Having been in court with this, trust me I know many of the details. If you get finance on the vehicle it does not come under the sale of goods act, it comes under the implied terms as part of the hire purchase agreement, this is because the hire (purchase) company own the car. Part of these terms are that if you inspect (look at) the vehicle it pretty much signs and seals the deal. So whilst 'sold as seen' can't be used as a broad term it is in fact, unfortunately a fact! ... there's a lot more to it than this but in a nutshell that's the truth, if you 'inspect' the vehicle before you take it you have little room to complain in law. Trust me it sucks, especially when you can prove the vehicle was 1 year old, resprayed to a different colour and has a bent rear chassis... And they still could may get a way with this, it's very unjust if you ask me but I will keep this forum informed, the case is adjurned until the New Year and I am going to try and battle on with it but the lawyers soon eat up the money!

You think you got it bad... I'm in court with carcraft. They sold me a crash repaired, re-sprayed vehicle, which I can prove. I also have evidence of lying, bad in house operating practices and more. The court costs are so high and it takes up so much energy getting to court that it is likely they will get away with it... Part of the problem is that in law you have no leg to stand on because if you 'inspect' the vehicle before you buy (which means if you look at it) then it is sold as seen, irrespective of whether its a pile of cr*p or not