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- Path: sparky!uunet!tessi!allen
- From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
- Subject: Car question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.235540.8449@tessi.com>
- Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:55:40 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- I'm in the midst of selling a vehicle through a private
- party and a rather strange circumstance has arisen. The
- party wishing to buy the vehicle asked that their reliable
- mechanic check out the car to make sure that it is sound
- and in good shape. I think this is extremely sound and
- prudent and something I will do in the future should I ever
- purchase a used vehicle.
-
- In the course of a brief inspection on the car, the mechanic
- noted that the front windshield is not a factory-installed
- windshield. The windshield has the 'Dot' name on it, instead
- of 'Toyota', which is the make of the car.
-
- Considering that we purchased the car new approx. 1.5 years
- ago, I was really surprised that the windshield was supposedly
- not the one which was factory installed.
-
- I phoned both the dealership I received the vehicle from and
- the auto broker from my credit union who had found the car
- for us. Both of them stated that it's common for cars to
- have sustained damage while in transit and that repairs can
- be made under a certain dollar amount with factory
- authorized parts and said repairs do NOT have to be reported
- to the consumer per Oregon law.
-
- Has anyone else ever heard of this? Since I haven't, I was
- wondering if this is truly common or not. I should probably
- trust the auto broker's word, but I'm just a little bit
- wary. Any knowledge given on this subject is much
- appreciated.
-
-
-
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- Allen Warren
- TSSI -- Beaverton, OR
- Disclaimer: My ramblings are NOT those of TSSI
-