{"id":1580,"date":"2024-08-23T15:27:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2024-08-23T20:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T18:18:36","slug":"dekra-report-presented-by-webuycars-does-not-match-condition-of-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/archives\/1580","title":{"rendered":"Lies: Dekra report presented by WeBuyCars does not match condition of car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A tiny note: we bought a car from WeBuyCars.  The Dekra report said &#8220;Platinum&#8221; and &#8220;no faults&#8221;, and specifically &#8220;brakes in working condition&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We bought this vehicle from webuycars, relying on the DEKRA report that says, in part, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The brake pads and\/or discs are in good condition<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car4-1024x276.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car4-1024x276.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car4-300x81.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car4-768x207.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car4.jpeg 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The car was collected by someone other than a trained mechanic.  Turns out, the brake pads were so worn that they were scraping.   The brake pads were not in good condition at all: the brake system was running metal-on-metal and making scraping sound on braking, and sounds during regular driving, and loud sounds on reversing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R1050 later, and new brake pads were in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Slight scoring on the brake disk from metal-on-metal brake pads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brake pads have a line that shows how worn the pads are.  The line is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car2-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1583\" style=\"width:514px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car2-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car2-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car2-768x1366.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car2-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car2.jpeg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Look ma!  No lines!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car3-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car3-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car3-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car3-768x1366.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car3-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/car3.jpeg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No really, no lines.  Shaved to nothing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a way, this was not a big deal, except that we were <strong>lied<\/strong> to, and what we paid for was not what we received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We asked WeBuyCars what happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Are you able to account for the vast difference between your report, and the actual condition of the brakes on the car? I believe that  either the report was prepared without due care by Dekra, or that other brake pads were substituted after the report was made &#8211; and of course, there may be some other explanation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>WeBuyCars declined to provide an explanation, neither offered an apology, neither offered compensation, neither considered it to be any kind of problem, because their paper was signed, and they have their money.  DEKRA said they are investigating, and didn&#8217;t provide any further information.  They don&#8217;t much care about their name and quality of their work.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WeBuyCars and DEKRA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find these people at their web sites.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WeBuyCars: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webuycars.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.webuycars.co.za\/<br><\/a>DEKRA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dekra.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.dekra.co.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?<br>who shall dwell in thy holy hill?<br>He that walketh uprightly,<br>and worketh righteousness,<br>and <strong>speaketh the truth<\/strong> in his heart.<br>He that backbiteth not with his tongue,<br><strong>nor doeth evil<\/strong> to his neighbour,<br>nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.<br>In whose eyes a vile person is contemned;<br>but he honoureth them that fear the LORD.<br>He that <strong>sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.<\/strong><br>He that putteth not out his money to <strong>usury<\/strong>,<br>nor taketh reward against the innocent.<br>He that doeth these things shall never be moved.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If you buy from these people, don&#8217;t assume that their claims about the condition of a car are true.  If they turn out to be a lie, they will not honour their word, and any loss is your problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tiny note: we bought a car from WeBuyCars. The Dekra report said &#8220;Platinum&#8221; and &#8220;no faults&#8221;, and specifically &#8220;brakes in working condition&#8221;. We bought this vehicle from webuycars, relying on the DEKRA report that says, in part, The brake &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/archives\/1580\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":null,"sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[315,317,17,190,6,316],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff","tag-dekra","tag-lies","tag-rants","tag-stuff","tag-truth","tag-webuycars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}