I am not going to name names here, or do anything to personaly attack the salesmen, i will give out the name of the dealer to prevent any south jersey people from going there.
Street Dreams Auto Sales, Delran NJ, They specialize in cars that are just auctioned off, had minimal fixes done to them, just enough to keep them road legal.
Jan 2012 i got money, from the Veterans Admin, for tinnitus and anxiety disorder, so i wanted to get a car, for cash, and they had cars in my budget, 3k and below. So i stoped in there, since they were next to the dealer i intended to go to (for a 1995 escort, it had an oil leak so i walked away) I test drove about 6 cars, most had flaws that i could not look around, 1998 malibu V6 with bad brakes, 1997 Sentra with a transmission that did not feel right at all (it had bad engagement) and no speedometer, but i saw the car i bought a 2003 sable with minimal flaws, just a dented fender, rust spot on the hood, scraped up bumper, cosmetic [censored]. So i bought it, cash for 3k with their fees added in. i paid via debit card, which meant to them i would have to wait 3 days for the title,so i told them to just mail it to me, i go back a week later...no title...at all. They said it was being held up at Manheim PA auto auction, so i tell them, again, mail it to me when it comes in, meanwhile i have a car with a temp registration tag on the window that runs out in feb. 2 weeks later i call them, on a friday, they say the title is in and that it is being put in the mail that afternoon. The week after i got it, the a/c compressor locks up, taking out the serpentine belt...and then the power steering pulley explodes taking out a nipple on the radiator tank, so now i have a car with no title, and no way to drive it.
Fast Forward to march...the car is now parked in my grandparents driveway, taking up 1/2 the driveway with its size (1 car driveway) and they had the balls to say it was MY FAULT the title was not given to me, no, i told you to mail it to me. Eventually i got the car fixed, and registered in NJ, it passed NJ inspection as well.
So yeah, long story short, i was a bit stupid, but it was the first time i dealt with a small dealer (prior cars were new, used via a new car dealer, or person to person), i got lucky my car had only those problems with it. Plus due to the title taking so long to get to me, i never knew it was donated to the Purple Heart, my theory as to why that happened, prior owner did not know the a/c was going, and thought the car was dead due to the charging system going bad, along with the starter (since it had issues with both thanks to the a/c being too much of a drag on the crank)
Final word: Do not buy from a dealership with names like that, unless you are willing to deal with [censored]
Street Dreams Auto Sales, Delran NJ, They specialize in cars that are just auctioned off, had minimal fixes done to them, just enough to keep them road legal.
Jan 2012 i got money, from the Veterans Admin, for tinnitus and anxiety disorder, so i wanted to get a car, for cash, and they had cars in my budget, 3k and below. So i stoped in there, since they were next to the dealer i intended to go to (for a 1995 escort, it had an oil leak so i walked away) I test drove about 6 cars, most had flaws that i could not look around, 1998 malibu V6 with bad brakes, 1997 Sentra with a transmission that did not feel right at all (it had bad engagement) and no speedometer, but i saw the car i bought a 2003 sable with minimal flaws, just a dented fender, rust spot on the hood, scraped up bumper, cosmetic [censored]. So i bought it, cash for 3k with their fees added in. i paid via debit card, which meant to them i would have to wait 3 days for the title,so i told them to just mail it to me, i go back a week later...no title...at all. They said it was being held up at Manheim PA auto auction, so i tell them, again, mail it to me when it comes in, meanwhile i have a car with a temp registration tag on the window that runs out in feb. 2 weeks later i call them, on a friday, they say the title is in and that it is being put in the mail that afternoon. The week after i got it, the a/c compressor locks up, taking out the serpentine belt...and then the power steering pulley explodes taking out a nipple on the radiator tank, so now i have a car with no title, and no way to drive it.
Fast Forward to march...the car is now parked in my grandparents driveway, taking up 1/2 the driveway with its size (1 car driveway) and they had the balls to say it was MY FAULT the title was not given to me, no, i told you to mail it to me. Eventually i got the car fixed, and registered in NJ, it passed NJ inspection as well.
So yeah, long story short, i was a bit stupid, but it was the first time i dealt with a small dealer (prior cars were new, used via a new car dealer, or person to person), i got lucky my car had only those problems with it. Plus due to the title taking so long to get to me, i never knew it was donated to the Purple Heart, my theory as to why that happened, prior owner did not know the a/c was going, and thought the car was dead due to the charging system going bad, along with the starter (since it had issues with both thanks to the a/c being too much of a drag on the crank)
Final word: Do not buy from a dealership with names like that, unless you are willing to deal with [censored]
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