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Nivi - re: your car with evidence of repaired damage. The car may not have been in any accidents. Cars are sometimes dinged or bumped on the lot and repaired by the dealer. This is not considered to have been an accident, and the car is new with the damage properly repaired. However - IF the car was sold to you as (in essence) "never damaged" and you have evidence of damage, it is certainly worth being assertive about. I would not threaten legal action until after I had done a serious sit-down (NOT a phone call) with the sales manager or dealership owner and presented my case. Make sure you know in advance what you want. If you get absolutely no satisfaction - not even replacement of warped or damaged parts - then perhaps a small claims court action would be worthwhile. But you'll kill any goodwill you have with that dealership. Estimate cost vs. benefit. I suggest that you probably want any damaged parts replaced, and possibly a slight reduction in price (refund) of $1000 or so. Remember, to the dealer, as long as a ding or bump has been repaired, the car is NEW. Also, to most customers, as long as the damage has been repaired invisibly, the car is NEW. You are more discriminating than most, so you're really trying on their "good will" for adjustments in this case. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Al Powell Voice: 409/845-2807 Ag Communications Fax: 409/862-1202 107 Reed McDonald Bldg. Email: a-powell1@tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-2112 W3 page - http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/rpe/alpage.htm ***The PACK is back!*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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