ozthunder
06-28-2007, 06:59 PM
Long story short: I went to remove the fender badges to put on the Holden repeaters, and there was an outline/impression of the fender badge. Whoever put the hood on, may it be for personal preference or not, had it repainted by a schmuck who decided taping the emblems over was better than spending 15 mins taking them off.
Quoted from another forum...
Went to an auto body and he knew what it was immediately. One quote was 600$, one was 1500$. I immediately called up the dealer who sold me it, and I got a meeting with their brass at 6pm. I told them frankly: when I purchased the car, I purchased it under the assumption that the car was valued at a decent value and that what I recieved was a quality item. It turns out that no one did an inspection, hence my trunk didn't close, my heater didnt work, and my battery had died. No one asked the previous owner why the hood was on there, may it be for a personal preference or may it be for fixing it. The carfax is clean, and in PA, the police do not have to report any incidents. I was led to believe the car itself was "clean", but the quality of the paint has led me to now believe that I could not trust this, and was inherently misled by the dealer who did not pursue proper inspection objectives. Regardless if it was "modified" or "fixed", the value was changed and I was not properly informed of that value. The consumer has every right to know, and I feel like them covering up their poor used car habits doesn't help. I'm getting a phone call tomorrow from the GM of the dealership, and hopefully a resolution- fixing the bloody thing- will be arrived at. If not, i'm not sure what i'm going to do.
Quoted from another forum...
Went to an auto body and he knew what it was immediately. One quote was 600$, one was 1500$. I immediately called up the dealer who sold me it, and I got a meeting with their brass at 6pm. I told them frankly: when I purchased the car, I purchased it under the assumption that the car was valued at a decent value and that what I recieved was a quality item. It turns out that no one did an inspection, hence my trunk didn't close, my heater didnt work, and my battery had died. No one asked the previous owner why the hood was on there, may it be for a personal preference or may it be for fixing it. The carfax is clean, and in PA, the police do not have to report any incidents. I was led to believe the car itself was "clean", but the quality of the paint has led me to now believe that I could not trust this, and was inherently misled by the dealer who did not pursue proper inspection objectives. Regardless if it was "modified" or "fixed", the value was changed and I was not properly informed of that value. The consumer has every right to know, and I feel like them covering up their poor used car habits doesn't help. I'm getting a phone call tomorrow from the GM of the dealership, and hopefully a resolution- fixing the bloody thing- will be arrived at. If not, i'm not sure what i'm going to do.