Please take a mechanic with you if you are buying a used - EDUCATED CONSUMER
Please take a mechanic with you if you are buying a used car from this place. Almost a year ago I purchased a Buick from Hove Nissan/Buick. I had sa it advertised on Carfax and other car sites and it looked good in photos and the specs xxx a used car were great. It was A 1 owner vehicle . It was advertised as a cream puff. I followed this car for over a week on different sites hoping for a price reduction and it never came. So, 1 early Monday morning I drive 50 plus miles from my home in Chicago to see this car. When I get to the dealer it wasn't on the lot or any where else to be found . The salesman and sales manager finally say that they had loaned it ti a customer for the weekend while he got an oil change and that the car would be back in 2 days. I went shopping elsewhere for a car and then 5 hours later Hove Nissan/Buick calls to say that the car is back. I rush back from the city to look as this car . As the salesman drives it out of the garage it glowed and look really nice. I popped the hood and just looked at it and it looked dirty and not detailed or prepped for sales (Most dealers will at least clean the engine bay to make the car more attractive) I noticed right away that the oil filter did not look new and was dusty looking. I overlooked that TEST DROVE IT FOR 25 MINUTES and it drove a rode very nice , except the power drivers seat was stuck in 1 positioned . i ASKE THAT THEY RECITY THAT AND THEY first said they could not and I said I could not purchase it that way so the fixed it.
25 days later I just happen to check the oil as and found that it was really almost none in the engine. I rushed to the nearest fast oil change location to get this car lubed. I did just in time , before the motor would cease. I call the dealer and they said that they had changed it before they sold it . That was a EF'ing lie. The worst thing about buying this car from Hove nissan is that they were stern and not willing to budge not even a penny in the advertised price, which happen to be a pandemic , overccharged mark-up price. They acted if this car was just trhe best example of a used car in the whole wide world and it was far from it. I have had problems that needed to be fixed but I was able to do it rather cheaply compared to what the service shop would charge. I guess I am mostly responsible for this not so wise purchase because i rushed it because I needed a car right away. I am resonsible to because I purchased a car that had nearly 100 k miles on it(It was advertised with 98k but when i WENT TO TEST DRIVE IT WAS 100k AND THEY DID NOT GIVE A REDUCTION ALLOWANCE FOR THE OVBER MILAGE)
I did not bother taking the car back for warranty because I was able to catch the major LOW OIL problem before it became catastrophic. The car looked better than it actually was, I have got t in tip top shape though , but for the money I apid for it it should have been perfect
I would not ever buy a car from HOVE NISSAN /BUICK EVER AGAIN IN LIFE AND HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT YOU STEER CLEAR OF THAT DEALERSHIP
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