New car dealers are just as bad. I went to an Acura dealer to buy a used
Acura on his lot. My Dad told me to bring a floor jack to jack up the car.
Lo and behold the car was in a very bad rear collision and the trunk floor
looked like a crumbled piece of rusted paper. The dealer didn't want to
give me my deposit back and I had to get Honda Motors to intercede.
The dealer denied knowing of the damage. BS. He knew very well what he was
selling.
My threats worked. The dealer was later taken over by Honda a few years
later.
Caveat emptor - always.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "James M Koken" <james.m.koken@gte.net>
To: "Dan Neuman" <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: OT- I ALMOST DIED TONIGHT!!!!!
> 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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