roadworthy if its brakes make it unfit for the road. None of these faults were described upon purchase and I was even allowed to take the vehicle out on the road for a test drive which put myself and my friends who came to view and test drive the car in danger, not to mention other road users. I spoke to the car dealership who sold it me and they said its not their problem and it was sold as seen, they also commented saying it was the garage who are trying to rip me off and were rude and dismissive to me. If the garage was trying to rip me off they must have some how known i was buying a car and decided to leak my break fluid (very smart). I'm furious as this is my first car and i have had it less than 4 days and that people are allowed to operate and sell things as dangerous as a car that is unroadworthy. If i worked as a chemist and sold them something they sure as hell would like to know if there was anything wrong with my product.