Looks like i got scammed on my car!!!

[3.8Fury]

SO i bought my 1996 firebird on june 15 at a dealer for 2900 this year...No problems but when we saw the car it had a strange smell...I just thought it was the new tires but it wasn't.. The car rode awesome so We really couldn't tell if anything was wrong with the car....Then a month later my car had a major leaking and it cost me 500 dollars to fix and im 16 by the way so money doesn't come easy..Then the next month after that I had a ticking noise that wasnt realy loud and went away the next day.. But yeasterday it just got bad, my oil dropped and when u would rev the car it would just tick really loud and fast.. I took it to a mechanic at gm express he said i need a new engine.. I was like fuuuuuuuuuuukkkkkkkkkk!!!This is my first car and i have super bad luck. So now i need to buy an engine at trans am creations for 550.. A 3.8 again but with 30k miles on it...Its gonna cost me another 500 to get it installed..This suks because this is my first car and i dont get my licence till 28 of september.... Freaking dealers made the engine look immaculate. Now im never buying a used car from a dealer!! Fuk my car has been a disaster so far and i badly want to get out of the bus and drive my car to skool and work!!:cry:

[badinfluenceRS]

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dealers make everything look like it's in excellent condition...engine bays are always spotless but it doesn't matter how an engine looks, it's the insides that count...

same thing happend to a friend who bought from a dealer...i never buy my cars at dealers

[Jayjay269]

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Sorry to hear about that. It sucks that its your first car.....

[t-topV6]

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ooo ouch... sorry about that man...

[mattgdg]

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Do lemon laws apply to used cars?

[Jayjay269]

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depends on what state you are buying from. I know in Ga nad California they have the lemon law but speaking for states OTHER than these two, I have no clue. I would imagine it is a federaly regulated law.

[danielson1206]

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I say go find that salesmen and kick him in the ballz! :D

[tcrocker162000]

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yeah man thats a hard lesson learned, the next time you want to buy a car from a private owner or a dealer, take the car before you buy it and take it to a mechanic and have them look it over, they usually will do it for 50-100 dollars, and thats alot, but its a small price to pay when it comes to failures like the car you just bought...hopefully this new engine will be nice and sexy for you

[Jayjay269]

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danielson I totally agree with you on that one!!

[IICODECll]

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When I bought my first car from a dealer, a 1985 Berlinetta-Camaro, I needed to replace everything but the engine. The dealer was an old man. He was telling me how it was his wife's car and whatnot. I was blind and weak, and I fell for it.

[youngsc]

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Do lemon laws apply to used cars?

No but baseball bats do :D

Seriously that sucks but just think by the time your driving it will practically be a new car, hoping nothing else goes wrong of course.

[3.8Fury]

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yeah thanks guys, so i have to save a thousand dollars.. Thankgod i dont get my licence till sept 28 ...

[Camaro Dom]

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yeah thanks guys, so i have to save a thousand dollars.. Thankgod i dont get my licence till sept 28 ...

drop it in yourself! find a buddy w/ an engine hoist. it looks like its really complicated, but there are only like 4 steps:
1. disconnect anything thats touching the engine, and drain all the fluids
2. gently hoist it out
3. gently lower the new one in
4. reconnect everything the way you found it in reverse order (you can even take notes if you want to!) just label all the bolts that come off...

thats all there really is to it...
or find someone around to help you. there's probably an f-body club around you and you could post up on their board "hey, i'll pay 150 bucks and a case of beer to whoever wants to help me swap a motor" done deal

also, i know there are some places that you can actually send samples of your oil to, and they analyze it for like 50 bucks and tell you everything they found... like excessive carbon could mean you're getting blowby and the engine is showing its age, or theres coolant in there... etc. etc.... a ton you can find out.. just an idea for later

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

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Dang dude, I know hot it is to have money hard to come by and then the mess breaks on you and your like ''What the world, I just bought this!!'' ........ I'm sort of in that situation (not as drastic) I need to fix some inor thing on the interior of my '95 Camaro.

The driver side window doesnt work
I have no fog light switch
I need two front door speakers
New Stereo
New hinges for the center console

and when I put the car in gear, the little plate thing that tells you what gear your in, like drive or park, pops up LOL Need a way to keep that in place

and the most expensive piece of all and also the most valuable piece to me is the hand controls lol so ....... yeah I feel your pain with the money situation

[3.8Fury]

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yeah man i dont make enough in publix which is a food store to shop in!!