It’s just a shame that dealership grift has to get this bad until the government enforces regulations properly. I know on a smaller scaler that these things me

It’s just a shame that dealership grift has to get this bad until the government enforces regulations properly. I know on a smaller scaler that these things mentioned in the article happen all the time. In college I had classmates who worked at a dealership and they talked about all kinds of shenanigans they pulled. For instance, it wasn’t all that uncommon for a relative percentage of the cars sold on the used lot to be from other states like Texas where they would buy low integrity vehicles and fix them to a minimally viable state before bringing them to California. This had something to do with how they could get a certificate from TX saying the car was okay for resale without conditions applied (IE they didn’t have to report the previous / original condition) and that was enough leeway to get it past state regulators if you didn’t do it to often new cars had a bit less of this nonsense going on I recall because the manufacturers are more concerned and keep a closer eye on this sort of thing, though I’ve heard that often cars would come in from the factory with paint scratches and stuff from travel and dealers would just patch over it as quickly and cheaply as possible to get it on the lot without car for longevity