False advertisement?? Opinions????
03-16-2009, 09:09 PM
#21
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well i just got a call from the folks who have the shortblock. He tore it apart and said he discovered a stock crank with stock pistons and rods, with all of the mains wiped out of it. He said it looked like it APPEARED to have 100k mi+ on it. I plan on visiting the dealer either tomarrow or wednesday.... and you guys probably are right, the previous owner probably DID screw them over. BUT, would you flip a car someone told you was supercharged, and advertise it as such, without popping the hood to look if theres a supercharger???
03-16-2009, 09:13 PM
#22
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well i just got a call from the folks who have the shortblock. He tore it apart and said he discovered a stock crank with stock pistons and rods, with all of the mains wiped out of it. He said it looked like it APPEARED to have 100k mi+ on it. I plan on visiting the dealer either tomarrow or wednesday.... and you guys probably are right, the previous owner probably DID screw them over. BUT, would you flip a car someone told you was supercharged, and advertise it as such, without popping the hood to look if theres a supercharger???
03-16-2009, 10:00 PM
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I don't think it matters if the previous owner had lied. The dealer if as good as said, should have done a good inspection of the vehicle before selling it, and upon that inspection should have looked into all that IMO.
03-17-2009, 10:37 AM
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If he's a truly reputable dealer he may take care of it for you by buying you a stroker shortblock. You may have to eat the cost of time for the labor to do the install. If he doesn't File suit. If that doesn't work there is always a drive by waiting to happen. (just kidding on the drive by).
If the dealer is selling a car as a stroker, and there is obviously no visuial tell tales they should have something more to lean on than the word of the previous owner to advertise it so.
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03-17-2009, 03:44 PM
#28
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You are not absent from blame either. To be brutally honest, you purchased a car with a "stroked 302" without investigating what they meant by the statement. A simple "what is it stroked to?" could have saved you some money. And when you didn't get an answer and/or a contact number for the previous owner to get the details, you should have left it at the dealer.
Here is another reason to blame yourself. You should have spoken to them then.
03-17-2009, 05:01 PM
#29
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wait a min. you mean they arent real?!?!?! ... what about the easter bunny?
03-17-2009, 05:27 PM
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BUT, did YOU "pop the hood" so to speak by asking the right questions and investigating?
You are not absent from blame either. To be brutally honest, you purchased a car with a "stroked 302" without investigating what they meant by the statement. A simple "what is it stroked to?" could have saved you some money. And when you didn't get an answer and/or a contact number for the previous owner to get the details, you should have left it at the dealer.
Here is another reason to blame yourself. You should have spoken to them then.
You are not absent from blame either. To be brutally honest, you purchased a car with a "stroked 302" without investigating what they meant by the statement. A simple "what is it stroked to?" could have saved you some money. And when you didn't get an answer and/or a contact number for the previous owner to get the details, you should have left it at the dealer.
Here is another reason to blame yourself. You should have spoken to them then.
I concur