The Contract

When you buy a car from a dealer, you will sign a contract. There are various things in this contact, the details of the car, the price paid, the date, etc. There will also be things that the trader puts in, for example in my contact the seller has written,

'Sold as Viewed'

'No warranty (unreadable word) or given'

There may also be small print with regards to the fact that you have agreed the vehicle is of satisfactory condition etc.

Then there is the most important part of the document, which states,

'This document contains the terms of a contract. Sign it only if you wish to be legally bound by them. Nothing herein contained is intended, nor will it affect, a consumers statutory rights under the sale of goods act 1979 or the unfair contract terms 1977.'

The bold section means exactly what it says. That whatever is written into the contract by the seller will not make any difference to your rights under the Sale Of Goods Act 1979.

For example in my contract it states, 'Sold as viewed.'

This means nothing as far as your rights go. The seller may as well have written, 'There's a herd of pink elephants,' because that's basically what 'sold as viewed' means. Nothing.