CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS???

[KIRKS1989]

So i picked my beloved MK5 GTI up last Monday that i bought from a local Smith Knight Fay VW Dealership that i have dealt with for quite a few years now and they have ALWAYS been a pleasure to deal with.

I took it home and totally fell in love - The BEST car i have owned!!

I have driven it round for over a week and i am very impressed and had no problem. A good friend of mine decided to arrange a weekend away in Newquay which i had to go on!  I set off last night at 10pm to miss all the traffic following a friend down.  Traveling up the M6 going through all the 50 zones all of a sudden from absolutely know where two cars surrounded me which i then realised were two unmarked police cars. They boxed me in and escorted me off the motorway to a inspection unit. 

Having being pulled from my car i was informed it was stolen and that it was being seized with immediate effect.  The police were absolute pigs with me.  I told them who i was, where i bought it, when i bought etc etc. I also had all the details and paperwork from the garage wit me but they just were not interested one little bit. I felt like one of the joy riders you see on the T.V.  I felt so embarrassed.  I also work for the Fire Service and had my ID card and they still treated me like i was in the wrong.  Threatening me that i will be arrested for dealing with stolen goods and that if it was stolen my insurance is invalid. 

As you can imagine it was pretty stressful and to be honest i didn't keep my cool.  I was LIVID!!

So after a long debate i handed the keys over where i was told to empty my car and that i wouldn't be seeing it again.  They left me there with no way of getting home. Lucky for me my friend had pulled over and i was able to put my stuff in there.  My dad came to pick me up and i have been dealing with ever since.

What would you do and surely VW are in the wrong for selling me this car???

Has anybody experienced anything like this and make sure when buying your VW's that they are what they say they are especially in private sales as the Police have informed me this morning that there are a lot of these clone cars about.

Thanks

Ben

[Dec]

Sorry to read that mate, and I don't mean to be a sh!t but this happened to my friends Mk5 GTI a little while ago and he hasn't seen a penny

[JC]

what have the dealership said ?  

doesnt sound good this at all. and just my dodgy mind, you did get paperwork from the polis - they were GENUINE ones ? it has been known

[A7 UFO]

surely you'd have a case against the dealership?  It's reasonable to expect that a dealership should know if they are dealing with stolen property.

[Wayne]

surely you'd have a case against the dealership?  It's reasonable to expect that a dealership should know if they are dealing with stolen property.

+1 they sould have carried out checks to check it was all clear before selling it, Chuff has a point have you paperwork from the Police.

[KIRKS1989]

what have the dealership said ?  

doesnt sound good this at all. and just my dodgy mind, you did get paperwork from the polis - they were GENUINE ones ? it has been known

They said that it is the correct car mate.

No the police didn't give me any paperwork no but went straight to a police station and reported what had happened and they are the police and it has all been logged.

[KIRKS1989]

Well my girlfriend's Dad works for KIA and he did a HPI check on it this morning and it actually states that the car is HIGH RISK STOLEN and the the dealership have a duty of care and they should have know way sold me that cat until that was cleared.  The car was reported stolen on the 21st December and i bought it on 18th Jan. 

I can not express how i'm feeling right now but i am certainly not impressed.

[Wayne]

Well my girlfriend's Dad works for KIA and he did a HPI check on it this morning and it actually states that the car is HIGH RISK STOLEN and the the dealership have a duty of care and they should have know way sold me that cat until that was cleared.  The car was reported stolen on the 21st December and i bought it on 18th Jan. 

I can not express how i'm feeling right now but i am certainly not impressed.

The dealership should without question refund your money.

[Saint Steve]

any details of your car, as it might be one thats ben reported stolen on this website fella.

Sorry to hear about your loss, though i would think the VW dealership will sort you another GTi to replace it. Its their error afterall.

[KIRKS1989]

My REG is YK06OZX can you have a look please mate or send me the link.

Much appreciated