How long after buying vehicle from private seller?

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lythande1, Oct 12, 4:30pm
No.
Buyer beware.
Should have checked it first, or had someone knowledgeable do so.
poppy62, Oct 12, 4:30pm
Toyota said I! But Jesus said: God! you talk some sh!t.
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I guess he was backing up the 12th Disciple (OP). What do I know and is that anyway to speak to your Dad?
jesus2000, Oct 13, 2:19am
As someone else said, it sounds more like a faulty speed sensor.

My Commodore VE SV6 once developed a faulty speed sensor on one of the wheel hubs and threw the ABS warning light and disabled stability control. I could even be sitting in park with the handbrake on with the car idling and the speedo would be showing 12kph and then it would also start flashing that I was driving with the handbrake on. Simple things like that can cause the car all sorts of confusion.

A 1998 Toyota Carib probably has a single speed sensor on the transmission somewhere.

https://youtu.be/4Duih994lEM
tgray, Oct 13, 3:39am
Take their deal and count yourself very lucky they offered it.
Put the $200 down to a lesson learned.
budgel, Oct 13, 4:47am
I think the vendor is being very reasonable as they are under no obligation to refund anything.
About the best outcome you could have hoped for!
franc123, Oct 13, 5:25am
Count yourself lucky
kazbanz, Oct 13, 6:48am
You got VERY lucky. I assume that none of these faults showed up during the PP inspection or the decent test drive.
onesel, Oct 13, 10:16am
Cheers everyone. Your information and help are much appreciated. Yes, lesson learned. It always feels as if a burden has become lighter after asking for help and after talking about it. Thank you all.
kazbanz, Oct 13, 10:37am
So are you heading out to buy a replacement car?
johnston, Oct 13, 11:06am
Good outcome. Despite what some posted you did have recourse. While you are not a consumer in terms of the CGA you had common law remedies available to you.
jmma, Oct 13, 11:34am
Buy a lotto ticket now as well :oP
tgray, Oct 13, 12:27pm
The bottom line is any 22 year old car for under 3K is going to have a number of faults.
Do your homework and get the next one checked out first.
kazbanz, Oct 13, 12:45pm
NOT for an issue that arose a period of time post sale regardless of how long.
Pre existing non disclosed I'd say you have some chance particularly if its a WOF issue and the car isn't sold as is where is.
gamefisher, Nov 7, 6:42am
By law a person cannot sell something intentionally with a known fault, but this can be very difficult to prove. I know this as a fact because I had a claim against me at a dispute tribunal. In my case the buyer created the fault and didn’t turn up to the dispute hearing.