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Unlike all the other reviews on here, I actually had a positive experience with Car Expo. I came into this dealership back in late September right after some time overseas looking for a jeep wrangler sport with the straight 6 engine. Did my research online and saw that Car Expo had a few options on their lot. I called a few days prior to let them know I was interested and the person on the phone was very polite and courteous and scheduled for me to come by.
My ride from base to the dealership changed plans and I ended up showing at the dealership like 2 hours early, but it wasn't a problem, they served me without any complaints or attitude or anything
Now for the actual car buying experience, I showed up and looked around and found a jeep that I was interested in test driving. The salesman asked me if I was actually interested in buying it or if I was just browsing and not worth his time. Now this could be interpreted as a rude question however considering the fact that all the cars were packed tightly into the lot like tetris pieces I considered it an honest and fair question, he'd have to move like 7 cars to get mine out for test drive, so I agree with him on that one. I let him know that I was very serious about the car, came equipped with a pre approval from my credit union, and some cash to cover any down payments or unforseen expenses. He said great and got the car out.
My buddy who came with me to look at the car is a very seasoned mechanic and I'm pretty good with electrical and wiring, and our salesman had no problem letting us do a full head to toe checkout on the vehicle as well as a longish test drive and check all the fuses, connectors, get underneath the vehicle etc etc. We took a notepad and scrawled down all discrepancies with the vehicle before heading into the office to discuss business.
Now this is where Car Expo won my respect. Inside the office they were completely courteous, professional, and respectful. We asked to see the carfax and they were provided, we negotiated on a price, and they played ball. All the (minor) discrepancies we found were brought up as well as Kelly Blue Book value and Edmunds and the salesman agreed to knock some off the price within reasonable expectations. At one point the boss came in to talk to us and he was totally professional as well. The earlier comment about him looking like a "mafia boss" is in my opinion unfair. He was in a shirt slacks and tie and was completely level headed and straight forward with us. I didn't get any sense of intimidation or belittling from anybody working there whatsoever, we settled on a price that I accepted and we did business. 100% professional.
Now as far as financing goes I can't really say since I went in with a pre-approval from my credit union. However on a special note I can say this, they were very willing to work with my credit union and accepted my pre approval immediately. They did not try to trick me into signing some crazy no money down no payments for 12 months flexible APR loan or anything. As a service member I must say this was really cool to experience, too often does it occur that a dealership spots a junior enlisted man and tries to get him with a predatory loan on a junker car. But like I said before they didn't do any of that, they talked to the credit union for me, and worked well together. After it was all said and done they shook our hands and thanked us for our business, gave us a card to call if we needed anything, and thanked us for our service.
Drove off in the Jeep I wanted for the price I wanted, and a few weeks later the registration and tags came in the mail. Done deal, Car Expo was a great place to buy a car, for me at least. read more