I was told, before leaving the Marine Corps in 2018, that when I got back to the civilian world…read morethere would be people trying to take advantage of new veterans. I thought that even if there were people cruel enough to do something like that, that I would be too lucky or smart for it to happen to me. Wrong. First they messed with my time and money when another vehicle magically had my temporary plate number also and ran up my NTTA toll bills into some insane figure I cannot remember. Then, I believe someone messed with my life. I didn't notice that some internals were rigged up creating very wild and temporary bandaids within the vehicle. What if that melted plastic had caught fire on the road? Messing with people's money is not cool, but this is on another level.

Updating my review from 5 stars to 1 star on account of some crazy shenanigans from Dallas Roadster…read morethat resulted in me no longer having a car. Details below. Incidentally, it's interesting that every review - even the "not currently recommended" ones at the bottom, which themselves contain some interesting tales - is either 1-star or 5-star. There is no middle-ground here; clearly a very polarizing establishment. Finally, be wary of particularly vague 5-star reviews from people with no review history. I've now seen and reported several of them that, upon closer investigation, seemed to be written by members of staff or their associates. It ruins the integrity of the platform for everyone when business try to manipulate their ratings for the sake of deceiving potential customers. -------- Short Version -------- We negotiated, inspected, and purchased. Great experience, 5-stars, until they delivered the wrong car to us: higher mileage, lots of damage, and didn't match the VIN we test drove or that was on our purchase paperwork. When we tried to get the car we bought, it had been sold to someone else at a convenient $1,000 higher price-tag than we'd negotiated for it. Their attempted fix was to patch up the damage, "correct" the paperwork, and send us home with an obviously inferior car for the same price. Either that, or void the contract, and accept $100 to delete my Yelp review. -------- The Whole Story -------- My wife and I tried to buy a car at Dallas Roadster and found them very pleasant to deal with. We came in for a test drive, negotiated a fantastic price, sent our mechanic over to inspect the vehicle, and then purchased it in cash. Easy and painless. Over the next few days, we started noticing all sorts of cosmetic damage (a missing inner fender liner and splash guard and some significant dents/scratches) that we and our inspector hadn't seen before. Eventually (after filing an insurance claim on what we thought was a parking lot hit and run!) we realized that Dallas Roadster had given us the wrong car! It was identical in year/make/model/trim but had all the damage we were now seeing and didn't match the VIN that was on our bill of sale or title paperwork. It turned out that Dallas Roadster had sold the car we inspected and agreed to purchase to a repeat customer who offered $1,000 more than we did. The salesman (same guy who handled both transactions) apparently didn't think to check the VINs on either of these otherwise identical vehicles prior to handing over the keys, so we were out of luck on getting the car we had bargained for even though we had paid for it in full and had a dually executed purchase contract. Dallas Roadster wanted to "make it right" by fixing the damage and "correcting" the paperwork. They did offer to pay our mechanic to conduct another inspection and also said they would repair the pre-existing damage on the "replacement" car, which they said was going to cost them $400. However, we took it to 2 different reputable body shops, both of whom said it was 100% impossible to perform a quality repair (one that didn't involve significant amounts of Bondo and wouldn't negatively affect the value of the vehicle) at that price. Both said the situation sounded incredibly sketchy and warned us to run away. We tried to negotiate with Dallas Roadster for some ground on the lost value, but they were not willing to work with us on that point AT ALL and kept arguing that this car was actually worth MORE than the car we should have gotten because it was listed at $500 higher on their website, even though it had all this damage and 3,000 higher mileage on it. We sought advice from the Texas DMV: an Investigator with the Enforcement Division said she had never heard of anything like this and was very interested in looking into it further. She opined that any dealership that made a "mistake" like this should be bending over backwards to make it right for the customer. Unfortunately, that was not the case here. The total benefit they were willing to offer was $180 for our inspector, $400 to repair the damage, and $100 in goodwill (which ended up being tied to my "doing the right thing" when it came to my Yelp review). So in short, they were generously agreeing to spend $680 to rectify a "mistake" that netted them an extra $1,000. I wasted well over a dozen hours dealing with this issue and going in circles with Dallas Roadster and had nothing to show for it in the end. I ended up exactly where I was when I started. They sold our car to someone else for $1,000 more than we agreed to pay for it, and are probably going to sell the damaged car for its original listing price as well. A profitable encounter for them, no doubt. For my part, I'll let them keep the $100 in hush money and focus my efforts on lodging effective complaints with the BBB, Federal Trade Commission, and Texas DMV, all of which will only take a fraction of the time I ended up wasting dealing with Dallas Roadster.

If I could give 1000 stars, I would!!! We were looking for a cash car for our son, and after awful…read moreexperiences elsewhere, came across Song Auto Group. We purchased a very nice Corolla for cash. And, they said if we have ANY problems, come back to them first because they want us to be happy. We also brought out Prius V to them because it needed a new engine. We'd been quoted 5k elsewhere, but they said they could do better. We were amazed at the price and work they did in getting us another engine...for quite a bit less! We now have, not only a great place to get a quality cash car for our kids, but also a trusted, honest mechanic who stands behind their work! Worth the drive!!!!

Sells great manufactured with A1 mechanics to assist your needs. Easy location with quick…read moreturnaround. Highly recommend!

This looks like Dallas Roadster -- same ownership, same address, same building -- operating with a…read morenew name, perhaps to avoid the terrible publicity that came from the dozens of complaints and scam allegations, lawsuits, and the fact that they were investigated/raided by the FBI/DEA and their owner arrested and indicted on charges of money laundering. None of this was surprising for me to learn after my own experience there. I did see some negative reviews first, but I generally like to see things for myself, so despite the negative press, I went in and paid them a visit. It was a great experience throughout, from the time we walked in the door to the time we drove our car off the lot. It wasn't until a few days later that we realized they had actually switched vehicles on us! Same make, model, and color, but wrong VIN, higher mileage, and various mechanical and cosmetic defects that we didn't expect. Now, I truly believe that they did this by accident, and never held Joe responsible for this. However, the negotiations with the owner over how to make the situation right were horrendous, and make me question the whole experience and whether they were acting in good faith to begin with. (Basically, an established customer came in and offered $1,000 more for the car I was buying, and the dealership "made a mistake" and mixed up the vehicles and sent me home with a car whose VIN didn't match my purchase contract.) The owner agreed to cover the cost of low-quality repairs and would not offer any compensation for the vehicle's diminished value. They profited $1,000 from this mistake -- directly bringing in an extra $1,000 in revenue for the same vehicle -- but were not willing to spend anywhere near that on justifiable expenses to make the situation right. They could have satisfied me and still come out ahead of where they were before! Anyway, it was a terrible situation, and set us back many, many hours while resulting in significant headache. Hop on Google and search for "Dallas Roadster" and you'll see what these guys are really about. If you want to have some fun, search for Dallas Roadster FBI or Dallas Roadster DEA or Dallas Roadster Lawsuit. No one should be surprised that they would begin operating under a different name!

These guys screwed us over selling us a suv with a bad transmission and claimed it was good. The…read morestereotype of the slime ball used car salesman fit with these people. If you visit their place please TAKE YOUR OWN MECHANIC to check the car out before you give these people any money.

Real friendly customer service and they have just about any and every exotic car you're looking…read morefor! And if they don't have it, they'll find it for you!!

Honestly best car buying experience, Luis helped me out with the car was in and out in 20 minutes,…read morepurchased a c7 z06 beautiful car no haggle done deal and out the door, I would definitely recommend and if you're heading that way ask for Luis he gave me full transparency with the vehicle and showed the up most professionalism, another thing I would love to add when I walked in the door they treated me with respect and didn't ever doubt that I could purchase the vehicle because of my age (19) that made the difference for me if I ever purchase another vehicle I would definitely make the drive to Dallas again thank you HOT RIDES !!

I purchased a 2003 Corvette from Thiel Motors on August 25,2021 thru Ebay…read more When I received the car it had numerous issues that had to be addressed by my corvette mechanic in the tune of $1800.00. While the car was in the shop it was discovered there is an lifter issue with the motor than was not disclosed to me when I purchased the vehicle($3000.00) . I got the Carfax report and also spoke to the salesmen who stated they have certified technicians that evaluated the car and no major issues were found. Mr Thiel has been emailed, sent certified registered mail, left voicemail messages, and has failed to respond. I have contacted an Iowa attorney and hopefully file a small claims case against this company for deceptive trade practices. BUYERS BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY!!

I bought a cargo van, broke down in 2 days, no refund for out of expense. Then check light came on…read moretwice within a week after they supposedly fixed it. It looked to me they were hiding check engine light problem. Now, battery light and check engine light for another problem is coming on cyclinder misfired. Stay away, unless you want to overpay and fix a broken vehicle.