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Originally Posted by island911
oh good; it's not just me thinking that.
Thanks. Looks like the seller was forthright about the condition.
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Well, there are some obvious problems. The seller said the ABS was working fine, it's not. The photographs show that the rear wing must be operating, as it's shown in two positions, but the buyer says it doesn't work. There's also quite a disconnect between how well the seller said it ran, and the fact that the buyer saying it won't even start now.
I don't know what private conversations occurred between the buyer and the seller but, even allowing for the buyer not being knowledgeable enough to do his own due diligence, the seller clearly can't stand behind the car that he sold. There's no way that I could represent that car in the way that the seller did. He may be fairly clueless but he should be willing to talk to the buyer. The buyer has been a lot more accommodating than I would've been in the same situation.
Based on the buyers description of how the seller is acting, I would probably invest a few hundred dollars in consulting with an attorney and having the attorney reach out to the buyer, if there are any legal remedies available. I realize that most vehicle sales are of the "as is, where is" nature, but there may be some intentional misrepresentation here. It's one thing to be stupid, it's another thing to lie. We don't know enough facts to know which area we're dealing with.
As for the PPI, it's a good thing the shop is discontinuing that practice. Clearly, they don't have the capability of performing a decent PPI. I would certainly have a conversation to see how friendly the shop and the seller were.
If I were to offer advice to the buyer, it would be to fix all of the issues and let the kid use the car. There's no point in taking a sizable loss just to sell it now, then being no better off in the search for a suitable car. I would not have bought this car for either of my kids, but I don't know this particular kid.