#8263214 - 06/24/15 10:01 AM
Question about Vehicle Safety test
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Raocorp
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So here's the deal. So I posted about picking up my Mini.
I bought it from a BMW dealer thinking it would be an easy transaction but it wasn't. Anyway, since I experienced so much nonsense from them I decided to take the car to my mechanic to have it inspected. Turns out I have an exhaust leak, well an actual hole in both mufflers. My mechanic said that it shouldn't have passed safety like this. I am within the 30days.
So I call the dealer and explain the situation and they tell me to take it to the the shop that did the safety inspection. I will be doing this tomorrow so I don't know what they are going to say HOWEVER I expect that since these mufflers are expensive its unlikely that they are just going to replace them especially since its a small shop.
What is my recourse here now? If I have to pay for them, fine BUT i certaily want to report that a major error has occurred and I definitely want someone to be held accountable here. Even if the cost is left to me. To me the cost isn't the only issue, accountability is important as well.
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#8263227 - 06/24/15 10:09 AM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
[Re: Raocorp]
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#8263375 - 06/24/15 11:06 AM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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Raocorp
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ya so those are the responses I was expecting. I highly doubt they are going to just swap the mufflers because I said so.
Oh well, I guess I'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm not just gonna let this go though. With the mufflers its so obvious. Something like this doesn't just appear out of now where. They were negligent, thats the point I'm trying to stress.
And yes, I didn't "take it to my mechanic" because I bought it from them. Its clear that they didn't do shit with the car when it was traded in. The got it and re-listed it. Its not like its junk....it just required much more than they told me it needed. If I had done my usual due diligence like I would have if I bought it privately, I likely wouldn't have bought the car at all because I didn't want to jump through all these hoops. And if I did, I would have been much more aggressive with price from the start.
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#8263552 - 06/24/15 12:07 PM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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Weld the leak shut?
Apparently I had 3 rusty holes in my cat ... $80 to weld that shit right thurr...
Now I (kinda) know what to look/hear for... DIY with a tube of liquid metal and call it a day? Have to get durty doe...
brand new honda oem exhaust manifold w cat is around 180 bucks USD (I bought it from majestic honda ~3 years ago).
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#8263560 - 06/24/15 12:09 PM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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Raocorp
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I'm sure there's enough room in their margins to eat a couple mufflers.. plus each department has a "budget" that allows for such situations.
which dealer did you buy this from?
BMW Toronto
Weld the leak shut?
Apparently I had 3 rusty holes in my cat ... $80 to weld that shit right thurr...
Now I (kinda) know what to look/hear for... DIY with a tube of liquid metal and call it a day? Have to get durty doe...
My mechanic said the resonator should be repairable because of its position. The muffler won't be because the leak is on the seam.
I'll find out for certain when I drop the car there tmr
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#8263726 - 06/24/15 12:58 PM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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they wont do anything, a safety is just a snap shot of the car at the one specific time. they can just claim it happened since you left
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#8263732 - 06/24/15 01:00 PM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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Get a Cherry bomb exhaust from Canadian tire 
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#8263735 - 06/24/15 01:02 PM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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spd-dmn
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HOW THE FUCK did you buy a car from a BMW DEALER and they did a safety/mechanical inspection at a third party no-name shop?
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#8263928 - 06/24/15 02:22 PM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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titty sprinkles
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HOW THE FUCK did you buy a car from a BMW DEALER and they did a safety/mechanical inspection at a third party no-name shop?
HOW
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POSSIBLE
i'm wondering this also.....
unless bmw got your car from the faraz wholesale lot, they did the safety and it was still good.
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#8264615 - 06/24/15 09:22 PM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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Ed, thats pretty good that they would cover it 
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#8265022 - 06/25/15 09:19 AM
Re: Question about Vehicle Safety test
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Raocorp
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well, as long as it was sold as a certified series (or whatever mini's terms were).
yes I bought it certified, but it wasn't from Mini. It was from BMW.
Its there right now. Waiting to hear back what they say. The shop is super busy tho. I really don't want to leave it over night. Once this gets done I'll be happy. They certified it from "Cams Auto Service" on King st just down the street from the dealership...err stealership.
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(was it?). Did they not do their own inspection from whoever traded it in? It'd be pretty sad if you had to buy a used car from a dealer and say "let me take it to my mechanic to inspect it" lol.
lol 
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