Thank you I will I do want to go ahead with the case as I feel he has done wrong and I am out of pocket and without a vehicle which I bought in good faith I am sticking with the advice from you guys, you are right, I am totally under confident when it comes to the legalities but know what he has done is wrong and shouldn't be allowed to get away with it

I shouldn't have asked but he was there when I was explaining to my assistant why I couldn't drive my car home that day. Thank gawd for that!

Because I had the work carried out without giving him the option to fix it himself We use a guy at work to collect bad debts and I asked his opinion this was his response so he agrees I should go ahead but doesn't think I will get anywhere

I am just worried that's all. I have spoken to a few people in work about this and they are under the impression I wont get anywhere with it but I am sticking with your advice and pushing ahead as I feel I am right to The only other expense I have had is the train ticket for myself and my partner to collect the car on the day of purchase which was £5 each and I no longer have the receipt for these but for the small cost, I am willing to let that go I haven't hired a car or been to work since as I am lucky enough to be able to work from home whilst I am off the road, it's just a pain as I could do with going into the office My mother has had to rely on someone else for shopping which I presume I would have to have fuel receipts or something and I am not sure the third party would have now

I also have to pay about £200 for the claim to go ahead, that is collectable from him as well isn't it?

I agree with your changes, I will implement them now I wouldn't want to push anything further charges wise as he seems adamant that he is not liable to pay anything, it's just so frustrating!

I cant see a way to show a draft, can I just copy and paste to here omitting any personal details?

with the 7 day extension he has until the 21st December I am actually booked to go away on the 23rd and now have no vehicle to use I have started drafting the claim yes, it's all ready to go

In the meantime with all this I am left carless My elderly and disabled mother relies on me for shopping, I have no transport to get back and forth to work This whole situation is causing me a nightmare - it shouldn't be allowed for him to get away with this!

This is the past MOT which was done 14 days before it was passed Date tested3 November 2021 FAIL View test certificate Mileage99,484 miles Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects): Nearside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e)) Repair immediately (major defects): Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) Offside Rear Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn Link (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Service brake excessively binding Both rear (1.2.1 (f)) Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories): Service brake binding but not excessively Both front (1.2.1 (f))

I have started the claim yes I wrote the letter, checked and sent recorded delivery Thank you

I have just heard back from the garage, there are no other faults with the car however, they have checked back at the past MOT and the car failed on 3rd November on 'service brake excessively binding (both rear)' This means they knew the calipers were seizing and instead of replacing them, just unseized them to get it through the MOT.

The journey home was 72 miles I used the car every day to and from work which is a 30 mile round trip which equates to 120 miles and went to London and back the weekend after I bought it, another 130 miles round trip roughly which was all before the repair took place I also continued to drive it after the repair as advised on this thread and was driving it to and from work and have been to Cambridge and back (another 140 miles round trip) for a hospital appointment. I haven't driven the car since Saturday when I was advised not to drive it anymore. They omit the fact that although yes I did text him to let him know I'd gotten home safe and the car drove lovely, a text he responded to, I followed that with another text stating we had heard a noise and that text he ignored. The car is booked in for full diagnostics, I am just on my way to take it there now. I have just spoken to the technician who replaced the parts and he stated again there would have been no way possible that even if I had driven 366 miles since purchase, that the brakes would have worn to nothing in that time and therefore was obviously a questionable MOT as low brake pads would have been an advisory at least and there was none. I would have been happy for him to pay for the repairs to start with however, how he has dealt with the matter has made me worry that should anything else go wrong, he will be a nightmare to deal with and I would rather not have any further dealings with him.

I have had a response from the legal team

Gotcha

sorry I forgot to ask, do I go ahead and submit the claim or do I wait for his 14 days to be up?

ok will change it thank you Do I claim interest from the date of purchase or the date I requested a refund?

Hi Letter was amended and sent recorded delivery on Saturday I have also stopped using the car and emptied it out waiting for him to collect... Is this explanation ok to put on the Money Claim?

this is the letter ready to send if ok I will do the money claim online now - should I say that he offered me half ?

will do Thank you

I have the caliper now in my possession I am still using the car as you advised but it is kept on my driveway of a night and in a private car park at work during the day

yes because it is classed as warranty work and there is a surcharge

my letter reads is that ok? Should I include the invoices for both?

ok, have paid the garage - they have said if I want the caliper and pads I need to pay £50 would this also be recoverable from Vulcan and do I tell him that I have also paid that in the letter I am to write to him? So if I don't hear from this 'legal team' within 14 days or he doesn't arrange to come and collect the car what happens then?