Originally Posted by
xr2wishy
just take the car back, sale of goods act stands even on second/third/forth etc. hand.
let the previous owner put the things right after you raise them to them.
part of the problem is that it had been MOT'd so the previous owner may have just taken that as road worthy and nothing more to it than that.
It was a private sale, so the Sale of Goods Act is irrelevant. Plus the MoT is no guarantee of roadworthyness.