Variety Cars, Marques Finance, Care Centre Holdings

On 20 March 2023, I purchased an Audi A1(2011 model) through Variety cars and financed it through Marquis Finance. We had the car for 2 weeks and there was an oil leak which was supposed to have been attended to in April 2023- we had the car for 6.5 months and I am told that the engine is needing to be replaced because the oil was not changed at the service we were promised when we took delivery. The oil blocked the filter due to it being “sludge” (at a service they should have replaced the oil - serviced by RMI dealer Car Centre Holdings) and no warning lights came because there was a small amount of oil going through the filter, but just enough to cause the oil light not to come on. Last week the oil light came on and we immediately took it to fill the oil – we were told the oil was full. The car was flat bedded to Bosch service Centre. Never driven after the oil light came on. I believe Variety cars did not actually service this vehicle or they would have done an oil change. I called the owner of Variety cars (Amy) and she was absolutely rude telling me it was negligence on my part – how? No oil light ever came on. The mechanic has told me that the oil is sludge and was not pumping through the cars system correctly due to lack of proper servicing. She claims she did a service, which I dispute as with these cars once you plug it into the system it indicates problem areas. She is a *****, and I intend to take this legal in order to stop her from ripping people off again in this manner. The car which we paid R 130 000 for has subsequently cost us R 89 000 to repair, the insurance paid a further R 25 000 and owe R 104 000 to the finance house, plus we paid a R 60 000 deposit. Total R 278 000 for a car that was not drivable after 6.5 months and we could not drive for 5 months due to the nature of the repairs. The owner of variety Cars, Amy even refused to give me a copy of my signed offer to purchase. These people are *****ed as the day is long. Variety Motors, Marques finance and Car Centre holding should not be in operation. ******.