KevinToyne wrote:A note on bias.
Josh , who has given Silk Road Autos good reviews on a couple of different posts now , is a good friend of Karims.
Yes I am great friends with Karim... I met him when I bought my first delica a few years ago. sheesh. Needless to say I must think he was honest to me about the delica if i became friends with him.
KevinToyne wrote:
I only mention this because I feel if you are going to give reviews on a forum such as this you should also disclose any relationships you have with the people you are reviewing.
I would have disclosed that if I was getting kickbacks for selling vehicles or something but thats not the case. I just truly think Karim is of good character.
I didn't think I would have to defend my character now. ouch. I am getting sick of this whole site.
It's my luck I sold the van to wonderful people from Australia who drove it for over a year traveling and when they were done with the van, they ended up selling it to this guy who wants the best quality for the least he can pay for. Out of the entire population of Canada, their van ended up with him. If you are so smart to know what was changed and not after the van had been driven for over a year across the continent, you should have been smart enough not to expect a good quality vehicle in circumstances such as these. Mark wanted to get rid of the van after he was done with it and was selling it for dirt-cheap and you jumped on the opportunity. Did you not notice I mentioned that Mark wanted to sell this van back to us after about a year and we declined because of the condition that it was in. This thread did benefit you in finding yourself a good friend in profister or whatever the hell his user name is. However, my response to his remarks as unfair as they may be will be entirly different as he did buy the vehicle from us. You haven't bought this van from us so be a man and face your decision. Suddently I am faced with a guy from hell passing judgements on us based on what he believed may have happened or not. Considering the decision you made to purchase this van, I don't think there is any substance to your intution. What is bunked is any and all the remarks you have so far made about us as they do not apply to us. Your decision to buy this vehicle was bunked.
bikepoor wrote:As the guy from Alberta,(which may become my new user name, Albertaguy!) what I wrote was in response to a request for input on a forum. Silk Road wrote an angry response to my input. My input was based on promises of work done to the van before the fellow I bought it from purchased it on what he was told. This included such things as timing belts, Air Conditioning, mechanicals, shades, cool-box, etc. This was on the information I was given, when purchasing the van, and from conversations with the previous owner.The promised work or claims to be working, were false and could not fixed because the owner purchased the vehicle and moved to Alberta to work for the next six months. Yes, many of the claims did not appear until the middle of the trip, but you can't check the air conditioning in the winter, and you sure as hell wouldn't pull the engine apart to check the timing belts. The van still has the original Japanese belts on so I know they were never changed, so claimes of all fluids, belts, etc. is bunk.
My point has now been made. I enjoy my Delica as much as any vehicle I have owned. I paid a lot of money to get it where it is, as did the fellow who bought it, good for me bad for him, and I have no intentions of selling it.
Please accept this as a buyer beware statement to all who buy used vehicles, and move on. I wish no hard feelings to anyone, but sometimes you pay your money and you take you chances! We drive old buses that come with old problems, DEAL WITH IT!!!
Please support the good things that are on this forum and let this one pass!
Silk Road, I am sorry for ever having said a thing, good luck in business, and please let this thread close.
Bikepoor (AlbertaGuy)
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josh wrote:
I didn't think I would have to defend my character now. ouch. I am getting sick of this whole site.
Josh
Easy now Josh - don't toss the baby with the bath water - After all this KevinToyne has what, 1 post This is a great site with 99% good energy people - don't lose sight of that!
I'm starting to find this thread very tedious, going over the same old sh*t again and again. I don't understand why you don't all just grow up and let it go!
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(formerly Kathy Brian Seiko & Tundra)
konadog wrote:
Easy now Josh - don't toss the baby with the bath water - After all this KevinToyne has what, 1 post This is a great site with 99% good energy people - don't lose sight of that!
Yeah, sorry everyone.... stressful week, way to much time in the ER. I think I'll just avoid longwinded pointless topics from now on! lol.
kb&2dogs wrote:I'm starting to find this thread very tedious, going over the same old sh*t again and again. I don't understand why you don't all just grow up and let it go!
Point taken. Like I said, long week... I'm done with this topic. Sorry to be a part of the problem.
Josh, I think you are pretty cool and you know what they say about opinions ~ everyone has one. What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for everyone, but it still works for some. I swear by Performance Car Stereo. Not everyone I have conversed with agrees with my point of view, but there you are.... opinions... smiles.
So what about that coffee?
Falco.
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the phrase Caveat Emptor should be kept in mind when purchasing ANY vehicle, regardless of mileage. For that matter, anything at all.
Profister, as someone who brings these cars in, takes care of them and then sells them in running order, profit or not....the biggest thing is that as a buyer you have it checked at a mechanic YOURSELF (if anything, it gives you good haggling points). Your issues are suspect to a degree, but also quite possibly very bad luck. Since you've solved all your problems, and there appears to be no chance of you receiving any sort of warranty work, all you can do is let it go, and have life go on.
I'm not saying it's easy to let these things go, I don't know if I could. But as you said in your very childish whinge in the ccautos thread, mainlanders are, after all, more easy going and flexible.
I know it's hard to believe I didn't say that to be a jerk, but please, it's becoming obsessive, and must be quite tiring to assume the world is so malevolent. You have friends here who will gladly help you diagnose problems, and likely lend a hand in any way, look on the bright side.
I think that his so called problems have become a joke now and it is obvious, as someone else here indicated, that he doesn't like Silk Road. I have read through this thread and it is surprising what people write. A guy buys a delica from someone who happened to have purchased the delica originally from Silk Road a year earler and had driven it all over North America and is pointing the fingers at Silk Road for all the problems he has been having. Then there is a guy who doesn't like Silk Road coz his smart wife happened to notice a missing lug nut at their dealership and another guy doesn't like Silk Road coz he was at the yard kicking tires and nobody came to assist him. I like Silk Road but even if this was a dealership I hadn't dealt with, some of these remarks here should be condemned as nothing more than a slander.
Profister in particular is obviously not telling the truth as he noted having spent $6000 on this car but from the problems he has noted, this wouldn't add up to that amount. I think someone else pointed to this as well. I think he is using this forum for his own agenda and he should be asked to shut up. Even if you had these problems you should have contacted the dealer and they would have helped you. The first thing they told me when I was buying my delica was that they would help me take it to any mechanic I choose and I am sure you had the exact same option. Even on their website it is noted that their car can be taken for inspection to any mechanic of your choice. Stop abusing this site.
Chewy wrote:le sigh.
the phrase Caveat Emptor should be kept in mind when purchasing ANY vehicle, regardless of mileage. For that matter, anything at all.
Profister, as someone who brings these cars in, takes care of them and then sells them in running order, profit or not....the biggest thing is that as a buyer you have it checked at a mechanic YOURSELF (if anything, it gives you good haggling points). Your issues are suspect to a degree, but also quite possibly very bad luck. Since you've solved all your problems, and there appears to be no chance of you receiving any sort of warranty work, all you can do is let it go, and have life go on.
I'm not saying it's easy to let these things go, I don't know if I could. But as you said in your very childish whinge in the ccautos thread, mainlanders are, after all, more easy going and flexible.
I know it's hard to believe I didn't say that to be a jerk, but please, it's becoming obsessive, and must be quite tiring to assume the world is so malevolent. You have friends here who will gladly help you diagnose problems, and likely lend a hand in any way, look on the bright side.
So, you dropped by the lot test drove two delicas wasted about 45 minutes of our valuable time and then went away telling us you were getting financing. During this time, all your quesitions were answered honestly and you even remarked on how we were not pushing you to buy the vehicle. We even devalued the delicas as you have had a little too higher of an expectation from these vans which means that we were honest with you and didn't try to provide you with any false information. Josh even educated you on all the smaller aspects of these cars and shared all his knowledge and experience with you. But, then you go home and get on your computer and write this about him. It tells a lot more about you than it does about us. Josh has become my good friend for all the reasons you will never be and I am glad you did even become my customer.
KevinToyne wrote:A note on bias.
Josh , who has given Silk Road Autos good reviews on a couple of different posts now , is a good friend of Karims.
I met Josh on the lot a couple weeks ago.
He was washing down a truck he'd borrowed from Karim to move a motor to the Island.
I only mention this because I feel if you are going to give reviews on a forum such as this you should also disclose any relationships you have with the people you are reviewing.
Silk Road Autos (http://www.silkroadautos.com)- we have what you are looking for and for the price that you can afford
Ok, I started this thread a long time ago when I was looking at some vehicles Karim had on his lot. My intention was not to start the massive shit storm that has followed.
I ended up buying my Delica from Karim. At the time, he had one vehicle there that I thought was worth the money. I made sure it was in compliance and I had an independent mechanic go over it with me and then tell me "Yup this vehicle is in good shape." It came with dealer serviced records back to Fall 2008, so I could confirm mileage, work that had been done and that it had been driven until recently. I've had a wheel alignment done, but to date, I've put over 5,000km on it and it has been awesome.
Would I have paid the money for one of the other Delicas on Karim's lot? No. Not because I think Karim is trying to pull one over. Just because they were USED vehicles that weren't up to the standard I was looking for. My point here is that, these import dealers are selling 15 year old USED vehicles, just like any other used car dealership. So, you need to go in with your eyes open, having done your homework. Dealers like Mardy have set a precedent on this forum and skued the perspective of what you are buying when you purchase a 15 year old vehicle. I'm not saying what Mardy does is a bad thing, because he definitely provides the buyer with a certain piece of mind on some mechanical items. I looked at a Delica from Mardy, he was awesome to deal with and ensured me all servicing would be done. Still, the vehicle was not for me. I just didn't think the interior and exterior condition were in good enough shape, so I moved on. That's "buying used vehicles". The dealer can do as much servicing up front as you want, but the minute you drive it off the lot, there are a million other things that can go wrong with a 15 year old used vehicle. Trust me, I know, I own an '84 Westfalia.
So I figure, since I started this thread, it would be fitting, if I ended it. So, please do not respond and let this thread die.
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