Why do some used car dealers need to be liars? - generic-acts0r
Why do some used car dealers need to be liars? I’m so glad I paid an independent mechanic to look over the 2008 Honda Accord EX-L V6 w/Navi, VIN #1HGCS22898A003363, currently listed for sale by this dealership. CarGurus reported frame damage on the car. Since no major accidents were reported on the carfax, I asked the dealership why there would be frame damage reported. The gentleman I spoke with, told me they may have seen a little rust on the frame at the auction where they bought the vehicle from. He assured me he had looked at the frame and didn’t see anything wrong with it. I told him I would like to have a mechanic look at it. He agreed and even recommended some local shops. After calling a mechanic in the area, I called the dealership back to tell them they could drop the vehicle off for an inspection. Since first speaking with the dealership, I was told this dealership does not have a garage and could not perform any repairs on the vehicles they were selling. I asked the dealership if they had a garage, just to see what the answer would be. I was told they had one and was even offered to have their mechanic put the car up on a lift to do a video inspection with me on the phone. The gentleman I was speaking with knew I was calling from out of state and could not see the vehicle in person. I declined and told him I would prefer a third party to inspect the vehicle. He seemed more than willing. Six hours later the mechanic called me to tell me the rear subframe was “completely rotten”, there had been a hole through the floor behind one of the seats and there was a problem with the brakes. The brake light is on in some of the pics in the missing. I don’t know if there was anything else wrong with the car, but I told the mechanic I had heard enough. Why, Ron Motor, would you tell me there was nothing wrong with the frame of this car? It was clearly rusted through, and based on my understanding after speaking to the mechanic, it is likely it can not be repaired. Did you hope I would not go through with an inspection by a third party? Why waste my time and money having me pay for an inspection, when you must have known the vehicle you were trying to sell to me is absolute junk? People deserve better. Attention everyone reading this: definitely avoid this vehicle. In my opinion, you should also avoid this dealership. If you decide to pursue purchasing a vehicle from here, even after reading my review, pay a few bucks to have an independent mechanic look the vehicle over. It could save you thousands and thousands of dollars and a lot of heartache.
***After initially posting this review on May 21st, Ron Motors contacted me asking me to remove it saying a review like this would really hurt his business and it was not fair. I told the gentleman it was a fair and accurate review and customers needed to be informed. He told me he would refund the cost I spent for the inspection at the third party garage. I provided him with a copy of my receipt and offered to give him my Venmo account. He then said he was going to make everything right for me and would give me a great deal on a car if I removed this review. After several requests from him to remove the review, I finally said I would if he removed the car I was interested in purchasing from his website. He removed the listing so I removed the review. I became interested in another vehicle. He said he would send it to the same third party garage to have it inspected, free of charge to me, and then get back to me. He also said he was going to replace some cosmetic items such as the leather on the armrests and replace the rear passenger seat with one found at a junkyard. He also told me he would have the car transported from his dealership to me in Maine, free of charge. Once everything was in order, he was going to get in touch with me. He hasn’t text me since May 27th. This is a very dishonest dealership and should be avoided.
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