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trailernovice's avatar
Feb 11, 2019

Should I even consider a new TV with repaired lot damage?

I mentioned on my 'considering a holdover 18' thread that I'm looking at a particular truck (new leftover 2018 model)...we were talking rough numbers today, when the dealer assistant GM comes up to tell me, 'we need to let you know--that truck had lot damage...a porter backed another vehicle into the passenger door, scraping about 2 feet'...damage was repaired in-house at the dealership body shop'...

I'm having them put together the 'before' pictures along with the repair documentation..

Apparently the charge from one side of the dealership to the other for the repair was right at $900...I can't even see where the scrape was/where the repair was, but the dealership GM put it out there that any competent car lot would notice if/when I were to sell or trade

Should I just walk away from this one? or use the 'now it's worth even LESS to me' angle as leverage (already put the 'i don't care if it's new or not...it's last year's truck' line of reasoning into play)
  • Well I am not a car guy. I buy vehicles new and drive them till the wheels fall off. ( so I could care less, about what 1 year newer may offer) My humble opinion sounds like a pretty decent dealership, to let you know that upfront.

    If it were me, I would use that to try and get it a little cheaper. ( would be a golden opportunity for me to negotiate) Not like the thing had 12K damage, I doubt a scrape will affect you resale much if any.

    But that is just me