Being sued by dealership, any input

FuTuRe is Z · 06-16-2014, 02:31 PM

If the original owner has the factory cats, why isn't the dealer willing to accept them and call it a day?

After all he paid over MSRP for the vette, which in and of itself is a ripoff!

DCNISMO · 06-16-2014, 04:08 PM

I'm guessing that the Dealer does not trust the original cats are still good. Remember that they must last 10 years under law. So if the dealership uses the original cats and they fail, the dealership is on the hook to replace them at their cost. This happened to a guy that bought a modded V at the same place I got my V. A guy traded it in with test pipes, a new guy bought in out of state...Texas I think....and when he went to get the inspection it failed of course. Not sure how they resolved it.

Z_ealot · 06-16-2014, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by big daddy

I've been reading all the post and asked James a couple questions about it this morning at the gym.

-He said the car had custom rims and they didn't even notice - he received a call a couple days later and they asked if he had the stock wheels

-he bought the Vet and had to pay $2500 over sticker, he didn't even have the Z there with him when he signed the papers and drove the car home. He had to turn it in the next morning, they were in his wife's car and they stopped to look at it.

- dealer called him about the cats about a month later and he went there with his wife and offered to 1. Return the vet. 2. Buy the Z back 3. Take the car back to shop and return it to stock and have it back same day.

THEY CHOSE OPTION 4: TOld him only Chevy mechanic could
Do it now and it would cost $$$$ and he needed to pay half.

He is retired military like me and the military attorney told him they are just trying to screw him. They are submitting a response now.

According to Texas law all he has to verify was the mileage, which he did.

Some dealers are cool and some are POS

the 3rd option should have been what was done before he even signed paperwork and the texas state law on selling a vehicle (which is technically what he did when the dealership effectively bought it from him) is in the link i already provided in a previous post which as said before, states that you can not sell a vehicle without emissions equipment in place. i'm not a lawyer or an attorney, but that part of that website seemed pretty cut and clear to me at least, but then again there could be other loopholes that your friends attorney could exploit that i'm not aware of. all i know is that bad choices were made on both the dealers and your friends part and we will see how it turns out i guess.

Redglare · 06-16-2014, 05:32 PM

Sucks for OP's friend, dealer should just eat the cost and leave the buyer out of it...

Plus he overpayed for the zr1 by 2500, leave the guy be.

OT: Of all the things that suck about FL, having no emissions regulation is a big plus.

theDreamer · 06-16-2014, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Redglare

Sucks for OP's friend, dealer should just eat the cost and leave the buyer out of it...

Plus he overpayed for the zr1 by 2500, leave the guy be.

OT: Of all the things that suck about FL, having no emissions regulation is a big plus.

Cats are a federal regulation, all states must follow it.
Some states look the other way with modding and changes, but once a transaction occurs it can cause issues.

Vegitto-kun · 06-20-2014, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Z_ealot

the 3rd option should have been what was done before he even signed paperwork and the texas state law on selling a vehicle (which is technically what he did when the dealership effectively bought it from him) is in the link i already provided in a previous post which as said before, states that you can not sell a vehicle without emissions equipment in place. i'm not a lawyer or an attorney, but that part of that website seemed pretty cut and clear to me at least, but then again there could be other loopholes that your friends attorney could exploit that i'm not aware of. all i know is that bad choices were made on both the dealers and your friends part and we will see how it turns out i guess.

Or the attorney is just ****. me and my parent have had 3 attorneys. there are shitty ones out there that know jackshit.
second one.
a case that had been going on for 5 years.

we get the third one

a month later we won

ofcourse he is a brussels one who knows aalll the big shots of judges and **** so he can get stuff done. plus he is a customer of ours

friend was 60 kilometers over the speed limit. he used our attorney. 160 euro fine and 3 classes of "driving safety"

normally he should of lost his driving license for atleast half a year with a fine up to 4000 euro.

a good attorney can make a huge difference.

Cmike2780 · 06-20-2014, 11:16 AM

Seems like the dealershit is out for blood. A lawsuit for $2k is flat out dumb and no way to treat a new customer who just spent tens of thousands on a new car. The dealership needs to find a middle ground and compromise. The wheels don't have to be OEM, but the cats def need to be returned to working order. The old oem cats should be sufficient. They are taking in a trade for a used car after all.

06-16-2014, 02:31 PM	#31 (permalink)
FuTuRe is Z Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: CT Posts: 263 Drives: 2014 370z Rep Power: 12	If the original owner has the factory cats, why isn't the dealer willing to accept them and call it a day? After all he paid over MSRP for the vette, which in and of itself is a ripoff! DEpointfive0 likes this.

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Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 29	Seems like the dealershit is out for blood. A lawsuit for $2k is flat out dumb and no way to treat a new customer who just spent tens of thousands on a new car. The dealership needs to find a middle ground and compromise. The wheels don't have to be OEM, but the cats def need to be returned to working order. The old oem cats should be sufficient. They are taking in a trade for a used car after all. __________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography]

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06-16-2014, 04:08 PM	#32 (permalink)
DCNISMO Track Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: washington dc Posts: 995 Drives: Nismo Z Rep Power: 179	I'm guessing that the Dealer does not trust the original cats are still good. Remember that they must last 10 years under law. So if the dealership uses the original cats and they fail, the dealership is on the hook to replace them at their cost. This happened to a guy that bought a modded V at the same place I got my V. A guy traded it in with test pipes, a new guy bought in out of state...Texas I think....and when he went to get the inspection it failed of course. Not sure how they resolved it.

06-16-2014, 05:32 PM	#34 (permalink)
Redglare Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: FL Posts: 387 Drives: C172 Skyhawk GIII Rep Power: 175	Sucks for OP's friend, dealer should just eat the cost and leave the buyer out of it... Plus he overpayed for the zr1 by 2500, leave the guy be. OT: Of all the things that suck about FL, having no emissions regulation is a big plus.