Damn, looks like carfax saved you major bucks!
I've had enough problems with used vehicles... This is my first new car and
I'm lovin it. I'll never go back to used.
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L www.geocities.com/lenny187/dakota.html""ronald bruce taylor,jr"" <taylor9565@msn.com> wrote in message news:BAY4-DAV86iwsN3Ss0A00002afd@hotmail.com... > > Just off the top my head I remember reading that it had been serviced > several times for brakes, suspension, broken tranny and motor mounts, > ball joints, Collision damage several times. > > All of this was in a just 10 months time as I recall. > > I had specifically asked about this stuff before signing the papers > and was told that no major service work had been done other than the > previous owner had replaced the exhaust on it for a "Performance Oriented" > upgrade at a cost of $500.00. > > And that was all that had been done to it. > > Thank God for CARFAX! > > Ron- > 01'Dakota Sport 3.9 4X4 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net> > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:40 AM > Subject: DML: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RT fever... > > > > > > Ok, I can see that. What kind of abuse shows up on a carfax? I abuse my > > truck pretty regularly... What do you think I'd see? > > > > -- > > - Josh > > Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L > > www.geocities.com/lenny187/dakota.html > > > > > > > > ""ronald bruce taylor,jr"" <taylor9565@msn.com> wrote in message > > news:BAY4-DAV109lg464i9k0003f4c1@hotmail.com... > > > > > > '99 I had,...... had been severely butchered! > > > > > > I only had that thing for about 4 day's, the sales manger had flat out > > lied > > > about the Dak's history, and I bought the load of crap he gave me about > > that > > > Dakota. > > > > > > The next morning, a friend volunteered to run a CARFAX report on it > > because > > > something didn't seem right about that DAK!..........2 day's later He > > > got > > > the report to me and I almost had a heart attack. > > > > > > It turned out that Dakota had been seriously abused and had a report on > > > it > > > was 3 PAGES LONG!........ALL this information had been with held from me > > > after I had asked about the trucks history........ > > > > > > Basically the sales manger and salesman BOTH flat out lied to me on > > > every > > > question I asked. > > > > > > I walked into the dealership, report in my hand and by the time I was > > > done > > > the sales manager aggreed to take it back in on trade with FULL credit > > > for > > > the sale price I had bought it for it. > > > > > > 30 minutes later I drove out of the dealers lot for the last time with > > > my > > > BRAND NEW 01' that I have now. > > > > > > My 01' had a sticker price of $24k, by the time I was done with these 2 > > > bozo's I had it for invoice price PLUS the $1k rebate. > > > > > > 1 month later a friend of mine from work finds out his Nieghbor had > > > bought > > > that Dak and he was having problems too.......seems the PCM went south > > > due > > > to some abuse the truck had been thru. > > > > > > AND REFUSED TO START! > > > > > > Glad I got rid of it! > > > > > > Ron- > > > 01' Dakota Sport 3.9 4x4 > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> > > > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:58 PM > > > Subject: DML: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RT fever... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ""ronald bruce taylor,jr"" <taylor9565@msn.com> wrote in message > > > > > > > > > > My 99' sounded Great!.........nice throaty RUMBLE! > > > > > > > > > > Who ever did the work on the exhaust didn't do a bad job, they just > > > > > booggered up the exhaust where the O2's were redone and the > > > > > dealership > > > > > refused to fix the problem. > > > > > > > > > > That's why I traded it back in for my 01' > > > > > > > > > > Ron- > > > > > 01'Dakota Sport 3.9 4X4 > > > > > > > > You traded your truck in for a new one because an exhaust shop didn't > > weld > > > > in the 02 bungs correctly and hosed your sensors? Call me crazy, but > > that > > > > just doesn't make any sense to me.... Or, have I misunderstood the > > post? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > - Josh > > > > Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L > > > > www.geocities.com/lenny187/dakota.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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