STAY AWAY FROM THIS GARAGE
Conlans advertised a Range Rover on carzone. I phoned the garage & was told by the sales rep that the previous owner was known to the garage & looked after the car very well, this along with the fact that the garage are a main dealer for Landrover & Jaguar I felt reassured and so I drove to Naas & went on a test drive.
The manager & sales rep told me should I wish to purchase the car that they would fix any problems at all that needed to be fixed before I would collect the car, they said the car would be as good as new. I trusted the sales rep and the manager and on good faith I paid 500 euro deposit & both the sales rep & manager shook my hand.
Thankfully I took advise & paid a mechanic recommended by AA (180 euro) to inspect the car before I paid the balance.
The mechanic that I hired gave a less than satisfactory report & told me to stay away from the car unless the garage would honor the report (there were engine & gear box leaks & the handbrake wire had been severed amongst a list of other serious problems. I gave Conlans the mechanics report and the sales rep told me that he was not surprised by it, this I found strange considering the long list of problems.
The next day he phoned back & without apology he told me that they could no longer sell the car to me as it would cost too much to fix- I asked would they compensate the 180 I spent to inform them of this & they said no. I trusted the garage (both sales rep & manager) when they told me that anything that needed to be fixed would be fixed - why did the garage advertise a car for a price, take a deposit, shake hands on a deal before they even checked the car.
I would strongly advise anyone to avoid this garage however if you do intend to buy from them - make sure you are happy to loose any money you might spend checking the car out as they havent a clue what they are really selling you- even if they tell you they know the previous own & know how well the car was looked after. read more