Dealer sold me a dodgy car?

Question

So I purchased a used car from a registered dealer in Sydney Australia. It was a 94 Toyota Camry with 205k kilometres on the odo. It was issued a form 8 that said no warranty is given, however according to law the dealer must provide a pink slip to show it's road worthiness, and I did not receive one from him. Furthermore, four days later when I went to get the pink slip, it failed because of several problems, thus making it unroadworthy from the sale time standpoint. Two days after that the car engine stuffed up on me on the road and I was told the entire engine needs to be replaced. All because of pre-existing problems. Which I was not told about by the dealer. So I want to get a refund from him. I can bring up this pink slip issue, and not only did he fail to give me one he breached contract by saying he would supply one but it would've failed had he put it in so it was not possible to make good on this end of the deal. Therefore, a breached contract entitling me to a refund.

Have I got this right? What else can I do?

Update:

When it was advertised as good working condition and drove as such until after sale? Should've told me what was wrong first and foremost instead of deceiving me as to it's quality

Have I got this right? What else can I do?

TiggyWiggy · Answer

You bought the car. It was your responsibility to find out what problems the car might have had BEFORE you bought it. If you feel you were cheated, you always have the right to get (and pay for) an attorney. But nobody here is going to solve this issue for you.

Brent · Answer

Is there some law in Oz saying that you could not get the car looked over elsewhere first?

Anyway, verbal representations in court are usually filed away as heresay.  It's on paper that counts and if you've got nothing...you've got nothing.  You have no proof the he did not mention any problems and no proof that he did, either.  "He said, he said".  That's goes nowhere.

Enjoy your car.

Anonymous · Answer

Let me rephrase this for you.

YOU BOUGHT a dodgy car.

Blame that person in the mirror.

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