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WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID USED CAR DEALERS

If you're thinking of buying a car, try to buy it from one of the
"American states" that has lemon laws.     If you buy from a Canadian
dealer and the car is a lemon, there's not a thing you can do.

I bought a 1990 car
                      THREE WEEKS AGO
and in that time it has stalled and had to be towed in twice, (It was
taken in for a third time today.)

I had to add a quart of oil before I got home from the dealer on the
day I bought it, 

The oil was clean when I looked at it after the quart was added.

When the car was towed in for the second time (on the 2nd week after
purchase), the company said the oil was in "very bad condition." 

Today the resonator pipe broke off.  They're now suggesting it may
have been bent by me after it was taken out of the shop, by a bump I
may have driven over.  (I drove very few miles, and only on paved
regular city roads, at very slow speeds.  I never drove over any
bumps, so this was impossible.  It was just plain rusted and rotten). 

Just a few days after I bought the car, I told the dealer I didn't
want that "stinking lemon" that had to be towed in all the time.  I
angrily demanded my money back, and told them to keep the vehicle.
(The total story is a real nightmare.  These are just "some" of the
things.)

They brushed the comments off, of course.  I was unemployed, in
poverty, and too poor to rent a vehicle to get home in, let alone
defend my case.   And what would they have to lose if I were forced to
come in once a week to have repairs done at my own expense?
And what lawyer would take on a little case like that?

This huge car company assured me, at the time of purchase, that they
did good government inspections, so consumers could rest assured they
would get a reasonably good working vehicles when they purchased from
them.   I guess oil checks and worn resonators aren't included in
those checks.

The car will probably cause regular problems and build up debt for an
eternity.  The $1200 warranty I paid for a year of extra coverage
seemed to cover just about everything at the time -- but now it seems
not to cover much at all.   (The company can't tell you what's covered
and what isn't, until you tow your vehicle down --at your own expense.
You might get reimbursed for that towing and you might not, depending
on whether or not they decide to cover you under the warranty.)

Since I purchased the car 3 weeks ago, it has broken down totally on
the average of once every 66 miles.

Canadian laws basically say  "tough luck, consumer!"

Laws like that are like open hands, and could surely attract all kinds
of undesirable people to the used car business.  Aquaintances are now
telling me I may have been better off buying a car at an auction, or
from Mr. Anonymous through a newspaper ad, like they did. 

I believe they're right.   More and more people are discovering that
they're safer dealing with private individuals.  Licensed businesses
are far too risky.