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Re: Used Car Sales - Lemons - Warning to Consumers / Licensed Businesses

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From: Mike N.
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.

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From: " Mike N." <705728@ican.net>
Subject: Re: Used Car Sales - Lemons - Warning to Consumers  / Licensed Businesses
Date: 1999/04/09
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