|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 75
CEG\'er
|
OP
CEG\'er
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 75 |
the full sized pic looks to be bare aluminum...it has inconsistent blotching as if it was exposed to chemical substance.....since ive posted this i have located 3 other svt's in the same general area.....so this one isnt my only option......i really appreciate the concern and im not ruling out this car...but for the price i think i can find better/less suspicious cars......
btw if someone actually replaces the svt engine with a duratech is there any recourse for the poor sap that buys the car?....
2000 Contour SVT
#1567
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 5,345
Addicted CEG\'er
|
|
Addicted CEG\'er
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 5,345 |
Originally posted by ToTalXS:
btw if someone actually replaces the svt engine with a duratech is there any recourse for the poor sap that buys the car?....
Since you have another 3 SVTs to choose, don't even bother to go that option (recourse=lawsuit=money=headaches).
"Always do the cheap and easy ones first."
1996 V6 ATX 96K miles
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 301
CEG\'er
|
|
CEG\'er
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 301 |
Originally posted by ToTalXS:
btw if someone actually replaces the svt engine with a duratech is there any recourse for the poor sap that buys the car?....
Unless it was advertised or otherwise put in writing that it has the original engine, I highly doubt it.
'99 Contour Sport V6 MTX
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 5,882
Addicted CEG\'er
|
|
Addicted CEG\'er
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 5,882 |
Originally posted by rearden:
Originally posted by ToTalXS:
btw if someone actually replaces the svt engine with a duratech is there any recourse for the poor sap that buys the car?....
Unless it was advertised or otherwise put in writing that it has the original engine, I highly doubt it.
of course there is. that is plain misrepresentation and fraud. especially if the guy is telling you it is the original engine AND an svt engine. even if he is mistaken in thinking that is (innocent misrepresentation), and it really isnt, there is still the same recourse. if i were going to buy that car, i would definitely get all of what he is saying in writing. the fact that the motor has been swapped to one that is less desireable is a material fact. it defitinely would make the car worth less (or worthless). 
you can try to investigate this car and use this info to talk him down to a lower price on the car but he sounds like the type of guy that is confident with what he is talking about and that he will have no problem selling it.  which is probably true, unfortunately. someone who doesnt know csvts will probably come along and not even think twice about it. i probably wouldnt have when i was shopping for a csvt.
Last edited by svt4stv; 08/02/05 05:30 PM.
Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,097
Hard-core CEG\'er
|
|
Hard-core CEG\'er
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,097 |
I don't think he'd give you anything in writing...99.9% of the time you buy a car, you buy it as is. In fact on a car that old with that many miles...even the title will say as is. There isn't anything you can do if you buy it. Even if there was...your time + cost of litigation won't ever be worth the value of the car.
98 E0 SVT with some stuff
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 9,602
Hard-core CEG'er
|
|
Hard-core CEG'er
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 9,602 |
If you asked them if it was a specific thing (an SVT, SVT engine, SVT UIM, etc) and they said "yes" and it turned out not to be after you bought it then you could sue them for misrepresentation.
It would be an open and shut case for you because your contract decision relied on the information they told you.
Also any contract entered into under misrepresentation is voidable.
Not only that but they could be charged with felony fraud which carries high punitive damages.
2000 SVT #674
13.47 @ 102 - All Motor!
It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,097
Hard-core CEG\'er
|
|
Hard-core CEG\'er
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,097 |
you still forget in some and most states...after the car is a certain age...nothing matters. I've already gone through this ordeal with said mileage on a car that even showed on the odometer...the odometer had been changed...but even the state said it didn't matter due to the age of the car...besides there is no such thing as open and shut in a he said she said arguement.
98 E0 SVT with some stuff
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 39
New CEG\'er
|
|
New CEG\'er
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 39 |
If in doubt, don't buy it. Any after the fact dispute will cost much more than the car is worth. Remember that Justice costs! And right is not free. Too many cars out there to even consider a worrisome deal. Walk on.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
