wolf@galbp.UUCP (Wolf Herda) (07/31/85)
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I've got a wierd situation and I was wondering if this has happened to
anyone else. Recently I bought a used 1984 Ford Ranger XL, from a close
friend. This friend bought the truck new from a local Ford Dealer.
On the invoice and sales contract, it says the truck is supplied with
a V6 engine. But I noticed it was a only a 4 cylinder!
Has this happened to anyone else? What, if any, compensation am I entitled
to? At the very minimum, Ford (or the dealer), should compensate for the
difference between the V6 engine (for which my friend was billed) and
the 4-cylinder engine that was delivered.
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Wolf Herda
Lanier Business Products, Inc.
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(404) 329-8254mrl@drutx.UUCP (LongoMR) (08/02/85)
> I've got a wierd situation and I was wondering if this has happened to > anyone else. Recently I bought a used 1984 Ford Ranger XL, from a close > friend. This friend bought the truck new from a local Ford Dealer. > On the invoice and sales contract, it says the truck is supplied with > a V6 engine. But I noticed it was a only a 4 cylinder! > > Has this happened to anyone else? What, if any, compensation am I entitled > to? At the very minimum, Ford (or the dealer), should compensate for the > difference between the V6 engine (for which my friend was billed) and > the 4-cylinder engine that was delivered. > > Wolf Herda Seems to me that your friend is (was) the one entitled to compensation, if any. Did you buy the truck with the understanding from your friend that it had a 6 cylinder engine in it? If so, you ought to be getting compensation from him/her. The Ford dealer did nothing to you. I can't understand why you are holding it responsible. Perhaps your friend already got compensated. Mark Longo ...!ihnp4!drutx!mrl
jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (Richard Jeffreys) (08/05/85)
> I've got a wierd situation and I was wondering if this has happened to > anyone else. Recently I bought a used 1984 Ford Ranger XL, from a close > friend. This friend bought the truck new from a local Ford Dealer. > On the invoice and sales contract, it says the truck is supplied with > a V6 engine. But I noticed it was a only a 4 cylinder! A friend of mine had a similar situation in reverse, he bought a car which was advertised as having a 1600cc engine, (all the documentation, which even included the engine number, gave the impression that every thing seemed to be in order), but when he came to replace rocker cover gasket, he found it was a 2000cc engine. (He was wondering why it had more power than normal, and why it seemed to use a lot of gas. :-)) He had bought the car for the price of one with the 1600cc engine, which was lower than that for the 2000cc engine, and had also insured the car as the former, which would have put him in a spot of trouble with the insurance company, had he had an accident (ie. void insurance, because of incorrect description of the car). He decided to sell the car, he found that the increase in insurance payments (for the correct car description), would be quite large, and although the car had lots of power, it did drink gas at quite a rate. He advertised the car as having a 2000cc engine, and when he sold it, he received more money than he paid for it eight months before. Your case seems a little strange, but I would get your friend to take the truck back to the dealer and get him to complain, after all he was the one the truck was sold to. If your friend is as close as you say he shouldn't mind to help you out. Only one more thought, how closely did you inspect the truck before you bought it?? :-) -- [ You called all the way from America - Joan Armatrading ] [ You're never alone with a rubber duck - Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || From the keys of Richard Jeffreys ( British Citizen Overseas ) || || employed by North American Philips Corporation || || @ AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, Illinois || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || General disclaimer about anything and everything that I may have typed || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------