I got phone calls for several years from a guy who bought a Miata I’d once owned. It got a little annoying. If anything went wrong he felt like I owed him an explanation. It was a little worrisome, like it felt like he was somehow entitled to warranty support from me. I did not like that.
it happened again two years ago on a trade. I’d left a printout of maintenance I’d done on the tundra in the glovebox so they would know what was done. He found my name on some random paper in a corner somewhere and because of the list in the glovebox wanted to know more and tracked me down. it really put me on edge because its hard to know where they’re coming from. Genuinely a happy person who shares the interest, or are they going through buyers remorse and want to find a way out thru blaming someone else?
I do mod my vehicles to some extent while owning, and have sold them with lifts, repairs, and other things done of my hand. before I sold my lifted jeep, I paid a shop to inspect the suspension and steering just so I had a sheet of professional paper saying it passed a specific customer-requested inspection. Whenever I eventually sell the f150 with aftermarket projectors poorly installed but wonderfully-performing in the headlamps, I fear I’ll need to replace them with something more “standard,” just so it doesn’t look “owner engineered.” I don’t want the calls.
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it happened again two years ago on a trade. I’d left a printout of maintenance I’d done on the tundra in the glovebox so they would know what was done. He found my name on some random paper in a corner somewhere and because of the list in the glovebox wanted to know more and tracked me down. it really put me on edge because its hard to know where they’re coming from. Genuinely a happy person who shares the interest, or are they going through buyers remorse and want to find a way out thru blaming someone else?
I do mod my vehicles to some extent while owning, and have sold them with lifts, repairs, and other things done of my hand. before I sold my lifted jeep, I paid a shop to inspect the suspension and steering just so I had a sheet of professional paper saying it passed a specific customer-requested inspection. Whenever I eventually sell the f150 with aftermarket projectors poorly installed but wonderfully-performing in the headlamps, I fear I’ll need to replace them with something more “standard,” just so it doesn’t look “owner engineered.” I don’t want the calls.
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