mis-description of car sold by Copart.

[Ethel Street]

1 hour ago, acc1956 said:

Copart are saying that because they provided an image of the rev counter when the engine was switched on and that the counter registered zero I should have know that the engine was faulty...

 

It sounds unreasonable to me that a non-expert should be expected to draw that conclusion from an an image of a rev counter showing zero, it could just as easily have meant that the rev counter was broken! 

 

If it was only an image of a rev counter how were you supposed to know that  that the engine was switched on?

 

A seized engine cannot reasonably be described as "normal wear".

 

 

[Ethel Street]

A heads up on something they might throw back at you at some point, just so you are prepared for it if they do. 

 

Back in post 1 you said it was sold as Cat U. Not knowing what that meant I looked it up and this what they say on their website.

 

Salvage Auctions – Guide to Buying a Used Unrecorded Car – Copart UK

 

They may allege that you should have been aware that if they say a vehicle is 'Category U' it might need "skills and knowledge ... to repair and restore the vehicle".