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Originally Posted by DC runner
Walk away. No one refuses to let you have a vehicle inspected unless they are hiding something.
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Originally Posted by IWANT12
Not sure to be honest. I have been driving by this place and seeing the truck for literally weeks. Well I mentioned it to his helper that I wanted it inspected, and he didn't think it would be a problem. But then the story changed when I talked with the owner (it's a private dealer w/ 3 lots). To be honest I would already have walked but I like the damn thing, I am going to walk If he doesn't let me get it checked which at this point it don't look like he will...
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Yeah, this dude sounds sketchy.
BTW, learn from my mistake, don't trust the dealer's mechanic either. He may tell you it's been inspected, but it NEEDS to be a 3rd party inspection. The dealer I bought mine from straight up lied to me about the inspection; he gave me a report that said the only issue was a CEL for a bad O2 sensor, well turned out it had a leaky rear axle witch takes about 1/2 a second to diagnose because the whole thing smelled of gear oil, a distinct smell I now recognize (didn't when I bought it), and easy for any mechanic to pick up. And that CEL wasn't for a bad O2 sensor, it was for bad CAT's.
Anyway, no matter how good it looks, walk. I paid just a little more than that for a fully loaded SR5 with the 100k miles and tons of rust. I have currently dumped probably 2-3k more into to get it rehabilitated, and I am not even done fixing it. I should have walked.
