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used car buyers BEWARE, My yearly PSA |
scotty b |
Dec 21 2007, 08:00 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
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.
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GWN7 |
Dec 22 2007, 04:11 PM
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King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Lots of Katrina cars floating around.....your not safe even buying from a dealership ..... Couple buys a used Kia from the dealership here.....it starts to have problems....they do a search on it and find out it's originaly from Florida and was declared a Lemon....sold as such for $13K....flipped thru a few auctions and turns up here and is sold to them for $22K....when confronted the manager says "We're not breaking any laws. We don't have a lemon law here"
My uncle used to buy & sell cars thru the dealer auction in North Dakota....as a buyer you had 24 hrs to file a dispute with the auction house if you were not satisfied with the purchase (hidden defects). You and the sellar either came to a agreement about the purchase or the auction house would refund your money. |
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