I was interesting in a Mercedes E63 wagon they had in stock, so I sent them a message through their website and the owner, Moe, promptly called me. He told me it was a car he bought for his wife, thus it was in excellent condition. Since I lived far away and would have to fly in to see the car, I asked him if there was anything else I needed to know or any issues with the car. He said no, the car was excellent. I applied for a loan at the bank recommended by him, right across the street from his store, and flew to San Francisco. After almost an hour in an Uber in traffic I get to his shop. Right away I noticed rust on the wheel bolts. When i looked underneath there was rust on all bolts, brackets, suspension parts. At that point his secretary probably gave the owner the heads up and he didn't even show up to meet me. I asked the secretary if they knew a place I could put the car on a lift to check the undercarriage better. She turned pale. After being on the phone with the owner for a while and telling me they couldn't find a place available, she allowed me to take the car out and look for a place myself. Well, a few blocks away there was a tire shop and they lifted the car up for me. Not only there was rust everywhere, the front bumper as broken.
This is the kind of business that give car salesmen a bad name. Btw, when I was outside his shop waiting for my Uber I saw him approaching the store in a Mercedes CLS, and when he saw me he took off. So beware of this business, I wouldn't buy a bike from them. read more