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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
Like I said, I don't know how much work they did to make sure the car was a good candidate. There's a good chance they just walked into that dealership and were fed the "Here's the car of your dreams, you must buy it!" line from the cars salesman. And now it's back at the same dealership for that $3,500 or more transmission swap.
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I don't have my vehicles inspected prior to purchase because a mechanic is going to do the same basic things, with the most important simply driving the car and observing if it runs smoothly or not.
That's the thing with stealerships, that they have no information on the history of the vehicle, and no personal experience to convey. At least with private party you can talk to the person. If they're dirtbags they won't even clean the car before showing it, indicating something about the lack of care they had for the vehicle. The stealership will clean all surfaces giving the appearance of immaculate care.
It's fairly common for someone to trade in a vehicle knowing an issue is developing, knowing the stealership isn't going to thoroughly inspect it or be aware of issues when assigning a trade in value. They build enough profit margin into the trade in, and pawn these poor vehicles off on buyers that they have little interest in thorough inspection. In fact, the less they "know" about a vehicle, the less their requirement to disclose problems.
There's a reason used car dealers have a poor reputation.