This is a rare gem of a used car business, a father-and-son business specialising in used cars from £200-£2000 and I cannot recommend them enough.
I'm 22 and although I've owned cars in the past, I've never had to make a decision on the purchase of one completely by myself - prime meat for the wheeler-dealers of the car world.
I looked at several used car dealerships, before driving past this one with a friend - and went in the next day. The first thing that set this place apart was that when Justin (one of the owners) came over and asked if we wanted some help, he actually understood 'I'm just browsing'! He left me to it, and said if I had any questions to give him a shout.
I found two Clio's and wanted to know the differences between them; he was open and honest and understood that I wanted to go away and think about it, etc.
I went back a few days later and despite the fact that a) the car was a good price already and b) he ended up making very little money on the car, as I had a tight budget he was flexible with the price.
Don't presume they are easily beaten down though as this would be offensive to them because they KNOW their cars, and are always doing repairs on the cars they get in themselves and they buy the cars - they are so knowledgable and yet won't fob you off if you don't have a clue about cars - genuinely lovely people.
Unfortunately Mr Car aren't well advertised - the reason for this being the guys were so busy they found it hard to keep a website updated - although they now seem to have one which is great - www.mrcar-bristol.co.uk - however just rock along and look at what they have as the website doesn't do them justice - they have around 20 cars at one time but the website only shows 3 or 4.
Five months on and my little Clio is brilliant - the rear wiper broke yesterday and my first thought was to call Justin and ask for his recommendation for a local garage - he also let me know the rough cost and even checked to see if he could fix it for me. Hence my review today as I suddenly realised how helpful they are and I think people should know that genuine people exist out there, because there are so many dealers who will screw you over happily.
As I said right at the beginning, I would whole-heartedly recommend these guys to anyone. They're BRILLIANT. read more