DiamondsR4_Evo

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evojay85

Private sale or Dealership/Used car dealer? If a private sale, does it say "car sold in current condition" or "as-is" on the bill of sale? Did you check the Carfax, or did he have one that was already printed out for you?

If he had one printed out and altered it you MAY be able to take him to court.

If a wreck isn't reported to the insurance company then there is a slim chance it would be recorded on a carfax report.

That said, if the dealer sold the car to you with some sort of 30 day temporary warranty, you'd have a chance to return the car.

"Buyer Beware" is for a reason. I'd say you are SOL on this one dude, sorry.

DiamondsR4_Evo

But I suppose the bill of sale is a contract that F**Ks you for good essentially.

RallySport9

iTrader: (20)

This is why I never looked at car titles lol it's so Easy to have a clean title and hide accidents. Meanwhile there's a rebuilt title evo that's super mint never in an accident but was a theft only and deemed salvage. Anyway if you bought it as is there's really not much you can do. I'd try to contact the seller and get some sort of compensation if he has a shred of morality left in him. Also think you can take pics? I'm wondering how pushed in it was since you say everything mocked up right to the naked eye...sorry you noticed this too late op.

DiamondsR4_Evo

I agree

llDemonll

iTrader: (21)

No. Unless otherwise stated most all private sales are final

Carfax only reports what they know. If the accident was fixed by a private party then there is an extremely high chance that private party isn't going to have reported the accident to insurance in the first place and no bodyshop will have been around to report it either

This is also why you should always have a pre-purchase inspection done on a car. Any competent inspector should have been able to see this from underneath the car

Afraid to say that you're SOL on this one. Good news, since you're in Seattle area you can check the regional section and come have dinner / drinks with us next weekend to ease your pain . If you're over 21 the first one is on me

irwintan27

iTrader: (2)

If the bill of sale states that it never been to any accident and the frame is bent, then you have a good chance of fighting it. Its a breach of contract even though it was sold as-is. He/she hide that information from you and lied about accident-free.

meckert

iTrader: (11)

Here is the big question...is he the only owner? If so then he knew about the supposed accident. If not and my guess he isnt, then how is he to know? Could say he put the bumper on, or he could be like you and paid someone else to put it on and they didnt say anything about the bracket-- When you buy a used car--just take it for what it is, all kinds of hidden issues can show up-- everything from what you are seeing to bad stereo wiring and just plain old rigged crap..
Walk away and count your blessings.

DiamondsR4_Evo

Im just going to fix it I suppose. Not worth a ton of trouble. Ordered a used bumper support and in a week and a half it will be on a frame rack. Thanks for your opinions and knowledge guys.