Purchasing my car at Rick Case Hyundai in Duluth has been one of my greatest mistakes in life so far. In attempts to make this review as simple, and straightforward as possible in hopes to help future buyers, I will list the details below, and then follow up with my comments and purchasing story.
Car: Genesis Coupe 2.0T
Year: 2010 (Used)
Purchase Date: October 18th, 2013
Salesmen: Anothony
Finance Manager: Zak Warner & Dale Allen
To start, I went into the dealership knowing that I wanted a Genesis Coupe, and I wanted it used, preferably with performance modifications already done on it, and I found exactly what I wanted... a Red 2010 Gen Coupe, fully loaded with aftermarket parts from previous owners. Being a car guru, I could tell the prior owners were serious about the vehicle and had taken excellent care of it, and had the parts professionally installed. The car itself isn't exactly the issue at hand, its the dealer experience that is the issue.
My salesmen was new, untrained, however very nice and personable. He got my paperwork done, and I headed over to Zak Warner (finance manager) to complete my contacting, and talk about my car loan. He offered me the additional 36 month, 30,000 mile warranty as the car already had 50K miles on it, now this being my first car purchase from a dealer, I took the offer (it seemed worth it). I was not presented with any information about the Cost Guard Warranty, which really isn't a warranty, its a service insurance plan. I also was convinced into buying the EnviroGuard service plan, which was $1,440.00, and the Cost Guard plan was something like $3,450 (which you can cancel and get a refund).
I finalize all my paperwork, including the tag and registration paperwork which allowed me to not have to worry about dealing with registering my car and tag paperwork through the state. Well, it is January 19th, and I STILL have NO TAG. I have gone through 4 temp tag extensions since purchasing, and still no tag. Reaching someone at the dealership is impossible in regards to the matter. The manager has not returned any phone calls, nor have any emails been returned.
The second issue is that, the 3K+ I dropped on the Cost Guard insurance was a complete waste, as they specifically WILL NOT cover vehicles that have aftermarket modifications on them. So... the dealership willingly sold me a $3,450.00 insurance plan, that they knew (or should have known) would be completely useless to me. I am sure they collect some kind of commission / profits on it.
So it is January 19th 2014, I still have no tag, no registration, cannot reach anyone about the issue, have traveled to the dealership 4 times now to get extensions, and in this time period I have already paid off my car loan. Which means I am entitled to the car title, I legally own the vehicle now. But guess what? Dealership will not hand over the title, in fact they never even sent it to Associated Credit Union. The credit union should have received the title since they were the lender, but they never received it... interesting eh?
I am currently in the process of trying to cancel the CostGuard so I can get that money back which was a complete waste, and I now have an attorney advising me as to where to go next, since I dropped $23K on a car, and have no title, tag, or registration. The situation is beyond infuriating... I have since taken my business to Jim Ellis Hyundai off 141, and let me tell you, the service is no comparison. Take your business elsewhere, Jim Ellis has treated me exceptionally, with no B.S. read more