Originally Posted by RSTAaron

Sold as seen means fuck all! If the car was not fit for purpose, ie. in this case sold as road worthy when in fact it isn't you have a case for getting your money back. I've bought a car as a trade sale, sold as seen etc. and 10 days later the engine went. Took it to an independent garage and they said it is due to a problem the seller would have known about. After a few phone calls I got my money back.

Having said it all that it pays to do a THOROUGH inspection or use someone who knows what they're looking at, especialy on things like RSTs, but hey, hindsight is a wonderful thing lol