This Acura MDX is in worse shape AFTER the work
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2024
- Our favorite scammers in Miami have struck again, this time with a 2022 Acura MDX with the technology package. They have tried some new tactics (I guess they learned from the HRV debacle.) They have successfully managed to turn a repairable vehicle into a parts car. Congratulations!
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It definitely looks like they used this car for parts to repair another car and then put the damaged parts from the other car back on this one.
That’s the way I see it. Make it worse on one side and slightly better on the other and think you will get your money back. “That’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for him!”
Crazy the spectrum in the auto repair industry. Take yourself for example producing quality repaired cars I would be comfortable putting my family in. And then we have the other end of the spectrum which I’m concerned share the roads with my family. Scary stuff indeed.
That or they fixed it, were driving it and wrecked it again. That’ll happen a lot.
Don't forget this. The odometer is by the mile... but it doesn't show tenths. it could of been a foot away of rowing to the next mile.
It gives me an even greater respect for the risk you have to manage and control to avoid losing your shirt in your business. Again, there's no substitute for experience and knowledge and you clearly have a great deal of both.
I don't know why they call it doctoring when this sort of medical malpractice makes the vehicular patient worse.
This was an organ donor. 😂
"Hi, Doctor Nick!"
"Hi, Everybody!"
Thx again for showing us another one of these jobs, filming it and sharing it with us.
I really enjoy watching these. I never spot as much damage as you do, I try, but just don't see it . Great video it's like a game seeing how messed up these cars really are
There are so many, I just cherry-pick the good ones. 😂 There is still lots I don’t point out because I’m not really interested in the car, just showing what’s out there. Thanks for the support!
I was having auction car withdrawals thanks for another one Scott I like how you start the video acting like you have no idea how the car started out lol
Great video Scott. I feel sorry for car flippers who are not subscribed to your channel. They could save from being ripped off. My best guess is they pilfered the parts from this car and put them on another and then reinstalled the takeoff parts from the car they fixed, and I use the term lightly. Now you have an abomination on 4 wheels. I’d run from this one as fast as I could. All the best Scott!
I would it even trust the rest of the parts that look good on it. 😂 Thanks for the support!
Love your channel!!!
Parts car
Wow. I looked it up. I cant believe the original auction sale it looked so much better than after they touched it..
Love your work Scott and thank you for going into detail for the timing chain replacement in your last video.
It looks like a swap...the factory drywall screws convinced me. Btw, I think tow truck drivers who cause more damage to what they're towing should be charged!
OEM drywall screws are 1-1/4" on that model. Those are aftermarket.
Agreed, what bozo puts greasy parts on leather seats? How about folding the seat down first?!
Holy cow! Thanks for continuing to make videos!
That was not a wheel placed in the car. It was the Front bumper placed in the car by the wrecker. That is what caused the impression on the seat and the damage to the back of the passenger seat. That bumper has sharp edges and had to be bent to place it in the car.
It was the wheel and suspension. If you look at the auction pictures, it is in the background on the left rear.
Yeah the chicken wire filling out the missing vents in the front bumper is a nice touch 👍
They used it as a parts car, now trying to get there money back, or some of it anyway.
Agreed
Great information Scott. We all appreciate the weekly lessons on how not to get bent over at the auction site.
There’s nothing about this car that would make me want to buy it, pretty not much to salvage from it either, good report again Scott
I'll take what's behind door number 3 Scott. Tue hood is probably off the "repaired" MDX and the bumper could be off a third vehicle out of a pull and pay? Or out of another shops core pile.
Great video enjoy watching keep up the great work
Pretty sure you Nailed it, They bought it for a Parts Car !
Think you were right they used it as a parts car. Also noticed the third row air bag deployed. BTW nice Mr Spotty shirt!! Thx
Drywall screws aren't just from south floriduh resellers, they like those here in NC as well.
These guys must buy them in 50lb buckets! 😂
Probably used this for a parts car for some unsuspecting customer. Get their money & run. Gotta love the drywall screws.
The drywall screws are my favorite! Nothing says quality like a car repair with drywall screws! 😂
Scott, they swapped tires also. The underbody picture, the RF tires looks well worn in the inner side. Way too worn for 16,000 miles! Pure crooks!
Thanks for the video Scott. Hope tings are well.
Thanks for watching. Things are going well around here.
I’d be interested in watching a video interview from whomever buys it. I couldn’t imagine why anyone would purchase this.
Well that thing is a hot mess , I think that the clowns bought it as a parts car for some strange reason! Seems like it would have been cheaper and a lot less aggravation to have just bought the parts that they needed.
Yes, but buying the parts you need it the honest way. These people will work hard to do anything but honest work!
Love these scammer videos Scott! Keep 'em coming
My guess is Mr. Spotty got a hold of it. 😂
My guess is they stripped this base model to repair a Type R to bring in more money because "Type R"
The latter. I think it was a donner car, mixed matched old parts to get rid of it.
Dual hood latches?? No wonder we hate engineers 🤣🤣🤣
@ 6:58 "Parking Rock" Heh heh heh heh heh!!!!! Nice!
Looks like a forklift acci dent!
Thanks Scott , the green Toyota in the background looked interesting :)
Thank you for this video...
Wow!!! Another one. Christmas came early!!
Happy holidays! 😂
Happy Wednesday, Scott!🍻
Same to you!
100% the scenario you described - bought to use the parts from, slapped the old parts on this one. Then put an available bumper cover on it, disguised the passenger bag going off in an effort to get money back.
I think maybe they used a flat deck tow truck to transport it (the second time) & the truck took a turn too fast & the MDX fell off!
Lol. In Australia this would go to the scrap yard. No one would buy that full stop.
I wish we could know the businesses name. I love to see his online reviews lol. Great video!
They bought two, fixed one correctly and put all the crashed parts back on the other. That’s so crazy lol.
Great Job!!! Thank You... :-)
Nice,just keep doing what you do best 😎😎😎👍👍👍
Thanks, will do!
This should be good. The Miami dudes really suck at what they do (or is it don't do?) Thanks for sharing these!
They are still sitting on that 2020 Silverado HD. I hope they lose big on that one.
@@vehcor Same and that's if they're not stuck with it which would be some nice karma
@@jeffcicale eventually they'll accept taking a big enough L for someone to take it for the value of whatever parts can be salvaged plus residual scrap value because letting it sit unsold eventually means they're out 100% of whatever they payed for the original wreck and the single cheeked work they did to it.
It's Frankenstein's monster!
A lucky colour matching Parts car more than likely for a real customer that they charge new parts cost for limited paint work etc.
I was almost with you on the parts swapout, especially since the mirror holding part changed color and everything (auggesting the door to which the mirror belongs comes from a different car. However, the damage on the rocker/sill/whatever the part below the doors is called (not a native english speaker) is also damaged and that damage is seemingly consistent with the damage on the doors. Then it appears that the plastic bit with the tweeter is missing so my theory is that they did in fact damaged it and then doctored that up with another mirror. Somehow. It'd be uncharacteristic for them to spend money (windshield) while making actual use of the good parts. Anyway, interesting video as ALWAYS, keep it up!
That dash has some patch covering the passenger side airbag that blew through it. I actually haven't seen one of those before. New tricks!
Nailed it!!
Cool shirt! He is always watching...
Time 725 Looks like an old school galvanized steel garbage can that was run over.
Hey, even those beat up trash cans have more useful life left in them than this car does! lol
They definitely parted this car out to fix another and threw the damaged parts on this one !
Agreed.
Your videos are so chill, always brightens my day
You bots always darken my day
Back in the 70s, our family was in the paint & body repair business in Miami. Then the Cubans swam over and started bondo-ing and rattle-canning vehicles in their backyards, undercutting legitimate shops. We quickly headed north to get as far away from them as we could, today it's it seems even worse than before.
By the sound of the motor im gonna say they could have swapped the motor and trans to go with panel swapping and threw cheap parts on this 1
I vote for repairing same vechile but Type S and would almost bet they took this bumper cover off the vehicle they were working on because it is damaged and needed to be replaced so why not through it on the junk vechicle that was bought for parts to make it easier to sell. On my first watch it seemed like they had also swapped the hood as it did not look damaged on the original listeing but is now damaged on the resale listing.
I’m a Floridian… and I loathe south east Florida… I wish we could have a border wall around that area too
But the weather is so good! 😂
You’re the MDX king, just make sure the Pizza Girl doesn’t like the color.
She is happy with her RDX so I am safe for a while.
This one really has me scratching my head. My first instinct is they bought it for the parts, but then I wonder...? Just can't put my finger on this one. I would love to be a mouse in their shop regardless. Good challenging video!
It went into a vehicle strip tease, but the punters disliked the show and threw any old parts back on to get it sort of covered up. Now worth about $3,000 at most, probably less.
I agree that they used this as a parts car for another vehicle.
The most likely scenario is they harvested all the good stuff off the car and traded out the bad parts. For this they would have had to have two vehicles of the same color.
My bet is on them trying to get money for their "In The Pile" pile by putting everything on from another car that got all the good parts. I'd say it's worth little more than scrap price minus transportation cost to the junk yard. I wouldn't trust anything left on it. Just my 2 cents
I agree with your entire statement!
According all, I guess all "new damaged" parts was fron one car including the lights. You use good parts from this car and scrap parts from othe you want to fix just arrange to this one to fulfill holes. I know few stories when some bought 2 junk audi, the same type, use all the good parts from both to make 1st "good" car for him and put rest absolute junk to the 2nd car and sell it, because everyone wanted cheap audi at those times.
Sounds about right!
from the pics i am going to guess this thing caught some air and landed so hard on the passenger side front tire it caused the front airbags to go off and that is also the reason there is tranny damage and it also explains the exhaust being damaged
My guess would be that they took the left side doors and hood off to repair another vehicle. Also, they probably showed under the vehicle this time because they were so proud of their expert craftsmanship!
The auction takes the pictures in this case. I think they saw the shield hanging down and wanted to get a pic for buyers to see.
@@vehcor You're probably right but I didn't want to miss a good sarcastic moment.
Ithink it was a parts-swap.
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6:16 the top of the radiator/rad support looks bent too
They took the parts they wanted put junk parts on this one and try to recoup their money a lot of the auctions are scams
They just borrowed some parts. 😂
Front subframe bolt is loosened @8:00 minutes in the video
That S type bumper and headlights came from the other vehicle.
i miss your rebuild videos.
Can't help but think they snatched the parts off this car for another project.They made some bucks and that's why they're only asking $800 more than they paid...
My mind says parts cars, but maybe the owners son took the car out once it was "finished" even with the light weight chicken wire mod (adds 10HP) and crashed it while impressing a barfly.
Really strange it should have been fixed from when they bought it first.
What service do you use for finding the history of cars sold previously?
Hello Scott !
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Sheetrock screws and tie wire - fixes anything.
bonnet is definitely replaced, the original likely looks like a melted kitkat, lol looks like it ate a towbar, so much for the bonnet lol
The real issue is that Copart and IAAI are allowing this crap to go on.
What do they care? They make their nut on the auction process.
After that? Caveat freaking emptor.
I think they dropped the car off of the lift. The underside left frame rail had a scrape that looked to me from a lift @7: 48.
Yes, since the disclaimer mentions 'Transmission Damage', I suspect this one was purchased as a parts car to repair another vehicle.
Edit: I hope the seller is stuck with this one for a long, LONG time.
Question, in Ohio you need all the receipts and documentation for an inspection, a lot of new cars have the vin on all the panels now you have a car with no. Matching panels how the hell could you prove anything ???
They bought it and something happened in the yard would be my guess, hit it with a large forklift or some other thing as it has transmission damage and with that and a parking rock I doubt it moves on it's own. They probably bought it to fix it up hoping to make a few bucks, damaged it in the yard and now just trying to get rid of it, I bet this will sell on it's first listing no matter the bid, I bet they just want it gone so if you need a parts car with no good panels, drivetrain or air bags, this is the vehicle for you.
Swapping parts is my gamble
Definitely number three scenario that’s what they did and if you buy it, they’ll sell you the parts that it came off of it probably
I know someone that bought a theft recovery and the front end was gone. They bought one from a junkyard in the right color and the slices in the radiator hoses lined up. They bought the stolen front end back. 😂
Looked like a bolt missing on the passenger side lower A Arm from the under car pic.
On those under pictures the subframe is not bolted to the body
Scott, are you going to let us know when you will reopen your shop.? I'm hoping your ok...
I wish my 2020 RDX had a digital speedometer like the newer ones. Anything I can do about that?
pull the glass, engine, assorted peripherals and junk it
what the heck? im puzzled on this one! i think the 3rd senario is the most likely one either that or they were on drugs when they "fixed" it..
Parts car for sure!
Did u expect anything else? Its Miami!
Looks like they bought it for the parts. Made another brand new and left the carcass for some unknowing person to be stuck with.
Maybe they dropped it off of a flatbed?
Ther reason is Aliens.
What happend to the mustang chassis swap?