I think my dealer covered up an accident.

msb3079 · 12-29-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

Dealer demo car, dealers can use a car to let people test drive it and the miles can add up over the year. Also, dealers can 'use' a car to drive around for personal use without it being registered, but are limited to so many miles before it must be legally registered.

Yeah, apparently the dealership owner's wife was driving it. That's what I was told at least... but who knows.

theDreamer · 12-29-2011, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by msb3079

Yeah, apparently the dealership owner's wife was driving it. That's what I was told at least... but who knows.

I would believe that, but they may have left out the: "Owners wife was driving it and......'

msb3079 · 12-29-2011, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

I would believe that, but they may have left out the: "Owners wife was driving it and......'

Well, yeah... exactly.

280z/300zx · 12-29-2011, 11:55 AM

Heard about a similar issue with a STR-4 neon back in 2006. Apparently some guy got on the SRT forums warrning people about a particular SRT-4 at a dealership. I guess he was at the dealer when one of the employs, after joyriding in a NEW SRT, pulled in with the front bumper hanging off. Can't remember the details but essentially the dealer did the repairs and still had the car on the showroom floor as new. Luckily the guy reported it on the forums and it got enough attention that eventually the dealer had to ship it off to another dealer out of state. Unfortunately some other poor soul probably ended up with it.

During the discussions on the forum it was said that if a car is damaged while NEW in care of the dealer the damages could be repaired, the car sold as new still, and the issues never had to be disclosed. Apparently this is common practice as minor damage is common when loading and unloading cars off boats/trucks. Not sure if this is 100% accurate info but this was posted by several different people at that time.

msb3079 · 12-29-2011, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 280z/300zx

Heard about a similar issue with a STR-4 neon back in 2006. Apparently some guy got on the SRT forums warrning people about a particular SRT-4 at a dealership. I guess he was at the dealer when one of the employs, after joyriding in a NEW SRT, pulled in with the front bumper hanging off. Can't remember the details but essentially the dealer did the repairs and still had the car on the showroom floor as new. Luckily the guy reported it on the forums and it got enough attention that eventually the dealer had to ship it off to another dealer out of state. Unfortunately some other poor soul probably ended up with it.

During the discussions on the forum it was said that if a car is damaged while NEW in care of the dealer the damages could be repaired, the car sold as new still, and the issues never had to be disclosed. Apparently this is common practice as minor damage is common when loading and unloading cars off boats/trucks. Not sure if this is 100% accurate info but this was posted by several different people at that time.

Well I could almost understand that. It sounds like the difference between a minor repair that doesn't effect other things versus a major repair that seems to have effected other things on my car.

jayl · 12-29-2011, 12:21 PM

thats sad! can you run a carfax with your vin to try to get more info?

I hope with 3k miles you got the car at a very discounted price! The local dealer here tried to sell me a car that had 3k miles also. On the phone I was told it was NEW when I got there found out it had 3k miles since it was their demo car... so I said bye bye and left.

theDreamer · 12-29-2011, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jayl

thats sad! can you run a carfax with your vin to try to get more info?

I hope with 3k miles you got the car at a very discounted price! The local dealer here tried to sell me a car that had 3k miles also. On the phone I was told it was NEW when I got there found out it had 3k miles since it was their demo car... so I said bye bye and left.

Something like that will not show up on carfax, anything that happens at a dealership prior to it being titled will not show up.

msb3079 · 12-29-2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jayl

thats sad! can you run a carfax with your vin to try to get more info?

I hope with 3k miles you got the car at a very discounted price! The local dealer here tried to sell me a car that had 3k miles also. On the phone I was told it was NEW when I got there found out it had 3k miles since it was their demo car... so I said bye bye and left.

$7,000 off. Seemed worth it. But with my experiences over the past year, it was not.

I highly doubt anything would come up on CarFax if the car was never sold. They seem dumb, but not that dumb. I'm sure they had the dude across the street repair it.

12-29-2011, 12:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
jayl Track Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: md Posts: 813 Drives: 09 370z base MT Rep Power: 16	thats sad! can you run a carfax with your vin to try to get more info? I hope with 3k miles you got the car at a very discounted price! The local dealer here tried to sell me a car that had 3k miles also. On the phone I was told it was NEW when I got there found out it had 3k miles since it was their demo car... so I said bye bye and left. __________________ -Jay

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12-29-2011, 11:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
280z/300zx Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Nevada Posts: 689 Drives: 280z, 300zx, Vette Rep Power: 272	Heard about a similar issue with a STR-4 neon back in 2006. Apparently some guy got on the SRT forums warrning people about a particular SRT-4 at a dealership. I guess he was at the dealer when one of the employs, after joyriding in a NEW SRT, pulled in with the front bumper hanging off. Can't remember the details but essentially the dealer did the repairs and still had the car on the showroom floor as new. Luckily the guy reported it on the forums and it got enough attention that eventually the dealer had to ship it off to another dealer out of state. Unfortunately some other poor soul probably ended up with it. During the discussions on the forum it was said that if a car is damaged while NEW in care of the dealer the damages could be repaired, the car sold as new still, and the issues never had to be disclosed. Apparently this is common practice as minor damage is common when loading and unloading cars off boats/trucks. Not sure if this is 100% accurate info but this was posted by several different people at that time.