Feel bad, but not guilty

[Avispa]

I sold my Dart last week, had it two years never drove it except off the transport and into the yard.
An interested local buyer came over, as questions, looked over the car and parts that went with it, cranked to motor, listened to it, reved to motor, depressed the clutch pedal to listened to the T bearing(I guess), looked at the trunk, under the car, asked questions, shifted the gears (4 speed). T stat was weeping and the brakes needed bleeding
We reach a deal I gave Him the title, He paid with cash and then he loaded up the parts and the car had just enough brakes to hold it, backed it out and drove it up on the trailer.
Then 2 days later He contacts me on facebook, he bled the brakes and drove it around for a while, can back to his house and shut it off, went to crank it and the motor was locked up, he also said the trans was grinding going into 4 gear, damm!
The day after that he says someone printed a name on the front of the title and he couldn't register the car, he said it was worthless.
I asked him to make copies of the title and give me one Cali plate and I that I knew someone in the tag office that could probably get it straightened out for him, crickets!
I feel bad, but I did not know the motor was gonna go out, who knows if he horsed it around or whatever.
Feel bad, but not guilty.

 

[toolmanmike]

Sad story but sold as is-where is. He heard the engine run and if it was about to go you would have heard it or saw low oil pressure or something.

 

[diymirage]

Sounds like buyers remorse and I don't trust his story one bit

 

[RustyRatRod]

You did nothing wrong. You didn't represent it as a dependable, running driving car, did you? Then don't sweat it.

 

[Cuda416]

Agree with everyone here. It's a project car and you cant assume it's a good starting point. No dig on you, regardless of the condition. You offered to help make something right and got nothing. He could be trying to scam you... How I have no idea. I sold a car when I was a kid. Cops found it on the side of the road months later and they came after me. I had the sales portion of the title. They wrote the info down and left. Never heard about it again.

 

[barbee6043]

I sold one of my Mopars that I have drove for 3 years a few months ago. Never a problem. The buyer called 5 days later and said the TF went out! Wanted to now if I had another one I could give him. (No I did not). He bought it for is 20 year old son. HUMmmmmm??
Your guy bought a project.

 

[67Dart273]

It..........might..........just.........be........you........are..........being.........played

 

[MarPar]

"As-is, where is"

 

[clementine]

I dont beat a car usually right out of the gate. Buy the car, putt it around, listening for things. tighten up on stuff. putt around. repeat until satisfied. Then try to break things. Dude did this in reverse. For Shore. Playa... Id offer help. Then tell him to join FABO and get dirty.

 

[diymirage]

Been wondering this...was the car registered in your name?

 

[lilfontleroy]

true story: sold a car to a guy and 3 years later he calls complaining that the brakes were failing and asked what I was going to do about it! he wanted me to pay for the repairs.. some people

 

[chryslerfat]

Sold a truck to a guy that he used commercially and when the starter went out a year later it was my fault.

 

[Avispa]

Been wondering this...was the car registered in your name?

Nope, never changed the title and it never out of the yard and was never on the road, even illegally.

 

[diymirage]

Nope, never changed the title and it never out of the yard and was never on the road, even illegally.

So, you may have illegally sold him a car

Not each state has the same rules on "title skipping"

He may have a legit bone with you there

 

[chryslerfat]

So, you may have illegally sold him a car

Not each state has the same rules on "title skipping"

He may have a legit bone with you there

Title skipping illegal in all 50 states. Now approved in Michigan because of a 2 month wait to transfer a title so if sold again during that time it becomes legal.

 

[barbee6043]

The guy bought it from the guy with the name on the title!!!!!! Buyer can go fly a kite maybe. Seller was simply "agent".

 

[pittsburghracer]

Pa is messed up in a lot of ways but here if you buy a car you go transfer the title. I like that.

 

[chryslerfat]

The guy bought it from the guy with the name on the title!!!!!! Buyer can go fly a kite maybe. Seller was simply "agent".

Yup he was just storing it.

 

[chryslerfat]

Pa is messed up in a lot of ways but here if you buy a car you go transfer the title. I like that.

We had that before Benson last year and we would like that again.

 

[Krooser]

I bought a brand new 1970 Mercury Cyclone. About one year later I decided I couldn't afford the payment ($108.00/month!) and I traded down at a local dealer.

Two years later I get a phone call from some dork who sez I sold that dealer a defective car and now HE is going to sue me for the cost of a new transmission. After listening in disbelif at this dumbo I asked him if the car had been in any accidents since he bought it. He said "yeah... I rolled it over but that shouldn't have anything to do with the transmission!"...

I told him to hire the best attoney he could find and I will see you in court.

Dumbass.

 

[mbaird]

A friend sold a 1975 F150 4x4 to a guy around 15 years ago. His dad had purchased the truck new... 2 years ago he gets a call from a guy asking if he wanted to sell his truck. What truck ?
Oh ... where is it ? Lol
The guy had never transfered the title and died....
I helped him restore it and surprised his dad on fathers day !

 

[diymirage]

A friend sold a 1975 F150 4x4 to a guy around 15 years ago. His dad had purchased the truck new... 2 years ago he gets a call from a guy asking if he wanted to sell his truck. What truck ?
Oh ... where is it ? Lol
The guy had never transfered the title and died....
I helped him restore it and surprised his dad on fathers day !

Did he run into any issues with surviving family, or did no one "claim" the truck?

 

[64DartGTinAZ]

Sold as-is, so mechanicals are too bad, so sorry, wasn't that way when you left.

If you never retitled it in your name after you bought it, then that part's your problem to fix, IMHO.

I spent 3 years on a bonded title unraveling 7 different sellers who flipped the car without registering it only to find there was a problem somewhere along the line and the only way to fix it was a bonded title.

 

[SGBARRACUDA]

Let it be a lesson when you sell a vehicle, Make a bill of sale listing the VIN, Date of the transaction, Mileage and have it signed by you, buyer and a witness. List the fact that the buyer is buying it as is with no warranty implied or offered. People love to buy a car , throw a plate on it and drive it that way so they don't have to pay taxes and transfer fees. I'm going thru hell right now on a 70 Duster that I bought from a man years ago out of NY. Had the a Fl. tittle in his name from 6/2018. NY was a non tittle state before 1973, man I got it from did nothing wrong, he took the NY tag registration to Fl. DMV and had a tittle issued in his name. Sometime in 7/2018 the guy in NY register the Duster again so that when I went to put it in my name. the Fl. DMV computer would not allow that to happen as it was registered in NY one month after Fl. issued a tittle. Now I'm stuck.Fl. DMV says NY DMV will not return many phone call attempts. Bottom line? Get it put in your name. Had I decided to put a lot of money in this car while leaving it a "OPEN" Tittle, when I tried to sell it I would be out money and maybe a law suit.

 

[mbaird]

Did he run into any issues with surviving family, or did no one "claim" the truck?

The truck was abandoned in a field in a remote town in Oregon . Family if any probably had no clue he had it . Story goes that the guy was a drunk and lost his license shortly after buying it .