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Couple Who Bought a Used Compact SUV Took Off the Door Trim and Saw the Inner Skin Was Half-Rotted — The Outer Skin Had Been Skimmed With Filler and Hit With a Quart of Black Paint
They’d bought the compact SUV the way a lot of people do now: on a
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Buyer Drove His Used Diesel Home and Watched the EGR Light Flash Within 15 Miles — A Tune Module Was Still Hidden Under the Dash
He’d been shopping for a used heavy-duty diesel the way people shop for boats or
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Buyer’s “Single-Owner” Crossover Had Receipts From 11 Different Owners Hidden Under the Cabin Filter
He thought he was doing everything the “responsible buyer” way. A Texas guy shopping for
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Father-Son Project Watched the Hoist Hook Bend Open at Full Lift — The Engine Dropped Onto the K-Member and Cracked the Bell Housing in Half
They’d been picking at the 1969 coupe for months, the way these projects always go:
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Couple Found Black Mold Behind Both Rear Door Panels on Their “Just Detailed” SUV — It Had Been Submerged in a Hurricane Three States Away
They bought the SUV on a Tuesday because that’s how most “we need a bigger
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Buyer Found a Rat’s Nest Two Feet Deep Under the Air Box of His “Mechanic-Special” Truck — It Had Sat in a Field for Four Years
He found the listing on a Thursday night, the kind of post that reads like
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Buyer Lowered the Top on His Used Convertible and Watched One Cable Snap — The Other Had Been Replaced With a Bungee Cord Painted Black
He’d wanted a convertible for years, the kind of impulsive want that sits in the
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Buyer’s “Low-Mileage” Sedan Showed 38,000 Miles — The Service History Found the Same VIN Logged at 184,000 Two Years Earlier
He’d been driving his mom’s hand-me-down SUV since high school, the kind with a sticky
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Buyer’s Carpet Soaked Through by Mile 10 in the Rain — The Sunroof Drain Had Been Cut Off and Plugged With Wax
He bought the SUV the way a lot of people buy used full-size SUVs in
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Buyer Found Lug Holes Drilled Out at an Angle on His Used Coupe — The Hub Had Been Bored to Fit the Wrong Wheel Pattern
He bought the coupe the way a lot of first-time buyers buy their first “fun”
