Bought a car from here ~9 months ago and waited to see how it performs before leaving a review. It took about 2 weeks for me to be hit with a check engine light (P0420) because I assume they replaced the catalytic converter with the absolute cheapest, most Temu one possible, just to clear the code and get it off the lot at a higher price. The honeycomb material on the inside was broken and visibly coming out of the cat. This created enough back pressure to warp the exhaust manifold (which was missing its heat shielding ) and pull out a couple exhaust manifold studs. Obviously this could have caused a catastrophic engine failure.
Additionally, I've also had to replace the timing chain tensioner, the balance shaft and EVERY engine mount. When I bought the car, they touted the fact that it had new suspension, a clean engine bay, and zero rust. All of that is true, but given the fact that they sold it to me with the ABS unit sneakily unplugged, it would seem as though they failed to disclose that the previous driver probably tried using this car for wannabe rally driving. That would explain the worn timing chain tensioner, the need to replace all the suspension, the deep cleaning and the unplugged ABS unit.
I've sunk ~$1000 into fixing this car because I can fix it myself. If I took it to a mechanic's shop, I could easily have expected to pay up to ~$10,000 on fixing it. $10,000 on a $7000 car is absurd. Not to mention that it's genuinely negligent and dangerous to sell a car with an unplugged ABS unit to a driver whose skill level you know nothing about in a place with snowy/icy road conditions. That can kill people.
Ultimately, it seems like a terrible idea to buy from this dealership if you're not willing to take a gamble on spending dealership prices for a project car. I genuinely would've been better off outright buying a $1,500 project car on fb marketplace. Same end result, a quarter of the price. read more