Worst Purchase Ever - Aaron197
On February 2nd, 2018, I purchased a 2006 Volvo s40 from Capital Motors, Canton Oh. I found it odd that the Volvo was one of two cars stored inside the garage while the rest were on the lot, but I didn't think much of it. The car seemed to check out, had low mileage, and drove nicely.
However, in the 10-minute drive back to my building, I discovered the heat didn't work.
An hour later, my windows were frosted from the inside. The car had most likely been kept inside Capital Motor's garage to keep it warm and to hide this major issue: I had been sold a car with a defective heater core-- a repair ranging from 500-1000 dollars.
Homer had promised me through a speech of Texan pride and honesty that his mechanics checked it out and that he'd even put 100 miles on the car himself. I cannot believe this. During the hour of highway driving it took to reach a trust-worthy mechanic, I had to stop every 10 to 15 minutes because of how quickly the antifreeze drained from the broken core, or else risk overheating. Even worse, the car has failed to start several times already.
Each of these issues are of a magnitude that make Homer's plea of ignorance unbelievable. If he and his employees had driven it this winter like they claimed, the problem would have been obvious.
When I brought this dilemma to Homer, he refused accountability for selling me a lemon. He claimed he did me a favor by lowering the price when we were negotiating and said that he was "too broke" to pay the $600 dollars to replace the heating core.
Homer did me no favors by selling me this headache. I have had it for two weeks and can't drive it without overheating and risk major engine damage. By the end of the month, I will have spent several hundred dollars in repairs, along with the significant amount left to pay off the rest of the financing.
This is a case of either intention deception, or a businessman cutting corners and then refusing to own up to his mistake. Either way, this has been, without question, the worse purchase I have ever made. Homer and his guys were some of the nicest people I've met in a while, but niceness won't fix this nightmare. Will never be working with Capital Motors again.
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