Breeze, If your looking for a wee fight, sit down and on a paper list everything you can find wrong. Then go to another shop and have them confirm on paper that you are correct in your diagnostics. That shouldn't cost much to be told the problems are in fact problems and maybe get an estimate.
With these now facts go the the Better Business folks and file a complaint. That may or not get much for you, but a business that gets so many complaints gets a uncomfortable visit sooner or later.
It might be you save another person, not that it helps you.
I doubt a used car dealer who is willing to lie to dear old grannie for a buck is all that motivated to go around harming people to include small children.
Most car sales men are not very motivated for more than gathering bucks. That is about as motivated as they get. They got that sharp lookin suit a fancy tie, shiney beat up shoes and some chino pants. They are not car techs of any sort either. They probably don't know any more about what they are selling than you do.
I would go file the claim, and then go tell that guy you did, and to pee up a tree, for good measure.
Get rid of this vehical inside of 90 days... Tell the next guy what you did, and what is wrong. Find another vehical and go over that with a fine pick and comb.
LOOK, I mean get into junkie jeans, tie up your hair and get down and look.
Look at the inside of each door, the part you don't see when the doors are closed. Look at the glass, I mean look right at it and inspect every inch. Try out everything.. Roll the wndows down and put them back up a few time and look as you do it..
Look every where under the vehical for rust. Look for oil leals, look for wet metal, look for scrapes.
IF and WHEN your inspection is passed on a vehical tell them the next step is going to be a test drive, and to another shop, but don't say what shop.
Have that arrainged and agreed to for the cost for other engine tests. A compression test is mandatory. A good tech can drive a vehical 1 mile and should know everything there is wrong with it.
Any car sales man that talks down to you, you can feel free to use the most colorfull language you can muster. A car sales man is low in the barrel of life... scum
Never ever allow a car salesman to talk down to you.. B'tch slap any that do, and remind them you are a lady which is pretty clear to me, but that you still don't have to suffer at your expence to a leech of life which is a car salesman.
I worked with them for nearly 30 years. In my day a few un-wise salesmen were dragged right over the top of their desks.. That tends to mess up their papers alot..
Never ever treat a sales man as if he were human. They look like humans, but i assure you they are not. I find blood suckers in the ponds here, and these guy are their cousins.. Never Never ever Never DATE One!
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