Story sounds made up to me. He’s not bringing it back with a dead starter unless he knows someone with a car hauler, in which case that person could probably just as easily help him with replacing it in less time than it would take to tow and work on it at this guys house and if the guy already had a replacement for it why didn’t he replace it/throw it in with the car when he sold it the first time.
Tbh, I know a few gear head types that just have a bunch of parts in their garage. If they see a part being sold for a decent price and it has potential use they’ll just hoard it.
Starters being dead…99% of the time actually aren’t fully dead. The solenoids fuck off and if you wack the shit out of them with a chunk of 2x4 usually it’ll get them to engage. Doesn’t mean it’s going to just keep working but I’ve done it a few times to get something started and into the garage.
I’m confused. Are they saying that they knew the starter was going to die and bought the replacement before the kid ever called them back?
so I’ve sold a car and forgot i had bought parts for it. i think it’s pretty common.
I’ve sold one and forgot I had parts for issues I’d forgotten about. I called the buyer and told them to come pick up the parts, free of charge.
Story sounds made up to me. He’s not bringing it back with a dead starter unless he knows someone with a car hauler, in which case that person could probably just as easily help him with replacing it in less time than it would take to tow and work on it at this guys house and if the guy already had a replacement for it why didn’t he replace it/throw it in with the car when he sold it the first time.
Tbh, I know a few gear head types that just have a bunch of parts in their garage. If they see a part being sold for a decent price and it has potential use they’ll just hoard it.
Also, how did the kid bring the car back if the starter was dead?
Sure it could be bump-started if it was a manual, or otherwise towed, but the author left that out.
Starters being dead…99% of the time actually aren’t fully dead. The solenoids fuck off and if you wack the shit out of them with a chunk of 2x4 usually it’ll get them to engage. Doesn’t mean it’s going to just keep working but I’ve done it a few times to get something started and into the garage.