V1 Used Car Salesman

[Jareth]

So does anyone know how to tell a used car salesman is lying to you?

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[Desert Sasqwatch]

His lips are moving???
Seriously, anything being stated as fact, like the car has this or that, ask for it in writing. If it cannot be backed up with documentation, walk away.

 

[Jareth]

Yes, His lips were moving when he told me that the guy that traded in the Cobalt as he put it took the modified computer out of it before trading it in.

Turns out that was a lie because as I performed the striping of the donor I found the following sticker on the back of the PCM.

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[Ark :D]

To be fair, maybe the previous owner just told him that. He's not going to go disassemble anything to look if the performance PCM was, in fact, removed.

 

[comegetjoe]

Winning!!

 

[Jareth]

To be fair, maybe the previous owner just told him that. He's not going to go disassemble anything to look if the performance PCM was, in fact, removed.

I don’t know, why would someone needing to get the most that he can as a trade-in try to tell the dealer it was missing an important part?

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[Ark :D]

Because performance/aftermarket parts reduce the value of a car, they don't increase it.

 

[Gtstorey]

Depending on what parts are on it, someone might have pulled off major performance parts to keep or resell and maybe reset the tune back to stock. Would need to compare current tune to a stock tune with HP Tuners.

the early way of tuning would have included swapping pcm completely.
Don’t ever think that a car salesman knows anything about performance modifications or even much about cars in general.

 

[G Atsma]

Don’t ever think that a car salesman knows anything about performance modifications or even much about cars in general.

This is TRUTH. They know one thing. SELLING. Most don't know squat about the car they are selling, besides what the former owner told him