Upside-down 13k in a vehicle. (Serious input only please)

[jerrynuevo]

...bought my son a certified pre-owned buick encore. He's a teenager that i thought I raised with common sense and integrity. Well...his girlfriend snitches and tell me he blew the engine tryna treat it like a scat-pack. One year in...Engine is blown...cost of replacement is ridiculous. What's my best LEGAL option?

I repeat LEGAL OPTION

 

[jerrynuevo]

Refinance?

 

[havelcok]

Encore engine costs about 3k
Have you spoken to an actual mechanic about just replacing it?

 

[jerrynuevo]

Encore engine costs about 3k
Have you spoken to an actual mechanic about just replacing it?

They quoted 6.5K with labor

 

[Z MONSTER]

Call the dealer and see if it's still under factory warranty.
If not you can borrow it from your bank or 401k.

 

[Database Error]

Put it on Ebay.com slightly used A.I. buick encore with all the bells and whistles.

 

[PlayerR]

They quoted 6.5K with labor

Have you looked at a rebuilt engine?

 

[jerrynuevo]

Have you looked at a rebuilt engine?

That was a rebuild

 

[PlayerR]

That was a rebuild

Damn. but in doing a little research you probably should have never purchased one, they have known & persistent engine problems

What year is yours?

 

[Deezz]

There are no legal options. Only option is to get a used motor and have to eat the loss.

Make your son cut the grass for life or some shit to pay it back....lol

 

[REDLINE]

Have you looked at a rebuilt engine?

He might need to pick up a wrench.

 

[PlayerR]

Another ? who the hell told you $9k for a rebuilt & labor?

 

[bgbtylvr]

They quoted 6.5K with labor

$6500 for the engine and install isn’t bad. You can shop around for a few hundred off here or there, but go with who does engine swaps for a living not a ninja who does brakes but knows how. Once fixed, get that nigglet a bus pass, keep or sell the car and collect $6500 from Speedracer.

Lil Man GTA’d a grocery getter.

I may have never uttered the word BUICK. He 0-60’d one.

 

[Coldchi]

Go to a Pick and Pull spot....they usually have engines.
Then get a mobile mechanic to drop it in for little to nothin.

 

[PlayerR]

There are no legal options. Only option is to get a used motor have to eat the loss.

Make your son cut the grass for life or some shit to pay it back....lol

And slap himself for buying a Buick..lol

 

[donwuan]

And slap himself for buying a Buick..lol

I had a 2012 Buick Regal. One of the best cars I ever had. And I have a few and have had many.

 

[PlayerR]

I had a 2012 Buick Regal. One of the best cars I ever had. And I have a few and have had many.

Well the Encore has a long list of engine issues.

 

[donwuan]

Get a used engine and save a few grand.

 

[donwuan]

Well the Encore has a long list of engine issues.

Yeah, it has a little 1.4 liter turbo. I had a 2.0 with turbo. Moved like a V6. People got in and asked was it a BMW. Quiet as fuck.

 

[The Jamaican]

Anyway to park it next to something that is burning, accidentally?

 

[The Jamaican]

Yeah, it has a little 1.4 liter turbo. I had a 2.0 with turbo. Moved like a V6. People got it and asked was it a BMW. Quiet as fuck.

Don, this did not happen.

 

[SamSneed]

Bgol sometimes gives the worst advice

 

[Pack Rat]

Take the L



Sell the care as-is
Someone will buy it for repair.

 

[jerrynuevo]

Damn. but in doing a little research you probably should have never purchased one, they have known & persistent engine problems

What year is yours?

2016...nah my 18yr old was dogging it out.

 

[jerrynuevo]

Another ? who the hell told you $9k for a rebuilt & labor?

This is Tulsa, and in this economy. That shit pissed me off.

 

[REDLINE]

Bgol sometimes gives the worst advice

What would be the best advice?

 

[jerrynuevo]

Anyway to park it next to something that is burning, accidentally?

Too late for that...

 

[knightmelodic]

How did he blow the engine? What is the exact damage? Was the car insured?

 

[camdion1]

Bgol sometimes gives the worst advice

Problem solved

 

[yasky777]

Definitely needs to be stolen and caught on horrible fire or pony up for the rebuilt engine.

 

[Deezz]

Bgol sometimes gives the worst advice

Speak on it then, nukka!

The fuck would you do?!

 

[Ceenote]

Definitely needs to be stolen and caught on horrible fire or pony up for the rebuilt engine.

Honestly that's all I been think8ng this whole time... but he did say legal.. but bruh I'm with u on this one!

 

[blackbull1970]

2016...nah my 18yr old was dogging it out.

Junk it and take the loss.

That model year is from the era where it has GM proprietary equipment.

Which means there isn’t any DIY Mechanics who can work on it unless they have the software to get into the system.

Taking it too GM is risky cuz they gonna charge maximum when they inspect it and figure out it was user damage.

 

[Database Error]

Only option or buy another motor.

 

[SamSneed]

What would be the best advice?

Take thy problems in prayer, there is a temple ready for a blessing within a bitch