Ah. But again, if the shop's doing shoddy inspection work, do you REALLY want to keep them on hand? You'll just wind up with something like this again later on ... maybe something worse, like someone getting seriously hurt/killed because of a structural integrity issue during a wreck. It's THEIR responsibility to do a proper job and not skimp on details; it's NOT your responsibility to keep some business on contract or first-call status just for the sake of being friendly and good-ol-boy with 'em.
Ah. But again, if the shop's doing shoddy inspection work, do you REALLY want to keep them on hand? You'll just wind up with something like this again later on ... maybe something worse, like someone getting seriously hurt/killed because of a structural integrity issue during a wreck. It's THEIR responsibility to do a proper job and not skimp on details; it's NOT your responsibility to keep some business on contract or first-call status just for the sake of being friendly and good-ol-boy with 'em.
I suspect there's a little more to this. He prob sold his personal car through the dealership, so either the dealership is in a jam or the shop is in a jam. In New Jersey, you have to disclose frame damage and it sounds like this car was not disclosed.(because rs200 himself did not know) He prob did not have a full safety check done, just a quick once over so he had some piece of mind that his car would not come back. Without knowing what kind of inspection the shop was paid to do, it's not fair to hammer them.
I suspect there's a little more to this. He prob sold his personal car through the dealership, so either the dealership is in a jam or the shop is in a jam. In New Jersey, you have to disclose frame damage and it sounds like this car was not disclosed.(because rs200 himself did not know) He prob did not have a full safety check done, just a quick once over so he had some piece of mind that his car would not come back. Without knowing what kind of inspection the shop was paid to do, it's not fair to hammer them.
All of the guesses are pretty much true. In Manitoba, you need a safety that is less than a year old to sell a car. If you don't have the safety, it's the buyer's responsability to get it, which drops the price of the car. They caught other things on the car, but the rust was tough to see unless you were looking for it with a screwdriver or hammer. When the business owner gets back from vacation, he will definitely hear about it.
Keith, I think this is an odd-ball situation, so I don't really feel right giving out their name. Sorry..
Hmm.. Will the new owner of the car maybe work something out where the cost of repairs is agreed upon and each person pays half?(Due to the time lapse, I would think that's more than fair) Also, how about buying replacement floor pans. They should come with frame rails I think. YearOne floor pans are only $144 a piece + whatever it costs to cut out the old ones and weld the new ones in.
The floor can easily be patched using random sheetmetal. I'm just going to a parts guy to get the extension off the rail (at the rear rebar) and a bumper rebar, shouldn't be more than $100. I tossed the guy a few bucks to cover the labor..it wasn't nearly as bad as I was imagining. Lesson learned.