To be 100 percent transparent, I've waited 2 months for this review. I was a naive 18-year-old going to look at a Camaro, In particular, I wanted a V8 model but when I learned how Insurance worked and financing I realized that wasn't possible yet at my income level. I only had 1000 to put down with no credit score to my name and a cosigner, with the not-best credit. I regret it, but I wanted a nice car to look good in. Young and dumb genuinely. They got me in a car. I'll give them that. High-interest rate due to personal credit issues and cosigner etc I'll give them that. Afterward is where it gets worse. Firstly the car had no ac due to the compressor and cooling fan being out of it, at least in my case. Didn't realize that sticky stuff inside the glove compartment is not normal for new "used cars' On top of that, Alternator went bad the first night of driving the car. Happy cruising celebrating car dies on the highway and I lose power steering, radio, no power at all. It was a very scary incident. They did replace it out of pocket. I can testify to that. Afterward, they put in a cooling fan and a compressor like how the car should've come originally. The only issue is it kept getting worse and worse after. Firstly, after all this a couple of days later I went inside the gas station to use the restroom, I came back out to see coolant leaking everywhere and literal smoke coming from the engine bay. I shut off the car immediately and got it towed. I was honest with them and said the only thing that happened was I hit a pothole and felt a little bounce, looking back now it was NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. They took advantage of me. They said the pothole knocked off the coolant cap while driving. Then it drained while driving. Ok, sure whatever. Only issue is they tried to charge me 289.99 for 'labor' and a coolant cap for 59.99 on the invoice bill. A coolant cap is 9.99 at AutoZone... Coolant for a dexool gen 1 Camaro is 19.99 so 2 bottles is 45 with tax on the high side. On top of that, I know a friend that is a certified mechanic at a family-owned mechanic shop. Not going to mention names but they are certified since every review they try to argue with someone pointing something out being wrong due to them not being certified. The coolant temperature sensor was bad. The radiator fan they didn't have originally and had to have me come back for them to install was also bad. Original owners paperwork with full name and address was in it. Just some extra info. Before contacting said friend another dealership quoted me 2000 dollars to replace it with 7 hours of labor. They also stated the radiator fan was bad and the motor was dying inside the fan. It had electrical tape to hold the motor fan connector down.My friend did it for free with his grandpa and made a youtube video out of it. After all this I have been studying so much about cars and just learning. Happy I got to learn. Not a big fan of all the work needed for a car I just got. Closing, they will get you in a car, no doubt, they want the sale. In my case only, it will not be reliable, it will not be looked over or inspected. If mine was looked over or driven for more than 2 minutes they would notice radio kept going in and out. Alternator was bad etc, also if they drove it they would see the radiator fan never spun unless you pushed down on the motor connector. causing it to overheat when doing the simplest thing. Idling... Here is everything I've replaced so far and things that have gone bad 2 MONTHS Into owning a 2018 v6 Camaro with 53,000 miles on it.
IF THIS IS A V6 AND THEY CAN'T DO MAINTENANCE OR LOOK OVER IT. THEY CANT DO MAINTENANCE ON A CORVETTE OR SCATPACK.
If anyone reading this thinks this is fraudulent. Please email at Marvadavidson54321@gmail.com, My name is Thomas.
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