3 weeks ago I purchased a 2006 GTI with 25k on it for 21k OTD.
People said I got ripped, and I know I paid a good deal for the car, but its also FULLY loaded. KBB was 21900 for the car private party.
So about 1.5 weeks after I bought it I threw a CEL. I knew what it was (recall) and kept driving on it and reset the computer. Would come back once a day, only in the morning when it was cool or taking a hard turn.
On the 30th it went into limp mode.
So I took it in Tuesday. Called Thursday. They had never heard of me or my car so I drove down there and yelled at them. My last name starts with a B and they had filed the car under T... and under make G instead of VW lol.
So anyway they took the car to VW Monday.
VW called them and told them the engine harness was modified and they ordered a new one, costing $2100.
Carmax called me and told me I owed VW $2500 in parts/labor for fixing my car since I modified the electrical system.
I called horse shat and called VW.
They said they told Carmax that the electrical system had been rewired incorrectly after being tampered with.... and that was over a year ago.
So they called carmax again.
CarMax called me saying they would be covering the $2500 and any other fees.... and they were clearly unhappy about it.
For what I care CarMax can rot in hell! But did I enjoy pwning them, YES!
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People said I got ripped, and I know I paid a good deal for the car, but its also FULLY loaded. KBB was 21900 for the car private party.
So about 1.5 weeks after I bought it I threw a CEL. I knew what it was (recall) and kept driving on it and reset the computer. Would come back once a day, only in the morning when it was cool or taking a hard turn.
On the 30th it went into limp mode.
So I took it in Tuesday. Called Thursday. They had never heard of me or my car so I drove down there and yelled at them. My last name starts with a B and they had filed the car under T... and under make G instead of VW lol.
So anyway they took the car to VW Monday.
VW called them and told them the engine harness was modified and they ordered a new one, costing $2100.
Carmax called me and told me I owed VW $2500 in parts/labor for fixing my car since I modified the electrical system.
I called horse shat and called VW.
They said they told Carmax that the electrical system had been rewired incorrectly after being tampered with.... and that was over a year ago.
So they called carmax again.
CarMax called me saying they would be covering the $2500 and any other fees.... and they were clearly unhappy about it.
For what I care CarMax can rot in hell! But did I enjoy pwning them, YES!
