Daniel H

DO NOT BUY A CAR FROM THIS DEALER!

I purchased a Peugeot 508SW from Lidingo Cars Ltd (53-55 Waterloo Rd, London NW2 7TS) on 27 February 2020 for £3,990.00. On the drive home the car broke down and needed a new fuel injector fitted which cost £349 to fix. Lidingo Cars would only cover £250 of that. I drove the car the following week, but the semi-automatic gearbox was concerning me as it was very jerky when crawling in traffic. The final straw was when I went to drive the car the following weekend and it wouldn’t go into gear, neither in manual nor automatic mode. I therefore decided to return it for a refund (less £190 admin fee). The V5C registration certificate was given to the Lidingo Cars owner to update the ownership back to him. On 20 April 2021 I received a Notice of Enforcement letter for a penalty charge incurred on 5 August 2020 issued by London Borough of Brent. I can see on the Gov.uk website that the car was sold again on 27 September 2020. Therefore, the owner of Lidingo Cars Ltd never updated the ownership back to himself after I returned the car and before he sold it again, thus leaving me with the hassle of challenging the penalty charge and updating the DVLA of his unlawful actions. He has also deceived the current owner of the car probably because he didn’t want to explain why someone owned the car for a week and then returned it. I gave Lidingo Cars the opportunity to fix the ownership record of the car and pay the penalty charge before I posted this – he ignored me. DO NOT TRUST LIDINGO CARS.