My old STi is for sale, DO NOT BUY IT!!!
07-17-2011, 10:55 AM
#1
My old STi is for sale, DO NOT BUY IT!!!
Long story short I bought the car from the dealership (Cardinale GMC) in January of this year. Literally less than 3 weeks later the turbo blew, the headgasket blew, and the car spun a rod bearing. Lucky for me I was able to return the car back to the dealership and get my money back.
Well now the car is back and I highly doubt the car was professionally fixed. These guys were shady enough as it is. The car was nothing but problems for me and I want to warn everyone to stay away from this car!
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/ctd/2498177313.html
Also, here's a video of the car before it was returned
Well now the car is back and I highly doubt the car was professionally fixed. These guys were shady enough as it is. The car was nothing but problems for me and I want to warn everyone to stay away from this car!
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/ctd/2498177313.html
Also, here's a video of the car before it was returned
Last edited by Jodice112; 07-17-2011 at 10:59 AM.
07-17-2011, 12:07 PM
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Well they should have replaced the turbo and motor. And if they did so everything should be ok. I find out post that you are telling people to stay away just because you "highly doubt" it was fixed properly. I think what you should recommend is for potential buyers to inspect the throughly and look for new motor/turbo etc. so you spun a rod? Did you check your oil level often? Any mods?
07-17-2011, 12:10 PM
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Well they should have replaced the turbo and motor. And if they did so everything should be ok. I find out post that you are telling people to stay away just because you "highly doubt" it was fixed properly. I think what you should recommend is for potential buyers to inspect the throughly and look for new motor/turbo etc. so you spun a rod? Did you check your oil level often? Any mods?
07-17-2011, 12:40 PM
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white smoke is because the head gasket was blown. I checked it out a few mins ago and the salesman was playing, I dont know anything about this car, why dont you tell me about it. Acted like a dick too saying his camaro smoked me on the highway and he yelled it lol.
07-17-2011, 01:41 PM
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How often do you guys check your oil? I check every time I get gas which is about every 2 days. With how much oil Subarus consume I HIGHLY recommend checking your oil as often as possible (Not directed at anyone in this thread, just general info for the newbs reading this thread).
In all my 3 subies, all of them have consumed a crazy amount of oil.
In all my 3 subies, all of them have consumed a crazy amount of oil.
07-17-2011, 01:44 PM
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How often do you guys check your oil? I check every time I get gas which is about every 2 days. With how much oil Subarus consume I HIGHLY recommend checking your oil as often as possible (Not directed at anyone in this thread, just general info for the newbs reading this thread).
In all my 3 subies, all of them have consumed a crazy amount of oil.
In all my 3 subies, all of them have consumed a crazy amount of oil.
07-17-2011, 01:58 PM
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Bkblitzed just checked it out and said it has absolutely no coolant in it so he couldn't test drive it.
It came with the WRX wing already and I kept the front STi badge for myself I did check the oil every fill up and inspected everything before I took a trip to Oakland to visit my girlfriends family. On the way back I noticed the car making weird noises and was not going into boost at all. I stopped off at Gilroy to gas up and when I took off there was clouds of smoke coming from the back of the car. So I found the closest parking lot and called my insurance to tow the car back to the house. There was oil in the coolant and when I turned on the car oil/coolant came out of the exhaust in a big messy goop.
It came with the WRX wing already and I kept the front STi badge for myself
I did check the oil every fill up and inspected everything before I took a trip to Oakland to visit my girlfriends family. On the way back I noticed the car making weird noises and was not going into boost at all. I stopped off at Gilroy to gas up and when I took off there was clouds of smoke coming from the back of the car. So I found the closest parking lot and called my insurance to tow the car back to the house. There was oil in the coolant and when I turned on the car oil/coolant came out of the exhaust in a big messy goop.
