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Thanks for the advice. German (or European) law requires every professional seller of used parts to give a 1-year warranty (although after 6 months, you have to prove that the item was faulty from the beginning, so it’s in fact a half-year warranty, same goes for new items, only there it’s 2 years and 6 months). So the warranty part is kind of covered, but of course this means driving the car for a while until problems might turn up (I bought my car and it took about 2,000km to drive it until the 5th gear started whining).
I’ve now bought one from a recycler that offered it on ebay (they have an online shop as well, but are too far away to just go there and pick it up – especially without a car), it is said to have 78,000km. If that is true, it’s a real gem for 270€ delivered – especially compared to a rebuilt unit that would be around 400€ + 150€ core charge and delivery comes on top of it.
Since it’s a guessing game no matter what (except if I wanted to pay extra for a rebuilt one), I can only hope it to be fine.Thanks Fopeano, for the explanation. It is interesting to read about it from the standpoint of an American that doesn’t like trucks. Although, sometimes when I see one (which isn’t very often), I think they are amazing. Being male, I may suffer from the same kind of “complex” you attest to the Americans why they would use such big vehicles.
I just uploaded a short 6 second clip I found on a phone once, which shows the German equivalent – a pure work truck, never used to go shopping for groceries, and normally only owned by businesses that actually use them for work, never by any sane private person: https://youtu.be/zMnlga8Re2o – I guess it’s just not loaded with testosterone as much, LOL.Eric was going to trade the Element for a down payment on a F150 shop truck. but the deal never went through.
Alright, thanks for the info, college man! I remember he talked about it in some video (although I think it may have been so long ago that this was another instance where he was looking for a shop truck for the first time, and I’m not sure he mentioned the Element as a down payment in that case, so it may have been another time).
What exactly is a shop truck usually being used for? I mean, all the things for which you definitely need a truck, because a car wouldn’t suffice, like it would for a trip to the parts guy in most cases? The only thing that comes to my mind would be to move vehicles from the lot outside into the shop/bay and vice versa, or are there other uses? Especially since, for towing vehicles, a tow truck would be even more desirable, but is also very much a single-use-vehicle (you can tow cars with it, but not much else).
And no, I’m not saying that Eric needs a shop truck or that he doesn’t need one – that’s for him and only him to decide. I just don’t know the concept of a “shop truck” from where I live, because those friends I know, who work in a shop, just use their cars (a station wagon or minivan in the largest cases, so they can transport even bigger parts with it), or else, if they have to move a vehicle over larger distances, then it gets towed by a tow truck or a flatbed truck or a car transporter with a crane etc. But then, we also have hardly any pickup trucks over here…
In general, when giving an order to replace parts of the car, then at least let them show you (if not to keep) the old parts they took out, and compare them to the new parts/to each other, maybe even mark the parts somehow before bringing the car in to the shop. I know it’s too late for that advice in this case now, but that’s how I’ve been doing it, and it is generally a good practice that helps you avoid fraud (without saying whether this case was fraud or not).
But why has the video been taken down before I could even notice it was there? I only noticed that, for a Friday, I was missing something – ETCG…
Hey Eric, here’s something you might find interesting to read on the topic:
http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT_NOx-control-tech_09032015.pdf
(Also attached to this post)