>mfw I bought a 1990 corvette >mfw I got a good deal >mfw niggers say I over paid >mfw shit breaks literally every week >mfw I've already spent $2k in repair >mfw that's 2k in parts not labor >mfw I've literally rebuilt the car >mfw passenger side blows smoke >mfw head gasket goes >mfw clutch is fucked >mfw heater core goes >mfw even more shit breaks >mfw I've barely driven it >mfw I drive it softly >mfw the fucking thing breaks more
>mfw I've only owned it 1 month
Anthony Parker
Coulda had a corolla
Elijah Jenkins
...but did you have an independent mechanic look at it before buying it first?
Asher Davis
Shoulda bought a C3
Nicholas Ortiz
you overpaid, clearly. how did you break the clutch so soon though
Kayden Reyes
>not knowing how much I paid >not knowing the mileage
Grayson Diaz
You BOUGHT a corvette. You clearly overpaid.
Jason Lopez
I'm not going to say how much I paid because clearly I'll be fucked over with bull shit but I did get an extremely good deal, you can't say I over paid
Michael Powell
how did you fuck the clutch so soon
Austin Nguyen
the retards on this bord will say if you paid anything over 800 you got raped but they love talkking about buying cars off lots with a 20percent markup for financing
Nathan Barnes
You gave someone perfectly good money for a Corvette so you couldn't have gotten a good deal.
Jackson Scott
I bought it knowing it wasn't perfect but expected it to last a while. The fucker drops to the floor now. And I know I drove it correctly
Luke Jones
>The fucker drops to the floor now
Probably a bad slave or master cylinder. Not a huge deal
Robert Gonzalez
You're fault you didn't check it out enough, or have someone look at it. Shoulda checked to see if a woman owned it.
Jace Rogers
Start floating gears. Am curious about how much you paid.
Jayden Thompson
I drove all the way to Delaware to buy it. For whatever reason, where I live, the 6 speed manuals are rare so the prices of them are jacked up. I bought it for $5900 in Delaware and I could sell it for $8000 where I live after I get it fixed up just because it's a manual
Elijah Ross
>rides the bus
Aiden Jones
Course he probably didn't
Charles Bell
>I've literally rebuilt the car >Everything is still broken Sounds like you just suck at owning cars.
William Howard
What exactly is it you guys think that mechanics do during a pre-purchase inspection? Because I can tell you it isn't anything that is going to catch any of the problems OP is currently going through.
Genuine question. I see a lot of underage/nocar on Veeky Forums that believe mechanics "open up the engine" and "check things out" during a pre-purchase inspection. I get a good laugh out of it
Dominic Nelson
>2k in parts
My ass. Parts for Chevys are $3.
Ryan Nguyen
Parts for the clutch was over $1k
Aaron Miller
independent mechanic here
everyone says they're going to THEN NOBODY FUCKING EVER DOES
Daniel Anderson
Course they're not going to open the fucken engine, but the simple fact is that if you don't know shit about cars (like most of the population) then at least someone on the spot does and can pick up all the simple, shitty stuff that they wont. Bald tyres, blowing smoke, oil leaks, overheating, worn synchros, tappet rattles etc For someone that does know cars, I take one simply because its a 2nd opinion and to slap me back to reality so I don't get all starry eyed about something shiny.
Michael Davis
What did you expect with a 25yo sports car? Hope its not your DD lol.. I've walked away from several deals in which the seller wouldn't allow a third party inspection. It's downright stupid not to.
Josiah Thomas
I expect to do work on it every month or two, not once a week when you barely drive the fucking thing
Adrian Taylor
I just bought a used car a month ago. Before I even wasted the owners time and mine, I had the car taken to an indie mechanic. It was enlightening, because the bill of health I got from the mechanic was more thorough than the dude selling the car. Even though the seller was being honest, the mechanic does that shit 5 days a week. Also, the information I got from the mechanic allowed me to haggle on the price
It's a $100 to $150 up front for the indie mechanic, but a buyer can save $1,000 or more through haggling after the mechanic is done. To me, using an indie mechanic is a no brainer for a used car purchased from a private party.
Hunter Hall
why does a clutch for a chevy cost 1000?
Sebastian Nguyen
What were the problems the mechanic caught?
Charles Bailey
>spent more than 4 dollars for a clutch
Liam James
>finds cheapest corvette you could find on craigslist >"corvette is shit everything always breaks"
Logan Ross
parts tend to be affordable. it's the installation that gets ya. either learn to wrench, or get a better paying job.