That feeling when you realize a four hundred dirham inspection just saved you from a forty thousand dirham mistake

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davidwarner
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That feeling when you realize a four hundred dirham inspection just saved you from a forty thousand dirham mistake

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So I found this 2017 Dodge Charger Scat Pack at a small dealership in Ras Al Khor last Tuesday and I'm not gonna lie the thing looked absolutely menacing in Destroyer Grey with the black wheels and that 6.4 liter rumble just hit different when the salesman fired it up in the parking garage, I was already mentally picking out which gas station rewards card I was going to max out and picturing myself cruising down Jumeirah Beach Road with the windows down annoying every Prius driver in a two kilometer radius. The price was suspiciously good for the mileage and the interior was cleaner than my apartment but something about the way the idle hunted just a tiny bit at the first stoplight we hit during the test drive made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, you know that little sixth sense you get after watching too many YouTube mechanics tear apart neglected Hemis. I ended up booking a Dodge Pre Purchase Car Inspection Dubai with a guy who came highly recommended on one of the local Mopar Facebook groups and he showed up the next morning with this whole setup that looked like he was about to perform surgery, computer cables snaking everywhere and a flashlight that could probably signal the space station. Long story short he found that the active exhaust valves were completely seized which honestly I could have lived with because louder is better right, but the real gut punch was the transmission fluid that looked like used espresso and smelled like burnt clutch material from someone probably doing one too many brake stands at the traffic lights plus there was a small but definite leak forming around the rear main seal area that would have cost more than my rent to properly fix. The salesman tried to play it off like it was normal wear and tear for a "performance car" but I just handed him back the keys and walked away feeling like I'd just cheated death, now I'm back to the drawing board but at least I'm not the guy stuck with a ticking time bomb wearing a Hellcat's younger sibling costume.
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