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<blockquote data-quote="sweetzmic" data-source="post: 301324" data-attributes="member: 7494"><p>yes, tat's why windscreen too dark not my fault, but it wuz pretty useless arguing with the ex-owner, so i wuz like whatever lah, jus pay the 150 and get it done.. </p><p></p><p>the car wuz registered in kl.. thing is, the owner hasnt reg d car since 2003 so tats y i've gotta get it checked at puspakom.. if not i could pass it to a runner to settle which would take 5 working days.. the current runner that im using is actually the ex-owners runner cos he owns a car shop... so okay, the 150 which i paid is added wit the owners 250 to cover for the runner fees and undertable fees of rm400.. since the grant has been transferred, cover note done, etc and i've got all the documents and reciepts, i passed it to his runner to do.. his runner tells me that it's gotta be done outstation... so fine.. i give u a week, now he comes back with reasons like oh, tmrw public hol.. n i asked.. "it is? i tot u doin it outstation n tmrw is s'gor's hol" then he replies with... "oh, no lah, officer took leave lah.. sorry.. u try to understand lah.. jpj line down these few days, saya pun tak tau macam apa...." so today asked him, by fri can u get the roadtax? he sez 'yes' then i ask.. can u promise? "NO".. wtf? :blink: </p><p></p><p>Ok.. as for the Haltech/E-manage thing.. that wuz wat i wuz trying to say... y would u call it an upgrade... when one is a piggyback and the other is a standalone... so i replied with whatever... as for specs of the car.. since it's soo rojak.. i cant even tell whats in it.. the ex-owner says.. oh yah theres damn a lot of stuff inside it... when i do check, diff workshops reply me differently.. dis is cos the car wuz fully done by this workshop, n d owner trusts him completely so i guess he himself is also unsure or either lying abt it.. so i go to 2 other "KNOWN" shops... one shop claims 100% that my cams are in there, another says dun think so, but could check when u actually find out when u get the edamage password from the previous shop.. so whilst asking the cars usual shop for the password and specs, tat iz what they gave me... "a FORGOT gotta check and (lansi ppl rolling their eyes while saying) dun understand AH? haltech upgrade 2 emanage" fine... fine... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1380" alt=":angry:" title="Angry :angry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":angry:" /> </p><p></p><p>as 4 d dent.. im gettin it fixed, as i've got everything else fixed.. btw, the ex-owner is also a very erh rich n powerful person? haha.. if i wuz more specific.. it'll b 2 obvious.. he sez he doesnt know anythin abt it and mayb d carwash guy did it... as 4 my middle person/family friend.. i realised tat i wuz bein told to do things too d car that wuz way outta my league.. he wuz expecting me to buy imported topgrade engine oil, gear oil, brakes, everything! truthfully i cant say tat i know much abt cars, or anythin to do with all this but after realising tat the trust there wuz manipulated wuz a wake up call. </p><p>but shit.. ur fren looks like he got it worse.. its so annoying tat these probs happen.. no matter what.. the buyer will alwiz b d one to bear all costs or probs after the sale.. :unsure:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sweetzmic, post: 301324, member: 7494"] yes, tat's why windscreen too dark not my fault, but it wuz pretty useless arguing with the ex-owner, so i wuz like whatever lah, jus pay the 150 and get it done.. the car wuz registered in kl.. thing is, the owner hasnt reg d car since 2003 so tats y i've gotta get it checked at puspakom.. if not i could pass it to a runner to settle which would take 5 working days.. the current runner that im using is actually the ex-owners runner cos he owns a car shop... so okay, the 150 which i paid is added wit the owners 250 to cover for the runner fees and undertable fees of rm400.. since the grant has been transferred, cover note done, etc and i've got all the documents and reciepts, i passed it to his runner to do.. his runner tells me that it's gotta be done outstation... so fine.. i give u a week, now he comes back with reasons like oh, tmrw public hol.. n i asked.. "it is? i tot u doin it outstation n tmrw is s'gor's hol" then he replies with... "oh, no lah, officer took leave lah.. sorry.. u try to understand lah.. jpj line down these few days, saya pun tak tau macam apa...." so today asked him, by fri can u get the roadtax? he sez 'yes' then i ask.. can u promise? "NO".. wtf? :blink: Ok.. as for the Haltech/E-manage thing.. that wuz wat i wuz trying to say... y would u call it an upgrade... when one is a piggyback and the other is a standalone... so i replied with whatever... as for specs of the car.. since it's soo rojak.. i cant even tell whats in it.. the ex-owner says.. oh yah theres damn a lot of stuff inside it... when i do check, diff workshops reply me differently.. dis is cos the car wuz fully done by this workshop, n d owner trusts him completely so i guess he himself is also unsure or either lying abt it.. so i go to 2 other "KNOWN" shops... one shop claims 100% that my cams are in there, another says dun think so, but could check when u actually find out when u get the edamage password from the previous shop.. so whilst asking the cars usual shop for the password and specs, tat iz what they gave me... "a FORGOT gotta check and (lansi ppl rolling their eyes while saying) dun understand AH? haltech upgrade 2 emanage" fine... fine... :angry: as 4 d dent.. im gettin it fixed, as i've got everything else fixed.. btw, the ex-owner is also a very erh rich n powerful person? haha.. if i wuz more specific.. it'll b 2 obvious.. he sez he doesnt know anythin abt it and mayb d carwash guy did it... as 4 my middle person/family friend.. i realised tat i wuz bein told to do things too d car that wuz way outta my league.. he wuz expecting me to buy imported topgrade engine oil, gear oil, brakes, everything! truthfully i cant say tat i know much abt cars, or anythin to do with all this but after realising tat the trust there wuz manipulated wuz a wake up call. but shit.. ur fren looks like he got it worse.. its so annoying tat these probs happen.. no matter what.. the buyer will alwiz b d one to bear all costs or probs after the sale.. :unsure: [/QUOTE]
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