Nightmare car purchase.

>>17840980
>Proudly announces he is underage
What are you even doing

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>>17840951
>10 years ago
>buying first car
>love cars but know nothing about market prices
>pay 4 fucking grand on a VW Golf GTI MK3 which was worth 2k max at this time
>sell it 1 year later for 1.5k
Car was fine besides old tires but I really learned my lesson.

>>17841247
>That was years ago. Still feels bad.
Are you retarded and can't read his post?

>>17840951
Be me
>trade in slushbox econocar for $4k at mom and pop dealership
>even trade for a mustang V6 so I leave with it for nothing out of pocket
Literally every single button in my trade in doesn't work from the AC to the windows and he didn't even test them

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>buy first Miata from fat Mexican for $1300
>drives well, low miles, not super pretty
>breddygud.jpg
>agree on the sale, I go to the bank to get cash
>come back, mileage is slightly higher than when I left
>whatever, maybe he took it for one last drive
>driving home
>differential is whining horribly
>it wasn't whining before
>text him about it
>"I'm not a mechanic, I wouldn't know about that"
>mfw
Also found a full hoagie roll behind the seat when I was cleaning it. The bread had been there for at least 6 months judging by condition

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>16
>don't really know shit about cars even though I think I do at the time
>want something sporty
>find a 94 v6 autotragic camaro with t-tops in price range
>go look at it, test drive it, drives great with no funny noises
>pay the man and get on interstate to drive it back home
>halfway home on the interstate the engine randomly starts revving higher and we're slowing down
>just lost overdrive
>end up driving all the way back home on the interstate in 3rd gear
>ended up not being too bad of a car
I got to learn how to rebuild my first transmission, and while I was at it, and had a little extra money, I bought a cam for the thing. Had a great sounding "lope-y" idle, but sounded like a broken blender going mach 10 when you pressed the gas. Ended up selling it for 2k (which is what I bought it for). Kinda miss it. It was a dependable turd.
Sounded exactly like this:
https://youtu.be/0J_uf9hyv_Y

>>17841278
thats a noob move on their behalf.

>>17841292
damn what do you think he did when you noticed the miles went up?

i had a fucking salesman say the same thing when i was justifying my offer and pointing out some issues i found. "oh idk im not a mechanic." its like that teach them that phrase or somthing.

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>>17840951
I was never jewed, but my older brother was, really fucking badly.

>he's looking for 1st car, nobody in the family is a car guy, saved up 3.8k
>the only thing we know about cars is word of mouth generalisations "toyotas have the best fuel economy and are the cheapest to maintain"-tier knowledge
>He's looking around for months
>eventually looks in private sales
>Finds a red rover, looks in good condition, I forgot what year, none of us know how to inspect a car properly
>My dad knows the most, changing oils and bad engine smells/sounds, but nothing more comprehensive than that
>Goes with my bro and mum, they do a test drive, everything seems to be in order, my brother is dead keen
>He buys it on the spot when they get back.
>Brother and dad begin to drive back home, hop on the highway
>Mum follows behind
>I'm told the car made an almighty fucking crunch and broke down
>They call up the previous owner and say they are coming back for the money and he can have his shit-pile back
>manage to start the car and it limps at 15kmh back to the other guys place
>don't know what happened next, but my parents cucked out, and agreed to only get 1.5k back and giving the faggot the car back

When it was time for buying my first car, I spent 10 months lurking /o/ and learning as much as I could before I started searching officially.

Needed a winter beater. Found outback wagon in price range. Test drive goes okay, pay for car and pick it up a day or so later. 4 days later I'm driving to my parents place for Christmas eve and as i get there, steam pouring out of the engine bay. Blown HG... almost the purchase price again to fix it. As is, no warranty.

>>17841340
damnit people are absolute shit. there has to be some repercussion for pulling shit like that. people who know their car is fucked one way or another and try to sell it to some unsuspecting hard working victim like its good to go.

>>17841347
are there ways to hide a blown head gasket for a little bit while you try to sell the car? or was it just bad luck?

>>17841363
I've heard of people putting a shitload of that foam crap in to build up compression, then when you keep running the car it washes out and re-blows the motor.

>>17840980
>not getting the car you want to buy get checked: a cautionary tale

>>17840951
My dealership probably tried to fuck me over.
>2008 Scirocco, low mileage, decent paint etc
>drive car around town, don't look too much into it as the dealership has an extensive workshop
>everything fine, bought, registered etc
>first drive to gf over 40km autobahn, suddenly power loss without any notice like the check engine light
>get obd reader out: overboost condition
Apparently the wastegate of a lot of smaller vag engines kicks the bucket somewhere between 0 and 150k km.
>get it back to dealership, they want to charge 800€ for the repair
>get father involved, they back down as they don't want to lose him as a customer
>get repair for free
Don't know whether the used cars get driven around more than through the town but the wastegate got stuck everytime I hit 120+ km/h, causing the power loss. The previous owner (got to know him later on) really didn't notice that as he just pushed the car through town on sundays.

>>17841358
I suspect it was a scam. He nigger rigs it, sells it and pretends to be fair and offers to buy it at a reduced cost when it breaks.

>>17841455
Just weld the wastegate shut.

>>17841358
>>17841340

But private vehicle sales are "as is".

If I sold a vehicle to someone and it broke down, I have no idea if they drove the shit out of it and ruined it.

>>17841336
I've had a salesman say that shit to me, I just replied
>well if you don't know about cars maybe you shouldn't be selling them
And that shut him up

>>17841525
It's a little different if it broke down from internal issues not 15 minutes after buying it.

There's no legal recourse for private sales, except contacting the police to investigate people for assets/property received through deception. If there are prior instances of fraud-like practices these lowlives are pinged on the pigs might do something to harass them. Small claims are a waste of time and money.

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>>17841533
Yeah, I'm sure when he looks at his paycheck every week, first thing that comes to his mind is "wow that anon really put me in my place, I shouldn't be doing this for a living"

Kill yourself tonight

>>17841568
this entire website runs on the gas of lets tell stories that never happened as an anonomas user to anonomas users to fell better

>>17841568
Well the dealer is now out of business so I don't think he looks at that paycheck anymore

>>17841292
Probably drove to a shop and swapped the diff to a shitty one.

>>17840951
>2 years ago
>Buying first car
>fairly nice 2000 audi a4 with 78000 miles and no rust
>decide to buy for 3500
>car runs great but has a strange smell
>weeks later find first mouse nest behind glove box
>spend next few months finding nest after nest
>practically strip interior
>find more in trunk, engine bay, shifter bay, under carpet, in doors
>finally clean everything out and car still runs great to this day

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>be 17
>Mother's co-worker who I house sat for is moving
>They offer their old 91 Pathfinder for 250 bucks
>Buy it because why the fuck not it's got new tires too
>Know there's an exhaust problem, snapped exhaust stud
>Me and my dad go at it
>Take the manifold off
>There wasn't even a fucking stud
>They sealed up the hole with fucking JB Weld
>Take a Dremel tool to it, thinking we can just run an oversized stud
>Turns out the past owner tried that
>They drilled too deep
>Get the weld out, coolant starts pouring out because they drilled into a water jacket in the head
Fun times

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Fell for the toyota meme. I bought a hilux that wound up being a fucking basket case. Drove a good 200ish miles to get it. Got there and everything seemed in order. Drove and ran fine. Drove it back 200 miles no problem. Week after I get it it develops some weird delayed starting issue that never got tracked down. Also developed a timing chain rattle. Got underneath it one day and found out it was a lost cause. Frame was rusted clean through. Transmission also started popping out of gear in first and third. Wiring was a fucking mess.

>be me
>18 and owns a automatic civic
>ricerocket.jpg
>goes and looks for stick shift on cl
>1985 Celica Supra for 3k
>didnt know anything about cars yet
>asks owner to test drive because I couldnt drive stick
>didnt know how to lower price
>buys
>finds out head gasket is gone, piston rings are also leaking
>have to refill oil more than a brapper
>engine overheats constantly
>month later car suddenly turned off in middle of road
>clutch also worn out completely cant shift or even drive without car stalling out
>previous owner completely fucked up the body
>sold to spic for 500 bucks

Own a 325is now, happiest person on earth. Ive since learned propper maintence skills and the such.

This just recently happened to me. Bought an 06 camry in seemingly great condition from a dealer. Not even a week later, the steering wheel lock engaged while i was driving it, and i completely lost control of my vehicle. Luckily i didn't crash, but it was fucking nerve wracking. Now i'm reading that toyota has recalled over 400,000 cars for steering issues, and i'm fucking mad that these dealers sold me a dangerous car. What do?

>buy '02 Mitsubishi galant with the 4g64
>car was destined for scrap (po hit a curb and DESTROYED the sub-frame, control arm mounting place is cracked and flexes, causing the tire to violently change direction - the entire car was unsafe as fuck and would steer you towards oncoming traffic if you let off the throttle. applying the gas and letting off took precision just to keep a straight line

>go to MEINEKE after-hours (if you ever need illegal shit done..)
>have them lay a bead of weld on the subframe over the cracks (about 3" from the aluminum AT transmission case)
>car now maintains geometry, subframe does not flex and the car drives actually very good
>its on 17x7 STEEL WHEELS off a fucking dodge charger (this is a fwd mitsubishi)
>3" wheel poke in front and stanced rear (offsets how the fuck do they work)
>couldn't afford coils so stock ride height
>no shop will touch it so i do the alignment my self

it was a white car and i sprayed the steelies in white, actually looked pretty decent (for a cheap ricer) the body was fairly clean too.

all in I had $300 in the car. and it was pretty rice looking so i was happy with it. the wheel/tire setup added a lot of width to the track and it made it follow the road like a little racer

>then the subframe broke again
>took it back to the same shop
>had to talk them into fixing it again
>welded it up HUGE this time, car drive a bit worse
>sold it on craigslist (didn't tell them SHIT)
>Got $1,700 cash

$1400 profit and i drove it for about 6 months

>selling people literal scrap

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>be me
>old 4x4 got stolen
>want some sikk 4x4 action
>find exploder
>cel on
>4x4 works perfect
>buy for 500$
>start fixing shit
>replace icm and clean maf
>cel gone
>3 days later
>waterpump starts pissing everywhere
>replace waterpump
>everythings fine
>1 month later the transfer case starts to sound like shit and shifting into reverse is a loud as fuck clunk
>replace transfer case
>4x4 is good again
>week later it literally eats a fucking hub and starts clicking when engaged giving me 3wd
>fix that with junkyard part
>couple weeks later the valve cover gasket literally disintegrates while the engine is hot
>engine is now a big ass ball of fire
>get fire put out get new valve cover
>next month
>engine has a dead miss
>engine apart twice cant find the problem
>assuming microfractures in the head
>rear diff was already going bad and im sick of fixing shit
>junk the car before i waste any more $$

>>17841884
>drive fucking 200 miles to get a vehicle
>don't go under it
anon what the fuck

>>17841884
>bought a classic toyota truck without inspecting it for rust

dude man bro

>>17843535
>bought white trash shitbox to do white trash things in
>trash it up even further
>its broke and not enough welfare to cover parts
>scrap it for meth money

>>17841568
Kek

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>>17843548
>he doesnt like goin innawoods and doing white trash shit

1300$ in parts was enough to call it quits in half a year, any reasonable person would come to that conclusion

here have a double rainbow faggot

>>17843548
>butthurt benchracer

>>17843530
>selling people literal scrap

People like you deserve to burn. Sell it to the DMV for $1000 or so and cut your losses next time.

>>17843561
>implying implications

my offroader is a Suzuki Sidekick 1.6l MT 4x4

only mine runs and hasn't been scrapped for crystal

>>17843611
then you are just as white trash you double nigger.

fyi i scrapped it for dragon dildos

>>17843579
>Sell it to the DMV for $1000

this isn't a thing you autist

>cut your losses next time.

i bought it for $200 there were no losses involved. unlike the retards in this thread I actually bought it fully knowledgeable about it being unsafe to drive hence the price

>>17843536
I DID look under it. Motherfucker filled the holes with putty or something and painted it because the rust holes weren't there and the frame was mostly black.

>>17843625
>spend 5 minutes with sand paper and $1 can of spray paint
>autist hand over cash in fist

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>>17840951

What ever happened to Brosifine and his stupid teeth truck?

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>>17843618
>classic suzuki offroader
>white trash

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>>17843642
>literally babbys first 4x4

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>>17843650

knock it off cheesedick, Samurais are dope little cars

go cook another batch you incestuous mongoloid

>>17843683
>likes zukis and FJs

ARE YOU ME?

>>17843650

my first 4x4 was a '89 F150 pickup with the C6 3 spd and a 351w V8

trust me a suzuki will run circles around any full sized truck platform

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>buying first car that isn't a hand me down
>its an 89 Mustang hatch
>go to look at it
>older British guy
>he teaches me how to drive stick and laments on how they don't have anything like these back in the UK
>hes selling it because he was apparently going back soon
>bought it for $4000 even though it has over 120k miles and the paint is a mess
>~6 months later
>has now started burning oil or transporting it to another dimension because the check oil light keeps coming on
>transmission makes a lot of scary noises
>not sure if crazy but hear slight whine in 4th gear
>runs like shit sometimes
>CEL for what I'm thinking is the EGR valve and an o2 sensor, dealing with shitty pre OBD2 ECU codes here


I still like it though, and its fun to drive. I'm thinking about putting a little elbow grease into the cosmetics and restoring to to something passable and then selling it.

>>17843721
>learns to drive manual
>fast foward 6 months
>LOL THE TRANS IS MAKING NOISE GUYS


yeah it was totally the previous owner, a British guy who probably drove standard trans his entire life. not the new driver

>>17843623

In my area it is a thing. Depending on your income, you can get up to $1500. My sibling just traded her decrepit jetta for that amount last week. It's probably a local thing then, considering I live in commiefornia.


>i bought it for $200 there were no losses involved
>I actually bought it fully knowledgeable about it being unsafe to drive hence the price

You sold it knowing damn well it wasn't worth what you sold it for even when it was fixed up. That in itself is low. No matter what, taking advantage of people's lack of knowledge is awful.

>>17843633
It's what I did to get rid of it, funny enough. Sold it for about what I bought it for. Felt like a scumbag, but hey.

>>17843741
Regardless, still spent WAY too much for what it is.

>>17843764
4 grand is becoming the norm for a rough fox

>>17843743
>You sold it knowing damn well it wasn't worth what you sold it for even when it was fixed up

don't buy used cars without checking them out first

whats even better is the people that bought it from me actually contacted me around a year later and told me how great the car has been to them


>commie recommending someone to actually use cash-for-clunkers

fuck you

that program is solely responsible for the destruction of millions of classic cars

it was a government scam to reduce the amount of available cheap cars to force people into prius and micras

either way
>buy cheap car with clean title in non-driving condition
>make it drivable
>flip it for profit

how to make cash like a mexican

>>17843764
should of bought an LS1 fbody lmao

>cheaper than shit condition fox
>actually handles better and isn't much heavier despite what /o/ thinks
>its faster stock than a highly modified foxbody with a 5.0

>>17841247
Is reading comprehension not your strong suit?

>>17843772
Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of them go for around there now. I'm glad that even though its still a piece of shit, its pretty clean. Minimal rust for a Kansas/Midwest car.

I was thinking about selling it but I honestly want to restore it and just keep it maintained and going. I hadn't really planned on any mods or anything other than a rear disk conversion. I'm afraid the fucker I would sell it to is going to molest it and crash or otherwise irreparably ruin it.

>>17843783
Not a fan of any of them except the late trans am. I'm not a big muscle car guy either, I'm much happier with the Toyota Matrix XRS I have now.

ive got one from today actually

>get a new hire at work
>black kid, ghetto as hell, neck tats, mumbled ebonics, "rapper" and laughs like lil wayne but overall a decent dude
>hes 24 and doesnt have a car
>try to guide him into buying a cheap used car since hes broke as fuck and only has 500 to put down
>tell him things to look for and listen for, dont buy some money pit luxury car etc
>says hes going to look at cars over lunch since a dealer has sort of approved him
>tell him good luck
>2 1/2 hours later i see my coworkers under the hood of a car
>i walk up to see a fucking early 2000s Caddy that he bought
>dont even know what it is, the badges are gone along with all the chrome trim
>some kind of black gummy goo covers the car
>under the hood looks pretty clean, the v8 runs pretty quiet
>"okay maybe not so bad"
>coworkers were under the hood because the A/C doesnt run (live in the south)
>take a look inside
>looks like a war happened inside, panels missing, electric seat panels gone, loose wires exposed, everthing is stained and ripped to shit
>none of the electronics work and everything is electric
>"what year is it"
>"i dunno mane"
>"uh okay what kind of mileage?"
>"i dunno mane"
wish i was fucking joking
>"alright lets check it out
>hop in drivers seat
>turn it over, starts okay-ish
>the screen on the instrument cluster starts listing about 8-10 different issues, engine light on
>wont even fucking display the odo, still dont know the mileage
>go back under hood
>ZERO motor mounts, have no fucking clue how this thing even made it from the dealership
>"so how much did you end up paying?"
>"8"
>"$800 isnt too bad i suppose, will need some serious work but at least it runs"
>"8 g's mane"
>"holy fuck bring this piece of garbage back right now"

I feel bad for him, yeah its his fault for jumping the gun on some "ballin-mobile" but fuck, is it even legal to sell a car without mounts? Only 30 more months payment though...

>>17843779
>don't buy used cars without checking them out first
No shit
>whats even better is the people that bought it from me actually contacted me around a year later and told me how great the car has been to them
You're lying.

>commie
First of all, eat shit and rot. I'm not happy about living in one of the worst states possible.
>fuck you
And up yours too. To think that I don't appreciate older cars, what with browsing /o/.
>that program is solely responsible for the destruction of millions of classic cars
>buy '02 Mitsubishi galant with the 4g64
>car was destined for scrap
>go to MEINEKE after-hours (if you ever need illegal shit done..)
Kek, you even admit to it being garbage in the beginning of your first post. And as if a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant is even a "classic"/a car worth a damn.
>my sibling's Jetta
Not a classic either.

>either way
>buy cheap car with clean title in non-driving condition
>make it drivable
>flip it for profit
>how to make cash like a mexican

You even equating yourself to wetbacks. Jesus, you're justifying every pathetic thing you can think of.

Just fuck off already.

>>17840951
bought BMW 135i. Spent literally 3.7k on it in first 3 months of ownership. Just had the fucking window motor go out and the window is stuck open.

Considering trading it. What do
?

>>17841818
Who the fuck buys a 15 year old audi for a first car?
It clearly worked out for you but that seems like a dumb decision to make.

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>>17840951
>buy $5000 ute
>drive home
>go to the shops for milk
>runs great
>rev v8 to try to impress sluts walking past
>not impressed
>buy milk
>get in car
>won't start
>sluts laugh
>call bloke i brought it from
>"lol, dunno bye"
>tow truck home for $100
>fuck around trying to fix it for a week
>give up
>get auto electrician in
>fucked ignition module and switch thingy on the gearbox
>$1500 repair

>>17845513
Congrats, you're retarded.
Lurk /dat/ next time. There are commonwhore and falcon enthusiasts that know every intimate detail of every model of hoonmobile.

>>17845605
>testing for an electrical component that's about to shit itself
Just lol, brainlet

>>17845615
only actual retards use the term "brainlet" unironically

>>17845615
I believe he means after the fact, i.e, don't call a sparky, ask the cunts that worship the commodes and fee-aytes.

>>17845624
>using the term "unironically" unironically
>>17845627
Ok, I'm retarded.

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>>17845635
>Apologizing on /o/

Onya mate.

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>>17841247
You're as smart as a camery owner.

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>>17840951
>tfw never got scammed when buying a econobox because I took it to inspection first
feels gud

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>Shoved car key up ass before selling

Not a car, but I bought a piece of shit Kawasaki GPZ500 once for way too much money. The owner said he had overhauled the engine, but it was a lie. After just 500km the engine shat itself and nobody had ever rebuilt it. Wasn't into wrenching back then so a friend of my dad's repaired the engine; parts were very expensive.
Then when I got it running again it worked for about 1000km until it burned a valve. To fix that I replaced the cylinder head with a used one from another bike, but then the bike lost oil pressure so I just gave up and sold it as parts for a ridiculously low price.

That was 10 years ago but I haven't owned a Kawasaki ever since and probably never will.

Check /r/personalfinance if you want some real horror stories. People paying 50k for a 25k car after taking terrible finance deals and low monthly payments

>>17843516
keep an eye out for class action lawsuit against toyota and see if you cant take it back to the dealers? I hate to say it but chances of you winning anything legal against the dealers is slim to none (they lobby like hell and no one stops them. laws now favor dealers). Write a bad yelp review, too

>>17840951
family member got a subaru
>head gasket
>ringland failure
>turbo blown
previous owners ran a very bad tune

>>17843530
>1700 dorrar
I hope that's exactly how much you lost in repairs and the purchase price, because if you tried to make an actual profit then you're destined for hell just like all those mexicans.

>>17845605
When is /dat/ happening? /o/ newfag checking in

>>17841247
>BMW owner

>>17845457
Who the fuck buys a 15 year old car??

>>17841525
It's a bit of a grey area to be honest. If the car breaks down on the drive home I would be pretty pissed too. On the other hand, my parents once sold their own minivan to a family that took it on a cross-country road trip and then brought it back demanding a full refund. There were no problems with the minivan they just wanted a free rental

>>17846112
/dat/ basically died, people got sick of bumping the thread, and sometimes the mods would just delete it for no reason.

It's easy to summon the aussies though.

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>>17843530
Daily reminder that these people need to be purged from society. Had 3 acquaintances literally die when their botched frame weld came apart at 75mph

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>>17840951 (OP)
My brother bought a BMW from some Indian guy who was cheap as fuck and didn't do any maintenance on the car

First month or driving, issues with alternator, than interior pieces started falling out, than battery died, than tires flat, used tires, and other side flat again within a few weeks

>Told my brother not to fall for the BMW meme, but he was really happy to just have a BMW
>I told him the guy hasn't been doing maintenance on the car, and has probably been farting in the car for years

He still bought it but now has to deal with it and it wont be easy getting rid of it/selling it

>>17843530
If whomever bought it from you dies from it breaking again and slamming them into a oncoming traffic that death is on your head.

>>17846601
The type of scumbags who do this shit and try to turn a profit are sociopaths. They won't care unless they are legally culpable for the death.

>>17840980
>I'm 16
MOOODS

>>17844108
Stuff like that is easily fixed yourself. Get the parts from scrapyards/crashed donor cars and watch a video on how to install them. Its just a window motor and nothing critical like your brake system.

>>17843839
this is why black people will be poor forever

>>17841247
>Subaru owner

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>>17843841
>being THIS assblasted
holy shit cry more

>>17841568
>t. Asshurt used car salesman

The irony of you telling anyone to kill themselves

>>17845814
Yep, there's not much i can do. The recalls were for avalons. Also, the problem occurs at random and i can't recreate it, therefore its basically my word against theirs. I've been researching the issue and i'm thinking the ignition lock cylinder is going bad.

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> be 17 y/o me, knowing nothing about cars
> find $1.3k camry on craigslist
> 140k on the odo, drives fine, even has 2 10" subs
> looksgood.jpg
> buy car from nice mexican fellow
> first problem was trying to get on my dads insurance, it was a salvage title
> odo rolled back
> 4 mismatched tires
> friend notices rear wheels are unusually close to rear fender
> massive frame damage thats been jose'd
> suspension so bad it literally floats up and down on the freeway
> 3 weeks later drive over a speed bump and steering column cracks

but it's not over yet..

> about 2 months later get a bill from some tow yard about a car I don't own
> find out there is 3 shit boxes registered to my name now
> somehow clear it all up with a phone call to someone at the DMV
> fucking jose

>>17846979
You know you lost faggot. Kill yourself.

>buy a gutted, track prepped 944 off a guy in jersey
>test drove it, it seems fine, guy was honest about an oil leak, threw in another set of wheels, a number of spares, etc for 2,300 dollars
I have had a lot of fun both dd'ing and tracking this car over the past 2 years now, but the first week...
>attempt to change wheels, jack the car up
>attempt to put it on 4 stands
>realize that it's not contacting the front right stand
>"huh, i thought they were all at the same height"
>take another look at the car from dead-on
>realize that the stands are at the same height but the chasis is twisted to fuck

>>17841247
How do you take the bus everyday if you can't even read the routes?

>>17847592
BEANED

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I have never gotten fucked by a sale only by insurance...
>Be me
>Be 19
>Looking for first car, saved up $8k
>Be an opinionated asshat about cars, Blowing off mazda cuz mazda
>Find a Nice Mazda 3, 08, going for $8.5k
>Buy it off old dude for $8k
>Car was perfect, Was owned by a couple of snowbirds
>Fast forward a year
>Be college fat
>Feeling depressed so go for a rip in my car
>Driving down highway
>BUMPER OUT OF NOWHERE
>Hit Bumper at 120km
>Kills Rad, Subframe, Right Suspension arm, And possible Hit the block
>Fuck me.mov
> Manage to hitch hike home...
>Get car towed to mechanic, Family Friend, Good guy
>Gives me the above list of shit
>Call insurance to see if they will cover it
>BIG SUPRISE THEY DONT
>End up selling car for $1600

Tfw you have to eat a $6400

>>17847592
Report him to ICE

>>17848302
What coverage did you have? If i were you I wouldve looked into legal action against the insurance company.

>>17846254
>his car isnt older than he is
>his car cant legally drink in the US
You are like little baby

>texting a woman about a car
>cheap shit hyundai but i've had experience with those models and they're bulletproof
>ask her about the service history
>its got a new steering wheel cover and seat covers and hubcaps
>....
>no i mean when was the clutch last changed and things like that
>10 minutes pass
>her reply is 'the engine is good'
>i still want to see the car so i set up a time and place
>she texts me on the day and says to meet her on the other side of town to where we agreed
>look at the address she sends me on google maps
>its a shitty rundown fuckhole of a house
>fuck this
>i dont turn up
>woman doesnt text me back
whatever, dodged a bullet with that turd on wheels

>>17850309
She set up that address so you could fuck

>>17840980
>>17841292
>>17841340
>>17841358
>>17841363
>>17841413
>>17841455
>>17841459
lemon laws...?

>>17846953
lol

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>bought my first car a month ago
>previous owner doesn't know how long it's been since things have been serviced, as the car was parked for years and hadn't been used
>check it out with a buddy who's a car guy
>paint is shot, couple dings in the door, interior is extremely dirty
>new tires (from the junk yard tho), no CEL, odo at 110, but for a 21 year old car I'll take it
>ka-ching for $2000, it's now mine, hello new DD
>going to do basic service & change a few car parts to make sure my ducks are in a row
>change air filter and MAF
>CEL comes on a day afterward, two codes thrown for engine running lean
either I fucked something up, or this is REAL convenient

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>>17840951
I was so insanely lucky not to get screwed on my first car.

>2015
>going out to look at V6 Ford Tempo
>craigslist ad title: "$800 and it runs"
>didn't even know how to change an air filter and I was about to buy a 200k+ mi tempo
>arrive at location
>tall ass 30 something year old woman clearly high on something gets out of the car
>"well ya wanna drive it?"
>grandma who brought me there drives it because I was a pussy with no permit
>drives 30 mph around the block and back
>turns out there's no A/C and none of the windows work
>other than that it seems fine
>get back to location
>"oh yeah I don't have the title, if you pay me now I can send it to you in a week"
>"uhhh ok sure"
>pay asking price of $800
>didn't look at the underside
>didn't even pop the hood
>drive it home on the interstate on tires with the belts showing
...
>title arrives in the mail the next week
>start driving it
>learn how to properly maintain my new vehicle
>daily drive it for 2 years
>only have to replace a battery terminal (and the tires)

I'm still so grateful that I got away with that.

>>17850970
honestly surprised you didn't buy some timebomb or a hot car at that price and situation

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>lookin @ car ads
>see a really nice corolla
>advert is shit, 3 pics, none of the engine and all extreme close ups or super far away
>description is in all caps
>whatever the car looks good and they claim to have all the service history
>go check it out
>first thing i notice is the car is in a really nice neighbourhood
>paint is pristine, its sitting in the shade with water all over the ground but the car is dry
>like the owner actually cares for it even though he's selling it
>turns out its owned by some white guy in his 70's but his wife took care of the advert
i suppose the meme is true that if there's a black finger in one of the pics to stay far away

>>17850716
>Private sale
>Lemon laws

Get a load of this guy

>>17846597
Thats what you get for not buying a coupe M3 manual and a fucking stupid 330ci convertable I bet it was that clunky SMG auto ahit

>>17847842
fucking rip.

A bent car is a nightmare of mine.

>>17850236
He didn't buy the coverage.

>>17850958
check engine light can be reset anon.

>>17841568
>>17841533
>>17841743
>>17841336
Sales shits don't need to know anything about the product they're selling. All they do is make shit up on the spot. Might be the reason why the stigma exists.

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>>17841259
>4k for a VW

>>17853352
eh, I had put on about two hundred miles with no CEL. Ill try clearing the codes tomorrow but my guess is they'll probably come back

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>>17840951
01 Dodge ram 1500 5.2 4wd 5 speed

Found out after selling it that it had a 2500 weighted drive shaft. At the time I did t know why but the drivetrain shook itself apart constantly. U joints shattered dropping driveshaft twice in the street, transfer case bolts sheared off, but the worst was that the bell housing literally snapped a huge chunk off. Got it welded back together once and then it happened again. Whined like hell but sold it to some kid who drove up from SC to buy it for $300 more than I paid for it. Feel bad but I never heard from him again.

>>17850958
>change air filter and MAF
>engine running lean
Every time you change or clean a MAF you HAVE to let the ECU relearn idle & trim values.

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Sold a guy a car with 228k miles on it that had bad bearings and the ABS was shot.

Best part is he knew all this but was too much of a cuck to speak up and gave me $1200 for it.

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>>17840951
Dropped 1,200 on a beat up old truck at an auction.
Spent 6 weeks slapping parts on this pile of shit.
Got just shy of 8 months of use before the engine blew up. Cost to repair was greater than the cost of the truck...

>>17856635
>>let the ECU relearn idle & trim values
hmm.. I don't recall reading anything regarding this process in the owners manual. how is it done? is it universal per obd2 equipped car?

>>17851160
Where I am you have to get a car certified before it can change hands.

>>17857009
Europe sounds hella fucking gay, you guys pretty much need a permit to wipe your asses, and thats after you pay an ass tax I'm assuming.

>>17857084
Think of the people in this thread that wouldn't be out of pocket

>>17857086
I would, but when you are buying from a private seller, especially at the 3K civic range most of these guys are talking about, you better be prepared for a car that has issues, and know your basic homework on buying a car used.

>>17857084
Over here in Eastern Europe I have to
-buy insurance every year for each car, you insure the car not the driver
-buy road tax sticker for each car (the roads are still shit however)
-pay yearly tax for each car
And that's after you own the car, to buy a used one you have to
-pay a jew notary to transfer the car
-pay for new licence plates (unless you live in the same administrative area with the seller in which case you can use the old ones)
-pay a one time "eco" tax if it's a new car or it has been imported into the country
It makes simply owning a car expensive and fuel isn't cheap either.

>>17857145
I live in California, so we have similar state-sponsored usury here too.

> 2 weeks ago
> looked at a few cars
> honda civic
> drivers window didn't work, no paint but was primed
> 1200, no thanks

> look at 94 toyota celica, owner was Mexican
> 205k on body, 90k on new engine
> test drove it, didn't mind since I needed a car for school and work
> 1500
> drive it home on highway, steering wheel shaking like a mother fucker
> might need an alignment, no biggie
> needed a tie rod, and lug nuts aren't even toyota, they were honda
> 300 dollars later, back on the road

So far so good, just replaced oil, plugs and wires. Needs a new cold air filter, and might need some transmission work. Seems like something is blocking the shifter when I shift but I can still shift fine anyway... Maybe trans oil needs replaced? Bushings?

Lesson here is do NOT buy from mexicans, ever.

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>>17857293
1997 celica owner here. shifter cables can get fucked from time to time if you (or previous owner) shift like a retarded person. Kind of a pain to replace but definitely not the worst job out there

>>17840951
>2008
>18 years old
>Grandmother is buying me a car
>kind of a local BHPH but less shady and more of a tiny local car dealership that has ~20 used cars on the lot
>low budget
>ok
>She picks a car out for me
>1997 Mercury Sable with ~84k on the clock
>dealer man is talking me up about the car and shit
>owned by a local diner owner
>he babied it really good
>etc
>grandma agrees to the sale
>$5,000
>She gets out her various envelopes, pays in cash
>Car's engine rots through the bottom or something so it dies and we scrap it three years later

It wasn't terrible until it shit itself but I still don't want to think about how much she overpaid.

>>17856988
It relearns on its own, its all in the cars computer. If it's not relearning you're looking in the fuel system for a leaking line or a burnt out fuel pump.

>>17857460
>Shifter cables
They are linkages in mine?!

>>17856317
I mean reset the light before selling it, that's why it comes on shortly after you bought it.

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>>17857472
in 07 i paid 300$ for this bad motherfucker

96 taurus 90k

drove this motherfucker to 150k and hooned the shit out of it so hard that at 150k it snapped the engine mounts. fucker was a quarter of an inch from the radiator.

SOLD it for 900$ in 2015 without lying to the next owners about it needing new mounts.

>>17846254
most people who are interested in cars as something other than A-B transport do.
very poor bait tbqh

>be me
>Second car got wiped away in a flood (RIP 99 Integra ;~;)
>Looking for another honda because reliable and fairly easy to work on
>Still moderately unknowledgeable about cars, nothing beyond obviously leaks and changing oil
>See sweet pristine 90' CRX
>Only wants 3k flat with 130,000 miles
>Paint looks really good, thought he repainted it
>Drive a few hours away with brother
>We get to city he's in (Savannah Georgia) and walk around a bit because he says he doesn't get off work till 8pm
>Go meet him
>Spic
>Try to not think stereotypical thoughts
>He pulls car out of garage
>It's not paint, it's plasti-dipped, albeit, done professionally by a shop
>W/E, drive the car
>It's fun, pulls a little bit to the right
>He says it's because he doesn't have the money to put a new tire on the front right
>Look and see it's actually a different brand, and no tread
>Okay W/E
>Can't see interior too well besides with phone light, since his interior light doesn't work
>Look in engine bay
>Everything sounds good, no knocks or pings
>buy
>
fast forward one month
>have had car parked as I have redone the interior completely
>bought new seats and re-carpeted the disgusting mexican ridden shit
>put new wiper motors on and removed his garbage decals and exterior lights
>change oil and FRAM oil filter
>turn on
>knock is super loud
>thought I didn't put enough oil in
>turn off and add more
>knock is still super loud

Wound up selling the POS to another spic 4 months later for $2200, wound up losing around $1500 on the thing since I threw money into fixing up the interior
The best part is I signed the title wrong and the mexicans who bought it didn't know what to do and kept asking me to come and sign paperwork to help them out
>blocked their number

Lesson to be learned, NEVER EVER BUY A CAR FROM A SPIC, THEYRE ALL FUCKING IDIOTS, DONT BE A FOOL LIKE I WAS

>>17858183
>in 07 i paid 300$ for this bad motherfucker
>96 taurus 90k

I can't believe there was a time you could buy an 11-year-old car with 90,000 miles on it for only $300

we need to lynch that nigger obama

>couple months ago
>see a miata with some aftermarket mods
>97k miles
>blue
>talk,decide to buy it for 4800
>few weeks later realize I might be fucked in the new England winter since it's my only car
>motor starting knocking 2 weeks ago
>mfw thinking about committing insurance fraud

>>17858183
YO MONTANA BR-
>yiffeh
fuck off

>>17858499
Drive it until it blows up anon, save money for a replacement motor. A solid miata motor will cost you about 1.5-1.8k. Putting it in really isn't anywhere as hard as most cars, just grab a bud or two and make it a long day. The miata will def thank you for it.

>>17858459
>Having one of the easiest car platforms to work on
>Not learning
Damn it anon
>Integra lost in flood
A-Anon... I'm sorry

Captcha: road rains

>>17858551
>New motor
If you caught it early you can just get new rings, or slight bore cleanup and new rings
>Not suggesting an LS swap
Tsk tsk

>>17846542
wew

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>16 year old me
>sees 94 Land Rover Discovery for sale
>listed for 2 grand
>show up for test drive
>everything seems fine during test drive, nice sound system and no dash lights
>so excited about muh first car that I pay the full 2 grand
>mfw that thing had 230k and was worth 800 at most

But wait, there's more
Fast forward a year, wanting to sell land rover for car, but it's actually been pretty good to me, only like 700 in parts over the year
>some redneck fuck from halfway across the state shows up to buy it
>"hur dur hunting vehicle yeet yeet"
>"can't keep this thing from falling apart so I need a more reliable rig"
>motions to a fucking 2001 toyota tundra
>mfw he thinks this shitbox will be more reliable than a god damn first gen tundra
But whatever I just wanted my money
>"yeah is it okay if we take the plates? Don't wanna get arrested lol"
>"you can drive it for 48 hrs without plates in CO"
>"eh don't really wanna get pulled over, we'll just mail them to you"
>sold that POS for 1300 cash
>never got my fucking plates back
>report the vehicle stolen to police
>mfw they never found the motherfuckers
>had to pay 500 for new plates and reg for my new car
>got three consecutive toll booth bills in the mail for somewhere in fuckin new mexico, consecutively getting closer and closer to the border
>Mfw my land rover is somewhere in a fucking shanty in mexico with my goddamn plates still on it

>>17858569
Would an ls swap cost around the same? I'm usually against them but if I'm putting a new motor in may as well

>>17858569
I personally dislike engine swaps that aren't true to the car or brand, I wouldn't put a non-mazda motor in my miata.

>>17843539
Fell for a similar thing. Old Mazda demio, checked the floor but only saw fresh underfloor paint. Was a bit naive and thought this was fine. After a year the rustening came through and the protection paint fell off in flakes.

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>>17858183
>bought shitbox
>racked up 60k more miles on it
>fucked it up majorly
>sold it for 3x the original purchase

This is some solid evidence cash for clunkers fucked up the market.

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i've bought a car from my uncle, it was his workhorse but it costed 250$ so w/e
the thing is it leaked water inside BOTH footwells, on the gear stick and passengers seat and during the one year ive owned it i never fully sealed it, even after wasting like half a ton of silicone.

loved it tho

My #1 rule is NEVER buy a car from a Mexican.

Well, the Sunday before last, I broke my own rule for the second time. (The first was buying a rust-free '66 Imperial from a spic that was going to run it in a demo derby.)

This time, I was after a '68 Cadillac convertible. See ad, run the plate, comes back titled to a spic... HOWEVER, previous owner was white. Decide to say, "fuck it" and contact them. Make plans to drive the 250 miles to look at the car.

Car is, indeed, rust-free. Under the hood I see a new Edelbrock carb, redone valve covers, and half a set of those stupid "hot-rod" valve cover retainers on each side. They don't belong under the hood of a Cadillac.

He starts up the car and it has a notable exhaust leak. I see it's coming from the driver's side manifold where there's a loose stud. Jew mode engaged. Inspect the rest of the car and lowball him for $8k. He accepts and I proceed to drive the car back.

Halfway through the trip, I stop at a gas station. I shut the car off and check the oil; there's a leak at the valve cover on the passenger's side. Gaskets look new, so I try to snug it up. The bolts are 10mm; WTF?! It's a '68 Cadillac! Do the best I can with my Imperial tool kit; add oil, and go to fill the car.

Pull back the license plate and, after a moment of confusion, I let out an angry bellow. There's a fucking LOCKING GAS CAP on the car and I don't have the key!

Fucking spics! I have to have the car towed home because I can't put gas in it.

When I get the car home, the 75-year-old retired wrecker driver next door comes by and looks at it. I tell him the problem and he says he'll be right back.

He has a lockpicking kit and it's like something out of Fallout; he spins the pieces around and has the cap off in under 30 seconds.

I'm still happy with the car, but I have no idea what else I'll find. Fucking spics. Every fucking time.

>>17858687
Cash for clunkers was literally a government/car manufacturer ploy to decrease the amount of used cars on the market because you could buy a shitbox for under a grand and insure it for nothing. It was especially bad during the recession right before the program started. People were so desperate to either try and stop foreclosures on their houses, or just get cash in hand, that you could E A S I L Y buy a 90's shitbox for anywhere between $100-1000.
>My cousin bought a Ford Taurus SHO with 90k for $750

>>17858614
Google it, do some research. Find a write up, find everything you need. Do it, LS Miata.

> Be me, about a year ago.
> Wanting a car but don't have enough money.
> Parents won't help so I ask my grandma.
> At my birthday party
> Get card with keys
> Volvo keys
> Really sticky and covered in a gummy rubber
> Go to their places to see it
> It's a 2001 S80 T6
> Total fucking lemon
Transmission grenades a year later
> Electrical Issues
> Car stalls frequently
> Airbag light on
> Generally an unsafe piece of shit
> mfw I've spent more money repairing my free car than it's current market value.

>>17857460
Like >>17857586 said, linkage or cable? I get results from both, but what is it? And where can I find instructions on how to do a replacement?

>See Ford Probe for sale 3hr from home
>Been looking all over for one, was about to fly to Washington State 3000mi away to look at one
>Saved a ton of money up to buy a cherry copy
>Go to purchase this one
>Literally one hour from seller's house he calls and says it leaks water from the front of the engine and it just started doing this
>Get there, immaculate interior absolutely flawless
>No check engine light, sounds healthy, AC doesn't work whatever I can fix that
>Sure enough, it's pissing water everywhere, and it's brown
>Fuck, well I know it needs a new water pump and that means timing belt too so I get to lowball him now
>He takes the lowball for 900 bucks
>I get it home after filling the rad twice
>Do timing belt, water pump, new door speakers, new headunit, new lift struts for the hatch
>AC compressor is shot, still needs rear speakers, door panels are Pancho-rigged together, VGC's leak like a bitch, needs tires since it sat for 10 years apparently, judging from the service stickers on it

I spent almost the cost of the car in new parts to make it driveable, but I still regret nothing it would have gone to the scrapyard and they're hard enough to find as it is so I saved one I guess

I always hated the strict safety inspections in my country.
This thread cured me.

>>17859789
Nah, you're just a cuck in a cuck country, safety inspections are for I D I O T S, and as you can read through most of this thread, it's the uninformed people that get fucked, which they should.

>>17858609
What? The plates are registered to you, not the car? Confused Californian here, all we have to do is mail a reg form to the DMV when we sell a car to release liability, and the plates stay with the vehicle.

>>17840951
>sold a car with grenade transmission, pulled the pin right before title transfer

>sold suv with at least dozen serious issues, eclipsing the sale value ten fold

>purchased mopar product

only times i've burned/ been burned automotively

>>17840951
Bought the car 13.5k had the five speed manual blow up 5 days later. Said they wouldn't cover it under the Warrenty.

>>17840951
I've never really been scammed, maybe overpaid a few times, but every car I've bought has had some nigger rigged level repair on it.

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>>17858513
If it's any consolation the DMV wised up and banned it.

Also is this plate better?

>>17858687
Sad part is I did the same with another truck, but the fuck up wasn't my fault.

Paid 300$ for a 4x4 s10 blazer 1985. Before clunkers b.s.. truck got stolen and wrecked after cfc got it back . Sold it for 300$ to a guy who wanted it for demo derby.

>>17840951
Not really a nightmare purchase but just stupid young me making uninformed decisions
>entering collage and know nothing about cars but think I do
>need a vehicle to get there and home
>looking for anything with a V8
>completely ignore all sorts of deals on fun, cheap cars because I NEED TO HAVE A V8
>end up buying a grand prix thinking it's a super sports car
>put all sorts of cosmetic mods on it to make it look "cooler"
>actually get into cars for real and start to regret my purchase and stupid mods
It's actually been really reliable for me, but I wish I had gotten something RWD and manual instead.

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>>17858743
>Reddit spacing
>Trip
>Fallout

>>17846254
My first car/ daily is a r31 skyline 15 years older than me

>>17857009
6 US states also require this.

>>17858743
So your dumbass towed the car home instead of asking the wrecker to unlock the gas cap? Lol

>>17864735
No, no. My NEIGHBOR unlocked the gas cap; he's a retired wrecker driver. The guy who towed my car couldn't do it and AAA said it would have been 4 hours before a locksmith could be dispatched. It was quicker to have it towed home.

>>17864986
Oh, my bad boss.

Bought a fucking escort for 2k. Drove pretty good. Snapped the damn ball joints jumping a local hill. Wtf? Raw fuckin deal.

>>17841876
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

>>17864663
Six U N A M E R I C A N states.
Fuck regulation.

>>17858487
Taurases are cockroaches man. They're everywhere for cheap as fuck.

>>17846805
follwing up. The car man wanted $1100 to repalce the motor and the regulator. Ordered the regulator for $130, the motor was fine. Fuck repair jews.

>>17845457
>2000 is seventeen years ago
yikes!

>>17861560
>the DMV wised up and banned it

How the fuck would they figure that out?

>>17851151
>be me
>browsing cl 30 minutes ago
>brown thumb covering license plate
>no title
short story desu

>>17868844
maybe someone informed them about it or they happened to research it

be me
>cars cost 20 grand
>picanto costs 20 grand