TSIAWDTalon
20+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 21, 2002
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Greensburg,
Kentucky
OK so I picked up a 240 to play with, maybe sr20 or stick with the ka since its a single slammer. Drove 1.5 hours to get the car, looked it over, test drove, and took it home.
The kid is going to the military so he needed to move it quickly. Had it listed as a 93 with coilovers, full 3" exhaust. Was a fresh rebuild but ran rough. Turns out the timing was off, no biggie.
He needed to get the title right, he had signed in the wrong place, so I got a bill of sale, and a reciept with his name, address, and drivers license number (I have done this numerous times).
I get the car to my shop, change the fuel lines (there were carb lines on a f.i.) changed the plugs, wires, dist cap & button, and reset timing and the car runs like a champ now.
So in the process of cleaning it out, I noticed the door tag on the vehicle states it was built in 10/89 which obviously makes it a 90 not a 93. It also has Tokico shocks & struts and what looks to be Eibach springs not coilovers. I immediatly print out a copy of the c-list ad and text the guy.
He says in the text that he didnt know what kind of suspension it had, that was just what he was told was on it. He also said he didnt know the year as well, just what he was told. I told him I would bring the car back and get my money, plus the $80 I spent in plugs/wires/etc. He says he will text me back in a few.
Fast forward to Monday (I bought the car on Tuesday of last week, and noticed the discrepancies on Thursday and contacted him Thursday night). Kid is ignoring my text untill I threaten to file a police report. He states he will have his dad call me, they used the money to pay off a few bills.
Now I got the car reasonably cheap thinking it was a 93. I paid about $500 more than a 90 books at. My question is do I have a leg to stand on? Isn't this considered selling a car under false pretense? The kids dad called me once while I was picking my kids up from daycare (it was super noisy so I told him I would call back in 5 mins). I have called the dad 4 times, 2 he hung up and 2 went straight to voice mail.
I am driving back down there tonight to go to the police station and file a report. I guess we will have to let a judge decide, but I tried to be civil. All I was looking for was either him to take the car back, or give me a portion of the money paid back for the difference in years between the ad and what the car actually is.
Any thoughts or opinions are welcome. If I have to chalk it up to lesson learned so be it, but it seems that lying on an ad isnt something I should have to pay for.
The kid is going to the military so he needed to move it quickly. Had it listed as a 93 with coilovers, full 3" exhaust. Was a fresh rebuild but ran rough. Turns out the timing was off, no biggie.
He needed to get the title right, he had signed in the wrong place, so I got a bill of sale, and a reciept with his name, address, and drivers license number (I have done this numerous times).
I get the car to my shop, change the fuel lines (there were carb lines on a f.i.) changed the plugs, wires, dist cap & button, and reset timing and the car runs like a champ now.
So in the process of cleaning it out, I noticed the door tag on the vehicle states it was built in 10/89 which obviously makes it a 90 not a 93. It also has Tokico shocks & struts and what looks to be Eibach springs not coilovers. I immediatly print out a copy of the c-list ad and text the guy.
He says in the text that he didnt know what kind of suspension it had, that was just what he was told was on it. He also said he didnt know the year as well, just what he was told. I told him I would bring the car back and get my money, plus the $80 I spent in plugs/wires/etc. He says he will text me back in a few.
Fast forward to Monday (I bought the car on Tuesday of last week, and noticed the discrepancies on Thursday and contacted him Thursday night). Kid is ignoring my text untill I threaten to file a police report. He states he will have his dad call me, they used the money to pay off a few bills.
Now I got the car reasonably cheap thinking it was a 93. I paid about $500 more than a 90 books at. My question is do I have a leg to stand on? Isn't this considered selling a car under false pretense? The kids dad called me once while I was picking my kids up from daycare (it was super noisy so I told him I would call back in 5 mins). I have called the dad 4 times, 2 he hung up and 2 went straight to voice mail.
I am driving back down there tonight to go to the police station and file a report. I guess we will have to let a judge decide, but I tried to be civil. All I was looking for was either him to take the car back, or give me a portion of the money paid back for the difference in years between the ad and what the car actually is.
Any thoughts or opinions are welcome. If I have to chalk it up to lesson learned so be it, but it seems that lying on an ad isnt something I should have to pay for.
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