I would give a minus five if I could. Going there to buy a used-car was definitely the most unpleasant experience I have ever had. Here are some of their tricks to fool their customers.
1. After reaching a price that both parties agreed with, the sales suddenly changed their mind, telling us that if we wanted that car at that price, we had to do financing--so that they could make more money. But why we had to do financing, when we had enough cash at hand and were ready to pay in full?
2. We paid in full, and got the $18,000 car--with only one key. That was not what you would expect when you are buying a car, no matter new or used. Nobody had ever informed us that the car would come with only one key!
Would you please give us another key so that we would not get miserable if we accidentally lost this only one key, Mr Dealer from Coastal Nissan? Yes of course, at a cost of another $300!
3. We got mad at them giving us only one key and trying to charge us another hundreds of bucks to get another. They, too, got mad at us for not willing to accept only one key and pay extra money. We did not want to accept the car with only one key and said that we would leave the car at their dealership until they got us two keys. "Fine!", they threatened us, "Then we will tow YOUR car if you leave it here!" Oh we didn't even know then that was OUR car already because it took almost a month after that day for us to get the title with our names on it!
4. And we got mad at them again because the tires on the car were worn out, apparently. You could tell with bare eyes that the treads were much worn beyond the recommended tread depth levels. They said, "No no no the tires were not worn out and we can guarantee that they are fine!" And after the car failed inspection from a third-party inspection station (HUH!) because of its worn-out and cracked tires and brakes, they still refused to change new tires and breaks for us for free. To be more specific, we could have had new tires for free, but they would be tires of nameless brand and finally we got charged of another hundreds of bucks, this time for new tires, from a well-known brand! And we did not get new breaks at all.
5. The worst thing about this place was not even more horrible than what we had been through as mentioned above. The most terrible thing about this place is that the people there are not treating us with all due respect. We felt like being pushed into buying the car by the sales people, and being humiliated by the services people. And reporting this to the sales and services managers is of no use at all--because these managers were the ones that pushed and humiliated us the most! I would never ever forget that how my husband were laughed at by several of the guys from Coastal Nissan, when he was trying to argue with them about what was not the right thing to do to sell a car with worn-out tires and they should care about the quality of cars they are selling. "If you don't care, I will not care, either." said my husband, upset and angrily.
"OF COURSE YOU DON'T CARE!" --They burst into a sarcastic, loud, and annoying laugh, right to his face.
New update: as of today, there are still new problems coming up. Last week there were a loud and abnormal sound coming from the engine. I drove it to our local Nissan dealership and was told that the engine may or may not have problems (WHAT?!) but the engine oil and the oil filter definitely had to be changed because they was so old and dirty. "But I just bought the car one month ago! That could not be possible," I said. "Well then they must FORGET to change oil and filter for you before they sell you the car," said the mechanic. Another hundred bucks to spend!
To sum up, we have spent around $18,000 on a Nissan car from a Nissan dealership. However, people from Coastal Nissan handled this very unprofessionally: the car they delivered to us was problematic, with no inspection sticker on the windshield (and failed inspection from a third-party inspection station), but with only one key, worn-out breaks, old and cracked tires, unchanged and dirty oil and filter, and a questionable engine that sounds abnormal and disturbing. These problems took us an enormous amount of time, energy and money to fix. Worst of all, as customers who had some trust in those "Nissan professionals" at the first place, we were emotionally hurt by them. They were arrogant, rude and pushy. And they apparently looked down upon us and laughed at us when we tried to negotiate with them. That was the very first time we ever felt discriminated in this country. There were so many high ratings about this place on Yelp, Google and all the other reviewer websites,probably from native speakers. Things might be totally different, we thought, if we were native speakers, too. read more