Last summer my room mate bought a car. It seemed OK at the time, but developed overheating problems a couple months later, despite meticulous maintenance on my part.
So after a few different attempts at repairs, including thermostat, flush and fill, and finally head gasket change, it just kept getting worse.
I don't know if the previous owner dumped whatever kind of bullshit in the engine to hide the problem temporarily or what.
We were trying to sell it on CL (yes, I know) but some potential buyer was trying to haggle way down. My room mate and him were arguing and the guy later sent a text laughing and giving a couple specific details about who and where we bought it from.
Now how would he have THAT info? The car my room mate is trying to sell is pretty common. Not like some old Studebaker where there is maybe ONE in existence.
It leads me to think of two different things -
Either this potential buyer is somehow tied with that punk OR they have done business before.
If this buyer or the previous owner (or both) are running some kind of scam, how would one go about reporting that?
One other detail is when the car first overheated, my room mate had threatened a lawsuit and the prev owner seemed a bit nervous. Of course he went into the spiel about "...buying a car as-is, this isn't Walmart where you can just get a refund..."
I am thinking maybe we should ask an attorney if we have a case. I know everyone says that shit when they get jipped but if this guy has done this before then maybe it is time he gets his just dues.
I have heard of some pretty silly lawsuits happening, civil and criminal, which are like, "how the hell did they pull THAT off" so figured maybe a chance to bust this creep if he is a regular scammer.
Would the DMV have records of previous owners?
What are my options here? The only thing I have to go on right now is this potential buyer's cell number and the fact that he somehow knows the circumstances under which we bought the car. That and he also "flips" cars.
The seller we bought it from wanted to meet at a gas station up the street from where he supposedly lived. He specifically mentioned not wanting anyone to know where he lived. The title had an out of town address, but his name matched on the title and D.L. assuming the DL was even real. We had no problems titling and insuring it in my room mate's name.
So after a few different attempts at repairs, including thermostat, flush and fill, and finally head gasket change, it just kept getting worse.
I don't know if the previous owner dumped whatever kind of bullshit in the engine to hide the problem temporarily or what.
We were trying to sell it on CL (yes, I know) but some potential buyer was trying to haggle way down. My room mate and him were arguing and the guy later sent a text laughing and giving a couple specific details about who and where we bought it from.
Now how would he have THAT info? The car my room mate is trying to sell is pretty common. Not like some old Studebaker where there is maybe ONE in existence.
It leads me to think of two different things -
Either this potential buyer is somehow tied with that punk OR they have done business before.
If this buyer or the previous owner (or both) are running some kind of scam, how would one go about reporting that?
One other detail is when the car first overheated, my room mate had threatened a lawsuit and the prev owner seemed a bit nervous. Of course he went into the spiel about "...buying a car as-is, this isn't Walmart where you can just get a refund..."
I am thinking maybe we should ask an attorney if we have a case. I know everyone says that shit when they get jipped but if this guy has done this before then maybe it is time he gets his just dues.
I have heard of some pretty silly lawsuits happening, civil and criminal, which are like, "how the hell did they pull THAT off" so figured maybe a chance to bust this creep if he is a regular scammer.
Would the DMV have records of previous owners?
What are my options here? The only thing I have to go on right now is this potential buyer's cell number and the fact that he somehow knows the circumstances under which we bought the car. That and he also "flips" cars.
The seller we bought it from wanted to meet at a gas station up the street from where he supposedly lived. He specifically mentioned not wanting anyone to know where he lived. The title had an out of town address, but his name matched on the title and D.L. assuming the DL was even real. We had no problems titling and insuring it in my room mate's name.
