I bought a used 510 (a '73 or '74) when I was in college - the lying bi"h who
I bought it
from explained away the elevated reading on the temperature gage by saying,
"My mechanic
checked it out, and he said that the gage is just a little off.". Actually, it
had a bad
waterpump, a leaky head gasket and a severely clogged radiator... oh yeah, and
she forgot
to mention that the trunk lid never had sealed well since the massive rear end
hit that
had been cosmetically repaired, so that after a heavy rain (not uncommon in
Sacramento, CA
in the winter) you had better know where the drain plugs in the trunk were!
That was my first hard lesson in the subject of buying a used car.
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
James M Koken wrote:
> And I thought dealers were bad about not disclosing defects on cars. Plus I
> hate to deal with the salesmen most of the time. I try to check out all
> cars as well as possible before the purchase, because I've been burned also
> (yes, even on roadsters). But you can only do so much before you make a
> decision on the car, so theres a chance it could be a problem. I base many
> decisions on the personalty of the seller, and my assessment of his honesty
> and integrity. I usually feel better if they tell you a few things wrong
> with the car rather than "runs perfect, never had a problem." Good luck on
> getting the problem resolved.
> Mike KOken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Neuman" <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11:28 PM
> Subject: OT- I ALMOST DIED TONIGHT!!!!!
>
> > Hello All,
> > Well let me tell you something...don't buy a 72 JAG XJ6 with a chevy 350
> V8
> > conversion in SoCal and then think that everything is going to be okay for
> the
> > six hour drive home....it won't be....don't let your girlfriend talk you
> into doing
> > it no matter how nice the car looks and how good she looks in it.
> > After a harrowing 6 hour drive thru some serious rain storms we
> > are coming into the city about 5 miles from home in some serious traffic
> > going down a steep hill and the brakes go out.. I mean they GO OUT!! the
> car
> > has power brakes and the pedal goes right to the floor RIGHT TO THE FLOOR
> > and its not stopping the car a bit. I'm pumping the brakes while slaming
> the
> > car into 1st and pulling up on the parking brake. Its barely slowing the
> car at
> > all and I'm coming to the bottom of the hill where the light is red and
> there is
> > a ton of cross traffic. I'm in the middle lane of a three lane street with
> cars
> > on both sides and no way to stop. So I um.... nosed the car into the
> Volvo
> > staion wagon that was just in front of me and stopped the car. Nobody was
> > hurt and the Volvo was just a little bit scratched on its big bumpers
> also. The
> > jags front bumper was bent in a little bit but that was it.
> > So heres my question, what the hell went wrong with the brakes.
> > The master cylinder is new-saw the paperwork and it looks new, and there
> was
> > no loss of brake fluid-the level in the brake fluid res. did not change.
> I have
> > never had a car with power brakes and don't instantly understand them.
> This
> > car has a line from the intake plenum to a big short cylinder that I
> believe
> > is a vacuum resevouir with is connected to the master cylinder. We had
> the
> > car towed to a friends garage but it can't stay there for very long and we
> need
> > the damn thing to drive during the rainy season.
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Irene is going to call the
> guy
> > who sold us the car tomorrow and bitch him out. Hopefully he is going to
> give
> > us a HUGE chunk of the money we spent on the car.
> >
> > Daniel 69 2000
> > SF CA
> > p.s. sorry if this is not clear we decided that we needed several stiff
> drinks
> > after all the excitement.
> >
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