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    Devaney Tire

    3.5 (13 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Johnny C.

    I am finally picking up the pieces of my TERRIBLE experience with this "stealership". This review is lengthy, as was my terrible day yesterday with this corrupt business. After searching for a pickup truck online for months, I came across a Ford Ranger listed at Devaney. After 3 calls to them, I finally spoke with John when I requested some additional photos. I told John that I'm from Buffalo, NY (a 7 hour drive) and to please send detailed pictures of the truck along with ANY scratches, rust or dents so I can be well aware of what I'm buying before making the hike to Rhode Island. He sent me a total of 5 photos, begrudgingly, and aside from some small cosmetic flaws he said (and the photos showed) a really solid truck. He said there wasn't any rust and it was "the best Ford pickup truck we've gotten in a long time". We agree on a price, I let John charge a $400 deposit to my Visa. I book a one-way ticket to Boston and then schedule a one-hour ($96) Uber ride to the dealership. After all, John abruptly told me they "don't have time and staff to pick people up from the airport". Hmm, ok, Mom and Pop business... no problem. This is where it ALL went south; after a long morning traveling, I arrive at the dealership (read: a glorified mechanic shop with 5-6 cars for sale on a busy road) and see the truck. I immediately knew I was the brunt of a bad joke; I saw rust spots all over, overspray where many body parts were obviously just painted (directly over rust, mind you) and an interior that was so dirty I didn't even want to step foot inside. John makes an ironic comment that "I'm ballsy for coming 400 miles to buy a car" while I tell myself that I'm overthinking things, get the keys, and take a 10 mile drive up the road to talk myself out of RUNNING to the airport and flying home. The truck squeaked, smelled like burning oil, the entire roof of the truck was littered with deep, pitting holes of rust. The windows rattled, the gears slammed. He told me he replaced all of the brakes, meanwhile they were so rusted that I couldn't even make out the age of them. He said he flushed the fluids, which I could see were blown all over the inside hoods cloth cover, probably by the serpentine belt. I pulled over into a parking lot to book my flight home before I even got back to the stealership. Then, in that lot, John calls me to say that his receptionist was hungry and asked me to hurry back to the lot so she could process my payment. Ha... I felt like I was going to lose my lunch, glad she was ready for hers! I get back, politely explain to John that A) I'm not going to buy the truck for any amount of money, B) would like an immediate refund of my deposit and C) feel that they should at LEAST provide me with $100 towards the $196 in Uber fares I was to incur. After fumbling a few sentences, John tells me that the car does have normal rust as a "New England truck", that he sent me pictures of the truck (yeah, just not the shitty ones showing the 50+ rust pits) and that the owner (who he said was golfing, away from his phone) would "never ever allow me to pay for your Uber". Okay, Mr. John from Providence, I've taken an entire day off to buy this truck, traveled across the Northeast US, and spent $650 to be here, buying this. I told him to call the owner, of which he didn't, and instead made me sit there for 15 minutes like an idiot while he "texted" him with no response. I ordered my Uber to Boston airport, walked outside & realized I had the key to the truck in my pocket. As much as I wanted to throw it out the window on the highway and make him play Frogger, I decided to be a decent human being and walk back inside. I again asked John to please help me pay for my Uber to the airport, of which he said no again. I hand him the key and told him that in exchange I'd be sure to share my experience online in hopes that someone else won't make the same mistake I did. John - You SUCK. Your family business sucks, and you are the epitome of a "used car salesman". I hope none of your customers ever go through what I just did. Go to hell! Update: After about 5 seconds on Google, I realized that John IS the owner of the business and was full of crap when he said otherwise. Ah, how naive I was. My sentiments stand... steer clear of this crook!

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    I went to school for mechanics and when the job is too big or I don't have the time I 100% trust these guys and their prices.

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    I have been to this shop (now Xpert, under different management) four times to complete RI State…read moreInspection. Each time the experience has been great - the shop team completes service in a timely manner and communicates well. I have not sought them out for deeper repair or maintenance service, but if I was looking for an independent shop this is one of the first places I would turn.

    To be frank, I think Barbosa & Son is a nice establishment. As a newcomer to Providence, I brought…read moremy car here for an oil change and an out-of-state inspection. Both times I was treated with respect and found the prices for both of those things to be reasonable. My oil change was around $60 and the inspection was around $30. I also had my air filter and cabin air filter replaced when they completed my oil change. They, however, allowed leaves to drop into my cabin air filter so when ever my AC unit was turned on my car made a rattling sound from the air blowing pass the leaves. Anyone who owns a car knows how mind-boggling any random car sound could be so that really initiated my return to the establishment. I wanted them to 1) remove the leaves that they allowed fall into the filter holder 2) replace an expired head bulb and 3) check to see why the head bulb expired so quickly after having recently changed it. Yesterday I dropped my car off to have my high beam changed ($24) and for them to just look at my car because I was preparing to drive back down to NC the following week. The owner/mechanic called me and told me that my car was 4K miles shy from needing new spark plugs and quoted me $200 for them. I did ask him to check the spark plugs/fuses because my headlight was just replaced last year with the highest quality bulb and U found it strange for its lifespan to have ended so soon. After speaking with the owner/mechanic, I told him that I'd wait for the spark plugs because I knew that my grandfather in NC could replace them for a third of the price. Today I picked up my car and my total was $124. They charged me $100/hour for my "road test inspection". The road inspection included: reviewing my spark plugs (which they did not change) and removing the leaves from the cabin air filter. I'll make an assumption that they checked the oil (which they changed only a few weeks ago) and other fluids (which are normally checked during oil changes). All that to say, no one 1) told me there was a $100/hour fee for labor, 2) common business courtesy would reveal that you shouldn't charge a patron for a mistake you made (leaves in the filter), and lastly, checking spark plugs doesn't cost $100. I actually prefer to help small businesses, but hidden costs and refusing to be upfront with customers is why individuals visit commercial shops for all of their car services. Although Barbosa's has a nice establishment, I'm afraid that their communication with the customer and transparency about their pricing and process is a bit lackluster and outdated. I'll probably never visit the establishment again, but future patrons should be aware. And to be even more honest, finding any decent and honorable car shop in Providence is even more of a joke than it should be.

    Devaney Tire - autorepair - Updated June 2026

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