Any legal experts here?

[BIG-SMOOTH 10+ year member]

I was at a car dealership earlier tonight to pick up my new car. The price was agreed upon for both the new vehicle and my trade in vehicle. After all the paperwork was signed, in the envelope and they had their down payment check they apparently realized that they had screwed up on the appraisal.

My trade in vehicle is a 2wd Chevy 2500hd which they had apparently appraised as a 4wd. It was actually appraised twice by two different employees and appraised the same way both times. I was never asked whether it was 2wd or 4wd and just assumed that people working at a car dealership would be intelligent enough to figure that out on their own. Immediately after all the paperwork was signed and I was getting ready to go over the owners manual on the new car the dealer realized the mistake and told me that he cannot do the deal.

They asked for the paperwork back so they could shred it, but I decided to keep them and seek legal advice to see where I stand. All the papers referring to my trade in refer to it simply as "Chevrolet 2500hd" so there was no way for me to have known that they had made this mistake. The paperwork shows that they agreed to pay "X" amount for my trade in and that I agreed to pay "X" amount for the new car. All the finance papers where signed. If anyone on here has some legal knowledge I'd appreciate an opinion as to whether or not I have a right to that car. I waited two weeks to get this vehicle and I'm disappointed to say the least that it could be trashed because their people can't do their jobs properly. Is this worthy of contacting a lawyer?

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[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Contact a lawyer.

Also take some current local ads that shows what your truck is selling for used in your area.

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

If there's no indication on the trade in paper that the appraisal was for a 4wd, I don't see how they could do that.

That's ridiculous of the dealership though. "Oh we made a mistake and no one caught it until now, could you please ignore our commitment? We don't want to uphold our end of the bargain anymore."

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I'm not gonna read the OP. I will just say, welcome to the best place for legal advice. May your dumbass get poked in the hiney by a burly lumberjack.

 

[BIG-SMOOTH 10+ year member]

The main thing that concerns me at this point as far as the contracts I signed is the paper stating the mileage on my trade-in vehicle. This is my only mode of transportation and they weren't going to give me the car I was supposed to have purchased so I was forced to drive my truck back home. Could it become an issue that I am having to put more mileage on my trade-in? I have a 70 mile round trip drive to work everyday and no other way to get there so I don't see any other option really.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I think someone sharted.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

I was at a car dealership earlier tonight to pick up my new car. The price was agreed upon for both the new vehicle and my trade in vehicle. After all the paperwork was signed, in the envelope and they had their down payment check they apparently realized that they had screwed up on the appraisal.
My trade in vehicle is a 2wd Chevy 2500hd which they had apparently appraised as a 4wd. It was actually appraised twice by two different employees and appraised the same way both times. I was never asked whether it was 2wd or 4wd and just assumed that people working at a car dealership would be intelligent enough to figure that out on their own. Immediately after all the paperwork was signed and I was getting ready to go over the owners manual on the new car the dealer realized the mistake and told me that he cannot do the deal.

They asked for the paperwork back so they could shred it, but I decided to keep them and seek legal advice to see where I stand. All the papers referring to my trade in refer to it simply as "Chevrolet 2500hd" so there was no way for me to have known that they had made this mistake. The paperwork shows that they agreed to pay "X" amount for my trade in and that I agreed to pay "X" amount for the new car. All the finance papers where signed. If anyone on here has some legal knowledge I'd appreciate an opinion as to whether or not I have a right to that car. I waited two weeks to get this vehicle and I'm disappointed to say the least that it could be trashed because their people can't do their jobs properly. Is this worthy of contacting a lawyer?

its worth it to get a free consultation from a lawyer, but actually going all the way through with this one, its not worth it, find another truck and place to trade yours in.

this sounds similar to bait and switch haha. did they offer you something lower for your truck? Or try to reork the deal?

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

I'm not gonna read the OP. I will just say, welcome to the best place for legal advice. May your dumbass get poked in the hiney by a burly lumberjack.

Altho quite correct, he wasn't looking for advice regarding any crime he committed. Still....asking ca.com for legal advice is on par with hiring Larry Moe and Curly as your legal team!

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P.S Take it to a lawyer asap, most will give free advice, and you can decide if the benefits are worth it. I am boggled however that the dealership did not just eat the cost and call it a day. The bad word of mouth alone will cost them more than what they would have lost on the trade-in.........

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

Local newspaper or local tv? Scandolous dealership? Or at the least, a dealership full of idiots.

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Ohh my business law class comes into effect... Unless they say you intentionally mislead them to believe it was a 4wd... There is an enforceble, valid contract. It was a unilateral mistake on their part, meaning that they must honor the contract. The thing is however, i am not sure if then it is your job to produce a 4wd truck... If the vin number for your truck is on the contract, it is indeed a mistake on their part...

I am not sure how you are going to get them to honor the contract though, you will probably have to have the aid of an attourney for that.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

a lawyer will probally cost you the difference in the truck being a 2wd or 4wd //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

Welcome to the world of mandatory arbitration (read your docs).

You should have tied one end of a chain to the bumper of the new car and the other end of the chain to your kneck and just dared them to take your new car away.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Get over it.

If that is the worst thing to happen to you all year; life is good.

It would cost way more in attorney fees that you would have saved.