No firebird for me and i'm out $65 :(

[PyRo]

I did a carfax, the guy is the 10th owner (claimed 4th), and it has about 170,000 miles on it, not 71,000, someone rolled it back. He gave me part of my deposit back, but kept enough to pay for the auction (ebay). Its not really his fault, it was three owners back, he didn't know, but he should give me my money. I paid him for a 4 owner 70,000 mile car, and he doesn't have one.

[Will Wood]

haha that sucks..

[behemoth]

That royally sucks.

*insert that kid from the simpsons*
Ha Ha

[dj89]

i new it was to good to be ture

[mcveighr]

Whats a carfax? Like a VIN check?

[PyRo]

Carfax is a vin check, (www.carfax.com) tells every time it was titles, stolen, damaged, etc.

There is another camaro locally that sounds good, more expesive though, perhaps ill go check that out.

[BobTheCow]

Ouch. Sorry to hear it man, you seemed pretty excited when you found it. Did they guy have any excuse, or did he just flat out lie to you?? In any case, sounds like someon's in for some royal ***-kicking.

[PyRo]

I don't think the guy knew, it was three owners back, so I think he was screwed too. Then again he only had it for 2k, there is a good chance that he got ripped, carfaxed it and decided to ditch it upon finding out.
I don't think he deserves an *** kicking, where does that land me? I think he deserves a rims/tires, and t-top liberation.

[Chojin Man]

$65 dollars isn't too bad considering that the alternative might have been you being the owner of a pos firebird.

[Kevmaster]

first of all....the carfax report should have been done before you bid on it.

i'd be happy with only losing $65 on that deal. i suppose you could contact eBay and try and get the rest back...

however, he is now screwed. Legally, he cant knowingly sell the car with 71,000miles and him being the 4th owner.

[Fred]

does that odometer have a 100,000 position?

I remember some Camaros that had work done on them at the chevy dealership that I worked at didn't go up that high.... I commented once that "dang, this Iroc only has 85k on it.." and the service rep goes... 'nope, 185k..."

another reason to buy cars locally...

---Fred

[PyRo]

It has the 6th number. Someone either turned it down, or more likely swapped the odometer. When I changed my dash I was amazed at how easy the odometer part came out, only takes about 2 minutes to swap it.
I re-used the old odometer though, so my milage is true

$4300 (got him down from $4500 he isn't too negotiable) a guy wants for a red 1992 camaro 5spd, t-tops, 305, 77,000 miles, original owner, garaged, not driven in the winter, no rust, 25k on the clutch, everything in good shape. Of course I would check this one out on carfax BEFORE going to look at it this time. I'm not sure if I want to spend that much though.

[SanDiegoMag]

And you would trust the car?

[bornl33t]

tell E-bay.. they will make his account... well unavailble

[Fred]

if he blew out the clutch in 50k or so miles that car is BEAT DOWN. forget it...