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Bought a car from a so called friend. She's letting me make payments, no finance charges. She has a lien on the title and I have full coverage insurance on it. Picked it up November 24, 2010 and it would not pass inspection to get the plates til December 20, 2010. I don't feel as thought I should make a payment til January 20, 2011 since it took so long to get it to pass. She called today and wants it back. What should I do? Take it back or what? I told her before Christmas I couldn't make a payment til January, her mom told me last week that this weekend or the first of next week would be ok. I'm at a loss. I've already spent money on it to get it on the road and now she wants it back. Somebody please give me some advice!!!
See a lawyer. My non-lawyer's perspective: assuming your purchase of the car in November was "as-is", you took the risk that it would not pass inspection. Pay up.
The only thing she told me about the car was the slave cylinder was bad. I told her no problem, an easy enough fix. Nothing was ever said about "as is". I told her every time I took it to be inspecte and she said she didn't know what was wrong with it. I told her I couldn't make a payment til January 2011. She was fine with that. At the time anyway. She wanted it back if I "couldn't" pay for it or didn't want it any longer. Her grandfather left her the money to buy her first car and this is it. I had no problem agreeing to her getting it back, EVENTUALLY. Not right after I've gone to all the trouble of fixing it and finally getting it on the road. It was in her mothers name anyway. She is the one who told me I could pay this coming weekend or next week. I think I'm just going to take it back and say the h--- with it. Lesson learned I guess. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH A FRIEND!
What was the original agreement? Were you supposed to make a payment in December? If you couldn't make a payment until January, why did you take the car in November?
And frankly, who cares if her MOM told you that you could wait....the agreement was not with her mom. Pay her or give it back. She still has a loan on the car that she is paying but you have the car!
The only thing she told me about the car was the slave cylinder was bad. I told her no problem, an easy enough fix. Nothing was ever said about "as is". I told her every time I took it to be inspecte and she said she didn't know what was wrong with it. I told her I couldn't make a payment til January 2011. She was fine with that. At the time anyway. She wanted it back if I "couldn't" pay for it or didn't want it any longer. Her grandfather left her the money to buy her first car and this is it. I had no problem agreeing to her getting it back, EVENTUALLY. Not right after I've gone to all the trouble of fixing it and finally getting it on the road. It was in her mothers name anyway. She is the one who told me I could pay this coming weekend or next week. I think I'm just going to take it back and say the h--- with it. Lesson learned I guess. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH A FRIEND!
All used cars are "As is" unless purchased through a dealer who give you a written warrantee.
As far as delaying the payment, why..? It will be paid off sooner if you start paying sooner. If you didn't have the money to make the January payment, that should have been discussed before you purchased the car. Don't buy anything you can't pay for..! I think she gave you a break selling you the car and carrying you. It may be junk, that's your fault, not hers.. Hope you learned a lesson, but it doesn't sound like you did, or you wouldn't have all the excuses...
If you know nothing about cars, you should have had it inspected
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