Re: Today's Adventure

Posted by Chris Jones on January 02, 2014 at 07:17:48 from (24.148.141.137):

In Reply to: Today's Adventure posted by torwood9 on January 01, 2014 at 19:37:25:

I bought a pickup with tons of hidden problems when I thought I'd ensured it was ok by having it pass safety/emissions inspection as a condition of buying it. Found out brake/turn signals lights didn't work, Back brakes were completely unfunctional. Front disc brake pads were installed upside down--I wasn't even aware that was possible. They'd removed the catalytic converter--the serial number was w/in about 100 of where they started putting them on. I had it inspected a year after buying it and saw for myself the inspector must have gone to that book and back to the truck a dozen times peeking into the filler neck trying to figure out if the leaded fuel restrictor plate had been punched out. He passed it. Careful investigation by me later revealed it should have a cat they just did a good job of covering that up.

It's hard to know if he was trying to cover up known defects or if he truly didn't give things a second thought and didn't know much about how things should be. He wasn't the original owner so I don't know that he was the person who removed the cat for instance. Maybe he always used his slap a sticker on friend for inspections and wasn't taking it there because he needed a sticker w/o looking closely at it. What did irk me was after I paid for it and went to drive off he said, don't forget the gas guage always reads full--it doesn't have much in it". Remember? He never mentioned that--I'd remember if he did. However maybe he'd told so many people about it that he honestly thought he had told me too--but I doubt that.

I learned a lesson the hard way that sometimes people "honestly?" think junk is in great condition. At least all you wasted was time and gas.

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