DON'T Feel like I’m getting shafted by a dealership.

[mk5.0]

Just get it inspected in the hood....

[4bangen]

Just get it inspected in the hood....

My wife drives it and I don't want to risk her getting jacked with by the police. She seems to get jacked with 200% more than I do.

Back in the day I got pulled over drunker than Cooter Brown and was let off with a warning, ware as she was rear ended at a stop light and was given a ticket in the same month.

[lowthreeohz]

This is right on the money. I was looking at several cars when I bought this one. There another one that was what I was looking for also. Only difference was this one had exhaust and tint already done. Those were the two mods I really wanted so it seemed like the perfect car. Hid it not had the tint; I may have been swayed to get the other car.
I purchased the car, with an extended warranty, and financed it. Had I bought a cash car from the back lot I'd be acting differently, but for the money I spent, I want the car I paid for.

Did you buy a car with 'legal tint'? I think you bought a '10 GT, nothing more.

It should be incredibly easy to remove, when I took mine off the 06 fx4 to trade in, it took literally 4 minutes to peel all the tint off.

[ELVIS]

somebody do him a solid and send him a pm.

god bless.

[jluv]

Big deal. Strip it and get it retinted. If you bought it used and they had known it was too dark, they would have stripped it and you would have had no tint when you bought it.

There's no way to prove that that tint was on the car when it was sold by the dealer.

OP, they really don't have an obligation here. For all they know, you went out the same day they sold it and had dark tint applied. Ask them nicely and they may do something for you, but IMO you're not getting "shafted."

These.

[juiceweezl]

Did you buy a car with 'legal tint'? I think you bought a '10 GT, nothing more.

It should be incredibly easy to remove, when I took mine off the 06 fx4 to trade in, it took literally 4 minutes to peel all the tint off.

He bought a car with an inspection sticker that was legal as is, or so he was led to believe. The dealership needs to make it right by providing new tint that is legal.

To me, it's like going to the jewelry store and buying a $5K watch only to find out 2 months later it's a fake. You guys are saying tough shit, they don't owe you anything when the reality is you'd be owed what you paid for -- the real watch. It's the same with this car.

[lowthreeohz]

He bought a car with an inspection sticker that was legal as is, or so he was led to believe. The dealership needs to make it right by providing new tint that is legal.

To me, it's like going to the jewelry store and buying a $5K watch only to find out 2 months later it's a fake. You guys are saying tough shit, they don't owe you anything when the reality is you'd be owed what you paid for -- the real watch. It's the same with this car.

No, they can make it right by removing the illegal tint, they really dont owe him anything beyond that IMO

your analogy is flawed at best.

[Lone Star Performance]

Tint laws changed this year. Tint percentage went up 5% for legal on the fronts.

[Sean88gt]

You took your car to a dealership, shafting is included.

[big_tiger]

I dont think you are reading that correctly.

Page 4-7 not 4.7, but you might still be right. I just did a quick google search to try to find evidence to back up what I was saying.

The Guide tells consumers: (1) Whether the vehicle is sold with a warranty or “as is”; (2)
What percentage or repair costs a dealer will pay under the warranty; (3) To get all promises in
writing; (4) To keep the Buyers Guide after the sale; (5) How long the warranty is enforceable; (6)
The major mechanical and electrical systems on the vehicle as well as some of the major problem
problems that consumers should look out for; (7) To have the car inspected before buying and (8)
To keep the Buyer’s Guide for reference after the sale.

When I worked at a Honda dealership, we were required to inspect all cars before they were re-sold. A dealership can get into a legal battle if they sold a car that can't pass inspection.

[juiceweezl]

No, they can make it right by removing the illegal tint, they really dont owe him anything beyond that IMO

your analogy is flawed at best.

The car had to pass inspection before he took possession, right? Who did the inspection? The dealership, right, or someone on their behalf? That means they're saying the car is legal and good to go when in fact it isn't. If the car wasn't legal, then they should have stripped the tint and either sold it without tint or sold it with corrected tint. By not doing that, they misrepresented the product and sold the car as being legal with tint. They should deliver what they represented. My analogy isn't flawed - you're comprehension of delivering what you advertised is what's flawed.

[talisman]

I'm really surprised some of you guys are advocating the dealer not owing him a legal tint job, which is what he supposedly bought with the car.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Page 4-7 not 4.7, but you might still be right. I just did a quick google search to try to find evidence to back up what I was saying.


When I worked at a Honda dealership, we were required to inspect all cars before they were re-sold. A dealership can get into a legal battle if they sold a car that can't pass inspection.

When I was working at dealerships, they would inspect the cars before putting them on the ready line. Now that I am associated with a small used car dealership, I've learned that they have to be inspected prior to sale, technically. If it already has a sticker, as far as the state is concerned, that is fine. They do need to be inspect-able, so many will do a state to have that documentation on hand.

That takes away the issue at hand, it passed a state before it was sold, so a customer doesnt have a claim that it was sold in a non-inspectable condition.

[big_tiger]

I'm really surprised some of you guys are advocating the dealer not owing him a legal tint job, which is what he supposedly bought with the car.

Most people are saying the dealership needs to make it right.

[talisman]

Most people are saying the dealership needs to make it right.

Did you miss the "Some" part of the statement?