The new engine

[David Williamson]

David,
I'm glad that it's finally working out for you. I know you were on the verge of selling the car. Perhaps now you'll have a renewed interest and enthusiasm for it.
Keep it going.

I already do, I keep the for sale signs up the first few hours of getting it back.
Got a lot of stares saw people writing the number down.
Went driving some more and just took em out and feel back in love with it.

Thanks again.

 

[CHRIS.O]

Does it whine all the time or just putting it into gear? They promised it to be finished and driveable right? Tell them to make it so. Messed up linkage and whining trans is not "finished" in my opinion but I am glad your happy.

 

[David Williamson]

Does it whine all the time or just putting it into gear? They promised it to be finished and driveable right? Tell them to make it so. Messed up linkage and whining trans is not "finished" in my opinion but I am glad your happy.

Its like when its in first going to second it will be whining.
It takes a long time and a lot of pushing the gas to push it in second.
I am happy with it but I am scared something worse is going to happen like a transmission blow or something like that.
I am going to call them tomorrow and explain to them these problems never happened until they got into it.

Thanks Chris.

 

[David Williamson]

!happiness short-lived!

The car broke on me today, I believe it seized up or blew again.
I was driving down the road and it died out on me in the middle of the road, I tried starting it up wouldn't even budge made this horrible loud grinding noise.
So I pushed the car into on coming traffic to get it off the road of about 10 minutes of sitting there trying to start it.
Got it into a parking lot, Parked it.
Called Mike and Steve they start yelling and cussing out my wife saying it was our faults and they're not responsible for anything and they will not fix it.
They say they told us not to drive it because of no gauges.
But I know for a fact it wasn't running hot, Also he blamed me saying I ran it hot and blew the engine and hes not liable because it wasn't their fault.
So They don't come get the car they say they wont help us out, So my sister comes in her small ford contour and pushes me all the way home (about 5 miles).
So we get home I call them and ask them what's going on and why they would talk to my wife like that, he starts talking and I promise will not shut up going on about how its my fault they're not responsible for this.
So he tells me get my lawyer cause he has everything on us and I am harassing him which I wasn't he was yelling at me.
So I told him shut up and let me talk, he did when I got loud, So I begin to tell Him: (exact words) I paid you 1100 of my money, Literally not a penny less or more literally all of my money I don't have a dime left to my name, I am not caring about consequences what I was worried about is when I gave you literally all of my money I could get into my car that I paid you to fix and drive wherever I want to go in my car that I paid you to fix.
So he begins to talk and talk and not let me finish what I was saying, So I scream as loud as I can into the phone shut up and let me talk! He hangs up and now wont answer my phone calls.
But what I never mentioned on here cause I didn't care I was overly excited about my car was.
I got it back and I swear there was no oil in the car, No water/anti-freeze nothing.
When I put oil into it I swear it had the worst oil leak, how on a "fixed" Motor there was a leak??
Also all the things he said I was getting I never got, I looked at all the parts and none were the same brand he promised.
and again no fluids.
So I told him this and he swears I was lying and I am just trying to accuse him, he swears he has receipts.
So now Monday were going down to the court house taking a small claims on them (Mike & Steve) and their shop, also going to better business bureau to talk to them and show them everything and get them shut down.
I am not handling this like I did with Klinglesmith.
So I am pretty furious, and sad because now I just decided to give it up, either someone buy the whole car or I will part it out before it goes to the junk yard.
I literally cried today in anger because of what they did and how they shifted all of the blame onto me to make themselves feel/look better.
But I will take a video of what its doing the noise and all, I will let you all judge if I am right or wrong.
Thanks everyone so much.

 

[CHRIS.O]

Time to let it go. Too much time, anger, frustration and sadness into this car. It is sad to see it go down like this. This is what happens to people that don't know a whole bunch about cars. The get screwed. I am really sorry to see that happen to you. I wish you lived closer to me, I would have came and looked at it way back when the other engine started giving you grief. Like I said before though, don't let this bad experience keep you away from cars forever. Go buy something to daily drive and get back on your feet. After that find something that you do not have to rely on to mess around with. I really don't have much to say about the legal stuff. I don't know much about it. Each state is different on how they will handle this. Just remember if it isn't on paper or recorded somehow then it was never said or done. Hopefully the scales tip in your favor just so you can get some money back out of it. Good luck man, and again I am really sorry to hear that it went down like this.

 

[Evan11]

I'm really sorry man. I was sure hoping this was gonna work out for ya. when they left the exhaust hanging down like that, that made me think, huh? ya know? I hope all goes well on the legal side for you. many shops will take advantage of those who may not know much about mechanics. As for gauges, it looks like they would've put something in. cheap gauges can be bought for $15 and I'm sure a shop gets a discount. This car has just gave you so much trouble, I wish you could just enjoy it for once. Looks like they'd atleast warranty it for a month. ready to see this youtube vid, best of luck

Evan

 

[richp85elco]

that is f*cking bullshit man..i wish you would have saved your money and sold the cutlass like i last read you were..I didnt even see you got a new motor until now...even if the guy just fixed it all up i would have been checking all fluid levels every time i went out and if you were loosing oil or coolant let the guy know before there's significant damage like what now happened...see if you can recoupe some money and wait until you settle your legal action before you get rid of your evidence which is your car. but then get rid of it and unfortunately i think your best bet would be to see if you can finance (buy not lease) a used car try to get the cheapest one that will fit your needs from a dealer that way your protected from getting a lemon. With your baby on the way you really need something reliable that will get you were you need to go, the money you just spent could have been a good down payment, which really sucks. depending on the car you can prob get pretty low monthly payments in the $200 range...good luck with everything

 

[David Williamson]

Time to let it go. Too much time, anger, frustration and sadness into this car. It is sad to see it go down like this. This is what happens to people that don't know a whole bunch about cars. The get screwed. I am really sorry to see that happen to you. I wish you lived closer to me, I would have came and looked at it way back when the other engine started giving you grief. Like I said before though, don't let this bad experience keep you away from cars forever. Go buy something to daily drive and get back on your feet. After that find something that you do not have to rely on to mess around with. I really don't have much to say about the legal stuff. I don't know much about it. Each state is different on how they will handle this. Just remember if it isn't on paper or recorded somehow then it was never said or done. Hopefully the scales tip in your favor just so you can get some money back out of it. Good luck man, and again I am really sorry to hear that it went down like this.

Its all good, I am still very much angry but I just have to let it all go and take actions into control.
I have everything written in paper though so I am very happy about that.
I also went to another shop to get it looked at when it came out of their shop cause I was a little scared and got it all in writing that they didn't do anything right and they didn't even fill it with fluids.
So hopefully that works out in my favor as well.
I do hope everything pans out great and I get money but even if I don't I just hope they never touch another car in their lives.
They will get what's coming to them very soon.
But thanks Chris.

 

[David Williamson]

I'm really sorry man. I was sure hoping this was gonna work out for ya. when they left the exhaust hanging down like that, that made me think, huh? ya know? I hope all goes well on the legal side for you. many shops will take advantage of those who may not know much about mechanics. As for gauges, it looks like they would've put something in. cheap gauges can be bought for $15 and I'm sure a shop gets a discount. This car has just gave you so much trouble, I wish you could just enjoy it for once. Looks like they'd atleast warranty it for a month. ready to see this youtube vid, best of luck

Evan

That's what I asked if they could buy em, No we cant.
Like okay well we will is it cool if I wait till I get some money in a couple days, yeah sure.
Now its we told you no it wasn't cool that you drove it we told you not to drive it blah blah blah.
They actually did give us a 60 day warranty, But when it broke down like this, they blamed it on me and the gauges and said the warranty is now void.
Their not responsible anymore.
More bull from them.
But yeah its all good one day I will get a nice unmolested cutlass and just enjoy it.
Thanks evan.

 

[David Williamson]

that is f*cking bullshit man..i wish you would have saved your money and sold the cutlass like i last read you were..I didnt even see you got a new motor until now...even if the guy just fixed it all up i would have been checking all fluid levels every time i went out and if you were loosing oil or coolant let the guy know before there's significant damage like what now happened...see if you can recoupe some money and wait until you settle your legal action before you get rid of your evidence which is your car. but then get rid of it and unfortunately i think your best bet would be to see if you can finance (buy not lease) a used car try to get the cheapest one that will fit your needs from a dealer that way your protected from getting a lemon. With your baby on the way you really need something reliable that will get you were you need to go, the money you just spent could have been a good down payment, which really sucks. depending on the car you can prob get pretty low monthly payments in the $200 range...good luck with everything

I know I wanted to but the wife wanted to keep this since we already had it, no one seemed to call about buying it.
We tried calling him up until this point about the problems but he kept saying stuff like: we're not open, we're not at the shop, we're at the boat (gambling) or just wouldn't answer the phones.
So when this happened he answered and all that happened.
I think my family is all going to pitch in to help me buy a little 4 door gas saver car and I will pay them back over time for helping us.
Its pretty much the only way I can get money seeing I have no job at the moment and I just gave that dirtbag all my money.
I appreciate this, Cause keeping the car as evidence is very smart and wouldn't have thought of that so thank you greatly.