Got ripped off, Advice please.

[Denis]

doesn't carfax show mileaqge?

[quick-bowtie]

Insted of going through all the B.S. and wasting time over $6,800. Just relist it with the TRUE milege and resell it if your not happy with the car. Those cars have a following and bring decent money and getting your money back should be easy heck you might even make a dollar.. I know your letting a crook off but for the little money invested Id try to clean it up and make a $1000 off it and then call the crook back and say thanks for the $1000 A**HOLE.

[blackbeast]

carfax does show mileage, and the last time it was reported a couple of years ago, it was under what he told me.

as for reselling it. herein lies the problem. There is no way i could get what i paid (6,800) for a car with 149k miles needing front seat bottoms, and 1-2k in bodywork to be in good condition (Crunched quarter). i am planning on keeping the car, but with this mileage i grossly overpaid.

[PeteLeathersac]

Go run the crap out of it for a while....things will feel a whole lot better then! .

Sometimes it's best to just shuck the pride thing, leave the jerkoffs behind and save yourself the frustrations of a continuing saga....life's too short. .

Use the money you would've spent fighting the clown on fixing the seats etc. and the value should surpass what you paid sooner than later. .

Way cool cars anyway you look at it....have fun! .

~ Pete

[COPO427]

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basically it's a well known problem with these cars. There are 3 resistors on the dash assembly that overheat, the solder comes loose, and the digital odometer no longer lights up. resolder the resistors, or replace them with a readily available kit, and viola, odometer lights up.

attorney general is a great idea, wanted somewhere to start other than the short and unhelpful police i've dealt with so far.

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I guess since it's an easy fix, the next time I hope you'll tell the guy if he minds if you fix the speedo, then you'll see how fast he backs off with the reading he gave you or tells you to leave if it's a lie.

[Mark_C]

If the last carfax report is a couple (2?) of years old and the mileage was under 88K, how did it get to 149K in 2 years? Thats over 70K, or 35K a year. Seems like alot to me. Was the ECU replaced at some time? Would that bring the mileage with it, if it was.

[blackbeast]

i'm not really sure, but as far as the the value is concerned, for all practical purposes there is no documentation of a odo or speedo changes the car has 149xxx.

anyways have been talking with an attorney, and the illinois atty. general. Attorny thinks i have a good case to recover money, still trying to persue fraud through atty. general. will know more on monday.

basically, you can't misrepresent something when you sell it, even though you sell "as is". i.e. you can't say it has a solid gold steering wheel, when it actually has a gold painted steering wheel.

this will probably be the last time i update this for a while until i finally get the car titled ( another long story) and decide what legal action i will take. I will post everything i've learned, i'm sure it will be helpful for some people.