I'm a very reasonable man. I spent 5 years in the automotive industry right out of high school, I actually was a former Internet Sales Manager to be honest. I can't thank Scott Hicks enough for a smooth sales process from the start. But unfortunately a sold auto, doesn't stop there, a sale is completed by complimenting members of the team. Usually made up of assistants, DMV reps on site, and service staff assisting salespeople with due bills and things owed to the client after purchase.
When I first inquired about this vehicle, I asked the salesperson if there were any blemishes, dents, dings or anything on the vehicle, she exclaimed nope. It's super clean you have to get down here and check it out in person. So after dinner I threw my 4 + 6 year old into the car so we could drive almost 1 hour across town to a dealership to finalize a deal. Once we arrived, we were told by Scott that the vehicle wasn't even on site, and he apologized profusely.
So here I am, trusting the dealer, and their Internet Sales Manager that the vehicle is in pristine condition just like everyone said, but it was just at the Rivian service center getting sensors aligned. Okay, whatever sounds good, I contracted the vehicle and provided my down payment so that Scott could deliver my new truck the upcoming weekend. I was a little disgruntled but just going with the flow with young kids who obviously didn't want to go to the dealership but instead to bed because it was a school night. I apologized to them and snagged ice cream on the way home.
Scott delivered the truck to me while the kids were at their favorite indoor playground that following weekend. I was ecstatic, until I hopped in and saw a quarter sized spider chip on the windshield right in the drivers side viewing angle, that Scott quickly promised to have the windshield replaced and rectified. No problem I said, and shook his hand and took my keys. I later had to chase their team down to get a proper due bill once they had a chance to quote the over $2k windshield that was now due.
I had to call the dealership repeatedly to schedule to windshield repair and I was honestly trying to just keep it cool, but driving another hour to Covina to sit on my hands all morning just seemed really silly. I drove down to Covina, the truck took an extra couple hours than quoted and I caught a bunch of traffic on the way home mid afternoon to OC.
After not receiving my license plates after 2 months, I texted Scott asking for an update on my plates to which he tells me that the DMV rep, Holly needed a weight certificate to submit to the DMV. After over 2 months of purchase, this was a huge surprise to me; and $40 and 30 mins later, I provided him with the said weight certificate which he claims his boss will reimburse me for. Hours later, I'm still requesting new temporary plates so that I can legally travel across town, and the only reply I receive is "text and email sent."
My temporary plates expired 10/24 and I'm still expected to drive around town illegally because of Holly the DMV reps failure to pay attention to detail and honestly I'm furious at this point. Not only did I have to shell out extra time and money to go get my truck weighed, and spend the money to do so, but I wasn't even notified until I personally had to call into the dealer after my temp tags were expiring.
My experience with Performance Ford has questioned my level of performance in future purchases, and as the fleet manager for my companies, I can't recommend using them in the future, and that's sad because the experience with Scott from the start was actually really good. Teams rely on follow through from everyone involved and Holly the DMV rep really dropped the ball on our companies purchase of our recent truck.
Extremely disappointing to say the least. read more