This is weird
I agree with the others, if they won't work the deal then just give it back and move on to another dealership. If they want the sell they will work with you, for one the car is now used and is worth a lot less to them. If they are not willing to work it out then put a butt load of miles on it so they cannot pull a "this is a new car" on the next guy. I think somewhere near a 1k or more would do it, then at least they can only sell it as a "demo".
Lying turd burglars, the only thing worse than a salesman saying, "I can't", is a service manager saying, "We won't"...
Lying turd burglars, the only thing worse than a salesman saying, "I can't", is a service manager saying, "We won't"...
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From: Denver, CO
You need to check your state laws, but I know here in CO, when a dealer lets you drive off the lot, the car is NOT yours until the loan is funded. You were likely required to sign a paper stating that you would pay a certain daily and per mile rate if you have to return the car due to the non-funding of the loan.
You need to check your state laws, but I know here in CO, when a dealer lets you drive off the lot, the car is NOT yours until the loan is funded. You were likely required to sign a paper stating that you would pay a certain daily and per mile rate if you have to return the car due to the non-funding of the loan.
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From: Chandler, AZ
It's not the dealership's fault folks, it's Mitsubishi finance. Damaging the car or putting excessive miles on it will hurt no one but the OP as I'm sure those issues are also covered in the contract.
As an aside, I personally don't understand how someone who can afford to have an attorney review an automobile sales contract, as well as pay that attorney to travel with him to the dealership to return the car, at hundreds of dollars per hour, cannot afford to buy an EVO and needs his mom to cosign for a loan.
As an aside, I personally don't understand how someone who can afford to have an attorney review an automobile sales contract, as well as pay that attorney to travel with him to the dealership to return the car, at hundreds of dollars per hour, cannot afford to buy an EVO and needs his mom to cosign for a loan.
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From: Houston, TX
You should drive that car to hell and back before returning it. Let them try and sell a "brand new" car with 5k miles on it and rock chips all over the front. They will wish they let you keep it.
It's sad bad unfortunately this kind of stuff happens a lot.
And for me, it seemed I wasn't really "approved" for the loan on this car until like a week later, although at the time of taking my car from the dealership, the dealer gave me like an "okay you're all set and we're good to go!"
And for some people they don't even get approved, and are asked to return the car a few days later! This is how sometimes you're looking at a "technically new, but pre-owned" car on the lot with only like 80-100 miles, which wasn't accumulated from test drives.
And for me, it seemed I wasn't really "approved" for the loan on this car until like a week later, although at the time of taking my car from the dealership, the dealer gave me like an "okay you're all set and we're good to go!"
And for some people they don't even get approved, and are asked to return the car a few days later! This is how sometimes you're looking at a "technically new, but pre-owned" car on the lot with only like 80-100 miles, which wasn't accumulated from test drives.
All I have to say to anyone buying is read the documents and make sure that the seller signs off on every document. Also, make sure you are buying the car then and there and that everything is approved. My lawyer is my friend, so he didn't charge me anything.
While reviewing the documents there is a section that clearly stated that if I return the car for any reason I will be charged for any damages (mileage can be considered damage if excessive).
Two evils don't make a right. A lawyer makes a right LOL. I'll tell the whole story later. I'm currently talking to the Triplex though, since they have a PB SSS, but this whole experience has given me the edge of what I need to look for in the financing department. Ironically, the Triplex just settled a lawsuit regarding unfair practices like this.
If you search stuff like this, you'll find it. The majority of people suckered into this, though, are either young, black, of the elderly, or those with poor credit scores. In nearly all of the stories I read where the person buys a car, then gets the call the next day saying that they need to come back in and renegotiate the finance terms, the person goes back alone and crumbles under the dealership's pressure. They refinance at a ridiculous rate, then they either suck it up, or they get a lawyer, but everything has been signed off.
Two evils don't make a right. A lawyer makes a right LOL. I'll tell the whole story later. I'm currently talking to the Triplex though, since they have a PB SSS, but this whole experience has given me the edge of what I need to look for in the financing department. Ironically, the Triplex just settled a lawsuit regarding unfair practices like this.
If you search stuff like this, you'll find it. The majority of people suckered into this, though, are either young, black, of the elderly, or those with poor credit scores. In nearly all of the stories I read where the person buys a car, then gets the call the next day saying that they need to come back in and renegotiate the finance terms, the person goes back alone and crumbles under the dealership's pressure. They refinance at a ridiculous rate, then they either suck it up, or they get a lawyer, but everything has been signed off.
I'm talking to another dealership, but I just might go take a look at a new G37 or A4. These kind of practices seem to be common with the Mitsu dealerships around here.
