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That's why you, as a buyer, have to pin down exactly what "NEW TIRES" are going on the vehicle ... by brand, series, size, etc. Heck, I even got taken on a deal with this one ... BRAND NEW, UNUSED, new old stock tires from Pep Boys ... in four different sizes, on an Alfa. They didn't match, the car didn't handle properly, and the front tires were too big to allow the steering to turn fully in the wheel wells ... but I did get NEW tires delivered with the car. My bad ... I had flown in to LA to pick up the car, had no other transportation ... and had to stop in at a 4-day tire store on the way home and get proper tires installed before continuing on my 2 day drive homeward.
My bet remains that the OP signed everything when presented and asked to do so, and paid their money in good faith for a deal ... and the dealership and the salesperson can back everything up with all the correct documents. They've bought a truck.
Retired neighbor down the street bought his wife a lease return BMW Z4... the vehicle looked showroom except for the rear tires. The BMW Dealership Used Car salesman agreed to install two new tires to close the sale.
I was looking over his wife's new baby and asked why the car had mismatched tires, front and rear and that they were mounted the wrong way
This model Z4 has expensive Run Flat Directional Tires. The dealer installed non-run flats on the rear AND mounted them so they rotated the wrong direction... and this is a Franchise Dealer. He got on the phone and the Dealer told him to bring it out and they would take care of it.
They remounted the tires so they rotated the proper direction and told the customer they would have to charge him $500 if he really wanted the factory run-flats My neighbor didn't want to spend the money and left it as-is, without the run-flats...
I offered to get it straightened out and he didn't want me to make waves....
I think think the California Consumer Bill of Rights is a great thing when buying a used car... for a nominal fee, you get to test drive the car for 48 hours and bring it back if you change your mind... as mentioned, I know several that have done this including my tenant.
There are several theories on recovery and most everything points to the written sales agreement...
Thank you all for your feedback. You all make some good points. It has been at least 11 years since I bought a car. The laws sure have changed. I will let you all know how it pans out.
We recently purchased a used truck from a San Diego dealership. Before we agreed to by the vehicle the dealer told us he would put brand new tires on the back for us if we wanted to buy. Also, it was missing a spare at the time so the promised that also.
We decided to purchase the vehicle. We left a deposit and they told us that they would call us when it was ready.
We went home happy with our purchase.
They called later in the day to tell us that the truck was ready.
I just had surgery so I could not drive so my husband went with a friend down to San Diego to pick up the truck. This is a 40 mile journey one way.
Well, our mistake was that my husband signed all the paperwork first.
When he and our friend went to take the truck, they noticed that the tires were not new, just different. And in the process, someone had cracked and broken one of the wheels in the rear.
Our friend refused to drive it. He told the owner that it was not jusy illegal but also dangerous. We refused to take the vehicle off the lot.
What is our recourse?
The dealership has our money our cash and the truck.
Our arguments are: 1) The truck was damaged somewhere between the test drive and the contract and was not the same vehicle we agreed to buy.
2) The truck was not delivered in the condition promsed.
3) He knowingl and willfully tried to get us to drive the truck in an unsafe and illegal condition.
What do we do?
I don't feel comfortable with this dealership and I want a full refund.
Well, it took some work but the the guy made good on the deal. It took us three 70 mile round trips but we got 4 new michellins and some matching albiet slightly use rims. It's been many years since. End of story. SO far.
Thanx again
It took some work but the guy made good on the deal. We got 4 new tires and 4 matching (albiet al little used but safe) so far so good!
thank you all for the advice.
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deal made good
Good to know everything worked out for ya!!
