Looking4new
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Mine got checked yesterday when the Jeep got serviced.
Car dealership is a crook.
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Mine got checked yesterday when the Jeep got serviced.
Zerk
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I am not sure how this became an attack on her.
I agree. The talking points should have come up, and the discussion. Doesn't matter if she is 16 or 60, crack head mother, or a virgin
Zerk
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For many people it is not weeping, they don't check.
If you pay someone change your oil, it may get checked. Assuming they really do. The people that change their own oil, I suspect don't check that often, unless it is weeping.
Someone told you they checked it. You did not.
Zerk
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I am still curious how we are over 6K apart. I went to Kelly Blue Book. Did you, or did your expereince just tell you, you are right?
The problem, these days is everyone's feeling is involved. Used to be a way to do things, and things got done. Now a guy winds up on Barbara Walters or the witness stand.
Zerk
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I didn't do an in depth search. But it may be she just picked a bad brand. A few things come up transfer case
Zerk
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I entered it again. Don't want to be called a liar, if I am just mistaken. KBB says $22-25k
Kelley Blue Book
I suppose you could say, my zip code add 7 grand.
Sigarms
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Our lives are determined by the choices we make (added If you're atheist, perhaps a sprinkle of good and dumb luck, and for others perhaps by the grace of God).
I've bought nothing but used cars since my first VW in the 80's. The first car I did have to have my parents co sign for it, and they ran me through the routine as far as getting everything in writing as well as having the car checked out within the warranty period by a second party (added to see if you can contact the original owner, as back then you didn't have other means to check a vin number LOL). The next couple of cars I didn't need their signature anymore, but I went to them on advice / feedback on what to look for. Now I just go in with cash in hand and look for the best deal vs value. Last car we bought we drove 3 hours into Virginia to pick up at a dealership we found online for our "family car" (Honda Pilot, older model with 65k on it when we bought it, for less than 15k). No problems as of yet other than standard maintenance after putting 80k on it.
Could the dealership of handled this differently for your cousin? Sure could of. Would I go back there if I was the buyer in the same situation? No way I'd go back (I wouldn't of put myself in that position to begin with).
That said, the dealer is NOT a crook given the circumstances. A USED vehicle was bought with a warranty. That warranty expired and a problem was found out AFTER the warranty expired. Again, could the dealership of handled it differently? Yes. But they didn't. They (dealership) may not understand the concept of customer service and trying to earn business, but again, they are not a crook. Should the dealer stand behind their service work? Yes, however, what was bought was a used with a written warranty.
If I buy a used car and the dealer said they did service on the vehicle, I don't really care, I'm still having someone I trust check out the car. This is a basic used car buying practice that covers the buyers back. Your cousin by not trying to protect her LARGE investment, through her own lack of actions, did contribute to this situation. This is what you call a learning experience. Since her own parents or boyfriend apparently didn't understand this concept of buying a used car, perhaps she will learn from it.
I do sincerely hope things work out for her in her favor, but I wouldn't bank on it.
Not really, but I try to save what money I can when it's reasonable to do so. My point was that for just about any other fluid or even parts, there are a variety of choices and prices available, not so with that particular fluid, GM and only GM as far as I can tell, is the only people that make it. And yeah, $9 for a quart of of just about anything is high priced.
Zerk
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You act like she is buying VCR out of a van.
While getting it looked at by 3rd party is good. Myself, I haven't done it at dealers. I did have a strut fail 3 weeks after I bought it. They fixed it. If not, would not have been end of world.
You are making big assumption, that the mechanic would have caught it. Maybe you think they are magician and will save you on your big purchase, so you feel good. The thing wasn't making noise at time of sale. A mechanic might not have been able to diagnois it.
You have made many assumptions about this women, that I have seen nothing about in this thread. Maybe you know her family life from some other thread. If not you are making big assumptions. I am surprised you didn't accuse her of getting knocked up in high school, and having to drop out, buying this with wellfare money.
The lesson I take away, is if you here a noise get it looked at as soon as possible. But as an adult, who has owned a few, driving over 40k a year, I know how sometimes you think it is nothing, or you are trying to figure it out, or waiting for a good time to get it in because of work.
Myself I would whine to dealer, try to cut a deal on labor. But it was a used car.
Real moral of the story, is don't by jeeps. That thing had low mileage.
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Zerk
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I hear ya. I run lots of synthetics, which are $9 a quart. I do try to find gallon or larger for big fluid change outs.
What ticks me off, is Harley does sell their syn oil in gallon, but same price as buying 4. Might as well buy 4 because it is easier to handle.
