I always wanted a ITR and my chance came a month ago when I was on auto trader and a *family* owned dealer had a 01 PY ITR with only 8 thosand miles for only 21500. So of course I was the happiest man alive. Car faxed it and it came out clean. My credit got approved and I was driving down to NYC from boston to trade in my 00 EBP Si in for the itr. I came down there and the car looked perfect at the time when I seen it in the showroom and when I drove it home. After a couple of days of owning it, I noticed there was some major problems with the car. The reason I didnt get to get it to get looked by a mechanic is I was 4 hours away from home and I jus didnt know any places around nyc to get it looked at, and plus I guess I was too excited about finally gettin my ITR. My mechanic at home took a look at it and told me its been hit in the front left fender pretty hard because when he looked under the hood, he could see where they welded the frame together and it was cracking,whole car was repainted and there was a ton of over spray, The engine was making some really odd sounds which I thought all all ITRs make because of no sound deadening materials, the tranny all of a sudden sometimes wouldnt let me go into first gear,speakers in the back were blown,atenna wouldnt go up or down,No ITR number jus black,hole in interior near the back,leakin power steering hose,my header heatshield was silver instead of black.Well I'm happy to say I called them up and threatened them about the issues and they let me get my money back but I sold them my SI and gave me the difference I owed the bank(So I didnt have to worry about insurance and car payments for the Si)It took me actually a month to get over this ordeal, I couldnt eat or sleep for that one whole week when I had that ITR. Well now Im driving a 89 crx for the time being so I can save up for either another ITR or a brand new s2000.I know it was all of my fault for being dumb but at least I learned a big lesson in life
Thanks for anyone that actually read this long story

 

damn y0! Always check out a car top to bottom if its used! Lucky you got your money back.

 

Damn that sucks. but lesson learned eh!?

Glad it turned out for the better

 

Sorry ...
Could have been worse!

 

Man...that is so wrong. Sorry man.

 

Glad things turned out ok. Next time buy from Honda-Tech. There are lots of reputable members that are selling their ITR's

 

Yeah I know I was lucky to get my money back, The ITR was everything I thought it was.Maybe next time I wont be so unlucky

 

Sorry to hear about what happened. Be patient. As you said, the right ITR is everything, and worth waiting for. Good luck

 

glad to hear things turned out. glad you learned what to look for now. i'm sure you being overexcited played a factor in a "hurried" buy. check these boards tho, alotta nice ITR's for sale.

 

you are one lucky bastard

 

Someone was watching over your ***!


Go and buy a new S2000, less headaches with theif and such.

 

man ive been reading up a lot of stories on frauds and people getting scammed. Your story was long... but i needed a happy ending. You are very lucky to get your money back man. good luck in the future.


[Modified by brokentomorrow, 1:36 AM 10/2/2002]

 

Sorry to hear that. i was suprised to see that you got your money back. At least you got the privelage of driving an R for a while.... goodluck finding another one.

 

sorry to hear abou that man.
Well at least that's the ONLY time it would ever happen to you....RIGHT?

 

wow.

at least you got out of owning that rotten ITR.

 

Dang...that's so wrong! At least you got out of it.

 

you learn from your mistakes u make in life...........

 

That sucks dude but, hopefully it all worked out?

Do me a favor and post or IM me the VIN,,, Reason being is that I sold a salvaged PY over a year ago that was pretty done and even though my conversation with the guy was clearly that the car's title said SALVAGE, he mentioned about fixing it up and selling it... I'm curious if mine was yours, just fixed up and sold again. I had removed the ITR number plate, and thieves in the salvage yards had removed a few other things for me, unfortunately...

You list the VIN and I'll check my paperwork.

Again, sorry for your troubles and it does truely Suck when anyone gets taken for a ride by scumbags...

A.

PS I sold mine in the NYC area Clearly for SALVAGE ONLY... The frame was severely bent in the front and rear. So No slander please.

 

Check your Insurance papers, your old Registration papers, your Title papers,, you must have some of it left.

Just to satisfy my curiosity...

Or just lay it to rest, I can understand that as well...

Again, sorry for your problems, good luck in the future...

A.

 

Similiar thing happened to me.

Take it back and get your money back.........

 

.................people/suprising what people will do!?

 

you could sue them big time for not telling you anything that was up with the car that they already knew about.

 

true... but then again when you sign off the pink slip, it says something about the previouse owner does not hold any responsibilty. hey didnt you ask if there were any problems with the car? if they said no, then you can sue them. For future reference.. always get everything on paper and always have a witness to sign it. Either you are buying something big or selling something big....


[Modified by brokentomorrow, 5:31 PM 10/2/2002]

 

Yeah they said the car had no accidents etc... But I never got that in writing

 

damn man, im glad you got your money back...sorry bro..


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