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I had meet me at a dealership to do a pre-purchase inspection on a car that I was interested in buying. I sent him a text message the first time, but he never responded so I ended up calling him later that night to set the appointment up for the following day.
He showed up, and immediately got to work, he checked over everything. He checked the doors, trunk, tires, looked under the hood, turned the engine on, etc, etc.
He said everything checked out and that it was mechanically sound.
I asked him specifically if the brakes were still good to which he said that they were fine. However, after purchasing the car and driving it around for about two weeks, I started hearing a horrible grinding noise coming from the front tires. I took the car to a tire and oil shop and they told me that I needed new front brakes. I'm not sure how John missed that one but okay.
When looking under the hood, John took the oil cap off and commented about how the oil was changed. But like the brakes, I ended up having to get the oil changed aswell since the car is a Toyota and it began flashing the "maintenance required" light on the dashboard and according to the manual, that means the oil needs to be changed.
I also noticed that when I took the car home the day that I purchased it, the low tire pressure light was on in the dashboard, John didn't mention anything to me about it. but since he turned the engine on, I thought he would've caught it.
I tried filling the tire up, but it turns out that it had a leak in it which the tire shop I took it to repaired along with changing the oil and putting on new front brakes.
I was fully expecting John t test drive the car, but he told the dealer that he doesn't do that. But according to an earlier review on here from January of this year, he test drove a car for a customer so I'm not sure what that's all about. I think test driving is quite important, because issues may come up while driving a car that wouldn't necessarily come up while it's just sitting parked in one spot idling.
I didn't see John use a scan tool at all, not sure if he had one or if he just doesn't think it's necessary. i would think that using one on a used car should be a minimum requirement since they can tell you alot about a car's computer.
The price was kind of steep at $150, but I can understand since he travels to you and if you live way on the other side of town, that's not a short trip.
So all and all, he was a very nice guy with a great personality.. But I don't know if I'd use him again or recommend him to anyone else.
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