USMCkang, in your original post you said the car had oil and coolant. now you're saying it was very very low? which one is it?

 

If the dealership guranteed an inspection and they were the last to touch the oil and I pry the engine apart and find that the engine seozrd due to oil starvation... how would I be liable? Check the oil is my responsibility? Why? If they sold me this car claiming that it was inspected and in good working condition why is that my responsibility? I drove car 70ish miles.

The oil was there but I'm told that I cannot get an accurate description until I stopped the car and checked it cold which I didn't. Just because I'm not technically savvy does not mean this is my fault. I will be locking this thread tonight and will entertain more opinions tll then

 

If not at 70 miles, when would you say checking the oil would become your responsibility?

 

Come on. He only owned the car for 3 days. Driven under 100 miles. One could reasonably expect that a car purchased from a dealer that was supposedly serviced and inspected (for which the dealer has supposedly provided documentation) that it would not be low on oil. If the car was low on oil, I would not necessarily EXPECT that the owner would have checked the oil level yet.

 

Is with the op on this one. If a dealership sells a car i think its safe to assume it has fluids,Especially if they say it was inspected.Why would someone check their oil on a new car 3 days later?

 

Its a honda not some british car... if it leaks oil that means its running good

 

lemon laws exist for a reason, to protect consumers from unscrupulous dealers who will try and stick unsuspecting buyers with crap. I don't care under what conditions he bought the car under or whatever waivers or disclaimers he may have signed, the op has rights. If anybody here thinks it's ok to purchase a car from a high end car dealer and have it blow 3 days later, "as is" or otherwise, and it's ok, lets just walk up to congress and tell them that we don't want any more government intervention and that we want all consumer protection laws thrown out the window.

It's not about the laws, it's about how persuasive you or your attorney can be.

You know when you go to a ski resort and they make you sign a waiver that you will not sue if you get injured, well, that's not true. If you can prove negligence on the part of the resort you have a case. Same here, just cause you agree to purchase a car as is, does not mean you waive all your rights.

 

Assuming worst case and there is no dealer recourse, perhaps you can try to mitigate in your own mind that when you do have a new/rebuilt engine dropped in , your car will be virtually new again. This bright side of looking at your situation comes much easier if the deal appeared to be good to begin with.
If your determined to go to court, check into small claims and represent yourself. All you have to do is convince the judge that the dealer acted in something less than good faith in resolving your problem or full disclosure was never made at time of purchase.

 

Well, if you're not going to check your oil, how about at least questioning the dealer on this prior to your car dying. I suppose you're going to say you assumed this is normal because you're not 'technically-savvy'?.

 

He was going to check it when he added gas in less than 200 miles. Let it go.