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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe
I'm not trying to be a smartazz, but in all manner of auto-related message boards, I can't tell you how many times I have seen people post pictures of cars they're considering buying... and people on the message board say "looks great... but be sure to have it fully checked out before you buy it."
Sometimes people take the advice, sometimes they don't. Some say, "I decided to go ahead and take a chance because I really like it and the guy said somebody else was looking at it and/or about to buy it out from under me."
And then they find bad stuff when they check the car out.
I hope your car turns out to be trouble-free and fun and everything you hoped it would be, but....
...unless I misunderstood your post, you did it backwards. Next time check it out before buying it.
Either that, or you could just skip the checking it out step.
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Yes you are right, but isn't that WHY you buy a car that has a pedigree program (or at least advertises the h*ll that they do) like Mercedes or BMW preowned plans. I have purchased many used cars over my life. If this was coming from "Dave's used cars" on the corner, a full ppi is what I would have done. It never even entered my mind that they would take in car with prior body work like this. It doesn't take much, just a buyer with a paint thickness gauge. And this is what these guys do for a living so it should be a routine measure. One of the reasons I went for the car is that it just had $6000 worth of work to get it certified (Tires, 2 new wheels, brakes, etc). I am taking it to another shop this week and getting a more accurate idea the extent of work done. I will reiterate that the car is perfect other then a few seams and this would not be picked up by 99% of anyone looking at the car.
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