I had been looking for a used G37 for a few months and had already taken 6 of them out for a test drive (all with a manual transmission). All 6 test drives had the owner / car salesman in the passenger seat and all 6 test drives were less than 10 minutes. It was refreshing to arrive at Our Next Car and be tossed the keys and told, "I have to watch the kids. So, here ya go, have a good time. See you in 20 minutes or so." Without someone in the passenger seat glaring at me when I'd try to get on it, I could really try the car out. If I'm going to spend over $20K on a used car, I really want to put it through its paces and make sure everything seems to be running well under all driving styles, and Will allowed that to happen. This being the 7th manual G37 I'd test driven, and the first salvaged, I was pleasantly surprised to feel that it actually drove the best and smoothest.
It's good to note that at Our Next Car, Will and his colleagues use their repaired cars as their daily drivers for at least 1,000 miles before listing them. This allows them to work and feel out ANY problems that may still exist and fix them as necessary. Being a salvaged vehicle, I had to have a brake and lamp inspection in order to register my car in CA. The shop I took it to was amazed that I was bringing this car in for such a service. I had 4 mechanics gawking at my car and scrutinizing everything under the hood and under the car trying, just TRYING to find something wrong with it. They told me that they can almost always spot a salvaged car while looking under the hood and that had I not taken this car in for a brake and lamp inspection, they'd have never known that it was salvaged. One of the mechanics asked me where I got the car and said he'd be up there that weekend.
I got the car back in September and have already put 14,000 miles on it and happy to say, not a single hiccup. I was incredibly apprehensive about buying a salvaged title (I had never gotten one), and I think you should. However, I've come to learn that there are good salvage and bad salvage. I am strongly confident that Will does everything to make his cars run as good as new and that a car from him will actually be in better mechanical shape than a just a used one because it will have had any problem area found and replaced before getting to you. He proudly backs his cars with a 90 day warranty at 50% parts and labor which gave me confidence as the extended warranty took 30 days to kick in.
Please note the 2 poor reviews here on Yelp. One of the one star reviews gave Our Next Car the single star rating just because he sells only salvaged and this particular person didn't bother to read before wasting his half day. Ournextcar.com clearly states that they specialize in salvaged, luxury cars. Also note the poor review from the Prius owner.
I can honestly say that at this point, I would buy a salvaged car again from Will at Our Next Car with great confidence and savings.
I will update this review in a few months to say how things are going.
****** UPDATE (01-27-2016) ******
I have had my car for over a year now and have put almost 50k miles on it without a hiccup. I am still impressed with the quality repair that Our Next Car did and am still happy with my car.
One thing of unfortunate note is that the paint job / clear coat on the front of my car (where the repair was done) was not done properly and peeled up after about 6 months. I needed to get my front end repainted, but considering the savings I received and that the actual car still functions perfectly I still feel that Will at Our Next Car deserves 5 stars and I hope to purchase a car from him in the future.
Thanks again, Will! read more