SCAM ARTISTS, RUN! THERE IS A REASON THEIR PRICES ARE LOW.
I purchased an "like-new" vehicle here in February. I called ahead of time to ask about the vehicle, and was assured that everything was in "perfect condition". The vehicle was a 2020, only had 1,600 miles on it, was covered by the manufacturer warranty, etc. I requested a copy of the CarFax prior to me making the drive... an hour later no one had sent it and when I called back they apologized saying they were dealing with another customer but assured me the CarFax was "completely clean". I decided to go check the car out anyway, drove the car, and everything seemed fine. They told me if there were any issues the bumper-to-bumper warranty had over 2 years remaining and would cover everything. I was only shown the CarFax after the test drive, and it was clean except for a "theft recovery". They told me the car was a rental prior to them owning it and the individual that rented it simply returned it late. No damage, no accidents, all good and fully covered by warranty. I took the car home to Columbus and on the way home it began to come out of alignment, sensor errors popped up, etc. As soon as I could, I brought it to a local dealership to have it serviced "under warranty." The service department informed me that the vehicle had been in some sort of high speed collision, most likely rammed over a barrier. The entire front end was destroyed and someone bolted on a brand new bumper to cover the damage. I attempted to contact Cincy Automall to resolve the issue and was transferred to voicemails, gave the receptionist messages that weren't returned, sent emails, etc. It took 2 weeks of harassment to get a sales manager on the phone. He said he would "call back after a test drive" and I never heard from him again. Finally after another week or 2 of harassing them the finance manager agreed to pay for an inspection. The inspection found over $10,000 of damage to the car. Subframe was destroyed, cooling system, suspension, sensors, the list goes on. It then took me another 10 days of harassing Cincy Automall to get a call back. I found out the original salesmen that had helped me were no longer with the company, and a different finance manager was there than the one I spoke to the previous week. Luckily he agreed to take the vehicle back. I returned the vehicle 3 days later and gave them payoff information for the loan. They assured me it would be paid off within 10 days. That is the last time I heard from anyone, and OF COURSE THE LOAN DID NOT GET PAID OFF. After another 3 weeks of harassing them I found out they forgot to pay off my loan despite being in possession of the car (STILL IN MY NAME) for almost a month. They finally overnighted the payoff for my loan. I bought the car 02/06/2021, found the damage 02/18/2021 and my loan was finally paid off on 04/23/2021. During that time I had to make a payment to prevent my credit from being destroyed. I was told by Josh (the finance manager) that since I had not returned the vehicle within 30 days I would not get my payment back. When I explained that I could not return it due to my calls being ignored, Josh told me that it would not be possible to get the payment back because "them taking the car back in the first place was a favor to me"... "A FAVOR!" THEY SELL A DESTROYED CAR TO ME, REFUSE TO RETURN CALLS FOR OVER A MONTH AND THEN SAY TAKING THE CAR BACK THAT THEY MISREPRESENTED IS "A FAVOR." Do not trust a word they say, no matter how new the car is, how clean it looks or how good the deal is. I wasted over 2 months of stress plus a car payment and have nothing to show for it. read more