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Affordable Cars on Pinkhook Road in Lafayette Near Broussard…. NOT!Submitted By Ray, LouisianaFall 2005 Here is my Not So Affordable Car Experience. I saw a car commercial at
Affordable One (a local dealer) for $799 down and you drive it off the lot. I
had saved about $1,000 just for this occasion. Having never have owned a
vehicle in my life and growing up without a father I had to do this one on my
own. I was very excited and took it for a test drive with my ex fiancé. The truck was just what I wanted so I went it to do the paperwork and "credit check" which they said they didn't do. They allowed me to put $800 down that day and next pay day I went in give them an additional $300 down as my promissory note bringing the total down payment to $1,100. Everything was fine. I had a nice vehicle and I was very excited about the deal. They asked if there was anything I wanted done to the truck as for as maintenance. I asked for a full tune up, they told me to bring it into GILES on JOHNSTON ST in LAFAYETTE, LA. So I did just that, Then the fun began. The truck was running okay for a day then it started missing. I looked under the hood myself and found that everything they had listed on the paperwork as changed/brand new was not changed or brand new! They only changed the spark plugs, not the coil, not the wires, and not the air filter as indicated on the paperwork. I brought it to their attention and they claimed they did change it, but that they would put newer ones just for me. Okay I thought, fair enough. Of course that isn’t what they did at all. To make a long story short, this truck had to be put in GILES ON JOHNSTON's auto shop 6 times within 2 months. The with money paid out of my own pocket I took it in to another shop 2 times. The truck was older than 5yrs at the time so I couldn't take it to court under lemon law. AFFORDABLE CARS ON PINKHOOK ROAD IN LAFAYETTE, LA told me that I was bound to the lease which went from $8,000 to now a $14,500 buy out. The truck was financed over 3 years makes sense? I don't think so. I found out through a girl that I had made friends with at that dealership that I could return the vehicle and not be penalized for the rest of the lease. In the end I decided to keep this vehicle even with all the troubles in gave until on one day I was pulling into a drive way and the steering and brakes completely locked up and caused me to hit a telephone pole (this wasn't the first time my safety was at risk with this truck). At this point i decided to return the vehicle. I WILL NEVER AGAIN DEAL WITH GILES AUTOMOTIVE ON JOHNSTON ST NOR ANY OTHER GILES. I WILL NEVER AGAIN DEAL WITH ANY AFFORDABLE CARS, RENT TO OWN OR ANY OF IT'S COMPANIES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dealing with Car Dealers… Oh how the Deal ChangesSubmitted By Cedric , Louisiana Fall 2005 I went into Hampton Toyota in Lafayette, LA a while back. I wanted to buy a 2003 Corolla. After a test drive the dealer told me that he would give me a deferment of 28 days to make my down payment. I said that sounds great!All excited about buying my first car we ran my credit and background check. Since I had no credit history they wanted me to make a $3,000 down payment. I told the guy I wasn't sure if I could put that much down so he let me take a "24 hr" test drive while I thought it over. When I got home I calculated and figured that I would be able to give them $2,000 the following week and then the week after that give them the additional $1,000 all within that 28 day period they had promised. The salesman called and asked if I came to a decision and I told him that if he could do the down payment in two installments with me he had himself a buyer. Later he called back and said he talked to his sales manager and he said it was okay. All excited about buying my first car on my own I got went right to the dealership. The sales manager asked if I was making a cash or credit payment today. A bit confused I asked him what he was talking about. He told me that he and his sales guy came to an agreement that if I pay $2,000 that day, that they would then give me the 28 days to make the rest of the down payment. Needless to say I was devastated and had the salesman drive me home. I guess it could have been a simple misunderstanding but it sure felt more like the run around. Anyway, in the end I bought my first vehicle from a different dealership with a much better experience.
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