Powell Motors is the best! In 2008, our car was totaled & friends referred us to Powell Motors. For their car we were interested in, they showed us the car fax, service records from the previous owner, inspection that they'd had an independent mechanic do, and the repairs that they'd had done before they considered it ready for sale. We were impressed by how much quality they demanded of the car before they'd sell it, the lengths that they went to to ensure that it would be reliable, and by their transparent honesty & integrity. At that time, we didn't buy a car from them, though, because we ended up buying our old car back from the insurance company & having it fixed. But we decided that if we ever needed a car in the future, we'd get it from Powell Motors!
Fast forward to 2014. It was time for a new vehicle; we needed a pick-up truck. We watched Craigslist and several dealers' stock, including Powell Motors, on-line for several weeks. It was quite overwhelming, and none of the trucks combined all the features we were looking for while still being within our budget! Finally, on a free day when we could see from Powell Motors' on-line inventory that they did not have a truck in stock (that way, we figured, they couldn't push us to buy one that wasn't really what we were looking for - we needn't have worried, we've found out; they wouldn't have done that no matter what!), we went into Powell Motors to ask about trucks. We got a complete education from Vince! He helped us clarify just what we were looking for, and he took careful notes on what we needed, wanted, and didn't want. We thought we'd have to wait for ages until our perfect truck somehow showed up in their lot, but no; Vince said now that he knew what we wanted, he'd be on the look-out for a really good truck just for us when he went to the auctions! It might be a couple of months or a couple of weeks, but he'd be looking for our truck!
Now that was a relief right there - no more looking at Craigslist wondering what kind of hidden problems we'd be paying for if we bought from there, no more wondering how we'd know if we spotted a good one on a dealer's website, and no more hours wasted hunting for a truck that we still wouldn't be sure of!
We felt confident that Vince would find us a good truck. He had explained that he's had 40 years experience looking for the very highest quality vehicles at the auctions, and he hardly ever makes a mistake. He told us about a mistake a while back (the only one in the last year, as we recall): he bought at the auction what he thought would be a good car, but after he sent it to the independent mechanic for inspection as they do with all their cars, it came back with a list of needed repairs that would have made it too expensive to sell at a reasonable price. Did they put it on the lot anyway & sell it un-repaired to some unsuspecting customer? No - Vince has an 81-year family reputation to uphold! They won't sell anything they know has a problem, and they go above & beyond to make sure their cars are great.
It took about 2-1/2 months before Vince found "our" truck. During that time, he did give us a call because he'd found a great one; he said he knew it wasn't exactly what we were looking for but wanted to tell us about it because it was close & really good. We decided to pass on that one. And then, one day, the phone call came that he'd found our truck! Sure enough - only 1 owner; a little older than we'd hoped for but only 23,000 miles, drives like new, on & on! Vince had a couple of things repaired and then got new tires for us! Not because the original tires were worn with only 23,000 miles on them but because, at their age, the sun could have damaged them! And then he put all those receipts into the folder with the rest of the info on our truck. That's the kind of extra mile they go to, to make sure their customers will be happy & safe, with a vehicle that will last!
There are so many other things we could also say: it turned out that my uncle had bought cars there; they wanted the name of the friends who had referred us back in 2008 so they could send them a thank you note (and then Vince actually remembered our friends!); the friendly, hand-written cards they sent us; the great 3rd-party warranty they can offer for their cars, since the warranty company knows how reliable Powell Motors cars are . . .
We just can't say enough about how well we were treated, how much effort they put into finding just what their customers are looking for, and how friendly, honest, and full of integrity they are at Powell Motors! read more