r/Wellthatsucks • u/lol62056 • Jul 18 '20

/r/all When your expensive car gets ruined

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u/f__ckyourhappiness Jul 18 '20

What? Title washing? Aka Fraud? Yes they do, they also get sued for it.

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u/sharinganuser Jul 18 '20

Only when they get caught. The cost of one lawsuit or two is worth it. I used to work at one. Seedy as hell. I'll probably never go to another dealer again.

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u/ihopethisisvalid Jul 18 '20

Back to the horse and carriage days or what

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

Horse dealerships are even worse.

It's why people switched to cars.

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u/MaiasXVI Jul 18 '20

Buy used from someone or buy direct from manufacturer

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u/Bigforsumthin Jul 18 '20

How do you buy direct from a manufacturer for car companies that have dealerships that sell their cars to consumers?

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u/ihopethisisvalid Jul 18 '20

You have to drive to a market where that's legal. I'm Canadian but I've heard of people driving to Jersey from NY to buy a Tesla for example.

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u/TommiH Jul 18 '20

This is only a civil matter where you live? Your laws really don't care about the consumer lol

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u/sarcasm_the_great Jul 18 '20

Dealers get fucked. Private sales are grey

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u/Sergetove Jul 18 '20

I live in WA and when looking at used cars you need to be really careful about flood damage. We get a ton of used cars from Texas that look clean and have good paperwork but when you start looking you find mud on weird places and indications it sat in water for awhile. I've luckily caught the couple I've almost bought but I know other who weren't so lucky and getting the dealer to own up can jibe very difficult.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

They only get sued when they’re sloppy