Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Maybe you can score a free detailing or oil change out of them.
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Yup. While I'd want a new car, I think I'd be fine with them replacing the whole engine on a brand new car, as long as it was a brand new engine and not a rebuilt one. If they tossed in a couple...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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:smack: you are such a man whore :whistlin: Ray hasn't gotten around to you lately hey :omg:
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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so you're trying to spin this around like it's OP's fault for his engine troubles? Really? What about the fact that no coolant or engine light should be coming on in the first place. If you bought...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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I know.. I know.. It's been a long week. Things slip my mind with these long weeks... :lol:
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Exactly....
There's not a single person in this trolling ass thread that has EVER pulled over within 60 seconds of the CEL light coming on....nor does that light mean that you "immediately" HAVE to....
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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If my coolant light goes on, you can bet I'm pretty much immediately looking for a place to pull over so I can see wtf is going on.
Out of curiosity: Also, what more does the dealer owe him? Far...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Engine blocks usually do have a serial number that can be traced back to the car but they don't have the vehicle's VIN number on them. Unless they just started doing this recently. But unless...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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If it's your first car and the rather blank dash suddenly lights up with a bunch of warning lights in yellow and red, do you think you, as hopefully a reasonable human being, would think they "aren't...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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I thought it was a hose, not the radiator itself. If it were the radiator, I am not surprised since new cars made for the last few decades have crappy plastic side tanks prone to leakage where the...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Do they have complete diagrams for every aspect of a vehicle, including wiring diagrams in color?
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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:iagree: well stated :nod:
Going boating this weekend and partay on my boat - come on down :cheers:
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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An absolutely ridiculous statement born no doubt of your automotive ignorance. The CEL is exactly what it says it is--a warning to check the engine soon. As long as the engine is running as...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Well no shit nothing should be wrong with it. Thanks for that great bit of insight, Sherlock.
Point is the coolant light and CEL did come on and he didn't stop to check it the hell out. If coolant...
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You know to not to feed the trolls man!
on a side note...they call them idiot lights for a reason, no? :bulb:
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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The 1.6L Gamma in the Rio is actually a pretty awesome engine, but I guess OP just got a bad hose or something?
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Brief version, without any names:
Six weeks ago, I bought a brand new car, with warranty and all that other good stuff. Two days ago, as I was driving on a highway, the coolant light came on,...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Doesn't it also kick in if the owner is without the car for X period of time in a Y period of time? Like 30 days out of 1 year?
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Google worked just fine for me when I typed in QPRL meaning, brought it up on the first link.
https://slickdeals.net/f/3067971-Qplrb
The answer is on post seven.
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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They've paid for your rental car and you're getting a new engine on a car you intend to keep a long time anyway, what's the problem? you're better off than most people, frankly.
On my 2006...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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I guess so... I'm just really pissed off about a brand new car falling apart. And seeing as we live in a litigious society, I was wondering if there was any way I could turn this to my advantage....
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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What a Wang! :lol:
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Logically, I understand your guys' points. (New engine + under warranty = it's all good.)
Emotionally, however, I want the f**kers to pay. The dealership's manager was a total dick to me the first...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Damn logic again. :lol:
At least in our case we noticed a noise, started to pull over, oil pressure dropped to zero and we were stopped. The truck would still start but a Duramax should not sound...
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OP won't name the vehicle make or model.
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Carfax
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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it wont have much resale value anyway.
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Our truck had the engine replaced while we were moving from Georgia to Alaska with less than 10000 miles on it (diesel engine snapped a rod). They shipped a new one from Flint (where we were the...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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I'm not sure why some of you are all over the OP for not pulling over immediately. It's not like they drove another 100 miles with the warning lights on. I think a few minutes to pull over to a safe...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Nah, I just return fire until only one of us is left standing.
The check engine light by itself is generally not a big deal by itself. You should have stopped long before that when the...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Dude, seriously... Are you trolling me or are you having a severe caffeine deficiency? Uno mas:
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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:iagree:
Obligatory woman driver comment.
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Sell it to a British person. They haven't made good cars in decades. They won't know the difference.
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Well I'm glad that you didn't just give the op the fish, that you'll make them go find the pole first...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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If they don't resolve the problem, you could resort to this.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/15/angry-maserati-owner-hires-men-to-sledgehammer-his-car-3760150/
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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Red light on the dash? Try to pull over as soon as you can safely do. If you don't, prepare for dire consequences such as no brakes or no engine! Yellow light? Check it out at your earliest...
Engine mysteriously died in a new car - how can I turn it to my advantage?
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:iagree:
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it's obvious you don't know much about cars so why would the dealership want to go into a detailed explanation about what went wrong and you won't even know what they are saying? you'll have 50...
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Thats why I pay in cash with ass pennies.
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So you're mad that the cheapest car sold was not an uber reliable tank? :shake:
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