Car buying horror stories

>car I bought a few weeks ago was having terrible vibration issues and I finally got under it to inspect it.
>As I was jacking up the car a loose bolt just falls from the unknown.
>bolt completely stripped out
>Go to check tranmission mounts and see this shit
>only 1 bolt was holding the flex disc to the transmission and its probably stripped the fuck out too
>mfw I was driving this car at 60 mph

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>Be me
>Go to check out FRESH rx7
>Roll up in my crossover commuter
>Ground is wet from the morning rain
>ultimate cozy in my crossover though
>Park outside of guys home
>Call him and tell him I'm here
>We chat about the car for a bit and I have my tech look at it and run some tests.
>Me and the guy are talking about cars
>Tells me his commuter is a 370z
>Cool cool
>Mine is this crv
>Goes apeshit
>MUH MUH SPIRIT
>MUH RACECAR HERITAGE
>NOT FOR THE NORMIES
>SALE
>IS
>OFF
>Dude legit gets in car...
>floors it
>Dude slides into an embankment
>Car is totaled
>Dude is trapped because ditch is narrow and hes at a weird angle.
>Had to call ems and fire for him
>mfw no cool car for me yet.

This one goes back a bit but its when I was about 17 and buying my first car.
>Be me
>17 year old me
>2008 so I'm still coming down from import tuner craze
>See local ad for "IMPORT CIVIC" "MUST SEE" "PRO BUILT" "CLEAN CAR"
>Let me tell you it was all true
>Every last word was true except it was pro built and taken care of until this current owner got it.
>Car appeared to be spotless until we took it for a test drive
>Wouldn't let me drive
>Could clearly tell this car pulled to the right
>BUH BRO...ITS MASSSSHHIIVEEE TOGHHHHHHHHHKKK STUURRR
>Thing was pushing maybe 700hp to the wheels
>Ask him to get of it a bit and take it to 6 and back down again
>Romps on it
>Engine literally detonates
>There I was
>Sitting on the side of the road with this stranger
>High end performance parts everywhere.
>Ears ringing
>Turbo parts shinned in the mid afternoon sun as they lay on the hot pavement.
>Fuck

NO RACE CAR FOR YOU NEXT

Just one more of my follies trying to get me a fast car.
>Decide to go on over to American Muscle
>This time its a untouched mustang 1999
> Get there.
>Not and old guy
>Maybe in his high 20s
>Wants 15k because maintained at dealers and waxed.
>and and whopping low 70k on the odo

FML.. I wont even get into the bmw and merc guys...those stories are pure horror

I WILL TELL YOU...the story of how I bought my crv though.
>Like new its a 2010 and I bought it in 14 50k miles s kinda a lot for a little time but hes asking 12k.
>Get to persons business
> They were at work so it was easier there.
>As I walk up guy is deep cleaning car
>Mats are literally showroom fresh
>Paint is being corrected and finished
>Wheels polished/ tires new and shined
>Black trim retouched
>Talk to guy for a bit
>Says its a fresh car, always maintained at Honda and offers me a free full tune up if I buy today.
>We talk about internals and miles and I say shit man this is a frsh fucking car for 50k.
>Dude is like WOAH WOAH WOAH...SHES GOT 5K WHERE DID YOU SEE 50K
>oh on the ad mister
>NO NO NO SON...ITS GOT 5K its 5k on the clock.
>Look at odo
>Not even 5k
>its like 4.501
>Take it for a spin.
>Pretty much new car
>guy gave it to me for 10.5k
>Ask the guy why so low...seriously..
>Says the car has made him money nd he needs a bigger car anyways. doesn't want to go to a dealer to sell it because he wants to hand it off to another owner himself.
>mfw new car for used prices

Reading all these stories pisses me off. Why can't I get a slightly sporty old japanese car without it being completely fucked or $7k

>Get up for work
>Eat breakfast and have an hour to kill
>Veeky Forums tells me changing your own oil is easy
>Go to store and buy oil
>Go under my car and can't get the filter off
>End up breaking it and oil spills all over my suit and driveway
>Long story short I take a taxi to work and my boss yells at me for being late
>End up throwing out a new 200 dollar suit cause Veeky Forums has aut/o/ism

what old fucking car do you have that you need to change oil under the car

Are you retarded?

What is a drainplug?

Why the fuck would you change oil in a suit?

Don't wear a suit when changing motor oil.

Cause Jack offs like you buy em and rice em up and so the cycle repeats

It was before work and you fags said it was easy

You've never done an oil change GTFO FAGGOT

I don't believe you

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This is bait

>buy car from relative in Chicago for pretty cheap
>looks pretty clean, he was very anal about his cars and did maintenance himself at every interval to almost OCD levels, kept an excel spreadsheet
>naturally, I think it will be impeccable condition
>begin to notice an exhaust leak, jack it up
>big ass spot rusted right through he exhaust
>fuel line getting pretty rusty
>brake line absolutely fucked, cannot see a spot along the whole thing that isn't rusted
>after I fix all that shit, my condenser dies
>then my transmission

The thing only had like 110k on it, Jesus

That's your own dumbass fault for doing it in a suit, right before work.

Easy, yes. Messy also.

1/2
I just got a great job, and money is rolling in.
Buying a used 2015 STI base, no sunroof for 28k.
8k miles, Owner is in his early 60s. Says it's not for him, his back hurts, blah blah blah.
Inspect the vehicle all over:
2 chips on hood from rocks, a chipped windshield(fixable), a dent/bump in the roof, right above the driver side, rear passenger foot well.
Car smells like old people/ hospital.
USB cable is run through the cubby under the radio(to the ODB2), and an AP3 mount by the radio.
The seller tells me the 'gauge' is the the glove box. I don't say anything, I just open the glove box.
Inside is an Accessport V3.
Seller says "That's it, you can plug in that gauge, and mount it there." He points. I plug it in, I'm scrolling through, and this guy is running a custom tune(from a reputable tuner)?!?! He says: "I don't know much about that, I just use it as a gauge, be careful."
"I'm just going through the menus, I won't change anything.
>(I'm thinking this guy is weird)
I test drive it. is buy it. I'm happy.
Then I find out the power seats aren't working. The dongles where unclipped, easy fix.
Then I noticed the headliner was Alcantara. Like glued on, tucked, and done like a pro job I didn't even notice it for the first week.
>So there I am, at the car wash detailing my interior for the first time, drawing penis's in the microsuade, running my fingers on headliner, I come across a little indentation. WTF?!?! It's under the dent on the roof!!!
>I call the seller leave a message, he never calls back. I call him with my GFs phone, he answers, I ask him about the aftermarket headliner and the dent.
>He says he tripped putting in ski poles(this old dude skis, but the STI is to rough?) He had a buddy put in the headliner. Whatever...
>2 months later Im trying a new vape shop,( my batteries in my vape have been dead since I bought the car.)
>Dude at the vape shop says "Noice Wrex bruh, my buddy had the same car, but he was running Recaros."

2/2
>”Oh yeah”
>”Yeah, sad story bro, he fuckin killed himself”
>I had to ask…”Did he wreck?” I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop…
>”Naw dood...He fucking suck started a Glock, in his ride. They found him in a parking lot by the playground, and his pants around his ankles. TRAP porn Gifs still running on his Samsung S7 when the EMTs got there. His vape pen was full but the batteries were dead.”
>I feel sick. The headliner, the seats, the moron old dude calling the AP3 a ‘gauge,’ A ski pole popped through the headliner and dented the roof?!? Bullshit. BULLSHIT! MY FUCKING VAPORIZER IS FUCKING DEAD AND WON’T TAKE A CHARGE!!!
>What do I do now? I’m in my car, outside of the club. My GF just broke up with me, says the car is creepy as fuck. What’s the point of any of this? All the vape shops are closed, and all I have to suck on is chambered for 9mm.

>Car buying horror stories
literally all of them

I would have taken such good care of it.sigh

>go looking for slightly used B8 A4
>hear they all consume oil
>dgaf
>buy the cheapest one I can find in good cosmetic shape ($10k)
>burns a quart of oil every 200 miles
>put a big turbo on it
>bring it up to the drag strip every weekend and launch the fuck out of it 100+ times
>throw on meth injection system with custom aggressive tune
>150+ mph on the interstate
>100+ more 4k rpm launches at the drag strip
>finally shred teeth off my balance shaft gear grenading my motor
>buy motor out of a 2013 A4 with 25k miles for 2.5k and toss it in in a few days with all the fast parts I had on the old one
>runs perfect and burns no oil
>comfy 12 second car for cheap af
and now I'm bored

like me? where did I say was gonna rice it out you little nigger

This has to be made up, please tell me someone isn't actually this stupid.

Not everyone pulls the motor out for an oil change, Red Green.

kek

You earned this (you). Good job.

>he doesn't wear a suit when he changes the oil
>he probably doesn't even have a suit for when he's refurbishing his gearbox
Absolutely and disgustingly plebian. How does it feel, to live a life utterly devoided of style and substance?

>thinking they woudlnt get at least a little dirty when changing the oil

There's a recall for the 2.0TFSI in 08-11 models for that oil issue.

>2012 January 27th
>Be a boot Marine
>Just hit fleet
>Stationed in Havelock NC
>Be looking for car at stealership off of base
>Just want a stickshift, RWD that is not a sports car
>This is apparently next to impossible to find
>Dealers literally can't understand that I don't want a new "Custom" Mustang
>Finally find a 2007 Ram 1500, RWD, V6, 6spd Manual
>Fuck while typing this green txt story the cheese from my pizza slid off into my lap
>Fuck it is hot...it hurts...why do I eat naked?
>Anyways...Dealer want 14k for it
>Decide I want the truck but I want to do some online checking about it
>Next morning the dealer calls me
>They will knock it down to 12k if I come buy it that day
>Hell yeah, so I go down to buy it
>"Hey man I talked to my manager and 10k is the best we can do"
>lol...wut? (I wasn't going to haggle...was prepared to pay 12k)
>begin wondering what is wrong with the truck...but the carfax came up good...
>buy it, get 3.75% interest rate because while I'm a boot I also entered the Marine Corps late in life and had good credit.
>at 135k miles now...truck is still running great

oh really thanks I didn't know that because I'm obviously an idiot and don't know anything

Dude, no way really? That's crazy. Man I wish I knew that 2 years ago.

Also, did you know lots of Mazda cars have rotary engines? They're pretty cool. You should look them up, there are lots of videos on YouTube about how they work.

That's mopar for you

...What...
...the...
...fuck...

Get tf out of Veeky Forums

> Also, did you know lots of Mazda cars have rotary engines? They're pretty cool. You should look them up, there are lots of videos on YouTube about how they work.
Are you high? Everyone knows that

Checked

Yes people are that stupid and cars make dumb people even dumber. there goes a rx7 spirit...totaled in one foul rage. I would have kept that car in a climate controlled garage and taken it out on fare weather days to showcase its amazingness. This fucking tool had it in a shitty garage with a shitty car cover.

Very sad, but there was probably something wrong with it, then. At least the shitdick put it out of its misery.

Quads don't lie, GET OUT

Yeah your probably right. He seemed like he didn't even know which sprit it was and just addressed it as rx7 type sprit like I wasn't going to catch the fuck on

>wake up
>plenty of time to kill before work
>run to the store
>pick up oil and filter
>never worked on a car before, but I had the wrench handy for the drain plug
>put on my new $200 suit just for the occassion
>jack up car, lay under it in my nice suit
suit is really nice btw
>can't get filter off
>think it must be broke
>if not, I better break it anyway
>break the filter open
>get dirty oil all over my super new nice $200 suit
>oh well, better not try and complete the job even though I'm practically there and can probably get a really good grip on the filter now that it's broken
>i'll just wait on a cab and be late for work
>had to throw away my suit though
really nice suit.

>see ad on Craigslist for a 88 Cressida
>go to check it out with my then GF
>it's winter
>it's snowing
>it's already dark, we didn't get out there until about 6:30 or so
>wont start
>use my truck to jump it
>he's telling me how it's the top of the line, Lexus before they were Lexus
>all this jazz
>i'm just interest in the straight 6 RWD cruising beast
>let him yap
>finally get it started
>won't stay running
>have to keep on gas
>if you turn lights on it dies instantly
>doesn't shift gears auotmatically either
>have to literally start it in 1 and progressively shift the auto-lever
>he keeps neutral dropping it because he has to keep revs up
>driving at night with no lights on
>he's asking 1500
>offer 700 cash on the spot
>he declines
>feels bad man, really kind of wanted it
>it was in good overall shape, one fender dent and some oxidation on the hood
>interior was really well kept
>part ways not able to come to terms on a deal
fast forward a few more years
>see cressy again on CL
>same seller
>just been sitting probably since I looked at it
>he's asking 900 for it now

I thought about it.. But I really don't have space for it, as much as I'd love to have it.

200$ isn't even much for a suit.

was a really nice suit

do people not crawl under a car before buying it? whats wrong with you fucks...

I love deals like that.


Bought an '04 E-150 with 60k on the odometer way back in 2008. Guy was upside down on the loan. He owed $12k and wanted out. I somehow managed to snag it for $5.5k after taxes.

Also somehow managed to sell a rebuilt titled 200k mi. Biturbo Audi running the original turbos that weeped oil for $1200.

As a side note, F-150's are overpriced trash, buy yourself anything else if you need a real truck and save a lot of bucks

This is why you don't buy cars from Veeky Forums

>looking at a cheap shitmobile that i want just to drive around with
>car looks in ok condition, ad has no pics of the engine or anything though
>messaging the owner back and forth about it
>try asking about the mechanical history and stuff like that
>questions keep being deflected by shit like
>oh the hubcaps are like brand new
>its got a new steering wheel cover
>like i give a fuck about any of that
>ask when the clutch or timing belt was last done
>almost 15 min pause before next message
>'the engine is ok'
>god fucking help me
>already arranged to come out and look at this car i know next to nothing about
>just dont fucking show up lel

>The Horror Never Stops
Holy shit.

>Friend buys Jeep Commander
>It literally turns off for reason in the middle of the highway

It never happened again, he took it to a dealer and they couldn't find anything wrong with it. He sold it since he was so worried it would happen again

>selling my first car
>Guy comes to look at it
>It won't start

I had it for a year and this was the only time it didn't start. I have no idea why, it started fine as soon as he left

>jeep

Well theres your problem

>selling first car
>guy comes to look at it
>it has no plates, i have no license and the car is entirely unroadworthy
>we take it for a test drive anyways
>he buys it for my asking price in cash
me while driving that fucking thing in broad daylight
youtube.com/watch?v=9D-QD_HIfjA

People still fall for Cobbs jewery?

>$200
>"""""nice"""""
PICK ONE

It's possible for cheap suits to look nice.

Yeah no it needs to be AT LEAST 1500$ more to start being considered "nice"

...

>looking to buy E30
>text seller
>says he's moving and doesn't want to take the car
>says it has no rust
>very adamantly says NO RUST
>refuses to send any pictures other than the one on Craigslist
>try to arrange a time to look at the car
>I actually live 3 hours away from the car so I'd be making a very special trip to come see you, you better appreciate it and be planning on buying the car
>literally says that
>I had hardly seen it
>I tell him to just hold off and we can arrange something else
>find his street on Google maps
>Drive around his neighborhood until I see the car
>It has a giant rust hole in the roof
Thanks dude

>get in car
>depress clutch and turn ignition
>huhuhuVVVRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>shift to reverse
>DINK
>blast edm
>drive normally

Bro. I bought a custom fitted dkny reserve suit for 300 cad. They literally measured me and tailored everyrhing to perfection and its sexy. Had it dry cleaned 7 or 8 times and no problems. Youre a tag fag. I bet you drive a 1985 bmw 7 series shitbox because MUHHHH bmw

I sold a car to a shit show of a buyer
>selling my black 02 540i Msport with the automajic
>the car is in immaculate condition but has close to 200k on the clock
>car is worth 5k tops
>incomes friend
>dude I guarantee you won't list it and sell it for 10k
>list car on Craigslist for 10k
>talk about blah blah blah immaculate this
>blah blah new guides
>get a text saying "my name is Annie and I'm interested in your BMW"
>woman
>wanting 10k for a BMW that's worth 5k tops
>mysides.mp3
>say sure
>next day she shows up
>JUST GOT HER FUCKING LICENSE and her dad is with her
>typical snotty rich bitch attitude
>has no fucking clue what to look for so awkward science
>ma'am I replaced...
>CAN WE TEST DRIVE IT
>ok
Jesus fuck I have never been more terrified in my life
>doesn't yield on a left almost causing my car to get T boned
>almost rear ends some asshat
>texting her friend WHILE DRIVING
>oh lawd when will this end
>get home
>so the car is listed for 10k
>"is everything fixed"
>YOU JUST DROVE IT.
>tell her everything that has been done to the car
>"ok daddy hand him the money"
>doesn't even try haggling the price
>tell my friend what happend.
>he's in laughing his ass off.

10 fucking grand for that turd. Holy shit. I saw it a couple days ago with a massive dent in the fender.

Can I get the basic gestalt on Cobbs jewery? Sounds horrific(staying on topic).

Going to look at my Mark VIII:
1. Being sold by scrapyard
Listing notes it has some dents, broken grille, and a missfire, 88k on the clock
>Its not missing it has a massive hole in the exaust where bubba tried to weld in a test pipe and deleted an O2 sensor
>Interior has not been cleaned since the Clinton administration power seat circuit dead, drivers mirror fucked, rear view mirror hanging by wire
>every door and quarter panel dented or creased
>Steering sticks at end stops vibrates like a magic wand, pulls like the rear toe is out, both front brakes hanging, power steering fluid and brake fluid as black as Mr. Popo

>Actually no rust, and somehow despite the engine being pretty obviously sludged and down an O2 sensor it still runs like a raped ape 4R70W shifts crisper then any other i've driven

So long and the short is that i bought it for like 900$, fixed the exaust, overhauled the suspension, replaced a bunch of cheapo sensor (ECT, DPFE, TPS), seafoamed the intake, did a grille fixed the mirrors and power seats and now it melts tires :)

Word. I love my little crv... Love putting around town jamming to some sade. Did I mention its an EX-L trim. hubba hubba

Go look at their website and see. They lock the devices down per car and charge you to take a course to get their software suite regardless of your experience and you have to take said course for each access port you have.

Soooo which brand of domestic was it? Ford, Chevy, Chrysler?

85 7-series is best 7 tho

>messaging the owner back and forth about it
>almost 15 min pause before message
>already arranged to come out and look
>just dont fucking show up lel
you are the cancer

kek, at least it happened during the test drive my dude

Fuuuuuck that looks amazing, user

ikr right.

The seats could still use new covers, the interior has a glue on wood dealer option installed that looks like shit i need to remove still, plus the body still needs help but I'm glad its at least presentable from the right angle at 20ft haha

When user wins.

>Had to call ems and fire for him
I would've just drove off in my "fagmobile" while he enjoyed the ditch with his hot shit car.

I also love my CRV so that probably affects my response as well.

>last month
>buy 05 Lexus IS300 for 7500
>impulse buy due to depressing times upon me
>Memorial Day weekend
>leaving state to travel in my new Lex and visit my
>visit probation officer to inform of leave
>return home because I forgot some things
>upon leaving, some nigger backs into my car as I leave my apartment complex
>damage was 7500; totaled
>97k
>mfw I've lost yet another dream car by negligence of another driver
>mfw insurance valued my car at 10k

No so much of a horror story in the car but more of a paper work shit fuck.

>be looking for new car in college
>Be working out at college gym
>Scrolling kijiji and Randomly type in 4AGE
>One fucking hit
>in my price range
>EMAILSOFAST.jpg
>Dude seems to be legit guy
>Get a ride down to see the car
>Car is in good condition
>Needs new rear brakes
>Haggle down from $2500 to $1900
>Fill out paperwork yadayadayada
>Missed one box, over look it

>Two days later, back in college town
>Try to get Rego on car
>Evil DMV lady says "YOU NEED THIS BOX FILLED OUT ON THIS PAPER AND IT HAS TO BE THE ORGINAL DOCUMENT"
>Brain fucking dies
>Resond with, "Have a nice day" and walk out
>Middle of winter, sell is back in home city
>Email and text him that i need him to fill out the one box he missed
>Dude says he can do it friday
>Be stuck in college town with no car for a week.
>Get a Ride to home town from college town
>Sell is a upstanding guy and fills it out

Everything got sorted out, fuck DMV's

Seller:
It's ok, belive me, I'm a mechanic

>Internal combustion

Well theres your problem

good job. I can't understand all my buddies buying the dumbest fucking shit for 27% interest rates. The only cars I bought while in were a 89 Civic hatch and an 07 Focus hatch. the Civic I sold to my brother (which then died under his care) and I finally sold the Focus last year to buy my CRX.

Fuck off. If you can't be arsed to answer the buyer's questions, you are the cancer.

Here in the states you could have gotten temporary tags, or just run no tag and kept the old Title on your person until you got it sorted out.

this. if you can't answer a question you are trying to rip them off, it's that simple. even answering with idk is better. scammers need to be hanged.

dunno if those are like chevies but chevies run like complete ass with bad batteries. wont idle, misses dies randomly and so on

No you can't, not in every state. There are a few states, but I live in a state that only allows the car to be driven straight home from a private seller. After that, it has to sit till it is registered and plated. If bought from a dealer, it can't leave the lot till it is registered and plated. Also, it is dumb for a private seller to hand over the keys till the title is transferred. Reason is if the buyer decides to do some illegal stuff with it while still in your name, the cops knock on your door.

>refurbishing your gearbox
lmao you don't put in a new one every 100 shifts? Aboslutely disgusting.

>200 dollars suit
>nice
Hi there NEET. I recently bought a cheap 800 dollar suit.

100% this. I went through fucking hell buying the last mustang I had because retards wouldn't answer basic questions after I prefaced our conversation with I have your price in cash and I'm interested.