I had a very disappointing experience with Nick Auto Sales. I went there yesterday to purchase a car that I was seriously interested in. When I arrived, the vehicle was completely snowed in. They told me to come back in an hour and that they would have it cleared off and ready for a test drive. When I returned, the car was still snowed in and not ready. They told me they would call me later that day -- but I never received a call. Then the next morning, I was told the car had already been sold. This was extremely unprofessional and a complete waste of my time. If a vehicle is available, it should be ready for serious buyers to view and test drive -- especially after being told to return. Poor communication and lack of follow-through. I would not recommend based on my experience. read more

Wish I could give a 0 star. Our son saved everything to buy a car on June 10,2023. On his way home it began acting up and on June 12, he needed to spend over $700 for new alternator, tensioner pulley, and belt. Next on June 22, the car was making so much noise that he needed to pull over and have it towed to our trusted mechanic. Bad engine and when we called we were told "it pro isn't the engine" and then told they will replace the engine for $2500. I don't trust them at all. Our son spent over $5000 for a car that lasted him 12 days and they don't care!! read more

Do not buy from here!!! I bought a Saturn vue around this time last year and it only lasted 6 months...btw it had to be towed back from the shore the day we got it. Horrible vehicles with many problems!! UPDATE: I can't believe they are even still in business. I drove by the other day and wanted to yell obscenities out the window. They must be great mechanics or something..couldn't tell by the lemon they sold me. They sure didn't bother to fix any of the issues that car had when they got it at the auto auction. read more

These guys do not want to sell cars. Or if they do, they are operating on a whole level of arrogance that you just don't need, especially when more reliable/reputable dealers are just a few blocks away over the Passyunk Avenue bridge, at the Essington Avenue Auto Mall. First, their website says they open at 9 am. So I get there at 9 am. And SOMEONE is there, but he's a guy who works in the garage, and not a salesman. He tells me that the salesman, Joe, is SUPPOSED to be there at 9, but doesn't ACTUALLY get there 9:30. Okay, so now *I'm* going to be late for work because JOE can't bother to get to work on time. So I wait. Eventually, 9:30 rolls around, but there's no Joe. So I see the mechanic guy again and say, "What's the good word on Joe?" and he tells me, "Joe will be here in a couple of minutes." I could tell right away that was bull crap, but I waited. Well, sure enough, a guy DOES show up in the sales office, but it's not Joe. I don't know his name, nor do I care to, so for now we'll just call him Not-Joe. (EDIT: Upon further investigation, I have discovered that this is Joe's brother.) I see him, smile and say, "Hi! Joe?" He tells me he's "Not-Joe" and says that Joe won't be in for ANOTHER HOUR! So, already I've wasted more than a half hour of my morning only to find that I'm going to have to waste ANOTHER hour waiting for Joe. So Not-Joe asks me what I want. Not: "Can I help you?"; literally, "What do you want?" What the hell does Not-Joe think I want, a frappuccino and a back-rub? I want to buy a car! But I don't give him attitude. I smile, and I say, "I want to buy a used car." His first question out of the box is, "Are you looking to finance?" Since that's an option for me, I say, "Yes." He says, "Did you fill out the application?" Application? I just got here! Joe hasn't arrived yet and apparently won't for another hour, bringing my wait time to an hour-and-a-half. So how the hell am I supposed to have filled out any application? So I tell Not-Joe, "No." He says, "You didn't fill it out online?" Did I stutter? So...let me get this straight...I WASN'T supposed to rely on that part of their website that says WHEN they open for business, but I WAS supposed to weed through several various pages of their website to find a financing application that is apparently the PRE-REQUISITE for getting ANY customer service at all. I tell Not-Joe that I'd like to look at what they've got first, and then we can talk about financing. He sweeps his arm arrogantly over the lot and says, "You can look all you want. I'm not takin' out any cars without financing applications, otherwise I'd be taking out cars all day." Oh, sorry, Not-Joe...I thought you worked for a car dealership. Wouldn't actually want you to do any WORK on a customer's account. Not to mention, there is considerable overflow of cars, and an entire other lot somewhere a few blocks away, so...I was free to look, and wander around the neighborhood looking at their cars, but I could expect no help from Not-Joe unless I jumped through a million hoops made of red tape. As it happened, in the half hour I was there waiting for Joe, and before I even met Not-Joe, I HAD look around at all the cars in the lot, and went searching for the second lot too. So I HAD already seen all I could without help from the employees. I was ready to start looking under hoods, looking at interiors, and talking business, but Not-Joe would have none of it. Then Not-Joe interrogates me. How long have I been at my job, do I have my last two paystubs with me...who the hell walks around with their last two paystubs in their back pocket? If I had told him I wanted to pay cash for a car, would I have gotten different treatment? Or would there have been a whole other set of red-tape hoops to jump through? So I thank Not-Joe and leave, and wait an hour (when Joe was supposed to show up), and call and ask for Joe. Not-Joe answers and refuses to tell me if Joe is coming in or not, and hangs up on me. And all this without even getting any service. IMAGINE how unwilling anyone here would be to play ball DURING the actual buying process! STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE AS YOU CAN. Keep going about two more blocks, over the Passyunk Avenue bridge, and go to the auto mall straight ahead on Essington Avenue if you're looking for a used car. THESE guys are as unprofessional as it gets. read more

My mother bought her jeep at Nicks in Ritner St. And she bought it against what I heard about this dealer that he is a shady dealer. Quite a few cars have broken down within a few weeks of purchasing them. She bought the jeep in May and I noticed it didn't have an inspection sticker on the windshield also it would over heat after driving it for about an hour or so there were a few more issues she had with the jeep. She dropped it off to her mechanic to figure out a few of the problems which he figured out quickly and also had to give her some really bad news that he wouldn't be able to pass the jeep for inspection because the floor under the driver started to rust out and left a big hole he's afraid it's going to get bigger and someone will get hurt the only way to pass inspection is to fix the floor which will cost her another 3 grand. The mechanic said it looks like the jeep was in a flood or something with all the rust that he found.He said always check underneath the car make sure there isn't any rust or it's not painted over and in the trunk also. Make sure to bring someone with some knowledge about cars if you go here cause they will take advantage of you if you don't Just LIKE They Took Advantage of My 76 YEAR OLD MOTHER GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE YOUR DEALING WITH...ANYTHING FOR A DOLLAR!!!!!! read more

Great experience with these guys! Took my car here for repairs after it got smashed by a drunk driver. They were competent, professional and made my car look like new! They took less time for the repairs than I was expecting which was really nice! read more

Worst experience with a repair i ever had!! Had my wife's car in for brakes the brakes screech worse then they did with 2 year old brakes on them! I have brought the car back 3 different times!! And still same outcome!! Horrible i'll never let this man work on my car again! read more

I honestly don't know where to start, my husband and I went to this place back in May paid cash !!! He assured us this truck was safe for our 2 kids , even purchased a 6 month warranty, little did I know my husband would break down on the side of 76 with an over heated engine that the owner who sold it to us blamed us for!!! So we had to pay for tow truck. Then we drop it to Nick for at least 2 weeks and we pay to rent a car , we get our truck back are we're told it's got a brand new engine and it works perfectly and oh btw our warranty is maxed out !!! Did u ever like in the first 2 weeks our warranty is maxed!!! That was just the beginning after that our car broke down on expressways several different times. These guys gave done nothing to help , I'm just curious how they would feel if someone put their wife and kids in a car like this!!!!! My kids are literally afraid to get In it at this point and these guys are straight up rude!!!! Please if you you don't want the headache I have don't even look here. I'm in so much debt from this truck. I'm seeing a lawyer for lemon law hopefully something works since they have ignored us. read more

This place is a total scam! My daughter bought a car and 3 days later had to bring it back for wheel alignment and pulling which I already suspected was the transmission. They claimed they replaced an air hose which was the cause. 2 days after that the Check engine light comes on, we take it back and low and behold it needs a new transmission! They keep the car for 4 days, claim they replaced the transmission, now exactly one week later the Check engine light is on again!!! Each time they supposedly did repairs they kept the car the 3-4 days so she only had the car one month and has only been able to drive it for 13 days because it's been back to the shop 3 times! Do yourself a favor a run from these con artists! read more

My truck was purchased with cash and with a 6 month warranty back in May!!! My husband and I were adamant we have 2 small children so please sell us something safe and reliable , needless to say this guy seriously lied through his teeth and got our cash and got us gong in this red truck we assumed was safe until it over heated in the side of 95!!! wait the best is my warranty covered nothing I paid for tow trust and these guys jerk my truck for two weeks and swore it was brand new after I spent 1500.99 on a rent a car!!!! They then proceed to tell me my warranty is maxed!!! But how when the truck was 1 week old!!!! What a nightmare , I'm trying to be nice but now I have to don't the state of PA bc this is a def lemon!!!! I repeated called them and they tried to blame us for the faulty engine that broke down 3 different times since May!!!! He's a crook I should have listened to every one when they warned me!! Thanks for reading read more

DO NOT EVER BUY A CAR FROM HERE...i was a loyal customer for years both me and my father. between thee 2 of us we bought 6 cars from them and never had a problem. I was in a bind and i needed a car really fast so i picked out this beautiful jet black monte carlo ss. I test drove it twice over the course of a week...had it up to 70mph everything was fine. I purchased the car and drove to the gas station to get gas and after getting gas the thing wouldny start...keep stalling and then smoking 20 minutes after i bought the dam thing! I kept bringing it to them and mr no it all nick the mechanic kept telling me it needs this it needs that...i kept telling him what was wrong and i finally had to buy the part and have him put it in. A week later the transmission started banging and slipping. I brought it back again where it sat outside for a week before they even looked at it. Then i get a call 4 days later saying they replaced the trans with a used one. I picked it up and 2 days later it started banging and slipping even worse than before. The suspension started falling apart, the sway bar in the front cracked in half. I couldnt believe how they treated me after all the business me and my family gave them. They buy these jollapies from wholesale.auctions from big name car dealers. Basically the cars the dealerships don't think it's worth it to fix and sell. And then they charge 8-10,000 for them. I traded it in for a new kia soul. I will never even go there for an oil change. They should be ashamed of themselves for what they do to people...the business has gone down the tubes...they used to care about their customes,now all they care about is making their money. If i could give 0 stars i would. read more

DONT EVER EVER EVER GO TO THIS PLACE. I bought a car from here and I've had it less then 2 months and have to replace the radiator, reservoir, front tire rods, and 4 tires, oxygen censors!!!!!! This is the worst place ever please do not ever go here it's not worth you time. They will lie with a straight face and sell you a horrible car read more

I live 6 hours away from Nick's Auto Sales but was looking for a very specific year and make of car. After finding 20 or so around the US I started working my way down the list in order of proximity to where I live. First 2 were clearly used car dealer BS and not as advertised. #3 on my list was from Nick's on Ritner St in Philly. So before I traveled 6 miles I called and talked to Nick. Told him my story and asked that he be brutally honest with me about condition of car before I traveled 6 hours to see it; please have someone try everything on the car, all the switches, all the features, etc. He said he fully understood and would do so. He called me back the next day as promised and put me on the phone with his son (who was the one checking the car out). So I talked with his son. Not sure if he fully understood what I wanted as he didn't have very much to say on specifics. That's fine, I knew what I wanted to know so I asked him very specific questions and he answered them. There was one feature the car had that he didn't understand (very specific to the car I was looking at so his lack of knowledge was NOT an issue for me) so I told him how to test it and he said he would and call me back. He did call back as promised. Everything was good to go. He was also honest about a couple of items that were less than perfect. So I traveled down the 6 hours. When I got there they had the car inside their shop and I met Mike (there are 3 brothers and 1 son; Mike, Joe, Nick and Nick's son, Nick). Mike was helpful and friendly. I asked to check the car out while it was up on the lift and he was okay with that. After that the car was moved outside and I took it for a test drive with Mike. Test drive was fine; however I noted several small issues in addition to the 2 issues Nick told me about and one bigger feature that was not working exactly as it should. At this point I met Joe. I ignored the small issues that were not perfect and brought the bigger feature issue to Joe's attention and he had his mechanic look at it. The mechanic did not know what was going on but to be very fair, the feature is unique to that specific car and not many mechanics have ANY experience with it. Anyway, Joe and I discussed the feature issue problem and we negotiated a price reduction that I felt was fair and reasonable. Mike then personally drove me to a state agent office so I could get temp plates to drive the car home several states away. Mike was very personable and helpful. Once I had the plates we concluded the deal and I was on the road. Because of traffic my drive home was 8 hours, but the car was fine. Summary: Hey folks, it's a used car. I read many of the reviews of Nick's, both positive and negative. It seems most reviewers with negative comments are expecting a used car that is flawless and will remain that way for a long time. If you really want that, you can get it, it's called buying a NEW car from a NEW car dealer. But in used cars, you get, well a used car. By definition that means it will not be perfect. It may have this wrong or that wrong. Either deal with it knowing you will have it fixed to your perfection standards later or don't and walk away. If you don't have any car knowledge, have the car checked out by a mechanic you trust and expect to risk the $50-$100 fee your mechanic will charge you as "insurance" for yourself that you understand the condition of the car you are buying. I felt that the few additional items I found to be wrong were because as the buyer, I looked at EVERYTHING. But I don't think that is a bad reflection on Nick's Auto Sales. They were honest about the car, they were reasonable with negotiating price, they were beyond helpful given my out of state status. In the end, I felt I got a solid car at a reasonable price, they made a profit (which they are entitled to) and we both left with a win-win situation. 5 stars read more

They are what they are, a used car lot. The dudes themselves didn't seem to bad but they sell shit. They may as well post it on the door...we sell shit cars. We Bought our 2003 Saturn vue last Monday, took it to A.C. On Tuesday and had to get it towed back to them on a flat bed that night. After spending 400 bucks on a rental we got our car back from them today...exactly a week later, drove it for a half hour and was pushing it back to there spot by noon. They straight out told me they buy from auctions and barely do shit to the cars, bandaid them up a bit and sell them to fools like me Lolol. read more