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Ready to drive away………not really 😔
We travelled nearly 2 hours to view a car that was supposed to be ‘ready to drive away’. Sadly this wasn’t the case. We were shopping for a first car for our daughter so we couldn’t afford brand new and appreciated that for a 13 year old car there may be signs of wear and tear. The photos online looked perfect and we couldn’t wait to view the car. Upon arrival we were met by a lovely man who was friendly and didn’t give us the hard sell. Very important with us. He let us look around the car at our leisure and stayed back so that we could chat freely about how we felt about this car. It didn’t take long for us to spot some marks and the little ones didn’t bother us. As we moved round to the rear of the car we noticed an ugly black scrape that certainly didn’t show on their photos. I would have appreciated them being honest and showing it. I’m wondering if their photos were airbrushed as this mark could not be seen when viewing the photos online. We went to take the car out and couldn’t click the seatbelt in on the rear seat. But if we clicked it into the middle seat’s holder there were no problems. We figured that they were twisted underneath. On further inspection it soon became apparent that they weren’t attached to the car the right way around. It would have needed a spanner to swap them over. Once we’d temporarily swapped them and locked in safely we went out for the test drive. All was going well (on the hottest day of the year) until I tried to open the passenger front window. It wouldn’t work. It didn’t work from the driver’s side either. Perhaps I’m being ‘nit picky’ but for a car that was supposed to be ready to drive away there were things that needed to be done. We asked about the history of the car but not much was known. 4 services in 13 years? HPI was clear so at least that was something. When we tried to negotiate on the price for the nasty mark in the rear bumper and the window that didn’t work we were met with the fact that it also needed a service but if he did that then he wouldn’t drop anything on the price. Like we should be grateful. Such a shame because we loved the car but the pictures online most definitely didn’t match what we saw. If they didn’t wish to advertise the marks then they could have included a walk around video. It would have saved us a lot of time. Sadly we left the car behind and our deposit was refunded without any problems. It was just such a shame that these little things weren’t pointed out before we arranged a viewing. We’re very aware of the age of the car but be honest when photographing and writing the description. We know there will be little marks but when it comes to big black ones in the middle of a white cars bumper and windows that don’t work and seatbelts that need swapping over then it just wastes everyone’s time.