He does sell several cars but does not source these through his business, he does this to make extra money on the side. Once he has been paid for a vehicle, he will take his cut and forward on the remainder to the previous owner. If I were to speak to him as basically i want the car repaired or to be compensated, how would i go about wording it correctly to cover myself and also let him know im seeking advice? thanks again for all of this, you are very helpful.

There was never anything in writing, all done by phone and when we went to visit the vehicle we test drove and collected the following week. I have previously bought a car from him and yes he does source cars for other people. My mother has recently (5weeks ago) bought a car which he found for her and sold (obviously making a profit), all these deals are done by cash and no receipt given therefore there would be no records of these sales. Thank you for all your help, I have contacted him and advised of problems but he is not taking responsibility for anything. Said he would go back to who orginially owned the car but said not to hold my breath!

Although the person who sold me the car runs a garage, he didnt sell it to me through the garage if you know what i mean, he bought it from someone and sold it on to me. I have no paperwork or receipt from him just the car and log book etc. No I haven't been in touch with any advice organisation, do you mean like CAB? Thanks for your advice and help.

Hiya, Paid Cash... had someone with me who could confirm. The car is a V reg which is 2000. Mileage 48K.. No service history. Thanks for your reply. A

Hi there, In February of this year (07) I bought a Ford Galaxy through a so called friend of mine who owns a garage. He found this car for me after i asked him to keep his eyes peeled for an MPV. This came up very quickly and with the fact I sold my old car previously to fund this I had to move quickly... Big mistake. I paid £4000 (my entire savings) on this vehicle. Trusting my friend. Within 30 minutes of bringing it home it developed a squeaking noise from the engine, i called my friend, he told me it would go as had been sat for a while. It didn't, i took it back and he said it was the fan belt, he replaced it (i paid), the noise never went. I took it back again, he said they were self tensioning rollers it would go unless i wanted to pay for Ford to replace these at extra cost to me. I didnt as he said it wasnt unsafe, just annoying. The noise persisted, 3 months later we had problems starting it, it made a heck of a noise. he told me it was the starter motor, I had this done (i paid), the problem was still there, i was told it may need time to wear in. Problems got worse and 4 weeks ago the car would not even start, made a squealing pig noise (sorry trying to describe), my other friend who is a mechanic came to look, by this time id had enough of the other friend... he said the fly wheel was knackered, ripped off the teeth to the starter motor. Had to wait as he was going on hols but this weekend when he returned, he stripped it down, the flywheel is is poor state, wrecked the started and he also found the gear box in pieces and fallen apart. All the noises could have been the original problem. It is going to cost more than the car is worth to fix and im devestated .. i hve no money to repair or buy another vehicle... do i have any comeback on this person who sold me the vehicle? Please help me. x