Please save yourself the hassle
Please save yourself the hassle. tldr; the car was broken, the warranty was bullshit, i'm down £300.
I'm amenable, and take people at their word. I've never purchased a car from a dealer but I thought i'd take the chance (i've purchased like 15 cars off ebay from private sellers).
I brought a cheap Porsche from this guy, yes it was rough and had some problems but that was ok, we agreed on some conditions:
- I'd be able to drive it for a 'fair' amount of time
- It'd have an MOT
It took the guy longer than he promised to prepare the vehicle; not a problem but clearer communication would have been preferred. We all have busy lives to lead.
I got there eventually after a hurried phone call of "when are you gonna pick this up" again - bad comms.
I was rushed to come to this guys yard to pick up the car that was blocked in and all the cars had to be moved so I could get it out. A few of the problems had been sorted, but most still were present - again, I was in the mindset of; this is a fancy car, things need to be sorted, its cheap - no worries.
We had a verbal agreement regarding his "3 month warranty", he tried to downplay it through the car window as I was driving off, we agreed on - if the car's engine or gearbox shits its pants during that 3 months - it's covered.
I had driven 16 miles (literally) - the serpentine belt snapped, it took out a bunch of the component's of the engine.
I thought, fine there is warranty, I called the guy and got told to shh i'll call you back, i'm with a customer.
30 minutes later we had a call, he was condescending in his telling me to calm down, what use is it for me to deal with this? So I had to deal with the tow (with my breakdown cover).
It took 2 days to get the car back to his yard - and the second it arrived I called and the arguments began about the deposit. It's not a huge amount but it's a deposit for a working car and this guy fought for every penny.
I knew he was acting in a shit way because he was asking me to send him a message agreeing to the amount of refund minus the deposit and if I didn't do that - then I would not get my refund.
I appreciate it's a big old complex german luxury car - but then why offer a warranty?
Real bad experience here, not worth it - I filled the tank £150 i got a third of the deposit back - so down another £200, I was promised another £50 in good faith in a voice note and a screenshot showing how his online banking had failed to send, the voice note assured me that it would still come as it was the right thing to do - still nothing.
It's just kinda shit and scammy as a service. Don't bother.

