Is a verbal contract legally binding for buying a car Ohio?
Hello. I purchased a car from a friend of my fiancé. I was told by the owner of the car there was nothing major wrong with the car. She assured me she would pay me back if there was something wrong with it other than what she had told me. I was unable to test drive it do to me not feeling well, my sugar was low.. I was not able to think well enough to drive until I ate something. My fiancé doesn't have a license, so he was not able to test drive it. After we got the car, we told her about me almost getting killed in the car... I almost hit a semi because she didn't tell me about how the car would swerve hard to the left when the brakes are applied. She again told us to get a report of what is wrong with it, if it was proven to be unsafe, she would refund our money. We did that, we went to 2 separate places and got the same answer, the car is unsafe to drive. She now refuses to give us the money back. What can I do legally? I almost lost my life that day. She even told me she drove the car all the time and it was completely safe. I wanted to have this agreement in case something did happen. I was in a hurry to get the car, because my fiance's mom had a stroke and we needed to drive 2 hours one way to see her. We told the owner about this and she again told me how good and safe the car is. She assured me it was in great working condition, needing only brakes, rotors, and allignment and normal things like an oil change... but not so bad you couldn't drive it safely. I needed to make sure we got a safe car... is this a legal binding verbal contract? And what about me almost getting killed, when she knew how unsafe the car is?
Comment on Fr_Chuck's post
The mechanic gave me a print out. He said that the bushings to the motor are bad. He said everything under the hood shifts around when breaking. Thus it pulls to the right. He said it is very unsafe to drive.
Comment on califdadof3's post
The mechanics said the brakes are just fine. And it is not so much out of alignment that it would cause the car to pull to the left. They said to park the car and do not drive it for any reason.
Comment on califdadof3's post
Both of the people we got the car from said they drive it all the time. Yet they failed to meantion the danger I would be in.
Comment on Fr_Chuck's post
There are a list of other things wrong with it also, but my main concern was getting proof for her about how dangerous the car is.