BUYER BEWARE. I recently purchased a car from Transatlantic Sales that was showing a clean Carfax report and a clean title was shown to me by them. During the drive back to Maine, I noticed definite evidence of flood when I opened the gas fill...
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BUYER BEWARE. I recently purchased a car from Transatlantic Sales that was showing a clean Carfax report and a clean title was shown to me by them. During the drive back to Maine, I noticed definite evidence of flood when I opened the gas fill door. Built up silt, mud and leaves beneath fill hole. Headliner fabric fell down during the trip. That's when I noticed the water stain on the fabric. I then ran the VIN through other sites recommended by NMVTIS. Three of the sites reported the car had been declared a salvage vehicle by IAA (Ritchie Brothers) out of Atlanta, who he had also bought the car from at auction. Mike denied having knowledge of that during numerous phone conversations. A body shop/garage here examined the vehicle and took 9 photos of evidence of flood damage, which I forwarded to Mike. He eventually agreed to buy the car back, plus pay extra for my travel expenses stating, "I'll just be able to sell it for more to someone else." If he was a reputable dealer and truly hadn't known about the flood damage, his reaction should've been that he was going to take the matter up with Ritchie Brothers about the evidence I had found on the car and online.