used car buyers BEWARE, My yearly PSA Options

[scotty b]

Long story short, I do a fair amount of light collision werk for a local used car lot. VERY reputable guys who usually deal in Mercedes Audis etc. They bought this 2003 Toyota Tacoma at an auction house in Pa. shipped it to Va and sold it. The new owner goes to get the oil changed and when the lift contacted the frame a chunk of " something " popped off to reveal a hole. I first proceed to look at that hole and eyeball the frame as a whole and noticed ALOT of odd shaped areas, as well as NO welds. These frame are nothing more than stamped C channels lap welded together so the welds are quite obvious. After the initial hole was opened up I proceeded to take a hammer to the rest of the frame. The holes were coverd with aluminum tape, bondo'd over then undercoated.The pictures will complete the rest of the story. BTW truck only has 51,000 miles on it. And yes there will be a lawsuit either towards the auction house or the dealer who ran it through there.

[Beamer13]

Come on now, I've lived in Wisconsin my entire life, thus am used to driving in snow, salt, sand, etc... Not in 3-4 years!!! I have never had a vehicle that new, and have not had that kind of damage.. (914 doesn't count due to battery issue in hell hole) That is unless the truck was strictly used to push a salt pile with a plow every day for the 3-4 years :-)