Got 2 positive happenings -
1. The dealership owner phoned me and requested a meeting - hope this is a positive ....  
2. Got an answer on this issue from a legal perspective with regards to the new Consumer Protection Act. 
This from a GREAT website -- Just Answer 
Good day.  
They have contravened a number of sections of the  Consumer Protection Act.  I am going to refer to these sections, so, if  you can get a copy of the act, then that will be great.  A copy is  available on the website of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Section 25 says that if something has been reconditioned or  refurbished, then it must be disclosed.  In my opinion, that will  include a car that was in an accident.
Section 55 of the Consumer  Protection Act gives you a right to safe and quality goods and section  56 gives you an implied warranty in the goods.  I will post section 56  for you.  
56.   Implied warranty of quality.—(1)  In any  transaction or agreement pertaining to the supply of goods to a consumer  there is an implied provision that the producer or importer, the  distributor and the retailer each warrant that the goods comply with the  requirements and standards contemplated in section 55, except to the  extent that those goods have been altered contrary to the instructions,  or after leaving the control, of the producer or importer, a distributor  or the retailer, as the case may be.
(2)  Within six months  after the delivery of any goods to a consumer, the consumer may return  the goods to the supplier, without penalty and at the supplier’s risk  and expense, if the goods fail to satisfy the requirements and standards  contemplated in section 55, and the supplier must, at the direction of  the consumer, either—
(a)repair or replace the failed, unsafe or defective goods; or
(b)refund to the consumer the price paid by the consumer, for the goods.
(3)   If a supplier repairs any particular goods or any component of any  such goods, and within three months after that repair, the failure,  defect or unsafe feature has not been remedied, or a further failure,  defect or unsafe feature is discovered, the supplier must—
(a)replace the goods; or
(b)refund to the consumer the price paid by the consumer for the goods.(4)   The implied warranty imposed by subsection (1), and the right to  return goods set out in subsection (2), are each in addition to—
(a)any other implied warranty or condition imposed by the common law, this Act or any other public regulation; and
(b)any express warranty or condition stipulated by the producer or importer, distributor or retailer, as the case may be.
In  my opinion, you can cancel the agreement and be refunded because of the  transgression of section 25, alternatively, ask that the price be  reduced.
( EGSBSTTSKNSE )
 
 
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