WHAT THE * * *** Car dealerships

MarvelousMunata · Apr 30, 2019

eats packages said:
Found a cheap SOB 900s for sale, 2K plus a limited warranty which covers just a little over half of the vehicle's value if the engine or transmission breaks down in 4 weeks.

It was an awesome little car, took it to get inspected, everything was worn out (the car is 23 years old) but not immediately a concern.

Took it back, and the dealer withdraws the 30-day warranty "It is void if you take it for an inspection" FFFFFFFFFFF

One day's pay double shifting wasted.

U made 2k in a day???

eats packages · Apr 30, 2019

MarvelousMunata said:
U made 2k in a day???

I made just shy of $80 The used car inspection was $85.
Did not buy the car.

eats packages · Apr 30, 2019

Brownslave688 said:
I still have no idea what your angle was.

If you liked the price just buy it.

You are right but I had to make a split decision against my own moral code (I am a unaffiliated socialist, after all).
If I just "wanted the car" I would have just bought the damned thing.

eats packages · Apr 30, 2019

The timing chain is going to shred my engine soon if I don't get a new ride.
Going to work out my fists on some corrugated cardboard for now.

burrheadd · Apr 30, 2019

eats packages said:
The timing chain is going to shred my engine soon if I don't get a new ride.
Going to work out my fists on some corrugated cardboard for now.

How about a new timing chain

Brownslave688 · Apr 30, 2019

burrheadd said:
How about a new timing chain

That’s a novel idea

Returntosender · Apr 30, 2019

rod · Apr 30, 2019

$2,000 for a pos car that had "everything wrong with it". Sucker

rod · Apr 30, 2019

Returntosender · Apr 30, 2019

rod said:
$2,000 for a pos car that had "everything wrong with it". Sucker

If he was a mechanic? He could get a bargain

eats packages · Apr 30, 2019

Took a 3 hour nap, what did I miss:

burrheadd said:
How about a new timing chain

The second car was meant to be driven as I

Returntosender said:
If he was a mechanic? He could get a bargain

repair the timing chain myself.

rod said:
$2,000 for a pos car that had "everything wrong with it". Sucker

rod said:

The mechanic loved the car. No issues that needed to be repaired "for the next 20,000 miles" It was not a POS. The original terms made it a diamond in the rough, a steal.
The warranty was just there as something to be included by principle of it being offered initially.

Reddit was very helpful, and so was another business nearby. They disclosed to me that the dealer and auto shop HATE each other because the shop has been used in the past to seek out warranty payouts on vehicles which stopped working. It's gotten so far up their rear that an anonymous redditor just got a new/certified VW dealership nearby in on the action to place a phonecall to this little used car lot and see what's up.

clean hairy · Apr 30, 2019

Might have been better off to buy a used Altima from a guy living in a condo in upstate ny?

oldngray · May 1, 2019

eats packages said:
Took a 3 hour nap, what did I miss:

The second car was meant to be driven as I

repair the timing chain myself.

The mechanic loved the car. No issues that needed to be repaired "for the next 20,000 miles" It was not a POS. The original terms made it a diamond in the rough, a steal.
The warranty was just there as something to be included by principle of it being offered initially.

Reddit was very helpful, and so was another business nearby. They disclosed to me that the dealer and auto shop HATE each other because the shop has been used in the past to seek out warranty payouts on vehicles which stopped working. It's gotten so far up their rear that an anonymous redditor just got a new/certified VW dealership nearby in on the action to place a phonecall to this little used car lot and see what's up.

So the dealer got a free inspection that showed the car wasn't that bad and used it to jack up the price?

Why did you tell them you paid to have it inspected?

Future · May 1, 2019

1BROWNWRENCH · May 1, 2019

Don't want to get involved with an orphan car.

oldngray · May 1, 2019

Wally · May 1, 2019

eats packages said:
Found a cheap SOB 900s for sale, 2K plus a limited warranty which covers just a little over half of the vehicle's value if the engine or transmission breaks down in 4 weeks.

It was an awesome little car, took it to get inspected, everything was worn out (the car is 23 years old) but not immediately a concern.

Took it back, and the dealer withdraws the 30-day warranty "It is void if you take it for an inspection" FFFFFFFFFFF

One day's pay double shifting wasted.

rod · May 1, 2019

eats packages said:
The mechanic loved the car. No issues that needed to be repaired "for the next 20,000 miles" It was not a POS. The original terms made it a diamond in the rough, a steal.
The warranty was just there as something to be included by principle of it being offered initially.

Reddit was very helpful, and so was another business nearby. They disclosed to me that the dealer and auto shop HATE each other because the shop has been used in the past to seek out warranty payouts on vehicles which stopped working. It's gotten so far up their rear that an anonymous redditor just got a new/certified VW dealership nearby in on the action to place a phonecall to this little used car lot and see what's up.

The OP said "everything was wore out" in his first post

clean hairy · May 1, 2019

Maybe referred accidentally to the spouse and not the car?

1BROWNWRENCH · May 1, 2019

SAABs are weird.

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