Showed up (with an appointment) to check out a Jeep Wrangler LJ 2004.
Owner or boss (Amir) says "LJ? We don't have any of those here", after a quick search, he finds it.
(This was my first warning that things were about to go downhill)
There was damage to the sway bar, supposedly they had just got it back from their shop as it was being tuned and getting the Death Wobble fixed.
It had been leaking fluids for who knows how long (you can see on the image how there was oil caked on the components all on the undercarriage)
Engine Oil was extremely dark, it had not had an oil change in who knows how long (see pics)
Soft top was compromised, it's zippers were completely inoperable and rusted. The plastic has clean cuts, the Velcro was completely unusable.
Even with all of this, I spoke with the Boss (seemed in charge, he was doing all the numbers etc, more on this in a bit)
I mentioned my concerns, showed him my findings, he brushes it off and says "easy fix"
He then proceeds to start typing on his computer and just spits out a number at me "$17,000" (The price tag for this car is listed at $12,777). At this point I asked him for a write up so that I can see how it got from $12,777 - $17000, he refuses and says "well I just typed it up on the computer", I never see an itemization.
So I start to ask him what made it just almost $5000, he starts to say "well the taxes, documentation fees, 'protection'" , what he didn't count on was that I had done my research, I already had the exact amount he could legally charge in California (it's $80 btw) and the exact amount of taxes and transfer fees through the DMV.
I showed him these documents directly from the DMV and he tried to make bogus claims that there was something missing etc even though it was all laid out clearly by the DMV.
He then tried to compare this car to a JK that was a newer model and higher price "well I'm actually eating shit on this Jeep because It's actually worth more" were his exact words.
He then dropped the "price" to ~$15700, where that deduction came from? Who knows, he never gave me a list of what amounted to the $5000 he was trying to up charge, he showed me 2 receipts totalling around $1800 of work they had supposedly done, one of those being the sway bar (math checking out for y'all? I didn't think so)
I still try to negotiate with him, and see if he would even be willing to do something about the completely deprecated soft top. In no less than 2 seconds he says "you know what, I'm just going to help these other people, you can think about it and call me".
He saw that he wasn't going to scam me and rushed me out.
Moral of this long drawn out story: skip this place, heed the warning of these 1 star reviews, they are similar because they are real and it's their practice to try to upcharge and most likely not even give you a decent vehicle.
Edit: I forgot to mention that Amir nor his staff had any knowledge about the vehicle, even after looking at the CarFax report. read more