Ban me if you want.... I feel the need to defend myself after getting torn apart and locked in.
In response to owequitit's last post...
Seems like you're only protecting the interests of your own friend... and being a moderator on this site, you have to power to convince people a lot easier.
Remember, I had someone there with me too. If need be, I can have him join and back up some facts, though I wouldn't expect anyone to believe a n00b who doesn't own a Honda.
Yes, I approached Ray first with the offer for a trade. I was getting sick of the profiling by police, and having to deal with stupid tickets for "illegal equipment" etc. It's just one of the burdens that come with driving a modified import car that I've been dealing with for about 10 years. I'm done with it.
Correction, I did NOT know about all the body damage. From the couple of low quality pictures that were posted of the car, it was hard to see if there was anything wrong with the body at all. When I picked the car up, it was EXTREMELY dirty.. covering up most of the imperfections.
One wash later, A LOT more damage was apparent. (not to mention the words "I'm A Pussy" keyed into the trunk that was never noted)
It's not too hard to see the front end damage when you open up the hood. Look directly behind the hole in the bumper and you can see it's mighty smashed up. Because of this, the hood has a large gap on the passenger side relative to the driver side.
I should have noticed the damage when the hood was open on the car, but seeing how it's so easily noticeable, shouldn't I have been informed of it, or had it pointed out to me?
I have purchased a brand new MAF sensor on ebay (
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=008 ). Installed it, and removed the battery cables to reset the ECU. The CEL came back, and it runs just as bad as it had previously.
I was also never told about it dying on cold starts. I have logs of all conversations between me and ray.
I wasn't aware of this.... I will definitely be renting one soon.
I was NEVER told about ANY transmission issues. Not once. (again, I have logs)
And the hard shifting isn't so much the problem, as the fierce vibrations in 1st and 2nd gear are. Maybe mounts? Axles? I don't know. I'm not really a mechanic.
The problem didn't lie within titling or registering the vehicle... when I went for an inspection, I got a lot of flack from the inspector about the missing VIN number on the dash. He grilled me about the legality of the car, and if it was stolen. He got someone else over, who must have known something about Benz's and checked for a VIN number under the passenger seat. It matched the sticker in the drivers door, so they allowed the inspection to go on. (should I be pulling to carpets out to see if the VIN under the seat is real or imposed?)
It passed inspection, but not with great results.
Oh, and the odometer discrepency... I was never told about.
Now my title has a big ugly C on it that lowers the value of the car greatly.
The title Ray had did not have a C on it... I wonder why.
Ray has been paid the $160. I'm sorry it took so long, but money has been especially tight lately.
Yes, it suddenly started vibrating upon acceleration. Like I said, I'm no mechanic... but I tried my best on the side of the road at some truck stop/tire repair place to pinpoint the problem. With no jack or tools on hand, I couldn't do much, but luckily the friendly guy at the tire place let me use his jack and tools. After jacking up the car, I had noticed one of the bolts on the passenger side radius arm was completely off (but still in the hole). I tightened that up thinking it would solve the problem. It didn't. I had no idea what the problem could be then, and I was very close to the spot I was meeting you guys at, so I kept going.
I informed ray that the vibration did not go away, and I would pay for whatever part needed to be replaced, which I did.
Make note, this vibration had NEVER occurred before, and up until the day I traded it... the only problem I was having was the CEL for the TPS (which I had replaced as well... got rid of the CEL until that day... it came back on the drive up to meet you guys). I guess I'm not good at adjusting those things.
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In response to owequitit's last post...
Originally posted by owequitit
Remember, I had someone there with me too. If need be, I can have him join and back up some facts, though I wouldn't expect anyone to believe a n00b who doesn't own a Honda.
Originally posted by owequitit
Originally posted by owequitit
One wash later, A LOT more damage was apparent. (not to mention the words "I'm A Pussy" keyed into the trunk that was never noted)
It's not too hard to see the front end damage when you open up the hood. Look directly behind the hole in the bumper and you can see it's mighty smashed up. Because of this, the hood has a large gap on the passenger side relative to the driver side.
I should have noticed the damage when the hood was open on the car, but seeing how it's so easily noticeable, shouldn't I have been informed of it, or had it pointed out to me?
Originally posted by owequitit
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=008 ). Installed it, and removed the battery cables to reset the ECU. The CEL came back, and it runs just as bad as it had previously.
I was also never told about it dying on cold starts. I have logs of all conversations between me and ray.
Originally posted by owequitit
Originally posted by owequitit
And the hard shifting isn't so much the problem, as the fierce vibrations in 1st and 2nd gear are. Maybe mounts? Axles? I don't know. I'm not really a mechanic.
Originally posted by owequitit
It passed inspection, but not with great results.
Oh, and the odometer discrepency... I was never told about.
Now my title has a big ugly C on it that lowers the value of the car greatly.
The title Ray had did not have a C on it... I wonder why.
Originally posted by owequitit
Originally posted by owequitit
I informed ray that the vibration did not go away, and I would pay for whatever part needed to be replaced, which I did.
Make note, this vibration had NEVER occurred before, and up until the day I traded it... the only problem I was having was the CEL for the TPS (which I had replaced as well... got rid of the CEL until that day... it came back on the drive up to meet you guys). I guess I'm not good at adjusting those things.
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