I am looking for a car - a body, actually -- to replace the one my SO has been driving the past few winters. It' s beginning to rust out - but the drive train is awesome. The engine goes 6000 miles between oil changes, and uses no oil.
So, I found a suitable candidate on Craigslist - and texted back and forth with the owner several times. According to this person, the undercarriage is in good condition.
Liar.
I go to check it out ( owner not present) and I use an inspection mirror to check out the underbody. The first place I look - the trailing limit arm mounts - are not even connected to the body - as the rust has eaten the whole section of the body.
On these cars - when this happens, it allows the rear wheel to arc on the end of the suspension arms. This will destroy a tire in a shockingly short distance. At BEST you might go 50 miles before the tire is torn from the rim.
There is no fix. The labor costs would far exceed the worth of the car.
I know they lied. It had a different brand tire on that wheel. They might have changed it more than once.
This person KNOWS the vehicle is junk. They KNOW it can't be fixed - but the ad says it needs the brakes bled, and exhaust fixed --- as if this thing will ever be driven again. They' re hoping to off it on a sucker who doesn't know any better.
How would you deal with this sort of human garbage?
So, I found a suitable candidate on Craigslist - and texted back and forth with the owner several times. According to this person, the undercarriage is in good condition.
Liar.
I go to check it out ( owner not present) and I use an inspection mirror to check out the underbody. The first place I look - the trailing limit arm mounts - are not even connected to the body - as the rust has eaten the whole section of the body.
On these cars - when this happens, it allows the rear wheel to arc on the end of the suspension arms. This will destroy a tire in a shockingly short distance. At BEST you might go 50 miles before the tire is torn from the rim.
There is no fix. The labor costs would far exceed the worth of the car.
I know they lied. It had a different brand tire on that wheel. They might have changed it more than once.
This person KNOWS the vehicle is junk. They KNOW it can't be fixed - but the ad says it needs the brakes bled, and exhaust fixed --- as if this thing will ever be driven again. They' re hoping to off it on a sucker who doesn't know any better.
How would you deal with this sort of human garbage?
