:::RHMT::: Real Home Made Turbo
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ApexSilver06MR on August 04, 2009, 11:55:04 PM
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I just sold the DA teg.
http://www.realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/index.php?topic=4405.msg64248#new (http://www.realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/index.php?topic=4405.msg64248#new)
19 year old kid buys it for cash
i took him for a rip in it
and i let him rip on it on the way back from the test drive
I get a call from him a few mins ago saying the turbo seized up and he blew the motor.
I did specifically tell him that i was selling as a parts only car.
The bill of sale that i wrote up said...
Im selling my 90 acura integra for $1800 as a parts vehicle only as-is condition. I will not be responsible for smog nor will give any type of warrenty's or guarantees what so ever.
both him and i signed it.
he knows it was boosted, told him i was selling for a parts vehicle only and both of us signed. I knew i shouldnt of sold it to this kid but the money looked so good in front of my face.
What should I do? Am I supposed to give his money back???
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fuck no, it was running when it left you.
the sale was as is and he signed a doc agreeing to it, as bill handle puts it 'tell him to go pound sand'
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Sold as is. End of story.
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DO NOT GIVE HIM HIS MONEY BACK!!!! Sold "as is" thats it. For all you know he took of the line to the wastegate and let her rip. Its his problem now!!!!
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take a look at it for him, maybe help him out with some free labour. He pays all parts, if hes a cunt about it tell him to go fuck himself. Hes probably a stupid kid and a plug wire fell off, lol.
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I had a similar thing happen, though the funny part was I told the kid the engine was fucked and he decided to try driving it anyways. I was nice enough to pick him up, pay for the tow to the local mechanics and buy him dinner while we were talking about "what would happen". I eventually told him to get bent.
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fuck no, it was running when it left you.
bill handle
"Jews on the news"
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he said the turbo seized up and motor blew and has no power.
the car always ran mint.
for all i know, he blew off a charge pipe
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Do not give him the cash back.
If this shit was happening to you, you would never see your money back.
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IF you do take a look at it and the charge pipe is blown off just tell him it is blown :yes:
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Why do you even fucking care. i would have told him "well that sucks, maybe you shouldn't have fucked it up" oh and get bent.
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He tried to top it out. 45 seconds of WOT later, it let go.
Tell him good luck w/ it and dont answer your phone.
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im not giving shit back and at hell no
just wondering if he could persue legal action against me
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if tha b.o.s says as is than he cant do shit and if he tries give us his number well take care of it
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im not giving shit back and at hell no
just wondering if he could persue legal action against me
Even if he did, he signed the paper saying that the car was sold as is.
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He tried to top it out. 45 seconds of WOT later, it let go.
Tell him good luck w/ it and dont answer your phone.
most likely thing to have happened
mind you I have seen 1600 degrees from my pyro(in the exh. housing) while racing that bike at high speeds. Scared the piss out of me.
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Jay,
He bought a car with a turbo and a motor that doesnt belong in the car according to california law.
It was an off road vehicle
Future events do what i said to do in the first place
Thrown stock intake/manifold/smogged sold as a normal car. Sold turbo alone.
I have had to many friends who have dealt with this hence why I was telling you to do that. Selling turbo hondas unless its too a friend is nothing but trouble
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He tried to top it out. 45 seconds of WOT later, it let go.
Tell him good luck w/ it and dont answer your phone.
winner
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He tried to top it out. 45 seconds of WOT later, it let go.
Tell him good luck w/ it and dont answer your phone.
winner
I doubt it's anything so glorious. My money's on the charge pipe blowing off, and the kid stood on it seeing if the boost was going to come back until the turbo locked up.
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I'd say he's some ricer idiot who doesn't know what he's doing. Similiar to what JD said.
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just heard back from dude.
he had a buddy check it out and blew a charge pipe off.
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This story ends with the kid killing himself in it trying to be a street race hero.
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This story ends with the kid killing himself in it trying to be a street race hero.
qft
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just heard back from dude.
he had a buddy check it out and blew a charge pipe off.
hope you took that opportunity to tell im that if he did in fact blow it up it has nothing to do with you. Not liable.
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i sold a turbo civic to some kids before. car was a 99 civic ex with 56k miles on it and had been boosted at 8psi for about a year and a half never had a problem, wasnt like i raped on it daily either though. sold it to this kid, told him dont do long 5th gear pulls and only use premium gas from a decent gas station not that Am/Pm shit. get a call three months later him sayign that somebody told him that the turbo was blown and he was askign me where i got it from, told him local wrecking yard and he was like oh ok. asked him why he thought it was the turbo and he said it was because its making a knocking sound and kinda smokes a bit, said he let his friend turn the boost up to 18psi to see how fast it would be lol. told him good luck with his rod knock and the turbo is fine but have fun with the swap that he is going to be doing very soon. never answered his phone calls again
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what is it with these fags and not being able to diagnose simple problems, and follow simple instructions.
sold my turbo car to a guy who had to drive it to milwaukee (90mi), i had a hood scoop for the the intercooler but when it rains really hard it would get water past the spark plug boots. i told the guy this, he calls me like 3 hours after buying it saying he wants the money back because it blew the head gasket. i told him no way the gasket was blown and asked him what was wrong, he said it would misfire and stutter. asked him if he remembered what i told him b4 and he says yes, so i said fucking pull the wires and blow out the spark plug holes. god damn
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what is it with these fags and not being able to diagnose simple problems, and follow simple instructions.
kids today don't pay attention in school. That, and we don't hardly have classes like machine shop and auto tech in high school anymore.
Instead we teach them home ec, or ceramics, or art class, and they grow up fucking retarded. Then when they see shit on TV and movies like fast and furious, and stupid street magazines, they just catch bits and pieces of car info, like turning the boost up, but have no idea the science of what is happening. then do dumb shit hoping someone smart will fix it AKA you.
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You Henry'd him...
-Henry
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You Henry'd him...
-Henry
If he henry'd him, it'd be in his garage still and the kid would be asking when he could pick it up and jay would be saying "ill let you know" for the next 5 months :mexi:
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Actually most go to web forums. read about 10 minutes a day for 3 months and know everything
If most would just go buy a car and actually work on it like basic shit and learn how to be a man.
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Use that free plane ticket to fly down here then niglip
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Actually most go to web forums. read about 10 minutes a day for 3 months and know everything
If most would just go buy a car and actually work on it like basic shit and learn how to be a man.
QFTMFT
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fun times
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Actually most go to web forums. read about 10 minutes a day for 3 months and know everything
If most would just go buy a car and actually work on it like basic shit and learn how to be a man.
QFTMFT
Quit
Fucking
Talking
Mother
Fucking
Transexual
Queer
Fucking
Turd
Melting
Farting
Talibanian
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my cars are always sold with a bill of sale.
I had one come and bite me in the ass. I went to the house to try to help the dude with the car, showed him the bill of sale, and offered my assistance and he said he wanted his money back. I said, see you in court and left.
I always always always sell cars with a bill of sale. I put in there the car is sold as-is, and 'both parties are agreed as satisfied'
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Actually most go to web forums. read about 10 minutes a day for 3 months and know everything
If most would just go buy a car and actually work on it like basic shit and learn how to be a man.
QFTMFT
Quit
Fucking
Talking
Mother
Fucking
Transexual
Queer
Fucking
Turd
Melting
Farting
Talibanian
I lol'd
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what is it with these fags and not being able to diagnose simple problems, and follow simple instructions.
kids today don't pay attention in school. That, and we don't hardly have classes like machine shop and auto tech in high school anymore.
Instead we teach them home ec, or ceramics, or art class, and they grow up fucking retarded. Then when they see shit on TV and movies like fast and furious, and stupid street magazines, they just catch bits and pieces of car info, like turning the boost up, but have no idea the science of what is happening. then do dumb shit hoping someone smart will fix it AKA you.
I agree with this 100 percent.
Machining, welding, auto tech, hvac and cad were the best fucking classes i ever took. Ever.
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what is it with these fags and not being able to diagnose simple problems, and follow simple instructions.
kids today don't pay attention in school. That, and we don't hardly have classes like machine shop and auto tech in high school anymore.
Instead we teach them home ec, or ceramics, or art class, and they grow up fucking retarded. Then when they see shit on TV and movies like fast and furious, and stupid street magazines, they just catch bits and pieces of car info, like turning the boost up, but have no idea the science of what is happening. then do dumb shit hoping someone smart will fix it AKA you.
I agree with this 100 percent.
Machining, welding, auto tech, hvac and cad were the best fucking classes i ever took. Ever.
When you tried to kill yourself was the best day for most of this site's membership, ever.
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what is it with these fags and not being able to diagnose simple problems, and follow simple instructions.
kids today don't pay attention in school. That, and we don't hardly have classes like machine shop and auto tech in high school anymore.
Instead we teach them home ec, or ceramics, or art class, and they grow up fucking retarded. Then when they see shit on TV and movies like fast and furious, and stupid street magazines, they just catch bits and pieces of car info, like turning the boost up, but have no idea the science of what is happening. then do dumb shit hoping someone smart will fix it AKA you.
I agree with this 100 percent.
Machining, welding, auto tech, hvac and cad were the best fucking classes i ever took. Ever.
When you tried to kill yourself was the best day for most of this site's membership, ever.
Ouch!
Offer the kid some knowledge and advice and maybe a lil' assistance teaching him how to do things properly and how/why they work the way they do transform him from a no nothing ricer to a at least semi knowledgable kid that knows whats goin on under the hood.
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my cars are always sold with a bill of sale.
I had one come and bite me in the ass. I went to the house to try to help the dude with the car, showed him the bill of sale, and offered my assistance and he said he wanted his money back. I said, see you in court and left.
I always always always sell cars with a bill of sale. I put in there the car is sold as-is, and 'both parties are agreed as satisfied'
fo sho, theres always some asshat out there, that doesn't listen to what you tell em.
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My High school didnt have anything except an auto class run by a 60 year old man who had given up on teaching. I spent about 5 minutes in that class per day. Get there for attendance and bounce out and go mob the the dohc zc for the rest of the day. A dollar gas ruled.
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My High school didnt have anything except an auto class run by a 60 year old man who had given up on teaching. I spent about 5 minutes in that class per day. Get there for attendance and bounce out and go mob the the dohc zc for the rest of the day. A dollar gas ruled.
graduated 04 and at my high school we didn't even have any sort of auto class whatsoever. welded some shit in material science but thats the closest thing my hs offered
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From what my step mom has told me(30 years with school district in southern california) is about everything has been cut and by far the worst she has ever seen. Alot of schools for sports have to privately funded here now.
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Tuned friend's ghetto-rescue EX w/ebay kit (10.9psi with 57trim, z6), he pulled some 14.1's with steelies, sold it a week later, was blown the next day. Apparently he didn't realize cranking the boost another 10psi with a stock MAP will lean it out like no tomorrow. And throw a rod.
My HS never had automotive, just a half-ass metal/wood shop class that was a complete zoo. Didn't stop me from rebuilding my 67 bird's sb 350 all by my self, before intreweb had good info on it. Graduation day I did 2 mins of donuts & brake stands in the parking lot. :yes:
Too bad you didn't listen to JD, look at the car, offer 75% refund, fix/flip it and have even more money.
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The car smogged would of sold for 2k+ without the turbo kit