Well That Was Quick

[davej]

The headache of the situation sucks but will hopefully be short-lived. There are some great stories in there for sure and it looks like you guys had fun on the road trip. I am slightly uncomfortable with your feet on the dash though, I don't think Kenny Chesney meant that to be the driver.

edit: hey look, here's one on the east coast. https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detai.../overview/

[GTBrandon]

The headache of the situation sucks but will hopefully be short-lived. There are some great stories in there for sure and it looks like you guys had fun on the road trip. I am slightly uncomfortable with your feet on the dash though, I don't think Kenny Chesney meant that to be the driver.

edit: hey look, here's one on the east coast. https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detai.../overview/

For almost $10k more than what I paid, no thank you lol.

Also haha it was the most comfortable what can I say

[GTBrandon]

Just got off the phone with the Acura dealer, they don’t care one bit since it’s all Lithia corporate who pays for these 60day warranties. At the end of the day, Acura of Johnston would take the hit for a buy back instead of having their parent company use their warranty fund to pay for my car to be repaired. Makes sense from a business standpoint, just leaves an awful taste in my mouth of their dealership which unfortunately they don’t care about.

Going to reach out to Lithia corporate and see what can be done, hoping they’ll be more receptive.

So they'll buy it back? Why do you need to call the warranty company?

Or do you mean they'll take the hit as in they won't buy it back, they want you to go through the warranty company? "Take the hit" usually means taking the loss....

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Sorry, meant they would be taking a direct financial loss as opposed to taking no loss and having their parent (Lithia) pay for warranty repairs. Therefore a buyback is not on the table, at least in the eyes of the selling dealership (AoJ).

[Deceus]

How many miles were on this thing? I've owned 3 of these engines at this point and know of a lot of people that have dropped them into muscle cars. They seem to handle some abuse pretty well but rarely make it anywhere near 200k miles without a replacement or rebuild. I know you're probably set on ditching this thing asap but I wouldn't be too concerned just yet with all the different error codes that popped up. The challenger lit up like a christmas tree when the ABS module went out.

[Scott]

How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

[JPolen01]

How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

[D_Eclipse9916]

How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

Quite a few people in MM do the same things or certain brands...

[CaptainHenreh]

How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

And about that Ford thing...my ecoboost timing chain would have a word...

[.RJ]

I did the same thing with my last 3 cars, all german, too. Hell of a dice roll but I'm glad I did have to find out of the warranty paper was printed on 2-ply or not.

[Jake]

How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

Quite a few people in MM do the same things or certain brands...

Scott's entire sentence applies to my Denali purchase, yep.

Ironically enough my German cars and Range Rover have all been incredibly reliable.

[JPolen01]

Quite a few people in MM do the same things or certain brands...

So? That doesn't mean it's a good idea or that they won't break. You're just on the winning end of the dice so far.

[V1GiLaNtE]

1 Ford and 2 Jeeps here. Mine have been a-OK. Methinks 'Murica ain't the problem. Now ze German car I owned....ehhhhhhhh. I'll likely never own another one. I don't hate myself enough.

[rherold9]

So, Gladiator is still looking like a smart purchase, right?

[Kaan]

Tundra is the answer.

[V1GiLaNtE]

So, Gladiator is still looking like a smart purchase, right?

Once MY2 hits, you bet your ginger ass.

[rherold9]

So, Gladiator is still looking like a smart purchase, right?

Once MY2 hits, you bet your ginger ass.

Excuse me, that's strawberry blonde to you.

[Jake]

Tundra is the answer.

Hard to swallow for new-truck money though.

[GTBrandon]

How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

Considering the car had a full maintenance history from dealerships, one previous owner, was a 2015, and this was a national dealer brand selling the car, PPI seemed unnecessary. I have done this before for my two previous German cars and had absolutely no issues. Whatever happened doesn’t seem like something a PPI would have caught. Plus with a warranty from the selling dealer, there was a lot of confidence in this purchase. Just based on my experience with cars [emoji2373]

How many miles were on this thing? I've owned 3 of these engines at this point and know of a lot of people that have dropped them into muscle cars. They seem to handle some abuse pretty well but rarely make it anywhere near 200k miles without a replacement or rebuild. I know you're probably set on ditching this thing asap but I wouldn't be too concerned just yet with all the different error codes that popped up. The challenger lit up like a christmas tree when the ABS module went out.

The car only had 65k miles when I bought it, put another 1,500 on it since purchase. Pretty low for something like this to happen.

[Scott]

How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

Quite a few people in MM do the same things or certain brands...

True, but they usually go into it with realistic expectations and know what's going to happen 

Then there are those of us who have race cars lol

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How it all began:

 Oh, and this is probably the last non-German car I ever buy seldom maybe a Ford truck. Womp womp, sorry America.

You bought a used car, from a brand known for shit quality, sight unseen, didn't get a PPI and it's America's fault?  Sounds like a lack of due diligence.....

Considering the car had a full maintenance history from dealerships, one previous owner, was a 2015, and this was a national dealer brand selling the car, PPI seemed unnecessary. I have done this before for my two previous German cars and had absolutely no issues. Whatever happened doesn’t seem like something a PPI would have caught. Plus with a warranty from the selling dealer, there was a lot of confidence in this purchase. Just based on my experience with cars [emoji2373]

What did we learn from this experience?

Personally I'd trust (and do with my ownership) a German car long before a Chrysler product (based on past experiences)

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So, Gladiator is still looking like a smart purchase, right?

Once MY2 hits, you bet your ginger ass.

*while under warranty

[JustinG]

I hear Subarus are great