There are plenty of legal protections in place to prevent people being ripped off when buying a used car from a dealer. Unfortunately, buy a dodgy used car from a private seller and you're probably stuck with it.

It's a minefield. The vast, vast majority of car sellers, and their cars, are perfectly legitimate - and that 'new job forces sale' story may well be genuine - but it's easy to get caught out.

According to Vanessa Guyll, Technical Specialist at the AA, emotional involvement ...


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