Re: What's The Right Thing To Do?
 

It takes alot of cold to crack the block as Rich A said.

Not to sound smart at other comments, but a guy can get a reciept from grandma.
Clean bill of sale? you are done.

Re: What's The Right Thing To Do?
 

Thanks for all the replies.

klmken: Good idea on the weather check thing.

Nort: I did do a bill of sales indicating "as is" condition. And you're right, I guess I did let emotions rule a bit, but hey, now I have a Cigarette (not a Formula though!)! :D I have no complaints about what I got. And I don't think gen 1 vs gen 2 makes much difference. I just mentioned it as a little background info that what I got wasn't quite as it was represented to me but I didn't go after him for it.

Sydwayz: What is pink stuff? Remember, the only ice we see around here comes in bags and goes in to cooler for the foo foo drinks! :D

Others: thanks for the info. I thought the same thing about freezing block...it would have to sit in freezing weather for a few days to do damage.

I also want to make clear that he hasn't asked me for any $ (yet) and he may not. I just wanted opinions because if I feel that if I'm at fault I would made good on it whether he asked or not. Either way, I feel like crap about it. I always like to do win - win deals. I've bought and sold a lot of hot rods and Harleys and always make sure the buyer is happy. I quite often do follow up calls just to make sure. I've never had a deal go bad.

I guess I'll just wait until I get back from Denver and give him a call to see what he thinks.

Re: What's The Right Thing To Do?
 

Between two individuals specially across an international line. You are not liable for anything, buyer beware.

If the guy didn't ask for it to be winterized while your bringing it up to Canada at the end of February it's his fault. We brought our rig back from FL at the end of Feb and we winterized in Miami. And I was so paranoid I would not find winterizing fluid I brought it down from Vermont.
And once we got here there was a few times when we got -20* temps for a few days and that would crack any block not prepped right.

It's his mistake. I'm wondering what shape your Top Gun's in if the guy did not think of winterizing the Baja that went up?

Re: What's The Right Thing To Do?
 

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Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6)

Latitude 42° 56' 27" N; Longitude 78° 44' 09" W; Elevation 714'

Station: Buffalo NY
Month: February
Year: 2004

Temperature in F : :Pcpn :Snow : Wind :Sunshine Pk Wnd
======================================== Columns =====================================
1 2 3 4 5 6a 6b 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18
Dy Max Min Avg Dep HDD CDD Wtr Snw Dpth Avg Spd Dir Min Psbl Wx Spd Dr
================================================== ====================================
1 25 7 16 -8 49 0 T 0.5 14 4.3 12 33 135 23 1,8 15 W
2 37 6 22 -2 43 0 0.00 0.0 13 7.5 13 07 381 64 15 E
3 36 29 33 9 32 0 0.53 T 11 14.5 29 24 0 0 1,4,6 41 SW
4 33 17 25 1 40 0 T T 9 16.2 26 26 84 14 1 33 W
5 30 13 22 -2 43 0 T T 9 8.6 18 13 0 0 1 22 E
6 41 28 35 11 30 0 0.10 0.2 9 12.6 21 24 0 0 1,4,6 25 SW
7 32 13 23 -2 42 0 0.01 0.5 8 13.0 21 31 47 8 1,6 26 W
8 24 9 17 -8 48 0 0.00 0.0 8 13.3 28 22 590 96 36 SW
9 36 23 30 5 35 0 0.00 0.0 8 19.8 32 22 12 2 40 SW
10 32 26 29 4 36 0 0.02 0.4 8 18.5 31 24 3 0 1 41 SW
11 26 20 23 -2 42 0 T 0.2 7 10.7 18 25 240 39 1 23 W
12 30 21 26 1 39 0 0.01 0.2 6 9.0 20 24 0 0 1 23 W
13 29 26 28 3 37 0 T T 6 25.0 39 24 228 36 1 51 SW
14 28 15 22 -3 43 0 0.04 1.0 6 18.0 35 23 0 0 1 45 SW
15 15 1 8 -18 57 0 0.00 0.0 7 5.8 15 35 633 100 20 NW
16 21 -2 10 -16 55 0 T T 7 5.3 10 23 365 57 12 SW
17 30 12 21 -5 44 0 0.00 0.0 7 6.4 13 23 341 53 14 SW
18 32 14 23 -3 42 0 0.00 0.0 7 8.5 17 21 117 18 1,8 21 SW
19 34 28 31 4 34 0 0.00 0.0 7 8.6 22 24 340 53 1 26 SW
20 49 28 39 12 26 0 0.06 0.1 6 9.0 15 15 155 24 1,8 18 S
21 41 29 35 8 30 0 0.37 2.4 5 23.4 39 23 0 0 1 53 SW
22 34 23 29 2 36 0 T T 6 11.2 21 26 580 89 1 24 W
23 34 18 26 -1 39 0 T T 6 4.6 14 07 432 66 1,8 16 NE
24 31 23 27 -1 38 0 0.01 0.4 5 9.5 17 05 310 47 1 20 NE
25 35 14 25 -3 40 0 0.00 0.0 4 5.7 12 33 393 60 14 NW
26 34 20 27 -1 38 0 0.00 0.0 4 6.7 14 03 663 100 1 16 NE
27 39 18 29 0 36 0 0.00 0.0 4 5.5 12 06 666 100 13 NE
28 38 19 29 0 36 0 0.00 0.0 3 9.3 16 22 669 100 20 SW
29 46 29 38 9 27 0 0.00 0.0 3 11.3 21 24 641 95 24 W

Avg
32.8 18.2 25.5 11.1


Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6) , Page 2
Station: Buffalo NY
Month: February
Year: 2004

Temperature Data Precipitation Data SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

Average Monthly: 25.5 Total for Month: 1.15 1 = FOG
Dptr fm normal: -0.4 Dptr fm normal: -1.27 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
Highest: 49 on 20 Grtst 24hr 0.53 on 3 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
Lowest: -2 on 16 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
Total month: 5.9 5 = HAIL
Grtst 24hr 2.4 on 21 6 = GLAZE OR RIME
Grtst depth: 14 on 1 7 = BLOWING DUST OR SAND
Seasonal Total: 76.9 VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
No. of Days with WEATHER - Days with 9 = BLOWING SNOW
x = TORNADO

Max 32 or below: 14 0.01 inch or more: 9
Max 90 or above: 0 0.10 inch or more: 3
Min 32 or below: 29 0.50 inch or more: 1
Min 0 or below: 1 1.00 inch or more: 0

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Re: What's The Right Thing To Do?
 

I would worry more about him misrepresenting his boat than about the block cracking. If he new ahead of time that it was not winterized and he was fine with that then it's his own fault living up there he should have known better especially since it wasn't his first boat. I couldn't find it for Canada but the average temp in February for buffalo is 26 deg. Fahrenheit and there's no way that cracked driving through flagstaff.



Month Avg. High Avg. Low Mean Avg. Precip. Record High Record Low
Jan 31°F 18°F 24°F 3.16 in. 72°F (1950) -16°F (1982)
Feb 33°F 19°F 26°F 2.42 in. 70°F (1997) -20°F (1961)
Mar 42°F 26°F 34°F 2.99 in. 81°F (1945) -7°F (1984)
Apr 54°F 36°F 45°F 3.04 in. 94°F (1990) 4°F (1944)
May 66°F 48°F 57°F 3.35 in. 90°F (1991) 25°F (1926)
Jun 75°F 57°F 66°F 3.82 in. 98°F (1938) 36°F (1972)
Jul 80°F 62°F 71°F 3.14 in. 97°F (1995) 27°F (1946)
Aug 78°F 60°F 69°F 3.87 in. 99°F (1948) 38°F (1982)
Sep 70°F 53°F 62°F 3.84 in. 98°F (1953) 32°F (1991)
Oct 59°F 43°F 51°F 3.19 in. 92°F (1927) 20°F (1965)
Nov 47°F 34°F 40°F 3.92 in. 80°F (1961) 7°F (1958)
Dec 36°F 24°F 30°F 3.80 in. 74°F (1982) -10°F (1980

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