Overhaulin'

Can you beleive this happened regarding a vehicle and getting ripped off this badly? YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT?

So someone sees a car for sale on a car lot, it says $3,500 So this person goes into the sales office, the next thing they know it says $8,500 on the loan paper work. But for whatever reason they still sign it. It's for a Chevy Cavalier 2001 z24. A few months later the engine and transmission both blow up on the freeway. The owner of the car calls the finance company, the finance company says you have to get the car fixed. So the owner spends $1,600 on a used engine to be put in, Stupidly the guy who put in the engine says after he gets the money ' oh it still won't run because it also needs a new transmission' He NEVER mentioned that. The owner then decides if they had knows that was the case they NEVER would have put in the engine, but just bought a brand new car. Then the finance company calls the house every day bugging the owner and their whole family, pretty soon they work a scheme up to trick the owner into bringing their car to a transmission repair shop, saying that the repairs will all be done for free via the finance company, when the bill for the transmission to be put in it comes to around $2,500 and the finance company and the transmission shop are both calling the owner saying that the owner has to pay it or they will impound the car and ruin their credit. Etc.....so the owner pays for that. Then a few weeks later the owner has no money by now to pay any of their bills and so the car is repossessed, finance company sends a letter saying they sold the car for $200 and that they also need the loan balance of $4,000 . Why didn't they just have the owner pay off their loan balance instead of wasting it on fixing the car? And what's worse is every friend, every relative that the owner asked for advice no one was smart enough to help in any way shape or form, or to figure it out?

Public Comments

1. 1) When buying a used car ALWAYS take it to a mechanic of your choice before buying it to have them check it out for any problems. If the dealer selling the car will not allow you to do this, walk away. The may be hiding something that is wrong with the car. 2) This person should have been more careful when they signed the paperwork when they bought the car. If there was a mistake, it should have been fixed BEFORE he signed it. 3) The finance company cannot tell him he HAS to have it fixed. He can park the car in his garage, and as long as he continues to make payments, the finance company could care less. 4) The repair shop that did the work should have provided a written estimate of what work is needed. If they did not, the owner should have DEMANDED one before any work is done on the car. 5) If the finance company is calling because the owner will not install a new transmission, that would have been grounds for a harassment lawsuit. Again, as long as the payments are being made, the finance company can't do a thing about the car not being in working condition. 6) When the owner brought the car to the transmission shop to be fixed, he should have gotten the deal in WRITING that it was being done at no cost to him, and not take it in until he fully understands the deal. So, in a nutshell, the finance company did a lot of things wrong here, but the owner of the car also should have been a lot more careful about his decisions. ALWAYS get things in writing and make sure everything is in order before committing to any financial deal, whether it is purchasing a car or having one fixed.
2. It sounds like there was a conspiracy against this guy. Also sounds like everyone in town was in on it. He should never buy a car by himself again. None of this story makes any sense.
3. This sounds like something out of a movie...a bad movie or a Steve Martin movie!