Sorry to hear Andy. I don't recognise the car of the license plate. The American car scene tends to be good... if the person is in the scene in the first place vs. just owning an American car. Forums are usually a good place for buying stuff as you can see how long the person has been a Member and see posts they've written to see what they're like as a person. Unfortunately there are people that aren't in the scene but flip yanks because they saw an American car tv show where they made some money doing so (quite a few people getting in on this, artificially driving up the price). An enthusiast will usually spend half the day with you telling you everything about the car, we've got people on here that still talk to new owners of the previous cars to help out with things. That's the true part of the community.
It sounds like maybe the person who had your car before just wanted a cool car for a bit, then had found an issue and taped it up quickly to sell rather than looking into it. Sorry to hear this happened and unfortunately it's one of things that happens too often with used cars. It's hard as some things aren't apparent to the previous owner and they only come out later. When i bought my 3rd gen the alternator went out and a heater hose split within a short time, but there's no way the previous owner could have known of that. Then there are other times when someone sells a car because of an problem and doesn't mention it because they know it either won't sell, or will sell at too low of a price. My experience with buying a used car is that 99% of the time there is at least 1 thing wrong with it. Shame we don't have a lemon law like in California.
Well, the good thing is you're in the right place now, members will be glad to help with any ideas on getting your car on the go. What kind of issues is the car having? Is it overheating / drinking oil / coolant?
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