I am not friends or a relative of anyone here and was - andrewallin2001
I am not friends or a relative of anyone here and was asked to leave a review with no request for a positive one. I've read enough fake ones to know to be suspicious of very positive reviews - but THIS one was earned.
After a very dishonest salesmen in my recent review mirror, I was very cagey going into Nu Car of North Attleboro for a used Rav4. I explained on the phone to Manny that I wanted to use my own credit union for financing, not through them. After he checked with the manager Manny said "We don't usually do that, but he said it's okay."
The RAV4 I saw in the ad listing was still available and my saleman, Pat Corrigan, was a straightforward, no nonesense salesman, i.e. not really a salesman at all. His card says Client Advisor. That's actually how he was. He didn't pepper me with questions to size up my desperation, he didn't become my new best friend, he didn't laugh at my jokes, (even though they were fantastic) and he provided all the information I needed. Can I get a full-sized spare tire on a rim? No, not at this price point. Can I get another key fob for free? Not at this price point.
Straightforward, but polite.
I was rusty at buying a car, paranoid from my experiance at Bristol Toyota, and juggling three schedules so I was, unintentionally, an annoying customer. Pat was very professional about that.
When I couldn't meet him for our appointment to accompany me in the Rav4 to my local mechanic to have him put it up on the lift and check Nu Car's assertion there were no forseeable problems, Pat offered to drive it there himself to let my mechanic inspect it, and then he did. 14 miles one way and 14 miles back. Never had a dealer rep do THAT before. My mechnic said it was as just they stated - nothing needed any repair, and there were no forseeable repairs upcoming.
A few days earlier a saleman at another Toyota dealer in MA, after fighting me tooth and nail to not finance with my credit union, but with them, tried to convince me to sign a Purchase & Sale contract with the financer information left blank. He said they could only fill it in AFTER I had signed - i.e. committed myself to buying their SUV. I found that very, very sinister.
So I read EVERYTHING I signed at Nu Car during closing, dragging it out to three hours. But at the end I knew everything they promised was in there, in writing.
My new (to me) 2018 Rav 4 feels and drives like a new car. I wish I'd started my search here.
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