12
Jul 2010
I hate to buy cars more than anything in the world. I can think of any number of things that I would rather do than buy a new car. This is mostly because of some bad experiences that we’ve had. A few years ago, we bought a Kia that was a complete lemon. Then there was the Auction Direct incident that ended up costing us a large sum of money thanks to some fraudulent business practices. Buying cars is just not something that I like to do. I can’t understand how people can do it every few years without developing sever ulcers.
Imagine the stress that I started to feel when I realized that our 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan with almost 200,000 miles on it needed to have a new computer installed. Since the van is only worth around $1,000 on a good day when all of the planets are aligned and the repair would likely cost as much as the vehicle was worth, Holly and I decided that it was time to get something new. Let the stress begin…
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Category: Cars
Tags: Auction Direct, Beutler Auto, Clearfield, dealership, Dodge, Grand Caravan, Holly, Kia, negotiation, new car, repair, van
22
Oct 2008
Given the recent headlines, you may think that this is going to be a post on the economic crisis that our country is facing. Well, you’re wrong. However, what I say in this post can be related to the problems that our economic and housing sectors are going through because the root problems are the same: greed and corruption.
I actually want to give everyone a follow-up on our recent car situation. You may remember that our Dodge Colt finally died and that we had to buy a new car. If you remember those facts, then you probably also remember how the fine folks at Auction Direct in Clearfield made a very valiant effort to screw us over. At the time, it looked as though our returning the Nissan Maxima was the end of the story but it actually wasn’t.
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Category: Cars, Holly, Jeremiah
Tags: Auction Direct, auto dealer review, car, Clearfield, corruption, dealership, Dodge Colt, fraud, greed, Holly, jerk, verbal contracts, written contract
14
Sep 2008
After the ordeal last week with our Dodge Colt, we decided to go out and buy a new car so that I don’t need to freeze as I ride my scooter in colder weather. I hate buying cars. Every car that I’ve ever bought from a private party has had problems within the first month that took hundreds of dollars to repair and going to dealerships usually involves a feeling of being severely ripped off.
I started looking at cars on a few different websites Wednesday morning and found one that I thought would work for us. Holly picked me up from work that night and we drove to check it out at a place called Totally Awesome Cars. That name in and of itself is very funny because there was absolutely nothing that was “totally awesome” about any of their cars.
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Category: Cars
Tags: Cars, Cavalier, Clearfield, dealership, Dodge Colt, employee, Holly, Kaysville, Maxima, Saturn, Seinfeld, test drive
