I bought a beautiful older mercedes, with EVERY service record ever done on the car in a nice little envelope, the car ONLY needed ONE thing ...a new battery... so, I had it towed to my house, paid the seller, and proceeded to jauntily go to the nearest Sears and buy a battery. As I excitedly turned over my old "new" car, it purred happily and quietly. I proceeded to get on the road, and as I drove I was quickly enveloped in a thick white smoke to the point of not seeing the road ahead or behind me. Drivers were honking and yelling at me, calling me a global warming instigator, pollutor, and other slanderous salutations. As I blindly tried to get off the road, I was fearing for my life as well as a few of the slander's, but I made it without too much incident. Finally one of the Roadsmen pulled over and said Why can't you damn Mercedes drivers get your Old Oil Burners off the road, give up the ghost and let the Germans have some dignity for producing a fine car!!
2007-02-15 11:29:43 · 6 answers · asked by Moops 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
White smoke of that magnitude is not oil burning its water, you have a water leak getting on something hot. since it comes from in front, check the hoses and all- Worst case a cracked head- but maybe not.
2007-02-15 11:39:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember always the Latin phrase "caveat emptor," which means let the buyer beware. The New Oxford American Dictionary (we bow to the King's English) says this about caveat emptor: the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made. Herein lies the problem with private purchasing: before you commit to buying whatever it is a person may be selling , have a mechanic look at it.
2007-02-15 11:43:28 · answer #2 · answered by johnbm64 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a horrible story!!
It's because of stories like this that me and my brother in law always argue! I say always get new rather than risk a used one and have THIS happen!
Well honey, hopefully everything will turn out well without having to spend too much money for the repair(s) of the vehicle.
My advice is: Get it fixed and at the first sign of further trouble (hopefully NOT) -- put it up for sale.
I don't think I'll sleep tonight after reading this!
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2007-02-15 12:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by rob1963man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop,and that's one of the oldest tricks in the book is to sell a car without a battery,the maintenance record you saw was probably made up,used car dealers would do this to out of town trade in cars to make them sell better,basically you just got took big time,by a seller,sad part id you bought it as is,and have no recourse at all ,you might be able to salvage this deal yet though,id have it priced and see what kind of a repair bill it was going to take to get it going again,that's the only way to handle this,anything else you do ,and you,ll be at a complete loss with it,i know it sucks to get burned,but by fixing it and driving it,you might get your moneys worth out of it,i doubt you will be able to sell it like this,think it over ,i guess you learned a good lesson from this one,,good luck,i hope this help,s.
2007-02-15 11:42:21 · answer #4 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lesson learned:
#1: never buy a used car that isn't running; if they say something like "oh, it just needs a battery", tell them "great -- you buy and put in a battery, and I'll test drive it. If I buy it, I'll cover the cost of the battery. That won't be a problem, right, since it runs so good?".
#2: never buy a used car without having it inspected by a trusted mechanic; that means YOUR mechanic, not theirs.
2007-02-15 12:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by big_bowl_of_meat 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if they are getting over like that u should put their company in the news saying that they have nothing but lemons and they burned you like that to not buy from them and let them know your got to the BBB for getting over like that on people that not know much about cars tell them they'll be in the news for that tell them to toon in like a promise that they are going to loose business if the don't cover the consequences that's sad but I know there's a lawyer that talk about buying a lemon on TV or on Internet just go on a search don't give them a break
2007-02-23 04:56:04 · answer #6 · answered by anibal t 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋