I have waited to make a tread to see if i could try to get some of my money back. i have to admit i hate makeing threads like this but this went to far with me. if i had been driving home and had engine or trans problem that is a risk you take with a used car.

but on 7-16-08 emminodagrate made a thread about a civic he had for sale.
FS: 97 Honda CIvic Gassss Mileagee!!
i pmed him he told me the car was at mainstrem and to just come up there he was working. I show up with my buddy we were going to lunch after that. i see the car it has a few issues that need fixed. we agree on the price of 1650$ i see the title and check the vin on the dash it matches. my buddy drives his car to his house that is mins away. and i leave the car there over night.. i pick the car up the next day and take it strait to the paint shop. and get it painted.

a few days later i pick the car up and i fix the mechanical issues 02 sensor. oil pan gasket detail the car ect. i had some on interested in the car the next day. the next day a guy shows up to buy the car from me. he like the car but the looks and and informs me do you know the vin on the dash does not match the one in the door? need less to say i was very upset!

i could not find mainsteam number so i pmed emminodagreat telling him we need to talk. i find mainstreams number james is busy but calls me back. i look at the title he gave me it was to a white 1997 civic Ex but the car i had was a green 1996 ex. when he calls me i inform him of the big problem i have. and i then asked him if he had the right dash and title for my car. he tells me he was selling this car for a "friend". and that he mush have swaped the vin!
i also ask what was the vin to the white civic he was parting out and it matches the one on my dash!

here is a link to the car he had been parting out since april
Parting out 97 Honda Civic.
he then call the guy he said he got the car from. and call me back and wants me to call him. I tell james i bought this car from him not the other guy! and that i want to deal throw him! being up set i call the number james gave me. the guy said he spent the money allready and that he had drove the car fine like that from months, and to just "take the sticker out of the door and it will be fine"! i tell him that is fraud and i am not going to do that! he asked he he could come remove the sticker for me i decline his offer. I tell him i want at least 800$ of my money back to cover my losses when i part the car out since thats all i can do leagaly. i end up getting 400$ out of this guy. and he told me james also made some money off this sale.

I carfax both vins and the the car i have is a tenn salvage vehicle. and i still upset because i have a car that is worth less! and getting 400$ back was better that nothing but its a drop in the bucket compared to what i paid for the car and the body work and paint. i feel like james is just as responable he was parting out the last civic since april i find it hard to believe he did not know about this since both cars have been there since april. i aked james for the crx he was selling to settle this issue but he declined. i dont think i am going to get any compesation out of makeing this thread i just want others to be aware!