"Zibodiz" (zibodiz1)
09/26/2014 at 23:20 • Filed to: whinelopnik, rants
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"Zibodiz" (zibodiz1)
09/26/2014 at 23:20 • Filed to: whinelopnik, rants | 0
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So, I sold a car a couple weeks ago. It was a GMC Jimmy in nice shape, but needing a new exhaust. I made it very clear to the buyer that it was running a little rich because it needed the oxygen sensors that are in the exhaust; without them, it can't calculate the fuel mixture properly. So what does she do? She drives the car everywhere without doing anything to it.
She drove it down to Cheyenne (a city that's about 80 miles from here), and it overheated on her. Yup, that'll happen when you run a car rich. So what does she do? Once it'll start again, she drives it a bit further, until it won't go anymore. This time, it won't start back up, so she calls a tow truck who hauls it to Meineke. The guy there tells her she blew the head gasket and it's going to cost her $800 to fix it. This sounds a little fishy, but possible.
So what does she do? She comes to me — at my workplace — to tell me how horrible an experience it was. I'm not sure if she wanted me to offer to help her, or to buy it back, or what... maybe she was just being chatty? idunno. But now I'm nervous that she's going to try to take me to court for selling her a lemon. I mean, I'm betting I would win (I did make it very clear — it was even on the 'for sale' sign — that the exhaust "needed" to be replaced), but I really don't want to have to go through that. And I especially don't want to have to buy it back or pay for repairs; I already spent the money on bills (plus I only sold it for $1100 anyway — less than half the book value).
Hopefully she just goes away and gets it fixed inexpensively. And never visits my workplace again. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Sorry to rant. Have a picture of something I would love to own:
Steve in Manhattan
> Zibodiz
09/26/2014 at 23:27 |
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For next time, the lawyer in me advises you (and this is worth exactly what you're paying for it) - write a bill of sale that contains the words "as is" ... and "no warranties of any kind". Still, she probably can't come back at you if you can demonstrate she was warned.
shop-teacher
> Zibodiz
09/26/2014 at 23:55 |
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She'll probably be too lazy to sue you.
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Zibodiz
> shop-teacher
09/27/2014 at 00:21 |
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I sure hope so.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Zibodiz
09/27/2014 at 01:52 |
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In this state, if you buy from a private party, you're SOL if it explodes as soon as you turn on your radio.
Sounds like you sold your car to a moron. "Car overheating? Better keep driving it!" "Exhaust needs work? Breathe, schmeathe." "I made the problem worse? This is the worst $1100 car ever!"
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Zibodiz
09/27/2014 at 03:12 |
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Look into your state's lemon laws. You might have some protection as long as you made it explicitly clear that the car needed work to be driven.