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(Part 3=6/13/25)
To think that things couldn't get any worse, the car wouldn't start about 1 month later, perhaps it was a bad battery. I didn't invest in jumper cables and we ended our membership with AAA. Darnit. I asked for a jump from my neighbor mechanic, he jumped me. I got then stranded at 7-11 off Shaw across from Fresno State. When I turned off the car waiting for a classmate that was helping me, he wanted to get donuts at the doughnut shop, the car was dead. It wouldn't even click over. He started asking people in the parking lot if they had jumper cables and could jump us. Then I reached out to a Muslim lady with a hijab and she didn't have jumper cables but offered to send someone over from the Mosque to help us get the car started. We waited in the parking lot for almost 40 min. no one came.
(Part 4=6/13/25)
By luck a man in the parking lot after continuing to ask for help had jumper cables and gave me a jump. I was then able to drive Gory to his stop almost on Herndon and I drove to Walmart based on the advise of Manni, go ahead and get jumper cables. I took the risk of stopping at Walmart it wouldn't start again. Luckily it did start after Walmart on Blackstone and Ashland and I drove home. A few days later I reached out to John again, & picked him up the day I was getting food picked up from the Mosque. We parked down off the street from the Mashhad and when it was time to pull forward the car wouldn't start. John called a friend who worked at Auto Zone and said we would be coming to check our battery. We went there the battery was low when checked and actually was totally the wrong battery for the car=a go cart battery. To replace the battery with the the core charge removed and the correct size etc, it would cost $240.00. I requested Manni pay half threw Zelle and he wanted a cheaper battery, and was concerned if it wasn't the battery whatever is draining it would kill a new battery and we would be out more money. Basically the cars running better with the correct battery now. Manni said we'll just sell the car and get a better car in a few months, so he can save up. When he came home from work and he drove past Larry's Auto Sales, there were a whole lot of used cars in the parking lot. He said lets go there and get a different car? I said. You're kidding right? He blamed me for wanting the lemon he bought at Larry's. I replied I was wore down Manni from searching day and night, for him to find a car, using up my savings for a Toyota truck what I really wanted and searched for on our home eventually since all the prospects I sought out through private party he declined. I was exhausted at the amount of time wasted that there was no call or show from people I would answer their ad's to meet at Tower Automotive where Robert let me know he would look over a potential sale option for me for free. The months of being without wheels, taking the bus to do laundry, the sacrifices I made. The scams I dealt with from car private sellers on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist and Offer Up online. I was wore out. When we finally went to Larry's I had already made a verbal agreement I would pay full rent, plus monthly shared expenses for the month on the condition, buy a reliable vehicle for us, that month. After seeing the lemons he was thinking about getting, Ford Sedan-sitting on a corner, took it to Robert, all kinds of issues, a VW Jetta that was dead on the car lot, corner of Olive and Blackstone, windows didn't work, and back door locks didn't work. He really wanted that VW Jetta. I was so frustrated with him after I explained that car dealers usually purchase their cars from a auction, mark up the price ¾ times the original sale of the vehicle beyond Kelly Blue Book, (I told Manni to compare prices after assessing off Kelly Blue Book-just because you pay more for a car doesn't mean it's quality according to Consumer rating), (our car Kelly Blue book value is @ time of sale=$1,677.00) to make a sale. The Mercedes was a compromise for me when we were at the dealership because the condition for me was I was able to put a full bicycle in the back, it was tan and cream, which I liked. I wanted something reliable, economical, not crazy in gas and minimal maintenance. When I was home and he surprised me with the car-I had no idea he paid for the car AS IS for around $4,200.00. We didn't receive our tags or actual pink slip from Larry's Automotive, till past 30 days. I was so frustrated and tired from the craziness! After all I have been through with this car-, scams, day and night searches and trying to reach out for a sale in private party=I'm not in the space to go through all this stuff again.
(Part 5=6/13/25)
My friend that works a Fresno county job said the the dealerships in Fresno are no good, you're better off looking in Modesto, Stockton, or surrounding areas, Manpreet bought you guys a lemon.
