You the right to a 30 day refund under the sales of goods act. I am sure if you went in asking for a refund you would come out with parking sensors.

Do bear in mind that if you go down the route of rejecting the car, you must stop using it immediately, whether or not your rejection is accepted by the garage.

I see that Autotrader has a disclaimer covering the actual spec of the vehicle being advertised.

"The data displayed above details the usual specification of the most recent model of this vehicle. It is not the exact data for the actual vehicle being offered for sale and data for older models may vary slightly. We recommend that you always check the details with the seller prior to purchase."

Seller will claim it was an honest mistake, and lets face it, it could well have been. To have a good case under consumer rights you have to prove the intention was to deliberatley mislead........ Can you?

This one needs tact and diplomacy. Best thing is to be reasonable, have a word and see what he will do. Sensors arent expensive, suggest he gets them fitted through the trade and stands the cost. Bear in mind if you want to reject the car he is entitled to something off for fair useage and unless they have some sort of returns agreement may well demand it. If you get snotty with him, he will most likely get snotty with you in which case you will be extremely unlikely to get every penny back.

Upshot of this will be you out of pocket with no car, you will have to go through the whole buying/taxing/insuring process again and run even more costs up. On the otherhand He will sell it on again, probably at the original price, possibly more if he can and be up on the deal.

Win win win eh?

Edited by TedCrilly on 10/02/2016 at 00:27