Being sued by dealership, any input

DCNISMO

If he signed a contract that stated the emissions were not modified on the Z then he voided the contract and liable. Sure the dealership should have checked. One should never sign a contract unless you read it. My last two cars I told them up front that I had high flow cats. If at trade he told them that he had text pipes they would not have taken it in as trade. A place in Va got busted a few years ago for violating the federal emissions act by selling cars with no cats. When it was time for a two year Va inspection people that bought catless cars ratted them out. Emissions are federal not a state issue.

MMC Racing

Violating a contract does not void it, it puts you in breach of it.

The reasonable solution is the dealer should accept an estimate from the shop of the sellers choice and only charge that amount to fix the issue. I can understand, now that the dealer owns the car, that they can't allow the original seller to take the car anywhere for repair.

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FuTuRe is Z

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

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.

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.

theDreamer

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.

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Cmike2780

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.

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