Got the dealership for their money!!!

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Apr 1, 2004 | 10:34 AM

VsR785

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Got the dealership for their money!!!

I just bought a 01 gsr...i put down 3K for selling my old 94 LS, so i ended up paying 9900 for the car. when i first got it, i got it with 56K on it. the first day i drove it home, i noticed the engine was "choking" on something while idling. I immediately took it back to the dealership b.c i had a 3K, 3 month warranty on the car and found that the head had a bent valve=(...Fortunantely, they told me that they were gonna rebuild the entire head with new OEM parts..then i also found tht the car had a bent controler arm and 2 bad front wheel bearings, got those replaced at no charge as well!!!! im basically happy now cuz i have a basically new head...and i didnt pay a fuckn dime...anything else i should look for since its still under warranty?? im sure they regret selling me the car cuz i cost them an additional 5 grand or more worth of work...they shouldn't have tried to sell me fcked up car anyways....

Apr 1, 2004 | 10:39 AM

King_j

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Re: Got the dealership for their money!!! (VsR785)

Apr 1, 2004 | 10:53 AM

mistersparco

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Re: Got the dealership for their money!!! (VsR785)

good job.

I would double check with everything else though.

Chances are, other things are fcked up as well.

Apr 1, 2004 | 11:23 AM

SMZ GSR

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Re: Got the dealership for their money!!! (mistersparco)

Check everything!
Run a carfax while you're at it.

Apr 1, 2004 | 11:40 AM

Seedc2

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Re: Got the dealership for their money!!! (JLB SMZ)

yup milk it for everything its worth. Warranties are lovely.

Apr 1, 2004 | 11:54 AM

DocIowa

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Take it to a professional mechanic and have them check it out. Or to another Honda dealer that doesn't know you just bought it.

Milk it while you got it!

Apr 1, 2004 | 12:08 PM

SIK IN DA HED

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Re: Got the dealership for their money!!! (VsR785)

good deal. but you bought a lemon... but got it fixed.

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Apr 1, 2004 | 01:28 PM

Skinnyjohnmo

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Re: Got the dealership for their money!!! (SIK IN DA HED)

I am curious to know why all that stuff is bad. I have a 97 GSR with 100k and the only thing I have replace on it are radiator and thermostat. With all those problems it sound like it has the reliability of an American car.

Apr 1, 2004 | 01:33 PM

escape2me

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Re: Got the dealership for their money!!! (SIK IN DA HED)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DocIowa »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Take it to a professional mechanic and have them check it out. Or to another Honda dealer that doesn't know you just bought it.

Milk it while you got it!</TD></TR></TABLE>
I strongly agree! Not sure if you have the service I am suggesting where you live but if you do... Here in SA there is a service called Auto Lemon Detectors, they will actually drive to you and do a COMPLETE inspection of the car. It will take about an hour and write up all your bugs on a convenient little log....