Seller gets pissed when I tell him that I'm bringing a mechanic with me to inspect the car.
Car Seller Refuses Pre-Purchase Inspection
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Do you really need a poll for that?
Does the car only have 41km on the odometer?
It's from a car reseller. A hyundai i40 with 177k kms. I was just quite shocked with his reaction when I brought up the mechanic.
Maybe it is a dealer demo car with only 177k km in it, hence the reaction.
I was just quite shocked with his reaction when I brought up the mechanic.
So which one is it? seller refuses? gots pissed or shocked?
He threatens to sell it to another person when I told him I'm bringing a mechanic with me to have it checked and gives me until today to close the deal.
@monks: So? What are you waiting for? This is the ideal time to jump on it without a second thought!
Some sellers may feel you are trying to intimidate them by telling them you are bringing a Mechanic.
Why not ask, "Can I bring my Mechanic to look at the Vehicle you are selling?"
No, I think telling them you’re bringing the mechanic is enough. That’s the buyers terms of considering the purchase. The seller can absolutely not accept those terms and end the transaction there if they want - but as the replies suggest, this raises red flags.
Car buyer refuses purchase.
Op shouldn't but I get the feeling they're still keen. Clearly, the dealer has something to hide..
Some people are irrational. next time don’t tell them it’s a mechanic you’re bringing. It’s irrelevant unless you want to take the car to a mechanics shop
I wouldn’t even have told them, just turn up and say, “this is my friend Joe, he is a mechanic, he is going to help me look over the car…”
I don’t care who someone wants to bring with them to look at a vehicle, that is up to them. If they want me to take it to a mechanic for an inspection, I will, but it’s at my convenience, not theirs. (I do like it when someone says they want it checked by a local mechanic’s shop and ask me to take it where I work.)
"ask me to take it where I work"
Don't you know who I am?
.They say "I can book it in at …. to get a check done on it…"
I'm always… "Yeah, sure, they are pretty good, I'll get it up to them whenever you want them to look at it. I work pretty close to there anyway…" :D
I prefer it if they bring a "more mechanically minded" friend. Then if something does go wrong in the future or is overlooked in the inspection then they can blame their friend and not me.
He threatens to sell it to another person when I told him I'm bringing a mechanic
Context missing… how long have you been kicking the tyres on this one?
Your mechanic?
A friend of mine just signed a contract to purchase a second hand car
Not really being refused a Pre-Purchase Inspection if already signed contract to purchase.
Second opinions seems to be the theme…
Great find. Some of those Altona North used car dealers look super dodgy for sure. Pity we didn't get the full context in this thread.
Surely this is a troll ??
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All forums should have a new thread bar until membership reaches 21 days. Weed out some of the worst impulsive fwits.
Yeah I'd reject you too. Once someone brought over a mechanic on my mint car it was a gigantic waste of time. Overly cautious for no reason on a 6 year old car, nothing but negative comments despite a test drive confirming it was perfect. The kid ended up forgoing one of the best examples, too bad he lost the car, money and learnt nothing.
Fortunately I had another buyer lined up the next hour who paid a deposit on the spot. Checked for oil leaks, gasket wear, test drive for noises what else do you even need.
How do you inspect gasket wear?
what.. ? you don't have a "gasket wear meter"? I thought everyone had one of those!
X ray specs, I have a pair I got from a Mad magazine many moons ago.
Test drives do not prove perfection in any manner.
Once someone brought over a mechanic on my mint car it was a gigantic waste of time.
Do you always trust the seller when they tell you their car is 'mint'? I think it'd be very silly for anyone to simply take the seller's word.
Cool story,bruh
A few years ago, when i had my car listed for sale. A potential buyer also claimed that they were bring a mechanic to inspect my car.
I had no issues, but when he started over really revving my car, i asked him to stop and leave.If you want a pre-purchase inspection, pay a racv to give you a report. If the "mechanic" you bring misses something, are you going to hold them to account?
How long were they revving the engine for and to which rpm?
Hopefully it wasn't a mustang, and over 4000rpm (or was it 3000?).
Let's run with 3500 to cover both options.
How are you going to hold racv to account? Inspection reports always have an all care but no responsibility clause.
The reports from RACx is pretty much just one giant disclaimer document that mentions cars occasionally.
i posted a thread a number of years ago about my brother having an issue with an RACV pre-purchase inspection.
Without going to too much detail, he was able to claim aginst them for the repairs.Interesting!
Totally unreasonable on their behalf.