I went to Mark's garage in February 2017 because I unfortunately did not have the credit to buy a car elsewhere without a co-signer. Since this was my very first car I brought my mother with me to look at a red car that a man named Dave was trying to sell me. I immediately noticed water in the trunk. Which is an obvious sign of future electrical problems. When I told them I wanted something different, Dave acted offended and acted as if I was now an inconvenience. After 20 minutes of "searching his lot" of maybe 20 cars he says he has a 2007 Dodge Caliber that just came in. He said everything is like new, it's good condition and low miles. After taking it for a test drive I mentioned that it was making a few noises He had one of the mechanics look at it and they said it had a bad wheel bearing. He replaced the wheel bearing and said that everything would be all set. And that it's like new. I then signed the paperwork and drove the car an hour back home. After about a week the car was making weird noises again. I mentioned to my mom about the noises on my lunch break at work. She called up Mark's Garage and told them they needed to fix it. They were not very cooperative which led my mother to get upset. She had told me that they said that if I don't like my car they will rip up the paperwork and come tow it away for me. They also told her she was never allowed back on the property. When I found this out I called up and told them that I would be down the next day and they will be looking at my car because they told me the car was like new, and lied to me. When I arrived the next day I was greeted by Dave in the front office who told me that Mark was not happy and had some words for me when he got to the office. I told him I didn't care what he had to say, my car is here and someone is going to be fixing my car today. Mark eventually came in and told me that my mother was never allowed back on the property because he's not going to argue with anyone on the phone and if I didn't like the car he will tow it away anytime. He told me that the loan company would be calling me within the next couple of days to ask how I like my car. He told me that I need to tell them that I like it or else the loan company will tow my car away. I told him I'm not going to discuss this with him, I want the car fixed to where it's safe to drive. He ignored me and walked out back. Eventually a mechanic came out and told me that 3 out of 4 tires were going bad and may be the noises I was hearing. (I know nothing about cars, so I believed him.) He told me I'd have to come back in a week because the tires he had were not in the building and he had to get them brought in. He said they are not brand new but they are nearly new and he would put them on for free. This made me happier. I thanked him and came back the next week for him to put the new tires on. The noises still continued. At this point I was nervous to say anything to them because I thought they really would tow my car away and I needed the car for work. So I let it go for a couple months thinking that maybe the reason for the noises is because that 3 out of 4 tires were newer than the 1 older tire and would eventually be okay. This did not happen. I decided that instead of calling Mark back I would take it to another garage local. I asked him to look it over and tell me what needed to be fixed. He told me that there were 2 loose tie rods, both rear struts were destroyed, the front drivers side tire (the one that was not changed) was 16 years old, according to some numbers on the tire. He showed me giant holes rusted out in the undercarriage that needed to be patched and the entire undercarriage had to be coated. The total I got was about 1300 dollars. This was the work that had to be done to pass inspection. At that point I knew that Mark's garage had illegally passed this inspection themselves in order to get it off the lot. And that I had been scammed. I called the loan company and spoke to Michael and told him what had happened. At this point I didn't care if they towed my car away. I was so angry. I told them that I was told that if I complain either Mark or the loan company would tow my car away. He told me that is illegal and that Mark cannot tow my car away ever. And the only time the loan company would tow a car would be in a repossession. The loan company allowed me to suspend payments in order to save the money to fix the car. When putting a review on Mark's Garage's facebook business page, they deleted the page trying to hide the fact that they are scammers and doing illegal things out of their garage. Be very careful of them, because they are unstable and will lie to anyone in order to make a sale! I also found a death certificate in the glove box along with children's photo's, so they never fully cleaned the car before selling. I'd love to get this stuff back to the owner, I just don't know who they are. read more