Listers, a story I think can be of interest to most of you, a neighbor's
parents whom live in Virginia Beach, Va., recently bought a used 97 Honda
from a private owner that claimed he bought the car new, after purchasing
the car he started having frt. end pull very bad, a hard time steering it,
the son drove to his elderly parents home and noticed what looked to him
like a lot of frt. end damage repairs, took the car to a independent garage
with a lift, and sure enough, frame damage, complete used frt.end on the
car. The son then using his P/C pulled a title vin # search, the car
originally had a Va. title, then a "Salvage" Va.(which means a total) title
then a "Clean" Maine title, then another "clean" Va. title, while searching
through the car, they found a "Virginia Used Car Dealer" tag assigned to a
local used car lot, and guess whom is the salesman employed there, yep the
owner of the Honda. The DMV inspectors in Va. are State Police, they have
now taken over the case, and somebody is looking at some hard time out of
this, as well as a hefty fine, not only in Virginia but Maine also. My
advice, know what and whom you are buying from and look the car over
carefully, as in this case, if you are elderly or it should be your parents,
please make sure they have some qualified help along, this dealership needs
to be put out of business quickly, preying on the elderly is bad enough,
but, out right robbery is worse. "FT"
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