Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009
You know how one dreams about getting there first car ? Well I had that dream once...and when it finally happened, It turned out to be a nightmare !!! I'm 18 as most of you probably know and I have been saving up for my first car for 2-years. And in that timeframe I managed to save up close to $4000.......I would have had more, but I was stupid and bought brand new video games all the time. Then with unexpected bills that came up I was down to $2200.xx. Well, Here is my Story:........
I was riding with my friend on December 22nd (Remember that date) around 10:00PM when we drove past the Courtesy Kia Budget Lot and I noticed a Red Sports car out of the corner of my eye and I thought to myself, "Is that what I think it is ?" and then I saw it again and I yelled, "DUDE !!! THEY HAVE A 3000GT !!!!!" So we pretty much slammed on the breaks and turned around the nearest parking lot, (Which happened to be the porn store for our town..........good thing our parents didnt see us coming out of that parking lot, that would have been fun to explain, haha.) So we get back and look at it and it was definately a Mitsubishi 3000GT ! You dont know how long I have always wanted one of those, I really like import cars like: Honda,Toyota,Mitsubishi,Nissan....etc..... So the next day I had to go to a doctors appointment and when we left the doctors I mentioned the car to my dad so we swung by on oour way home to look at it. We got there at 11:30AM on the dot, lol. I Remember that. And we looked it over it was a 1999 MITSUBISHI 3000GT SL
It was in pretty much perfect condition, The only thing wrong with the Exterior is that There is a tiny little rust spot ontop the Sun roof and a little crack in the front bumper on the drivers side.....not bad......
The Interior Is in excellent condition, All black Leather seats 
. Just a few things wrong, not bad though.
Its got a 3.0L V6 24V DOHC with 91,810 Original Miles on it.
Well I bought the Car on December 23rd,2008 for $8,500. They were asking $10,000 for it but I talked them down so After tax, title and everything else I payed $9,700 with no payments till March 29th,2009. It had Brand new tires and the Engine Transmission and Clutch were checked by there mechanics and everything was in perfect condition. Everything was going amazing I was so happy I finally got my first car after waiting for Years, This was my long awaited Christmas present for myself.....But then my dream soon became a nightmare........
I drove it to Show My friend who lives like 4 miles away form me then I came home and went to work, It exactly 2 miles to work from my house so I put 8-Miles on it that day, The Next day was Christmas Eve and I spent the entire day with my Girlfriend and her family and she ended up picking me up and bringing me back home so The car sat in my Driveway the whole day without being drove. The next day Was of course Christmas and I stayed at my house All day and spent it with my family, so yet again It stayed parked in my driveway. The next day I came out to get me Car manual to look something up and the Brand New tires that they said were on the car were Completely FLAT in the back on the Passenger side. First Thing that went wrong. So I had to go to work and it snowed alot and My girlfriend didnt want me to drive cause it was so Icy so it stayed parked yet again in my driveway >
The next day my Dad and I filled the tire up and took it to a tire store to get it fixed so the 4th day I had it, i had a tire replaced ! So here is where all the fun begins, as you already know I only drove it twice..... On my way to work with my girlfrind we were driving along and my RPM's started acting funny Evertime I shifted gears the RPM's shot up but I wasnt picking up that much speed. Well we got to work and when I pulled in and shut off the engine we sat there talking and then I noticed the smoke comeing from the right side of the car (From my point of view from the driver seat). So I popped the hood and was looking at it and it was coming down from what looked to be the transmission, I was running really close to the time I had to work so i called my dad and gave my gf the keys and asked her to wait for my dad and show him where it was coming from. So I went inside and about a half hour later she came inside work and said he looked at it and said its probably fine and he just left !!! It was smoking I dont think that meens its fine ! He just said take it easy on my way home, This is my third day driving the car and I didnt drive it hard at all. After work we got in the car and started heading home and the RPM's kept doing the same thing but worse this time, All I did was pull out of the parking lot and stop at a red light. When it turned greenI started out and My RPM's jumped to 6, it redlines at 7 !!! So I shifted into 2,3 and about 1/4 mile down the road I was loosing speed and when I hit the little incline on the road I just completely stopped, I couldnt move the car for nothing.........my clutch went out on me.....3rd day driving it around 10:30PM and that was the last time I drove it, December 28th. We ended up calling AAA for a tow truck and instead of calling the tow place in Alliance they called one in canton........I think the lady on the phone that worked there must of been high or just plain retarded. I just had the car towed straight to the dealership and got stuck with a $114 towing bill!!! So on monday, December 29th. we called up there and told them what all happened and they said we appologize we will take care of everything..the next day came, car didnt move,next day same thing..etc.........On the fifth day of me and my dad calling, January 2nd,2009 they finally got to look at the car and within a hour said what it was.....the clutch, the same thing that I told them it was for the past 5-days. Then all the sudden they went back on there word and tried to stick me with a $1200 bill ! I sure wasnt going to pay for that, They said they would take car of it and they Will !!! well after days of calling them and getting the runaround, days turned into weeks and it still hasnt budged from the spot where they put it after they looked at it.......Finally January 13th I called and asked "What the HEck is going onwith my car !" and they said the same thing the keep saying, "Were waiting on the pricing for the part, it a very rare clutch and Mitsubishi wants a little over $800 for it". My gf step dad works at the Advanced Auto right across the street from them and they have the entire Clutch Kit for the exact model and year of my car for $140, So I told the Service Manager Jay about it and made him call up there and then he called me back and said and I quote: "Management is telling me that the customer has to pay for it, but at that price, I will just take care of it for you its not a big deal, and as soon as Tom gets the parts in we will put it in and take care of everything for you" I figured they would go back on there word again so I recorded the whole conversation with the part that I just quoted :-) haha suckers........So they first said after this that they were waiting on the part to get in, Advanced Auto already had the part in. Courtesy Kia was just afraid to tell me they are doing such bad buisness so they arent aloud to buy on credit anymore. They said they dont have the money to do that........its a car lot and they dont have the $140 to buy my part ! Now they are saying they are waiting for the flywheel part and they will put it in for me and I might be looking at 3-more days. Well it is going to be a Month exactly on Friday !!! Today was the final deadline that the manager Todd told me, He said: "I Promise you will have the car tomorrow (This was when I went up there January 19th, Monday), I Promise you will be driving the car tomorrw night. And I said It better be done by tomorrow or else I am sueing you under Missrepresentation under The Ohio Lemon Laws, and I will be doing a class-Action Lawsuit with my boss. (He is going through the same thing with them now)............So here it is January 20th,2009........So here it is 29-Days later and All I have done is been Lied to, Deceived, Got the Run Around, Payed my first months insurence on a car that I only put 20-25 Miles on. Its still completely full of gas from the day I bought it (Which cost me $18 to fill up), It takes premium unleaded. So word of advice, If you are looking for a car DO NOT GO TO COURTESY KIA, THEY ARE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF CON-ARTISTS !!!!!!!! I'm going up there in the morning to get this straightened out once and for all !
I was riding with my friend on December 22nd (Remember that date) around 10:00PM when we drove past the Courtesy Kia Budget Lot and I noticed a Red Sports car out of the corner of my eye and I thought to myself, "Is that what I think it is ?" and then I saw it again and I yelled, "DUDE !!! THEY HAVE A 3000GT !!!!!" So we pretty much slammed on the breaks and turned around the nearest parking lot, (Which happened to be the porn store for our town..........good thing our parents didnt see us coming out of that parking lot, that would have been fun to explain, haha.) So we get back and look at it and it was definately a Mitsubishi 3000GT ! You dont know how long I have always wanted one of those, I really like import cars like: Honda,Toyota,Mitsubishi,Nissan....etc..... So the next day I had to go to a doctors appointment and when we left the doctors I mentioned the car to my dad so we swung by on oour way home to look at it. We got there at 11:30AM on the dot, lol. I Remember that. And we looked it over it was a 1999 MITSUBISHI 3000GT SL
It was in pretty much perfect condition, The only thing wrong with the Exterior is that There is a tiny little rust spot ontop the Sun roof and a little crack in the front bumper on the drivers side.....not bad......
The Interior Is in excellent condition, All black Leather seats . Just a few things wrong, not bad though. Its got a 3.0L V6 24V DOHC with 91,810 Original Miles on it.Well I bought the Car on December 23rd,2008 for $8,500. They were asking $10,000 for it but I talked them down so After tax, title and everything else I payed $9,700 with no payments till March 29th,2009. It had Brand new tires and the Engine Transmission and Clutch were checked by there mechanics and everything was in perfect condition. Everything was going amazing I was so happy I finally got my first car after waiting for Years, This was my long awaited Christmas present for myself.....But then my dream soon became a nightmare........
I drove it to Show My friend who lives like 4 miles away form me then I came home and went to work, It exactly 2 miles to work from my house so I put 8-Miles on it that day, The Next day was Christmas Eve and I spent the entire day with my Girlfriend and her family and she ended up picking me up and bringing me back home so The car sat in my Driveway the whole day without being drove. The next day Was of course Christmas and I stayed at my house All day and spent it with my family, so yet again It stayed parked in my driveway. The next day I came out to get me Car manual to look something up and the Brand New tires that they said were on the car were Completely FLAT in the back on the Passenger side. First Thing that went wrong. So I had to go to work and it snowed alot and My girlfriend didnt want me to drive cause it was so Icy so it stayed parked yet again in my driveway >
The next day my Dad and I filled the tire up and took it to a tire store to get it fixed so the 4th day I had it, i had a tire replaced ! So here is where all the fun begins, as you already know I only drove it twice..... On my way to work with my girlfrind we were driving along and my RPM's started acting funny Evertime I shifted gears the RPM's shot up but I wasnt picking up that much speed. Well we got to work and when I pulled in and shut off the engine we sat there talking and then I noticed the smoke comeing from the right side of the car (From my point of view from the driver seat). So I popped the hood and was looking at it and it was coming down from what looked to be the transmission, I was running really close to the time I had to work so i called my dad and gave my gf the keys and asked her to wait for my dad and show him where it was coming from. So I went inside and about a half hour later she came inside work and said he looked at it and said its probably fine and he just left !!! It was smoking I dont think that meens its fine ! He just said take it easy on my way home, This is my third day driving the car and I didnt drive it hard at all. After work we got in the car and started heading home and the RPM's kept doing the same thing but worse this time, All I did was pull out of the parking lot and stop at a red light. When it turned greenI started out and My RPM's jumped to 6, it redlines at 7 !!! So I shifted into 2,3 and about 1/4 mile down the road I was loosing speed and when I hit the little incline on the road I just completely stopped, I couldnt move the car for nothing.........my clutch went out on me.....3rd day driving it around 10:30PM and that was the last time I drove it, December 28th. We ended up calling AAA for a tow truck and instead of calling the tow place in Alliance they called one in canton........I think the lady on the phone that worked there must of been high or just plain retarded. I just had the car towed straight to the dealership and got stuck with a $114 towing bill!!! So on monday, December 29th. we called up there and told them what all happened and they said we appologize we will take care of everything..the next day came, car didnt move,next day same thing..etc.........On the fifth day of me and my dad calling, January 2nd,2009 they finally got to look at the car and within a hour said what it was.....the clutch, the same thing that I told them it was for the past 5-days. Then all the sudden they went back on there word and tried to stick me with a $1200 bill ! I sure wasnt going to pay for that, They said they would take car of it and they Will !!! well after days of calling them and getting the runaround, days turned into weeks and it still hasnt budged from the spot where they put it after they looked at it.......Finally January 13th I called and asked "What the HEck is going onwith my car !" and they said the same thing the keep saying, "Were waiting on the pricing for the part, it a very rare clutch and Mitsubishi wants a little over $800 for it". My gf step dad works at the Advanced Auto right across the street from them and they have the entire Clutch Kit for the exact model and year of my car for $140, So I told the Service Manager Jay about it and made him call up there and then he called me back and said and I quote: "Management is telling me that the customer has to pay for it, but at that price, I will just take care of it for you its not a big deal, and as soon as Tom gets the parts in we will put it in and take care of everything for you" I figured they would go back on there word again so I recorded the whole conversation with the part that I just quoted :-) haha suckers........So they first said after this that they were waiting on the part to get in, Advanced Auto already had the part in. Courtesy Kia was just afraid to tell me they are doing such bad buisness so they arent aloud to buy on credit anymore. They said they dont have the money to do that........its a car lot and they dont have the $140 to buy my part ! Now they are saying they are waiting for the flywheel part and they will put it in for me and I might be looking at 3-more days. Well it is going to be a Month exactly on Friday !!! Today was the final deadline that the manager Todd told me, He said: "I Promise you will have the car tomorrow (This was when I went up there January 19th, Monday), I Promise you will be driving the car tomorrw night. And I said It better be done by tomorrow or else I am sueing you under Missrepresentation under The Ohio Lemon Laws, and I will be doing a class-Action Lawsuit with my boss. (He is going through the same thing with them now)............So here it is January 20th,2009........So here it is 29-Days later and All I have done is been Lied to, Deceived, Got the Run Around, Payed my first months insurence on a car that I only put 20-25 Miles on. Its still completely full of gas from the day I bought it (Which cost me $18 to fill up), It takes premium unleaded. So word of advice, If you are looking for a car DO NOT GO TO COURTESY KIA, THEY ARE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF CON-ARTISTS !!!!!!!! I'm going up there in the morning to get this straightened out once and for all !
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