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luciddreamer

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I love SVTperformance.....i have loved it for yrs, most time i just creep, esp the for sale terminator section.

One day i decided, screw it. Im going to finally buy one. My dream cobra.

25k
Black 4xxxx mi
2.8l kb lc
Injectors, rxt. Etc

Well my fiance and i bought it from a forum member who goes by Pweave

We flew to Colorado from Louisiana and drove her back

When we got there she rattled to all hell. He said it was supposed to do that, and i trusted him so i handed over the cashier check.

I know, but i have had sports cars before that performance clutches just operate that way. But maybe not this loud.

He says he is leaving the license plate on so i can drive it home. I think wow what a swell guy.

I take my woman to eat, and get a ticket for no front license plate, which i have no clue about bc im from LA. Just thought i was ok bc Pweave said so

When i get back the tob is what is rattling and the sleave and flywheel are also destroyed, a month later the alternator went out, found out later even one of the axels was bent.

Needless to say. She has new everything and lvl 5 axels on my den floor.

When i tried to register the car, the dmv required pweave's license, but he refused to give it. The dmv just wanted to prove that he wAs from CO They wouldnt register the Veh wo it.

The seller refused bc i was not willing to pay for the ticket after payibg so much to fix the car as well as paying top dollar in he first place.

I had to get attorneys involved just to get an affidavit from him so i could register the car

My fiancee facebooked his gf today to appeal to her and she said its my fault for not studying up on the law. She also said that i belitted her husband, she must be refering to me expressing the displeasure of putting thousands into a veh that was sold supposedly in proper working condition

She also said CO does not require the seller to share thier license with the buyer.

So two warnings.

1. When you buy out of state, make sure that you get EVERYTHING that YOU need to register in your home state.

2. Do not trust anyone, do 120% due dilligence first, bring that baby to the best shop you can before you buy it
Our cars are getting old and half of the parts arent original anyway.


Much love to everyone

Happy hunting

I hope you find your dream car

I did, it just wound up being a bit more of a hassle than it should have been, and costing more.

Ps i guess i should have know he was dbag, at one point he had double dodge stripes on the fenders.
 

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When we got there she rattled to all hell. He said it was supposed to do that, and i trusted him so i handed over the cashier check.

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OP, the onus is on you to make sure the car is right before you hand over a check. Everyone has their own idea about what is acceptable or not acceptable. If the seller won't let a local unbiased shop perform a pre-purchase inspection, there is your big red flag not to buy. Every state has a temp transport tag.
 

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the whole driver's license thing is a new one on me. Signed over title and good to go I thought. Sorry it was a shitty experience but hopefully its all taken care of now
 

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You were driving the car on his tag. You were driving so it's your ticket there. He was being nice letting you take it back on his tag. How is it his fault for the altenator going out after you have had it? Did he bandaid it to make it last 2 weeks? I understand your mad but come on.
 

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OP, the onus is on you to make sure the car is right before you hand over a check. Everyone has their own idea about what is acceptable or not acceptable. If the seller won't let a local unbiased shop perform a pre-purchase inspection, there is your big red flag not to buy. Every state has a temp transport tag.

Through all time, so far as history informs us, wherever mankind have attempted to live in peace with each other, both the natural instincts, and the collective wisdom of the human race, have acknowledged and prescribed, as an indispensable condition, obedience to this one only universal obligation: that each should live honestly towards every other. The ancient maxim makes the sum of a man's legal duty to his fellow men to be simply this: ''to live honestly, to hurt no one, and to give everyone his due"
 

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You were driving the car on his tag. You were driving so it's your ticket there. He was being nice letting you take it back on his tag. How is it his fault for the altenator going out after you have had it? Did he bandaid it to make it last 2 weeks? I understand your mad but come on.

i agree about the tag, just wish he wouldnt have said that the car was tagged up legally, bc it was not, it would have been helpful to know that he had removed the required front license plate.

bandaid?: When i bought it, he was very proud of the brand new battery that he just put in.
 

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the whole driver's license thing is a new one on me. Signed over title and good to go I thought. Sorry it was a shitty experience but hopefully its all taken care of now


thats why i wrote this, you live and you learn, but we all dont have to make the same mistakes.
 

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First, I'm moving this. Second, I've seen the name, but he doesn't show up.
 

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Through all time, so far as history informs us, wherever mankind have attempted to live in peace with each other, both the natural instincts, and the collective wisdom of the human race, have acknowledged and prescribed, as an indispensable condition, obedience to this one only universal obligation: that each should live honestly towards every other. The ancient maxim makes the sum of a man's legal duty to his fellow men to be simply this: ''to live honestly, to hurt no one, and to give everyone his due"
This post right here makes me SMH. What's his actual user name?
 

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Through all time, so far as history informs us, wherever mankind have attempted to live in peace with each other, both the natural instincts, and the collective wisdom of the human race, have acknowledged and prescribed, as an indispensable condition, obedience to this one only universal obligation: that each should live honestly towards every other. The ancient maxim makes the sum of a man's legal duty to his fellow men to be simply this: ''to live honestly, to hurt no one, and to give everyone his due"

A nice thought for sure, then reality bitch slaps you. Our world is what it is, I got taken for a little ride by a long term member on here that I gave too much due to. The red flags were there if I had dug for them.
 

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Well, he never listed on here that I can see. Did you start a WTB and he PM'ed you? He's kind of a buyer/seller.
 

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I might be a novice on here, but I am an experienced business owner, and this wasn't my first rodeo.

yes i usually have my guard up al the way but the excitement of buying a toy, is pretty intense LOL even for an old fart like me.

luckily for me, when i went to Colorado i fell in love with the natural scenery there and decided to purchase two businesses in the roaring fork valley.

thats why i already had an attorney on file, IN COLORADO.... to deal with this "situation"

for someone with less resources, they may not have been able to register their veh at all
 
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