Toyota owners BEWARE; I bought a 2020 Toyota Landcruiser from RMR4x4 in Birmingham Alabama. They are a "high" end 4x4 dealer. During my search for the perfect Landcruiser, I saw many advertised for sale from their dealership. I went to look at a 2020 Landcruiser with 5324 miles on it! I was told the LandCruiser had been garage kept and was in perfect condition. One of the owners responded to my inquiry; " the cleanest vehicle he had ever seen". I am not a car mechanic, but I looked at the vehicle and everything looked ok. I am retired and wanted this Land Cruiser to be my last vehicle, so I paid a very high amount for what I thought was basically a "new" vehicle. I traded in my excellent condition Lexus and paid for the Land Cruiser in cash.Three weeks later I began to notice things. I took the vehicle into the Toyota dealer and paid for a thorough examination of the vehicle. They revealed that the car had been in a collision that was not noted on the carfax, and had been repaired. I called RMR and we set up an appointment to discuss this situation. From where I live it is a two hour drive each way. One of the owners could not make the meeting.I presented my findings, presented data, information from the Toyota Dealer I had gone to see with his business card and we discussed some options for reconciliation. The owner seemed all apologetic, blah, blah, blah. We decided to come back after lunch and resolve the situation. The owner never returned, I was left with a financial manager, the one who lied to me, about the previous vehicle owner storing it in the garage for 4 years when I first came to look at it. Well, it was in the garage alright, being repaired under the the table! They offered to buy back the vehicle, except taxes. That meant I had to get a rental vehicle until I sorted this out coupled with fining another Landcruiser. This option seemed like additional monetary and time loss. Another option they presented was I could take was $3,000. The collision man at Toyota assured me that the repairs that were done were in the 5 -10,000 dollar range, not to mention that now I have to disclose the collision.
I never got the impression during this "meeting" that they were sorry or disturbed about the situation at all. I did get the feeling of being taken advantage of all over again. I consider what they did fraud and their behavior lacking integrity.
- K Rand read more