[hk20000]

I don't see no case here.

If the transfer form says it's rebuilt but he orally didn't mention anything then legally he did actually mention it - on paper - that it's a rebuilt status.

If your friend bought it signing on A LEGAL DOCUMENT that does state the status of the car being a rebuilt then there is no case. The fact that she did not read through the details of the paperwork before signing on the dotted line does not make the contract unenforceable.

So the only way you'd have a case here is that the car is indeed a rebuilt status car but the copies with your friend and ICBC does NOT have the proper indication that the car was a rebuilt. In that case you can sue for misrepresentation.

Whether the seller is an accomplice with the dealer that bought the vehicle from the ICBC salvage yard is of no concern to this case - the fact is that the legal owner was the guy that sold the car and your friend agreed to the terms set out in the legal document that is the ICBC transfer form, which specifies if the car in question has a rebuilt status. The seller could have bought the car from the dealership knowing that it is a rebuilt status vehicle or, like the OP said, rebuilt it himself. It does NOT matter once a title is not a clean one it'll never be a clean one. Could be rebuilt the next year after the car rolled out of the factory for all that matters.

Live and learn.

/thread.