Back for number 4! Already bought 3 cars from them, but....
through my own fault , I neglected the Timing Belt on the Kia Optima I purchased at Ultimate Auto 16 months ago. ( Little note, KIA before 2006 had belts, not chains as I believed.) I really liked that car, it was a great deal from Ultimate, if I knew it had a belt I would have replaced it. I knew the car had miles on it but it ran great (Till it didn't). Wish I had replaced the belt. Oh well, learned something anyway, back to the current deal.
I had noticed Ultimate had a couple really clean cars in Beverly, and when I called I found out they have a new lot on Route 1 at the Topsfield / Ipswich line. Couple nice cars there as well. When I went to check them out and test drive, most of the really nice cars, VWs, Hundai, another KIA Optima, were actually 5 speed manual transmission. I can drive anything, but at my age/knees and with MASS traffic, I would rather not do clutches. At the new lot in Ipswich there was a SUPER clean, low mileage, 2005 Chevy Venture van w/electric wheel chair lift in the back, auto trans.
Tom said it was there for a couple of months and not generating interest. My guess is the lift was scaring people off, because the car was really very nice. He gave me a very reasonable price as I am a repeat customer, and he wanted to move the vehicle. I think the lift will be handy, can move a snowblower to my kids house if I have to, and if it turns out not to be useful, a couple of bolts and wires and I can remove it and sell it for a couple dollars. The van has NO rust, one small dent, almost new tires, a new muffler, power everything including passenger sliding door, front and back AC, and sailed through inspection easier than any vehicle I ever bought ! The guys at Ultimate were also helpful with removing the KIA ( going to miss that car, replace your timing belts people!) when the tow company couldn't get to it for some time. I wish them best of luck at the new location, which is just north of the auto auction house on Route One.
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