Definitions

1.1 “The Dealer”, is the vendor of the goods to the customer.

1.2 “The Customer”, the person designed overleaf, contracting for goods and services to be supplied by the Dealer.

1.3 “Goods” means all vehicles or goods as defined, or other things to be sold by the Dealer to the Customer.

1.4 ‘Vehicle”  includes any car. lorry, van, trailer, caravan, invalid carriage, motor cycle and generally each and every part or accessory to and component thereof.

2. Whole Contract

2.1 These terms shall represent the whole contract between the Dealer and the Customer, They may be varied only by written agreement between the parties.

3. Interpretation

3.1 The singular shall include the plural and the male shall include the female or business entity as may be appropriate.

4. Enforceability

4.1 In the event of any one or more of these terms and conditions being declared unenforceable, the remaining terms and conditions shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect.

5. Written Confirmation

5.1 This order and any allowance in respect of a Vehicle offered by the Customer are Subject to acceptance and confirmation in writing by the Dealer.

6. Time Not Of the Essence

6.1 The Dealer will use its best endeavours to secure delivery of the Goods by the estimated delivery date (if any) but does not guarantee the time Of delivery and shall not be liable for any damages or claims of any kind in respect of delay in delivery. The Dealer shall not be obliged to fulfil orders in the sequence in which they are placed.

7. New Goods

If the Goods to be supplied by the Dealer are new, the following provisions shall have effect.

7.1 this Agreement and the delivery Of the Goods shall be subject to any terms and conditions which the manufacturer or supplier may from time to time lawfully attach to the supply of the Goods or the resale of such Goods by the Dealer, and the Dealer shall not be liable for any failure to deliver the Goods occasioned by his inability to obtain them from the manufacturer or supplier or by his compliance with such terms and conditions. A copy of the terms and conditions currently so attached by the manufacturer may be inspected at the Dealer’s office.

7.2 the Dealer undertakes that they will ensure that the work specified by a manufacturer or supplier is performed and that they will use their best endeavours to obtain for the Customer from the manufacturer or supplier the benefit of any warranty or guarantee given by them to the Dealer or to the Customer in respect of the Goods  and, save in the case of consumer sales (as defined by Legislation) all statements, conditions or warranties expressed or implied by law or otherwise, are hereby expressly excluded.

7.3 notwithstanding the sum VAT specified in the invoice, the sum payable by the Customer in respect thereof, shall be such sum as the Dealer has legally had to pay or become legally bound to pay for VAT in respect of the Goods.

7.4 if after the date of an order and before delivery Of the Goods to the Customer, the manufacturer or supplier recommended price for any of the Goods shall be altered, the Dealer shall give notice of any such alteration to the Customer.

7.4.1 in the event of the manufacturer’s or supplier recommended price for the Goods being increased, the amount of such increase which the Dealer intends to pass to the Customer shall be notified to the Customer. The Customer shall have the right to cancel the contract within 14 days of the receipt of such notice. If the customer does not give such notice as aforesaid. The Increase in the price shall be added to become part of the contract price.

7.4.2 in the event of the recommended price being reduced, the amount of such reduction, if any, which the Dealer intends to allow to the Customer shall be notified to the Customer. If the amount allowed is not the same as the reduction of the recommended price the Customer shall have the right to cancel the contract within 14 days of the receipt of such notice.

7.5 in the event of the manufacturer of the Goods described in the order ceasing to make the Goods of that type, the Dealer may (whether the estimated delivery date has arrived or not) by notice in writing to the Customer, cancel the contract.

7.6 Save in the case of customer sales (as defined) all statements, conditions, or warranties as to the quality of the Goods or their fitness for any purpose whether express or implied by law or otherwise are hereby expressly excluded.

8. Used Goods

8.1 if the goods to be supplied by the Dealer are used, the vehicle is supplied as roadworthy at the date of delivery and, in the case of consumer sales (as defined by the Sale of Goods Legislation).

8.1.1 is Sold subject to any conditions or warranties that are implied by the Sale of Goods Legislation or any amending statutes.

8.1.2 Prior to paying, the Customer Shall examine the Vehicle, parts or items set out on the invoice and the purchaser is reminded that the conditions of satisfactory quality and fitness for purpose implied by the Sale Of Goods Legislation do not operate in relation to such defects which the examination ought to reveal. Should the Goods be sold also subject to defects notified by the Seller to the Customer before signing the agreement, the implied conditions of satisfactory quality and fitness for purpose do not operate in relation to those detects.

8.2 Save in the case of customer sales (as defined) all statements, conditions, or warranties as to the quality of the Goods or their fitness for any purpose whether express or implied by law or otherwise are hereby expressly excluded.

8.3 All used vehicles are sold with a one year limited warranty, the warranty will not cover any wear and tear items including but not limited to: tyres, brake components, exhaust systems.

8.4 The warranty will cover parts and labour but not transport or recovery expenses

8.5 The warranty will not cover any hotel or individual expenses

9.1 Any variation agreed between the Dealer and the Customer regarding the Goods to be supplied shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Contract and shall not constitute a new contract.

10. Delivery and Payment

10.1 The Customer shall be liable to pay for the Goods immediately upon notification by the Dealer that they are available for delivery. The Dealer may, in its discretion, demand a deposit at the time when the order for Goods is placed by the Customer and shall not be obliged to progress the order or otherwise implement the contract until the deposit is paid in full.

11. Place of Delivery

11.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing delivery Of the Goods shall take place at the Dealer’s premises.

12. Repudiation by Customer

12.1. If you do not pay for and take delivery of your vehicle, part or other product within 14 day of notification that the vehicle, part or other product is available for delivery, we shall be at liberty to treat the contract as cancelled. If this happens, or if you cancel the contract for any other reason not permitted by this contract, we will sell the vehicle, part or other product to another person. We will refund any monies paid but before we do so, we are entitled to recover from the deposit the additional costs we incur in re selling the vehicle plus any reduction in the sales price achieved, We will keep the deposit whilst we display and advertise the vehicle, parts or other product as being for sale. If it is not sold within a reasonable time we will sell it at auction.

12.2 Once we have sold the vehicle, we will notify you within 7 days as to how much we have lost as a result of having to re sell. If this amount is less than your deposit then we will refund the balance of your deposit with the notification. If the claimable amount is more than the deposit then we will include a statement showing how much you owe us to make good our loss. We will provide copies of any receipts if you request them.

12.3The Dealer reserves the right to make a reasonable daily charge for the storage of the vehicle, part or other product.

13. Loss or Damage

13.1 The Dealer shall be responsible for the loss of or damage to any vehicle, part or other product or its contents only if caused by negligence of the Dealer or its employees. The Customer is strongly advised to remove any items of value not related to the Vehicle and in respect of any loss or damage not the responsibility of the Dealer, must rely upon his own Insurance.

14. Retention of Title and Risk

14.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the goods are at the risk of the Customer as soon as they are delivered by the Dealer to the Customer. Delivery shall take place at the premises Of the Dealer unless the parties otherwise agree in writing.

14.2 Goods shall remain the sole and absolute property Of the Dealer as legal owner until such time as the Customer shall have paid to the Dealer the full price together with all storage charges and interest that may be due to the Dealer under this contract. Until payment in full as aforesaid has been made the Customer acknowledges that they are in possession of the goods solely as agent of the Dealer.

14.3 Until the Customer becomes owner of the Goods, they will store them separately from his own goods or those of any other person and in a manner which makes them readily identifiable as the goods of the Dealer.

14.4 The Customer’s right to possession shall cease if they, not being a company, become bankrupt or If they, being a company, does anything or fails to do anything which would entitle a receiver to take possession of any assets or which would entitle any person to present a petition for winding up. The Dealer may for the purposes of recovery of the goods enter upon any premises where they are stored or where they are reasonably thought to be stored and may repossess them.

14.5 The Customer shall be at liberty to agree to sell on the Goods or any product produced from or with the Goods subject to the express condition that such an agreement to sell shall take place as agents (save that the Customer shall not hold himself out as such) for the Dealer, whether the Customer sells on his own account or not and that the entire proceeds thereof are held in trust for the Dealer and are not mingled with other monies or paid into any overdrawn bank account and shall be at all times Identifiable as the Dealer’s monies.

15. Right of Lien

15.1 The Dealer shall have a general lien on any property of the Customer in its possession for all monies owing to the Dealer by the Customer on any account whatsoever,

16. Part Exchange

16.1 Where the Dealer agrees to allow part of the price of the Goods to be discharged by the customer delivering a used car, part or other product to the Dealer, in consideration of such allowance it is hereby agreed to be given and received and such used Vehicle, part or other product is hereby agreed to be delivered and accepted, as part Of the sale and purchase Of the Goods and upon the following further conditions.

16.1.1 that the Dealer accepts the used vehicle, part or other product in reliance of the warranties granted by the Customer.

AND

16.1.2 that such used Vehicle, part or other product is the absolute property of the Customer and is free from all encumbrances.

OR

16.1.3 That such used vehicle, part or other product is the subject of a hire purchase or agreement or other encumbrance capable of cash settlement by the Dealer, in which case the allowance shall be reduced by the amount required to be paid by the Dealer in settlement thereof.

16.2 that if the Dealer has examined the said used vehicle, part or other product prior to his confirmation and acceptance Of this order, the used vehicle, part or other product shall be delivered to them in the same condition at the date Of such examination (fair wear and tear excepted)

16.3 That such used Vehicle, part or other product shall be delivered to the Dealer on or before delivery of the Goods to be supplied by them hereunder, and the property in the said used Vehicle, part or other product shall thereupon pass to the Dealer absolutely.

16.4 That without prejudice to 16.3 above, such used vehicle, part or product shall be delivered to the Dealer within 14 days of notification to the customer that the Goods to be supplied by the Dealer are available for Delivery.

16.5 if the goods to be delivered by the Dealer, through no default on the part Of the Dealer, shall not be delivered to the Customer within 30 days after the date of this order or the estimated delivery date, where that is later the allowance on the said goods may be subject to a reduction by an amount reflecting the reduction in the market value of the goods

In the event of the non-fulfilment of any of the foregoing conditions, other than 16.5 the Dealer shall be discharged from any obligations to accept the said goods or to make any allowance in respect thereof, and the Customer shall discharge in cash the full price of the Goods to be supplied by the Dealer.

17. Authority to Contract

17.1 Goods supplied by the order of any person in the Customer’s employment or by any person reasonably believed by the Dealer to be the Customer’s agent or by any person to whom the Dealer is entitled to make delivery of the vehicle shall be paid for by the Customer.

18. Authority to Uplift

18.1 Where a person who, so far as the Dealer is aware, has authority to uplift Goods or Vehicles and does so. The Dealer shall have no liability to the Customer for any loss or damage resulting on any grounds whatsoever. It shall not be obligatory upon the Dealer to confirm the authority of any person reasonably believed to be the agent, or to have been at some time, Connected with the Customer.

19. Authority to Drive

19.1 In connection with the supply of a Vehicle or an inspection or testing or the preparation of any estimate in connection therewith, the Dealer shall be entitled to drive the vehicle on the road or elsewhere as it shall deem necessary. These provisions shall apply also to any Vehicle Offered by the Customer in part-exchange in terms of clause 16.

20. Finance

20.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of this agreement the Customer shall be at liberty before the expiry Of 7 days after notification to him that the Goods have been completed for delivery to arrange for a finance company to purchase the Goods from the Dealer at the price payable hereunder. Upon the purchase of the Goods by such finance company, the proceeding clauses of this agreement except 7.2 shall cease to have effect but any goods for which an allowance was there under agreed to be made to the Customer shall be bought by the Dealer at the price equal to such allowance, upon the conditions set forth in clause 16 above (save that in 16.3, 16.4 and 16.5 thereof all reference to ‘delivery’ or ‘delivered’ in relation to the •Goods’ shall be construed as meaning delivery or delivered by the Dealer to or to the order Of the finance company) and the Dealer shall be accountable to the finance company on behalf Of the Customer for the said price and any deposit paid by him under this agreement.

21. Notices

21.1 All written notices given by the Dealer to the Customer shall take effect 24 hours after being despatched by the Dealer in the normal course of post to the Customer’s address shown overleaf.

23. Distance Selling

23.1 If this Agreement has been completed without any face to face contact between the Dealer and the Customer, or anyone acting on the Customer or Dealers respective behalf, the Customer may give notice to cancel this Agreement within 14 days without giving any reason. If the customer, or a third party on the Customers behalf, takes delivery or otherwise acquires physical possession of the Goods. To exercise this right to cancel, the Customer must inform the Dealer of its decision to cancel this Agreement in writing by clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or email) to the Dealers address as set out overleaf.

23.2 This cancellation period will expire 14 days after the day on which the

23.3 To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for the Customer to send communication confirming the exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.

23.4 If the Customer cancels this Agreement, the Dealer will reimburse all payments received under this Agreement, without undue delay, and not later than:-

a) 14 days after the day on which the Dealer received the Goods back: or

b) (If earlier) 14 days after the day the Customer provide evidence that they have returned the Goods; or

c) If there were no Goods supplied, 14 days after the day on which the Dealer is informed about the decision to cancel this Agreement.

23.5 The Dealer will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as was used for the initial transaction, unless expressly agreed otherwise.

23.6 The Dealer may withhold reimbursement until it has received the Goods

23.7 The Customer must take reasonable care of the Goods and will be responsible for any loss or damage from when they are delivered to until when they are returned.

23.8 The Customer is liable for any diminished value of the Goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the Goods.

24. Storage Charges

24.1 The Dealer reserves the right to make a reasonable daily charge for the storage of the customer’s vehicle or vehicles.

25. Jurisdiction

25.1 This Purchase Order and Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws Of England and Wales and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.