moogvo
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- Cameron, NC
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0L Mustang engine
- Transmission
- Automatic
A couple of months ago, I sold my B2 project... but not before spending a small fortune in parts and making it run GREAT. I am STILL kicking myself over it. Impulsive move number 31,092... Onto impulsive move number 31, 093...
BEHOLD!!! My '01 Explorer Sport! (insert fanfare trumpets and confetti here)
Afterall... It is LIKE a Bronco II, is it not? well... kind of anyway...
INTERIOR SHOT!!! (More fanfare and confetti here)
This thing has every option (Less leather, which I HATE anyway), is a one-owner and it is CUH-LEEEEN! It looks like it has never been driven! (save for the small wear spot in the console top and the pop tart icing my daughter added to the passenger's seat...)
I got it home and 3 days later, discover it has a BLOWN HEAD GASKET! now, I did the head job on the B2, but I am not looking to do it again... and of COURSE the dealer said that I bought it "As is" and he is not going to help me out at ALL...
... or... IS he?
I started making noise on the Internet and registered complaints with... blah blah blah... THEN! I discovered during a short chat with a DMV inspector that the vehicle had not passed an inspection, which is a REQUIREMENT in NC BEFORE a dealer is allowed to offer a vehicle for sale. The inspector told me that the dealer would gleefully be fixing my Explorer, else he shall feel her wrath... Ok... that was highly paraphrased, but you get the idea.
I got "Johnny Car Dealer Guy" to sign a contract with me to replace the existing 4.0L SOHC with one from an '07 -'10 Mustang. He agreed and picked up an '07 engine with 30k on the clock yesterday. I also added a 90 day warranty on the vehicle into the contract (which he signed).
When the work is completed (he says Sunday, but I doubt that) I have the right to have it inspected by a mechanic of my choosing before accepting it. If I have ANY problems for 90 days after that, I retain the right to drive into his office, park on his desk and demand my money back. (Again, paraphrased), but you get the idea.
I STILL DO miss the B2, however.
BEHOLD!!! My '01 Explorer Sport! (insert fanfare trumpets and confetti here)
Afterall... It is LIKE a Bronco II, is it not? well... kind of anyway...
INTERIOR SHOT!!! (More fanfare and confetti here)
This thing has every option (Less leather, which I HATE anyway), is a one-owner and it is CUH-LEEEEN! It looks like it has never been driven! (save for the small wear spot in the console top and the pop tart icing my daughter added to the passenger's seat...)
I got it home and 3 days later, discover it has a BLOWN HEAD GASKET! now, I did the head job on the B2, but I am not looking to do it again... and of COURSE the dealer said that I bought it "As is" and he is not going to help me out at ALL...
... or... IS he?
I started making noise on the Internet and registered complaints with... blah blah blah... THEN! I discovered during a short chat with a DMV inspector that the vehicle had not passed an inspection, which is a REQUIREMENT in NC BEFORE a dealer is allowed to offer a vehicle for sale. The inspector told me that the dealer would gleefully be fixing my Explorer, else he shall feel her wrath... Ok... that was highly paraphrased, but you get the idea.
I got "Johnny Car Dealer Guy" to sign a contract with me to replace the existing 4.0L SOHC with one from an '07 -'10 Mustang. He agreed and picked up an '07 engine with 30k on the clock yesterday. I also added a 90 day warranty on the vehicle into the contract (which he signed).
When the work is completed (he says Sunday, but I doubt that) I have the right to have it inspected by a mechanic of my choosing before accepting it. If I have ANY problems for 90 days after that, I retain the right to drive into his office, park on his desk and demand my money back. (Again, paraphrased), but you get the idea.
I STILL DO miss the B2, however.
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