Buying a car sight unseen is a big issue. What I've done in the past, and I've had people do to my cars is call and offer to pay for a dealership to do a used car inspection and offer to pay the seller for his time. Several of the issues you have with the car are subjective, some people have a bad feel for cars or are good at not caring. As far as he was concerned the suspension FELT fine, the brakes FELT good, that diff didnt SOUND too loud, etc. Its all stuff the seller made a personal opinion call on. I have an uncle who genuinely thinks his car is tight as a drum. It needs every piece of rubber in the suspension, a transmission, and ball joints. Some people just don't know cars, and thus I don't take other people's word for it. So did he defraud you or was he just ignorant?


I'm sorry this happened to you, but I'd highly recommend if you do it in the future paying for a pre purchase inspection by a third party professional. My friend bought a Porsche and at $150 an inspection he lost $300 passing on two cars. But he dodged two $20,000 bullets with that $300 investment.

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