I recently purchased a 1965 VW from Justin Kinney on Feb. 6, 2016 from Crescent City, CA. The car was originally listed on Craigslist. Justin and I texted and talked on the phone and asked typical questions that one would ask when buying a car. Especially a 50 year old VW. I bought the car for $3,500.00. I asked him specifically how the pan looked, knowing that a lot of old VW's have rust problems. This was very important to me. He told me that the pan was in "perfect" condition and that the car was previously owned by an OLD lady. I live in Shady Cove which is close to Medford, OR. I explained to Justin that I had a severe back problem and the I could not make the trip to Crescent City. He stated that he would be coming down to Medford to pick up a truck he purchased and that he could tow the VW to me. I asked him to tell me everything about the car because he was traveling a long distance to bring it to me and that I did not want him to have to tow the car back if it wasn't the condition that he said it was. We met at Coastal, which is a business in White City, and close to Medford. I did a quick cursory check of the car. I could not get on my hands and knees and look at the pan plus the car had been lowered. Justin at the time, appeared to be a well mannered honest young man. We took it for a short drive and the car ran very rough. Nevertheless I bought the car, $3,500.00 is not the world for a 1965 VW. I drove the car home and I wanted to take my family on a short drive. The car would not start and I noticed gas was dripping from the carburetor. My concern with this transaction was not with the performance of the car. I took the car to a VW mechanic, for the carburetor leak, we checked the vehicle closely and found that the pan in the rear passenger seat was extremely rusty with holes protruding through and of course, needs to be replaced. The car desperately needed a new head liner, which I already knew. The worst part of this liner was in the back seat area. We found the entire back section of the car was full with mold and rust. The stereo speakers that were in the back of the car, was hiding the real damage. When I bought the car I noticed that the back seat looked very dirty. However, upon closer inspection, we discovered it was a very smelly mold, which I could not smell at the time of purchase. This transaction did not take more than 15 minutes, again I relied on Justin's honesty and integrity. Justin in the ad said that this was his daily driver. So I would think that he would have known about the smelly mold and the rusty pan. I text Justin and explained to him that I was very disappointed with him. I told him the money was not the issue, it was his lack of honesty and integrity that I was concerned about. He texted me back and said what do you expect with a 50 year old car. I explained to him again that the issue was with his honesty and integrity. He angrily replied by texting, "I don't like how your wrote me this text." I texted him back and told him that I was simply telling him the truth as I saw it. He then called me on the phone and angrily starting using profanity by saying that I was an old f**king douche bag like all the other old f**ks where they like talking down to young people along with other profanity that he used. To be honest with you, once he starting using profanity, I took the bait and also returned some of the same type of language. I said to him you really sound aggressive over the phone and there was nothing more to it than that. Justin replied by saying, "I would meet you in Medford but I don't want to waste my time with and old f**k like you." He continued on by saying, "Your nothing but an Old F**king WET BACK." I happen to be Native American and Hispanic. I believe the Justin hit below the belt by calling me a demeaning RASCIT name. Without any further response from me, I hung up the phone. Prior to all this he told me that his dad, Thomas Kinney whom Justin referred to as the "VW guy", had bought the car for him and that his dad had lots of VW's in his place of business called California Auto Image in Crescent City, CA. The title of the car was registered to his father and his place of business. I caution the public to think twice before giving your business to this establishment, especially minorities. You've heard the old adage, The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. So beware when doing business with this establishment. read more
