Selling a car "as is" doesn't negate that one must have LEGALLY placed an inspection sticker on a…read morecar, or otherwise disclosed that a car failed what would've been a legitimate inspection by about 20 distinct points. Selling a car with no brake fluid in the reservoir, with leaking break lines, barely 1/32nd of an inch on the brake pads, a frozen caliper, etc - never mind that the tire pressure was inflated above 50 psi.
Because they put an inspection sticker on the car, with so many things going on, including the brakes, brake lines, calipers, with multiple engine light codes, I could only suppose that they intended to pass the car inspection with anything other than the purist of intent. If it were 2-3 things, I might have thought that it was just an oversight. To have about 20 different items, shouts of SCIENTOR to me. "As Is" doesn't excuse what appears to have been multiple instances of violations of the Statute of Frauds, along with seemingly violating NH statutes regarding applying a state inspection sticker under what seems to have clearly been false pretenses. Items suspected include: New Hampshire RSA262:16 regarding placing the inspection sticker upon the car whenever it shouldn't have passed a legitimate inspection. Then, there was the placing of 20-day plates on the car, subsequent to what shouldn't have been a passed inspection, which seemingly might also violate New Hampshire RSA 261:56.
On top of all of this, is the anxiety from finding out that all four (4) tires were overinflated to 53 psi each. Plus, having discovered that with tires that could've easily had a blowout, that both the front and rear brake pads had BARELY 1/32nd of an inch left, for all four (4) brakes.
I offered them a chance to pay me back for all of my out-of-pocket costs, along with a modest amount of money for the anxiety created, due to the blatantly hazardous true condition of the vehicle.
In case that would be too much money for them to pay out on such short notice, I offered them the chance to replace the car that I had purchased, with a car that costs about $500 less than what I was requesting/demanding them to pay me for what had transpired. They ignored that as well as the original request/demand for payment.
Normally, problems with passing an inspection, one should reasonably go back to the seller of the vehicle. Problem is, they seemingly abused the fact that they were able to apply an inspection sticker to a vehicle that they sold, which later had 3 independent entities verify shouldn't have passed inspection. Whenever I discovered not just a more reasonable number of 2-3, but rather about 20 distinct points that should have caused the car to not have had an inspection sticker applied, I could only assume the following:
(1) That the passing inspection was more than just a minor oversight;
(2) That the "as is" in conjunction with being a state inspection facility, was seemingly abused in a rather egregious fashion;
(3) That with such an egregious example of apparent SCIENTOR, I saw ZERO reason to trust Greenwood Auto to actually do anything towards making repairs on the vehicle that they sold to me. I personally believe that around five (5) items, one can only make the assumption that such behavior was intentional.
The vehicle inspection certificate clearly states that the inspection was done with the mechanic ID of: "06GDD" The sticker number is: A-18-0000873490. The inspection type was noted as: "SAFETY & OBD". The station ID was noted as: "00004443". The NH Host Unit was noted as: "NH003771",
After my experience with them, I would only desire to purchase or accept as a replacement, a vehicle that had passed a legitimate inspection not on their premises.
I sincerely hope to be able to come back on here, noting that they have made good with me, regarding this situation.