question: car was never registered
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Originally Posted by chevyvette1
I may be wrong but, someone else may chime in as well, but I believe the warranty starts when you the car was actually bought for the first time,(or possibly delivery date) its not when the car is registered, so since the car has actually been bought one time allready, I believe the warranty will start on the day of purchase.I think I remember when my 95 was still under warranty they went by the sale date of the car, not registered date
Warranty starts when the car is bought not when its titled. GM wouldn't budge on that so I lost 4 months warranty.
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Originally Posted by jasons0147
Most likely what your talkin about is what they call open MSO, and this really is the only way i would be ok with buying this car. Mostly becuase there is no other legal reason that a car would not have been registered. The only place you are going to buy a car that has still has a mso is at a dealership. The reason I say that is no dealer is going to sell a car open MSO becuase of the liablity that it would put on the dealership.
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OK I got a question - first off I don't see where the YEAR of the car was stated in any of these posts.
Let's assume the car is a 2004. Let's also assume some guy bought this car, never registered it and kept it in the garage. Zoom forward to Dec 2006. Car owner decides to sell the car. You buy it and register it. What is left of the new car warranty? I would assume only 12 months. After all the car is an 04 and I believe what you get out of the Chevy dealer is "36 months from the date of purchase". It has nothing to do with registration.
Let's assume the car is a 2004. Let's also assume some guy bought this car, never registered it and kept it in the garage. Zoom forward to Dec 2006. Car owner decides to sell the car. You buy it and register it. What is left of the new car warranty? I would assume only 12 months. After all the car is an 04 and I believe what you get out of the Chevy dealer is "36 months from the date of purchase". It has nothing to do with registration.
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He probably did not register it so that he would not have to pay the sales tax.
If you buy the vette put the money in an escrow account until a valid title is issued to you, that way you'll be safe If you think there is a problem.
If you buy the vette put the money in an escrow account until a valid title is issued to you, that way you'll be safe If you think there is a problem.
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Originally Posted by chevyvette1
I may be wrong but, someone else may chime in as well, but I believe the warranty starts when you the car was actually bought for the first time,(or possibly delivery date) its not when the car is registered, so since the car has actually been bought one time allready, I believe the warranty will start on the day of purchase.I think I remember when my 95 was still under warranty they went by the sale date of the car, not registered date
This happened to me, when I purchased my 70 T-top from Jack Wall Chevrolet in Pasadena CA. Jack took one car every year for his car collection. He would add mods to suit himself. Mags, racing stripes, etc. He would license it, ( registered to the dealership ) to drive to and from the dealership, but sold the car as new with only a 100 miles. After ten months I took in for some minor warrantee work and was told that the warrantee was expired. The warrantee kicked in when Jack registered it.
