Used cars · Tipton, West Midlands

Cheap cars,described
properly.

One car at a time, sold the way I'd want one sold to me. Sensible money for something that starts, drives and has an MOT on it — and everything I know about it goes in the advert, including the scrapes I could easily have photographed from the other side.

In stock

What's here
at the moment.

What I'll tell you

Seven things
I won't dodge.

Buying a cheap car off someone usually means taking their word for it. This is what goes in writing instead — and the last two matter most, because you shouldn't have to take my word for any of it.

Anything you want to check before you travel, ask. I'd rather answer twenty questions than have you drive an hour for nothing.

  1. 01The MOT expiry date, up front

    The actual date, not "long MOT" or "just been through". You can check it against the DVLA record before you come.

  2. 02The real mileage, photographed

    A picture of the odometer, and the mileage history is on the government MOT site for you to compare against.

  3. 03Logbook and keys, stated plainly

    How many keys there are, and whether the V5C is present and in my name. No surprises on the day.

  4. 04Faults listed and photographed

    Scrapes, dents, warning lights, service gaps. If I know about it, it's in the description and there's a picture of it.

  5. 05A viewing with no rush

    Start it from cold, look underneath, take it round the block, bring someone who knows cars. Take as long as you want.

  6. 06Check all of it yourself

    MOT and mileage history are free at gov.uk, and an HPI check costs a few pounds. Do both before you hand over any money — to me or to anyone else.

  7. 07You're buying from a trader, not a private seller

    I sell cars as a business, so the Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies: a car has to match its description and be of satisfactory quality for its age, mileage and price. Buy the same car privately and you'd get none of that.

Before you buy

No warranty.
Faults in writing
instead.

There's no warranty on a car at this money and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. What you get instead is everything I know about it, written down and photographed before you commit — which is worth more than a warranty nobody honours.

Come and see it, start it cold, drive it, and bring someone who knows cars. Once you've seen it and bought it, that's the deal done.

  • No warranty is included, and none is implied by anything on this page.
  • Every fault I know about is in the advert and photographed. Buying a car with a fault I've pointed out means you've bought it knowing — that isn't something to come back on afterwards.
  • Cars are judged on their age, mileage and price. A 15-year-old car at £2,000 isn't held to the standard of a new one, and I won't describe it as if it were.
  • Viewings are unhurried on purpose. Satisfy yourself before money changes hands, because that's the point at which it's yours.

What I can't do

I can't sign away your statutory rights, and I wouldn't want a website that claimed I had. Because I sell as a trader, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies whatever any notice says: a car has to be as described and of satisfactory quality for its age and price. If one genuinely isn't, the law is on your side and so am I.

Facebook Marketplace

New stock goes up
on Marketplace first.

That's where most people find me, and a message there gets answered faster than the phone. Cars usually go within a day or two of being listed, so the page is worth following rather than waiting on this one to update.

Selling your car

Start with
the plate.

I'll buy most things that run, and plenty that don't. Send the registration and rough mileage and you'll get a straight figure back — no inspection theatre, no dropping the price on the driveway.

UK

One reply with a number. I won't ring you repeatedly and your details go nowhere else.

Come and see it

Viewings by
arrangement.

Message first and I'll sort a time that suits, including evenings and weekends. Delivery can be arranged if you're too far to travel — ask and I'll price it up.

Cars are kept at home rather than on a forecourt, so the address goes out once a viewing is arranged rather than sitting on a page for anyone to read.

Message on WhatsApp

Bring your licence if you'd like to drive it. Sort insurance before you come if you want to take it out.