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Old Jun 14, 2017 | 11:13 AM
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I pretty much agree with all below.


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A dirty deal?

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.
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Old Jun 14, 2017 | 11:28 PM
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Don't give the guy too hard of a time. We were all young and dumb once or twice in our lives. Bet he doesn't make this mistake again.
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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..
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Old Jun 15, 2017 | 09:53 AM
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Oh, didn't mean to give a hard time.... I would not do it just because I'd be too worried that I couldn't make it back home if something went wrong.



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Don't give the guy too hard of a time. We were all young and dumb once or twice in our lives. Bet he doesn't make this mistake again.
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Oh, didn't mean to give a hard time.... I would not do it just because I'd be too worried that I couldn't make it back home if something went wrong.


And i would have shipped it home to try to figure it out, I'm stubborn like that.
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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.
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