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You don't buy a 40 year old car and expect it to just work. You don't buy a customized transplant car without having a clue on how to troubleshoot it yourself. You also don't buy a 40 year old car and expect any kind of warranty let alone coverage of any and all expenses occurred or a buy back warranty unless it was all written as part of the purchase agreement.
I agree it was a bad idea to buy the car and drive it . If it were me as soon as I saw the chevy dealer didn't know what the hell they were doing I would have shipped the car home,and found someone with some intellegence to work on it. The chevy dealer is probably more at fault than the seller in this case.
the auto repair industry in years gone by was filled with car enthusiasts today it's made up of trade skewel grads that have zero passion for what they do..
And i would have shipped it home to try to figure it out, I'm stubborn like that.
Same here. Could have gotten home for less than a grand, and tinkered with it. You could have gotten it home and just ripped out the hybrid and stuck the correct motor/trans in it. I am stubborn like that also.