drob Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 OK, so who that dont recently bought a 350z from redlinespecialistcars.co.uk advertised as a uk gt, but thats actually a jdm with uk bumpers etc Im annoyed. Phoned the garage, the lad that sold me the car didnt even know it was an import himself. Talked to his manager and he said, his manager knew it was an import thats why it was priced cheaper, and it supposidly said on the redline website it was an import my arse it said (thanks for not mentioning it to me till i realised after ive bought the car u ****) it wasnt exactly cheap either. said they aint guna do anything except they can change the klm gauge dials to uk ones for free, WOOPIE DOO, give me a nismo exhaust and i might feel better. Phoned trading standards and they said to write a letter to my finance company sayin item wasnt as advertised under sell of goods act 1980 sumut. dont get me wrong i love the car but its annoying,big time. Lol everyon on here should email them sayin theyve done me over, might get the message to do the right thing then Just looked at dealer website- ad has been removed, what a coincedence coveing there tracks of false advertisement, it'll be my word against theres now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350 Russ Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 get down the solicitors and get them to write a letter to the garage threatening with court etc, might make then do something about it! good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 make sure you get a copy of the ad saying its a uk car before they change it............. also get some other adverts with prices of uk cars versus imports so you can compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 make sure you get a copy of the ad saying its a uk car before they change it............. also get some other adverts with prices of uk cars versus imports so you can compare. The ad has gone and it never said it was a Uk car, the only mention of it being a UK car was the salesman mentioned it, its never been written anywhere......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 mm, tricky then. Can only go on stuff that was advertised which is not there, not the fact its not a uk car if they never said it was....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 With these types of issues, its not what you know, its what you can prove and unfortunately it can't be proved either way. The only angle was that the ad said the car had stuff that a UK car has but the car in question doesn't have them, now the ad has gone, unless there is a copy of it somewhere, I don't think this is going to amount to anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleone Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'd never buy a car without an HPI check to look for a repaired write off, outstanding finance or conflicting mileage history. They also say the date first registered in the UK so this would set alarm bells ringing if the car was an import. These are all things dealers can easily hide and once the car is yours they're laughing... I hope you can get your money back or some form of compensation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 we'll just hav to see, on the plus side it still has leather, brembos, heated seats. Isnt a mark on it. Had 4 new tyres, was fully serviced and mot'd and it has a carbon fibre front bumper lip and i found a hks speed delimiter attached to the ecu. could be worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Do you have the previous keepers details on the V5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 You can sometimes pull up archived versions of ads using google. I have managed to recover a few that had been removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 just googled and found ads they aint removed yet, 1 from desperate seller and 1 from vcar. printed off as evidence. Both ads dont have on it anywhere its an import, he knew its an import why not advertise as a fairlady z as thats what there called, least i have some evidence now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Do you have the previous keepers details on the V5? ????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 am in the process of puttin my private plate from my old car to the z so all forms are at dvla, sure he was called amid sohil or sumut, dealer should still have his details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 if you have their advert then you have some proof. if your happy with the car and like it, then the only thing left to settle is the difference in price. you need to find an average price for imports of that standard and mileage etc. also take into account that they'll swap the dials round, that isn't cheap, if i remember rightly they are a bit pricey (could be wrong; check with zmanalex or R35LEE) then you'll need to negoatiate the middle ground with them to where you settle. this is all of course if trading standards decide to follow it up and push them to compensate. if they don't your on your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 yeah i like the car just could do with some money, idk how much replacement dials are but someone on here was going to sell me a pair for £100 but prob alot more if new from nissan etc, ringing the garage again in the morning, see if we can sort things out. Its like always once youve done a deal and theyve sold a car there not interested. How much should a 04 import be then???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 The point about the last owner s to find out if he had the bumpers changed, if he did then its the dealer that dosnt know what he is on about, if they wernt changed and the dealer has chnaged them then it could be that they were trying to make it look like a uk car to fool some less knowledgable... ie fraud, but if they didnt say UK then they havnt really defrauded you... Do they need to change anything? Not really... its a case of Caveat emptor... If it says on the receipt that its a uk car then you have a case, if its sold as seen then you have accepted the receipt so have accepted the contract. Whats narking you? The price? If so what did you pay and is this inline with the current import price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 didnt say it was a uk but the guy who sold me it said it wasnt an import. paid 11.5k 2004 reg gun metal grey, has heated seats, brembos, bose system, leather. everything the gt has apart from the cruise control, which was advertised it had along with a few things. Just bewildered more than anything as i thought it was uk, obviously u pay less for imports n thats what i wudda done. TBH i wouldnt of bought it if i knew it was an import Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 its a fairlady ST then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNABASHED Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 the price seems more in line with uk than import so can imagine why your a bit peeved on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 didnt say that in the ad, said 350z gt coupe, even when i did my insurance it came up as that where as ive done other before and it comes up as fairlady z like an import should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 The point about the last owner s to find out if he had the bumpers changed, if he did then its the dealer that dosnt know what he is on about, if they wernt changed and the dealer has chnaged them then it could be that they were trying to make it look like a uk car to fool some less knowledgable... ie fraud, but if they didnt say UK then they havnt really defrauded you... Thats why I was asking about the previous owner. He could shed a massive amount of light on just how deceptive the dealer has been. As I said before, i would say that the previous owner made all the changes (or even the previous owner to him) and the dealer took the carin px or at an auction and has just sold it on....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drob Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 yeah, but the manager admited he knew it was an import just didnt tell me or his employee who sold me the car, and under the sale of goods act 1979, item is not as described. Only time will tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Have you phoned them today? beware that your insurance is likely to be invalid if your insured for a uk car but its actually an import........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 imports FTW!!! personally i love my import but if you didnt set out to buy one i could see why you'd be anoyed, make sure if he has it converted he doesnt get one of those ebay convesion dials that just fits over the original lol by law dealer have to hpi cars so if the car was written off in any way ect they legally have to tell you... not sure where you stand with your situation tho, there are people on here who change jdm bumpers for uk, hope it turns out ok for you, be good to hear the out come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narcotix Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 The insurance companies sites can be very inaccurate when classifying Zeds ... I had a similar issue when trying to insure a Zed I'd put a deposit on ... It came up on the site as a 350z but infact it was an import Fairlady Z ... Made a massive difference in the insurance quote for me ... so much so that I had to loose out on the deposit as I wouldn't have been able to insure it ... It's difficult to know unless you are aware of the tell-tale signs such as the indicator stalks etc ... Hope it all works out for you ... keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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