This place is anything but E-Z, hah!
I purchased a car from here (at a fair price, to be honest) but it has been nothing but work since then. If you are willing to BASICALLY argue with the owner and walk off the lot multiple times, you will get out of there with a car at a fair price. Nothing about purchasing a car here was easy, I could only explain the experience as awful and I have told everyone I know to avoid this place like the plague.
HERE IS A RUN DOWN OF WHY I WILL NEVER REFER THIS PLACE:
I called in advance and let Joe know what car I was interested in coming to see the next day, I arrived and the car was FILTHY and the battery was dead. Poor planning.
I let Joe know when I called that I planned to take it to a shop I trusted and had an appointment- when I showed up he said I was not allowed to take it anywhere to be looked at (even though the signs all over the walls of his office say it is CA law that you can have a used car looked at by a mechanic before purchasing). I walked off the lot. He comes to his senses a bit and says I can take it to a mechanic within TWO miles, so here I am on a Saturday trying to find a mechanic in the afternoon within two freaking miles of this place. Are you seriously that cheap, Joe? You can't afford 5 miles each way on a car?
I find a mechanic, Joe insists coming with us. (Anyone that has ever purchased a used car will be like... wtf?...) Car salesman never comes with but Joe obviously has some big problem with it. So he comes along, I check in the car for a 180-point inspection which will take at least an hour. Joe has a problem with how long it will take and literally has someone come pick him up at the shop and bring him back to his crappy car yard. Do you have any experience??? Is this your first used car sale, ever??? Get with the times, people want to have used cars looked at by a third party... Especially ones that wouldn't start an hour ago.
Inspection is done and the mechanic lets me know that the oil filter hasn't been changed since June of 2014..... This is March of 2017. As well as some unreported work done on the car-- um?? Why isn't that being advertised or on the report??? And minor issues like sensors.
I'm a younger woman and have bought 4 used cars over the last 3 years, I know what I am willing to pay for the car at this point. If I can get the price to what I want it to be, the car is worth my time.. STILL. Even at this point.
Joe was not willing to budge on price. Expected me to pay late fees for him not registering the car in ALL of the months it sat on his lot. Lied multiple times, typically sleazy salesman. Almost impossible to get him to act like an adult and coming here is basically like buying a car in Tijuana, feels unprofessional and sketchy and irritating.
Joe supposedly has a long history of being a Mercedes Benz salesman which is INCREDIBLY unbelievable. Look at what he is offering on his lot. Cars above 130,000 miles, cars with unreported work done, Mercedes with cracked windshield, etc.
I drove off in the car that day. A couple miles away I notice a clicking sound- nail in the tire. Maybe that's why I wasn't allowed to go to a mechanic more than 2 miles away, I would start to realize ALLLLLLL of the things wrong with this freaking car. I bring the car back, they seal the tire. I drive off.
Since that day, I've done ALL of the sensors, replaced tires that had cuts from unreported accident, had to buy the spare tire missing from my car, had to replace 2 panels, had to buy the decals that were stolen out of my rims from this place, had my AC condenser drained and then replaced, and now I need to figure out what to do about all of the clips they broke taking off the bumper... Probably an entire new bumper is needed.
This is all to say, ONLY COME HERE IF YOU ARE REALLY GETTING A GOOD PRICE ON THE CAR AND HAVE MONEY PUT ASIDE TO WORK ON THE CAR!!!!!
I will never return and will never recommend anyone I know. I would honestly say, save yourself the trouble- I wish I had. There are lots of small lots with fair prices like this one in the area.. The difference is that other places have smart/considerate owners and won't try to rip you off.
Joe and his office also do an AWFUL job with the paperwork. read more