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i got a r32 skyline with 64000 and 1 year warranty from and i thought it was to good to be true to start with after i paid the deposit and got given a pick up date i got a call the day i was suppose to pick up the car and thay told me that it wont be ready until tomorrow i was fine with that becouse it gave me more time to get some of my shit together then the next day i went out to get the car 25 to 30 min drive i get there and they tell me that its not ready again cos they have to build a box around the pod filter i wasnt happy but i said fine and the salesmen could tell i had the shits so he said he would give me 4 brand new tyres then he said give me 3 days and the car will be ready so 4 days later i give him a call and he tells me that the rta wont to do a check on the car and that they are checking all inport car and that it will take 3 more days i call him back after 3 days and he said that it will be ready tomorrow i ring him the next day and say i will be there in 30 min he then tells me that he still needs to get the tyres put on so call me back in an hour so i do and he tells me that he got the tyres put on but some1 broke the gearbox it had no 5th or reverse give me anther day and it will be ready so 10 days after i was suppose to get the car i finley go to get it and the front bumper on the drivers side is riped off it mounts and hanging i said what happened here he said that most of happened when the tyres were put on so i said that i will make a list of everything thats wrong and come back and get it all fixed he said fine so i go home and drive the car for a few days evary day finding somthing wrong not big things but little things like the battrey moves side to side there was nothing holding the wiper heads to the arms and so on little things like that then i get under the car to have a look and i notice that they are not new tyres and there is no box built around tha pod filter :happy: so i go out and see him and he tells me to call and book it in and before i get a chants i brake the gearbox then i ring and book it in for tuesday atfter the long weekend and i tell them that the only time i can get the car there is on saturday thay say thats fine so on saturday i get a towtruck and take the car to dealer i get there and get told its the long weekend and that the workshop is shut and they will be leaving my car on parramatta rd if you dont no parramatta rd it is a main rd with no parking during certain times of the day and i said hold on i rang and told you that the car will be coming today and you told me that that was fine the he said no but the workshop is full i said what about the driveway he gose but how will we move it i said you can push it after 20 min of arguing with him he agrees to put it in the drivewaythen i get a phone call on tuesday saying that they wont replace the gearbox becouse the gearbox told him that i done a "roll back clutch dump" ;) so after some more arguning they are not replacing the box becouse the gearbox told him i dump the clutch it did have a brass button clutch in it i dont like it i told him that these clutches are box killers and he had no way of telling how good the box that he put in was but no they still wont fix it so after all that shit i went through and the cost of towing there and back and the cost of the warrantydone me no good cos the box told him i dump the clutch so when i went to my spare parts guy i told the onwer what i was going through and he said that he got a car from there and that they wound the odometer back on his car if you wont the dealers name pm me

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GoldZilla Grand Master

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Dude, if you've read the forum rules, you would KNOW that you CANNOT publically badmouth any businesses here.

Considering you've only just signed up here, these rules should be fresh in your memory!

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if i had an ordeal like that, the last thing I would be worried about is using f**king punctuation

shit go man! shouldn't that kind of repair be covered under the motor dealers act for dealer used car sales or something?

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My eyes also hurt, BTW there is still one instance of the dealers name in there. I've been hard done by, by a dealer myself. Live and learn I suppose.

argh. so not attempting to read that again.. ms word find and replace shall assist this time.

edit - i cant see shit

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I hate dealers :happy: and their warranty's aren't worth anything.

Better off buying a privatly owned car for less money and taking it to a real mechanic that will be happy to point out whats wrong with the car rather than dodge things up and hide problems from you.

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I'm not surprised by that at all, used car dealers are the worst and the ones on parra road from granville right through to ultimo are all just as bad as each other.

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Wait, the internet has got rules?

not exactly the internet - this forum does - you can get into some real serious shit if you discredit a company or business on the internet, its happening to someone on this forum as we speak and a few of you guys know who and what I'm talking about, it even puts this whole forum in jeopardy. So if you want to avoid getting served for a law suit for discrediting a business then just say nice things or nothing at all.

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not exactly the internet - this forum does - you can get into some real serious shit if you discredit a company or business on the internet, its happening to someone on this forum as we speak and a few of you guys know who and what I'm talking about, it even puts this whole forum in jeopardy. So if you want to avoid getting served for a law suit for discrediting a business then just say nice things or nothing at all.

lol Aaron

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