Sale of 3.5+ ton van by dealer.

Well they're both guilty IMO, I've never considered buying a uni-cycle because I thought it through 😉. However the dealer is not being reasonable in his return costing
 
Prior to test drive our Arto before purchase, I had to show my license had C1 entitlement. I would assume the purchaser had a test drive of MH, and if the case, the dealer allowed their for sale MH to be driven on public road, illegally.
 
runnach said:
Prior to test drive our Arto before purchase, I had to show my license had C1 entitlement. I would assume the purchaser had a test drive of MH, and if the case, the dealer allowed their for sale MH to be driven on public road, illegally.
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But I wonder if they did test drive it. Thinking back of two local friends who bought motorhomes, neither test drive them. One buying an old Peugeot with the 1.9 non turbo engine, about 70bhp. Afterwards he said he was disappointed in its performance uphill!
 
YeoBlade said:
Well they're both guilty IMO, I've never considered buying a uni-cycle because I thought it through 😉. However the dealer is not being reasonable in his return costing
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I would have to disagree because it says the dealer knew they only had a standard car licence. An awful lot of people buying motorhomes don't know thinks like weight and payload. Which opens up another can of worms on a lot of new van sales which are in fact unfit for purpose if used to full spec, (i.e. 4 people and gear in a 4 birth motorhome with only 100Kg payload).
 
Back in the 60's I was nicked for riding my 350 AJS on L plates.Bought of a main dealer but neither of us checked my rights to drive it.I got pulled late at night on the A38 driving home to Plymouth."park it in the layby son and make your way home".Ok Then :)
 
YeoBlade said:
But I wonder if they did test drive it. Thinking back of two local friends who bought motorhomes, neither test drive them. One buying an old Peugeot with the 1.9 non turbo engine, about 70bhp. Afterwards he said he was disappointed in its performance uphill!
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Who knows mate, anyone who does not do a test drive if a potential purchase, should not be on the road. What would have been interesting is, say there was an accident, nowt serious, just a meeting of metals, I wonder how that would work with an insurance claim, I guess the insurer would wave bye bye 👋
 
Nabsim said:
I would have to disagree because it says the dealer knew they only had a standard car licence. An awful lot of people buying motorhomes don't know thinks like weight and payload. Which opens up another can of worms on a lot of new van sales which are in fact unfit for purpose if used to full spec, (i.e. 4 people and gear in a 4 birth motorhome with only 100Kg payload).
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Yes true, sorry TLDR it all. Though it states:

'Second, the dealership clearly knew you had a standard driving licence yet continued to sell you the motorhome.'

Not sure if there is a real definition for a standard D L
 
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r4dent said:
Many salesmen don't know enough about motorhomes.

I asked a salesman the "Euro" rating of a van I was interested in.
His reply was that it was British and not European.
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This does not surprise me. They never know anything about weights or payloads either. One of the key things anyone should want to know when buying a motorhome is what its available user payload is. I don't think I have ever come across any that have or had the information readily available. I've even had dealers and brokers just send me a photo of the axle weight plate. :ROFLMAO:

It always used to make me smile when the Swiss Tony shiny suite salesman came bouncing across all smiles and as soon as I started asking about payload, weighbridges etc the smile just dropped. :D
 
Many newbies wouldn't have much of a clue about MH's, my mate for one, bought two campers and they were total rust buckets with numerous MOT failures. The thing is, my mate is very intelligent but an absolute dork when it comes to buying vehicles. He never shows due diligence, just accepts what the seller tells him. The last camper he bought for £12,400, had 2x fortnight holidays, 9 months later took it for it's MOT, took another £2,600 on welding, brake pipes, springs plus other items. Four months later he sold it for £4,100.
 
izwozral said:
Many newbies wouldn't have much of a clue about MH's, my mate for one, bought two campers and they were total rust buckets with numerous MOT failures. The thing is, my mate is very intelligent but an absolute dork when it comes to buying vehicles. He never shows due diligence, just accepts what the seller tells him. The last camper he bought for £12,400, had 2x fortnight holidays, 9 months later took it for it's MOT, took another £2,600 on welding, brake pipes, springs plus other items. Four months later he sold it for £4,100.
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Wifes brother went to england a few weeks back to buy a converted merc camper, paid daft money, 24 g and when home i had a look, total bundle of junk and very very unsafe wiring to charge a old battery, thin wire from starter battery, no b2b or fuses anywhere, trim inside looked like a 4 year old did it, nothing worked like fridge cooker or lights, wifes says he is a daft f--ker and dont interfear, good advice.
 
izwozral said:
Many newbies wouldn't have much of a clue about MH's, my mate for one, bought two campers and they were total rust buckets with numerous MOT failures. The thing is, my mate is very intelligent but an absolute dork when it comes to buying vehicles. He never shows due diligence, just accepts what the seller tells him. The last camper he bought for £12,400, had 2x fortnight holidays, 9 months later took it for it's MOT, took another £2,600 on welding, brake pipes, springs plus other items. Four months later he sold it for £4,100.
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That surprises me Ral,

You having a mate I mean 😉
 
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