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From: jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (Richard Jeffreys)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Misrepresentation
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 01:44:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 01:44:43 1985
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> I've got a wierd situation and I was wondering if this has happened to
> anyone else.  Recently I bought a used 1984 Ford Ranger XL, from a close
> friend.  This friend bought the truck new from a local Ford Dealer.
> On the invoice and sales contract, it says the truck is supplied with
> a V6 engine.  But I noticed it was a only a 4 cylinder!  

A friend of mine had a similar situation in reverse, he bought a car which
was advertised as having a 1600cc engine, (all the documentation, which even
included the engine number, gave the impression that every thing seemed to be
in order), but when he came to replace rocker cover gasket, he found it was a 
2000cc engine. (He was wondering why it had more power than normal, and why it
seemed to use a lot of gas. :-))

He had bought the car for the price of one with the 1600cc engine, which was
lower than that for the 2000cc engine, and had also insured the car as the
former, which would have put him in a spot of trouble with the insurance
company, had he had an accident (ie. void insurance, because of incorrect
description of the car).

He decided to sell the car, he found that the increase in insurance payments
(for the correct car description), would be quite large, and although the car
had lots of power, it did drink gas at quite a rate. He advertised the car as
having a 2000cc engine, and when he sold it, he received more money than he
paid for it eight months before.

Your case seems a little strange, but I would get your friend to take the
truck back to the dealer and get him to complain, after all he was the one
the truck was sold to. If your friend is as close as you say he shouldn't
mind to help you out.

Only one more thought, how closely did you inspect the truck before you
bought it?? :-)
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