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Cousin bought a pickup, see the advertisement below. Didn't have the documentation for the trans rebuild, as the bank repo'd the pickup from the p/o. Then a used car dealer bought it, put a reman in it, customized it some, inteneded to drive it himself, has a lot of chrome trinkets, flowmaster catback, but ended up daily'ing something else thus selling it.
The center console had some info on the previous owner, pay stub, registration, etc. So after he bought it, we finally got a hold of the guy, and he never touched the transmission. Owned it for a year, had an engine noise, then took a dump, I suppose letting the bank take it after that.
Where would you guys proceed with this new found info? Purchase price was $8,400. The trans shifts pretty firm, which we thought was a trans kit installed with the rebuild, but wanted to get more info at some point, which led us down an unexpected path.
It really is a sharp pickup, only issue is the bed is a little beat up, but nothing a spray in or drop in wouldn't fix.
They had also replaced the right manifold, but not the cats. Well after some driving, the plugged cat was noticed, both cats and all 4 o2 sensors have been replaced. But there is a leak at the right manifold, could be gasket or manifold itself, but labor will cost the same either way.
Those prices are crazy haha.. I picked up a clean 06 Lariat for $7500 with half the miles and before I hit the moose, I had my 07 XLT with what woulda been less then 100k miles, a 8" lift and 37's for $9000 here in Canada.
If it's the "new transmission when purchased, currently 3,000 miles", that's not a bait and switch, that's fraud if in fact there was no new transmission with 3,000 miles on it.
Those prices are crazy haha.. I picked up a clean 06 Lariat for $7500 with half the miles and before I hit the moose, I had my 07 XLT with what woulda been less then 100k miles, a 8" lift and 37's for $9000 here in Canada.
I agree the price is a little high but they're going to say it has very low miles on the engine and "new" transmission LOL. The biggest problem he's going to have is proving who lied to who. Previous owner lied to the bank? Bank lied to the dealership? Dealer lied to him? Would be one heck of a chase. Has he contacted a transmission shop to see if there is anything wrong with the transmission? Has he contacted the dealer with the newly found information? Bought As Is?
Right, my thoughts are as long as it runs fine, don't worry about it. Just curious what others thoughts would be. Seems pretty fraudulent to advertise something that was hearsay, especially with a mileage number attached to it.
He could always go back to the dealer and have written proof from the PO that states he never did any work to the transmission and ask how they figured the mileage..
Yep, he needs to ask the dealer why he listed it for sale that way. Pretty dumb the dealer lists it like that with no proof. Maybe a rebuilt transmission means he added sawdust to it???
Yep, he needs to ask the dealer why he listed it for sale that way. Pretty dumb the dealer lists it like that with no proof. Maybe a rebuilt transmission means he added sawdust to it???
01-18-2017, 09:48 AM
Case of bait and switch?
