While I'm sure there have been many who have driven cars off the lot without problem, my experience was the nightmare scenario everyone who car shops fears.
First off, I was commuting between Johnstown and State College for work when an older 90s Dodge Neon broke down on me and I desperately needed a new, dependable ride to continue my employment. After shopping a few places , I saw a decent deal for a low-mid mileage vehicle and after a test drive bought the car the next day. That night it broke down while driving only 12 miles from my house. This was the start of a horrible process where long and short- I would bring the car in, they would do whatever bare minimum they could to get the car back on the road and then a day or 2 later the car would die again (just wouldn't turn on or only would stay on for a few minutes and then the engine would die). It had constant problems and I should have tried to have them take it back when I had it for less than a week but they kept promising everything would be fine. I ran into some job trouble when my availability became dodgy over the months as it wasn't easy to always find transportation solutions when I had my newly purchased car often breaking down. It made an already difficult time in my life into a hell.
Eventually the car became un-drivable (would physically shake and produce a horrible rumbling sound) and the expense to fix would have cost nearly as much as I had paid for it only about a year before.
I would never recommend doing business with them as the whole experience has left a horrible distrustful taste in my mouth.
All USA
While I'm sure there have been many who have driven cars off the lot without problem, my experience was the nightmare scenario everyone who car shops fears. First off, I was commuting between Johnstown and State College for work when an older 90s Dodge Neon broke down on me and I desperately needed a new, dependable ride to continue my employment. After shopping a few places , I saw a decent deal for a low-mid mileage vehicle and after a test drive bought the car the next day. That night it broke down while driving only 12 miles from my house. This was the start of a horrible process where long and short- I would bring the car in, they would do whatever bare minimum they could to get the car back on the road and then a day or 2 later the car would die again (just wouldn't turn on or only would stay on for a few minutes and then the engine would die). It had constant problems and I should have tried to have them take it back when I had it for less than a week but they kept promising everything would be fine. I ran into some job trouble when my availability became dodgy over the months as it wasn't easy to always find transportation solutions when I had my newly purchased car often breaking down. It made an already difficult time in my life into a hell. Eventually the car became un-drivable (would physically shake and produce a horrible rumbling sound) and the expense to fix would have cost nearly as much as I had paid for it only about a year before. I would never recommend doing business with them as the whole experience has left a horrible distrustful taste in my mouth.