Which State's Law Applies?

[parquet]

3000 to fix dude. 200% the cost of the car.

 

[justalayman]

Okay so I'm at a mechanic right now, and they have informed me that this car has illegal compression fittings (illegal in NY too) on the brake lines. Can selling an illegal product be reason for dispute? The sale was conducted in NY.

sure it can. There is a good chance you can get the money it costs to repair the compression fitting situation. Now that that will run about $100, all you have to deal with is the other couple grand.

 

[Zigner]

All our OP would have to do is prove that the seller knew or should have known about the problem before selling the car.

 

[parquet]

All our OP would have to do is prove that the seller knew or should have known about the problem before selling the car.

I should be able to prove that. I have receipts showing that the brake lines were changed while the car was under his ownership.

 

[Zigner]

I should be able to prove that. I have receipts showing that the brake lines were changed while the car was under his ownership.

Again, now you just need to prove that he knew, or should have known about the problem

Seriously - enjoy your new car!

 

[sandyclaus]

Guess I'm **** out of luck then. $1000 repair on a $1400 purchase made 4 days ago.

3000 to fix dude. 200% the cost of the car.

WoW... Quite a price change there. Either that, or the story just keeps changing to try to justify sticking it to the seller because you didn't have that car checked out before you bought it.

First it was $1000 to repair, and suddenly it has become 3x more? That's quite amazing, considering the only change was those allegedly illegal compression fittings. I seriously doubt it would cost $2k to replace those (especially when someone else already suggested it might be as much as $100, maybe a little more, to do it).

 

[parquet]

What can I say, more problems kept being discovered.

 

[sandyclaus]

What can I say, more problems kept being discovered.

What can WE say? All these problems could have been discovered by a pre-purchase inspection.

 

[justalayman]

I should be able to prove that. I have receipts showing that the brake lines were changed while the car was under his ownership.

so, how does that make the seller aware of the legality of the repair? I suspect he was just as ignorant of the legality as you were when you inspected the vehicle and ignored the compression fittings.

What can WE say? All these problems could have been discovered by a pre-purchase inspection.

exactly.