Today, I finally bought a car, after saving up for a year. My dealer had told me it was a good buy, so I snapped it up then and there. On the way home, the rear axle practically fell out of the car due to frame rot. My dealer wants to buy the car back at half the price. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I bought a used car from a private dealer my parents had recommended. On my way home they called to tell me that their car broke down. They bought it last week from the same guy. FML
Today, I bought my very first car that I spent years saving for. A few hours after I signed all the papers, I let my boyfriend go for a test drive. He totaled it. FML
Today, I've saved enough money to buy a new car, but the dealers wouldn't sell any to me unless I agreed to finance, which is not what I wanted to do because I had enough to flat-out buy. After a screaming argument, I left empty-handed. FML
Today, I bought a car that literally caught fire seconds after I started the engine. The dealership then fobbed me off, saying I'd driven it off their forecourt (by about 3 yards), so it was entirely my problem, but they still expect my monthly payments to be on time. FML
Today, I bought a car. Made a down payment and everything. Have the papers saying it’s mine, only to find out a few hours later it was sold right before I bought it. FML
Today, I found out that the man who sold me my car 6 months ago lied about it being "recently serviced" and "in excellent condition". It actually hasn't been serviced in years, and fixing all its problems is going to cost me $900 more than what I paid for the car. FML
Today, I took my car to dealer because of the loud knocking sound I heard while driving it. Twenty-four hours later, they told me it was fixed. Fifteen minutes after I drove away, the tire flew off my car while I was on the highway. My car is now totaled. FML
Today, I was offered a "rust and accident free“ used car at the dealership. By chance, I managed to track down the previous owner, who was quite surprised I was asking about it, saying, "That one was totaled, I thought it had been scrapped!” FML
Today, my car broke down. Yesterday, my husband mentioned he found my dream car for sale, but I'd insisted my car had a lot of miles left and we should save money. They sold my dream car this morning. Now I'm carless. FML
Today, I finally got enough money to buy the car I wanted for a year now. It was stolen today too. I had my car for 4 hours. FML
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egc573 40
"My dealer told me it was a good buy." No shit! What was he/she supposed to say? "No, this is a piece of crap just waiting to come apart the moment you take it off the lot. Now give me your money." Bad call on your part.
RabidBunny 10
You didn't ask for the carfax did you? Tsk tsk :/
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Comments (119)
Omnomnomnivore 10
Why would you not check the car out for yourself and just take the word of a car salesman? You completely deserve that.
fml286064 4
You should have asked for the CARFAX
ajeppsen 25
You got lucky. There are plenty of FMLs where people don't even get refunds
Jawzx01 7
You believed them? You ******' deserve it!!
maxamus951852 3
i voted FYL, but I also voted YDI. Wtf were you thinking? Ofcourse the dealer is going to tell you the car is fine, are u ******* retarded? Thats like saying "An undercover cop assured me he wasnt a cop when he sold me drugs, but now I'm locked up." seriously dude, you can't be so trusting of people, we live in a ****** up world.
CustardAndPie 13
You're an idiot, but also, thanks to UK statutory law, he has to give you your money back. A full refund, not a half-price buy-back. Get trading standards on him, if he is an actual car dealer. If you bought it off "a friend of a friend of a friend", (and didn't check it out first) then you deserved to be ripped off.
runescaper123 0
That sucks!
xBMWxLOV3Rx 3
Must've been a Ford!
SoultheWolf 19
Car dealers are melivolant for cheating people out of money. You should have done your research before buying the car. It sucks that you got tricked but you should have been smarter. Force him to give you all the money back else treaten with the police and a lawyer, they will probably be too afraid of how much they can lose and will give you the money back without hesitation.
TheyCallMeDamien 18
You trusted a car dealer! What next a record exec?