OK… well like I mentioned, we got the new mini-van… of course it was used so there could be a few problems with it but I have 3 months warranty and there was already somethings that I had mentioned before buying that the guy had said he would fix and forgot… one thing was a crack in the tail light, another was to replace one of the seatbelts.. well, when I had test driven the car I noticed that the windsheild was dirty from one of the wipers… I thought to myself to check it out when I got out of the car and got side tracked before I did… after that I just forgot about it… well, it wasn’t dirty it is scratched and it is not fixable but has to be replaced… ughh…
Another thing that I noticed was on the panel for the back door the handle was cracked and will break in a short amount of time… the alignment is also a bit off which was supposed to be fixed at the same time the breasks had been done 🙁
Anyways… This afternoon he had asked me to go by because he had ordered the tail light on Friday when I picked up the car and reminded him about it… I go to a few places to get options about the windshield and was less then happy when I found out that it could not be fixed and would have to be replaced at a price of 350$…
So I go the dealership early and the owner comes up to me and asks me how I am… I say that I am not too good… I told him that I noticed a few more things wrong… Mentioned the windshield and he jumped in saying that I had bought it that way and that I had noticed it before I bought it and to wait a few weeks and just put it on my insurance… I said that I hadn’t noticed and besides… there are other problems and things that he knew about and forgot to fix even though he said he would before…
So, he started taking the seatbelt out from beside the sliding door and I didn’t even look at him and just said that I am really regretting my purchase with him and he asked why… and then mentioned that the alignment was stil not good and that I noticed that the back handle was cracked and that the windshield was really scratched beyond repair… by that time the hormones hadkicked in and there were tears starting and I just felt him getting uncomfortable… So I just said.. Sorry, but I am pregnant, hormonal and didn’t need this and I am just really regretting buying this car from you”.. he then asked me to show him the back handle… I showed it to him and he said that he really had not seen that and that he would have fixed it if he had…
So then he goes back to the seatbelt and notices that he can’t get it out as easily as he though he could and then said to wait a minute and he would be back… He comes back and asks me if I could leave the car with him tomorrow and he would fix the things that he needs to… the seatbelt, the tail light, the back panel, and he will replace the windshield… the alignment will be done again when the garage that does it for him opens again after their holidays…
So tommorrow morning I will call him to come get the car first thing and he will get everything done as soon as he can (though the back panel might have to wait a few more days until he gets the piece he needs if he didn’t get it for tomorrow) and then he said to not worry about it all and just to concentrate on the new babe… I just hope he keeps his word…
