FML! Why Me?!

Well, less than a $29,000 lawn ornament. If they could have them take the car back, I'd figure on $3500-$5000. Creeping up on the cost of a used short block (cough.)

My lawyer tried to charge me $1000 for a worthless 1/2 hour convo we had waiting for my wife to come sign some mortgage documents. My wife couldn't get away from work. When she did go in later that day they sprung a surprise prenup all typed out on her without me knowing anything about it, that was awesome for everyone!

So let me get this straight, you want others to donate for you to fix your GT500 on our dime because you can't afford to fix it yourself? Why would someone who is still in college and paying a college tuition buy a heavily modded car that is clearly out of their price range. Your priorities should be paying for school and then when you are a done and making real money you can afford to run with the big boys. Seems like you skipped over a bunch of stuff and now are in WAY over your head and asking for a handout. Life don't work like that. After reading your gofundme it seems like you are playing up the pity card pretty hard as well as taking advantage of a "kid" bullshit.You are acting like a straight up female. Man up and figure it out.

3rd day I had my Shelby the oil pump gears shattered.... took out my short block....

I paid a lot more for mine then you did... I also footed the bill for the new motor....

my condolences... however, if you can't afford to fix it, you should not have bought it........ at your age consider it a life lesson

eighty6gt said:

Well, less than a $29,000 lawn ornament. If they could have them take the car back, I'd figure on $3500-$5000. Creeping up on the cost of a used short block (cough.)

My lawyer tried to charge me $1000 for a worthless 1/2 hour convo we had waiting for my wife to come sign some mortgage documents. My wife couldn't get away from work. When she did go in later that day they sprung a surprise prenup all typed out on her without me knowing anything about it, that was awesome for everyone!

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You're looking at this wrong. It wouldn't cost him $29K to fix the car. You should compare the cost of fixing the car vs. the cost of litigation, and also take into consideration the risk of paying for litigation and losing anyway. I don't think I'd get a lawyer involved in this situation. I'd try working it out with the dealership and realize I have to eat the rest.

I've been involved in many of these types of decisions. Not with cars but in business. Litigation is seldom the way to go unless you're talking about much more than the kind of money we're talking about here.

In fact, depending on the state, this may be a small claims court case. In my state, attorneys aren't even allowed in small claims court.

My advice is do what you can to get the dealer to kick in and eat the rest. Also, if you go to the dealer with an attitude that you're going to get what you want, IMHO you won't get much. Lesson learned.

A small claims judgment might let him get it back to stock, if he can do some wrenching.

weather man said:

A small claims judgment might let him get it back to stock, if he can do some wrenching.

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I agree, if he won. But what would be his claim? What evidence does he have? The car ran fine when he left the lot. It was probably sold "as-is". It's a heavily modified car. Unless there is some law or regulation that provides some warranty period, I don't see his case.

joedls said:

I agree, if he won. But what would be his claim? What evidence does he have? The car ran fine when he left the lot. It was probably sold "as-is". It's a heavily modified car. Unless there is some law or regulation that provides some warranty period, I don't see his case.

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Between powesports and car sales, sold many items as-is. If something happened the first month, the dealership lost every small claim brought against them. The judge just assumed the dealer sold the person a defective product.

Yes you probably shouldn't have purchased a 700 hp car as a daily driver. That is idiotic. However anyone who has ever worked on a car knows you can band aid something or cover up an issue for a couple of days. Yes it Is sold as is, but you should expect to purchase a car without catastrophic failure immediately.

And like weather man said, it would be hard for a judge not to assume there was something faulty when it left the lot.

weather man said:

Between powesports and car sales, sold many items as-is. If something happened the first month, the dealership lost every small claim brought against them. The judge just assumed the dealer sold the person a defective product.

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You obviously have more experience than I do with these types of cases. Sounds like that's the route he should take.

joedls said:

I agree, if he won. But what would be his claim? What evidence does he have? The car ran fine when he left the lot. It was probably sold "as-is". It's a heavily modified car. Unless there is some law or regulation that provides some warranty period, I don't see his case.

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i think this is the case aswell cause nowhere has he said the car had a warranty with it, he just keeps refering to a lemon law to which isnt gonna help i dont think due to the car being modified outside of the manufacter and this is the first time something has happened with the car in his possesion.

He's 19. I say let him take his lumps and move on. He'll recover from this and learn an important lesson. Asking for a handout is pretty indicative of the mentality of this generation.

Mr. Q said:

He's 19. I say let him take his lumps and move on. He'll recover from this and learn an important lesson. Expecting a handout is pretty indicative of the mentality of this generation.

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Fixed it for you. The generation of entitlements needs to learn to deal with things on their own, realize it is their responsibility to take care of themselves and stop expecting someone to bail them out.

Mr. Q said:

He's 19. I say let him take his lumps and move on. He'll recover from this and learn an important lesson. Asking for a handout is pretty indicative of the mentality of this generation.

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This in a nutshell.

Good info on litigation in this thread. It blows! Didn't know small claims worked that way in some regions.

Donation fund is bs, but I'm sympathetic to this messed up situation. If there was a limited warranty period such as 30 days, the dealer should take the car back or get it fixed PROPERLY IMO.

weather man said:

Between powesports and car sales, sold many items as-is. If something happened the first month, the dealership lost every small claim brought against them. The judge just assumed the dealer sold the person a defective product.

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Not the same here. Probably varies by state. The Used Motor Vehicle Commission will step in from time to time, based on my dealings with them this particular scenario likely wouldn't be favorable to the buyer.


Dealer could offer to eat half of labor as good faith.

pacettr said:

Not the same here. Probably varies by state. The Used Motor Vehicle Commission will step in from time to time, based on my dealings with them this particular scenario likely wouldn't be favorable to the buyer.


Dealer could offer to eat half of labor as good faith.

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I'm surprised they did not offer a compromise. His age probably hurt him in that respect.

Both my Shelby's I purchased were used. I made sure I brought my mechanic and made sure I had a limited warranty on the car when I signed the papers.

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I'm surprised they did not offer a compromise. His age probably hurt him in that respect.

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Attitude doesn't help either. I will offer more assistance to a customer who comes at me in a professional, non-threatening manner than to some ass-hole threatening to call their attorney (that 99% of the time they don't have).

black2008gt said:

Both my Shelby's I purchased were used. I made sure I brought my mechanic and made sure I had a limited warranty on the car when I signed the papers.

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I have yet to see a warranty that will cover a Whippled car...