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Article #1967Re: Used Car Sales - Lemons - Warning to Consumers / Licensed Businesses
From: Mike N.
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 00:00
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Canadian laws do suck when it comes to "lemons" The first car I bought came with a 30 day warrantee (It died in five months) The dealer was a lying sack of shit. First problem: windows fogging up. His answer: We shampooed the carpets, but by the time I found out the real problem the warrantee was expired, second problem: resonator fell off, his inept mechanic very sloppily brazed it together, it had to be redone a month later. After 5 months the head cracked because of a bad timing belt. Second car:30 day 50/50 warrantee, finally died after 7 years Third vehicle: Dealer let me drive it for the weekend and encouraged me to take it to a mechanic, 12000 Km Lubrico power train warrantee. It is very hard to find a good used car lot. I found quite a few dealers practicing curbselling, saying that he was selling it for a relative or something, you want to avoid those. Yes I do think Canada should adopt some stiffer laws on used cars. bizney85@cadvision.com wrote: > > 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). > Where's the KABOOM, there was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM. Sonic Boom NEW SITE www.angelfire.com/co2/kno3/index.html (frames) under construction
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