I hate buying cars....

So, here's the story. About 3 weeks ago, we traded in my old car and got me an Acura. Used, a couple of years old but NICE. Nicest car I've ever even thought about owning. Only had 28,000 miles on it, still had 100,000 mile warranty, certified used, leather, sunroof, bluetooth,you know, all that. I love it.

SOooooooo then last week on Thursday a guy calls my work and asks for me. I was out meeting a volunteer so she took a message and he said that he was a mechanic at the Acura dealership and that he no longer works there, but he has some information about my car that the dealership withheld and he wants me to know. So I get back to the office and they tell me this , and I am like what the hell? How random is that? I had Tony call him because I didn't want to deal with it. The guy said the manager of the dealership was pushing cars through that had been bought at auction, wanting the mechanics to certify them as "Certified Used" even when they had problems. He said my car has possibly been wrecked, and he was certain it had been flooded, and he wanted us to know because if a car has been flooded all kinds of things can go wrong because of the computer system that basically controls the car. He said it could be dangerous to drive. We were like OH GREAT.

Attempting to make a long story short.... Tony called Acura (not the dealership, the company itself) and they directed him to the dealership compaint department, where they filed a claim. They finally called Tony back today and faxed him all the documents that had ever been filed on the car. It was originally bought new in Florida, then purchashed at auction and transferred to Texas, where it was leased to a company for a year. They tracked down all the documentation, auction disclosure documents and everything, and there was nothing that stood out. They faxed all the information to us.

We are hesitantly breathing a sigh of relief, but we are taking the car to another Acura dealership in DFW tomorrow and telling them to run certain tests that the guy from Acura told us to run so that we can see if the car might have been flooded.... sooooooo we will MAYBE know for sure tomorrow. Acura said that if the other dealership finds something that they will take away their dealers licence to certify, and proceed further with the claim, whatever that means. They said they have not had any complaints of this kind for that dealership though, and we are starting to think this guy might just have it out for the dealership or something. I really hope he was lying because I do NOT want to deal with all this. IF it does turn out, however, that something is wrong with the car Acura better pay up, and if they do not I will seek representation.

SOOOOO that is the latest saga of the Patterson household lol!! Who does this happen to? Good Lawd!