本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Date: March 8, 2002
Address: 172 Limestone Crescent (Keele/ Steeles St)
Dealer Name: LANDWARD MOTORS, Toronto, ON, M3J2S4
Owner: (Russian Woman) ILGAM KHAKIMOV
I am a landed immigrant, and just got my G2 licensing recently in Feb 2002, I knew nothing about the mechanic of the car, and very little of the car maintenance knowledge, because of too expensive & high insurance cost for the new car, so I decided to buy a used car.
I don’t have too many friends in Toronto who know well in car, so I found a Phone of a gentleman (Huang from ZheJiang Province, China, his phone No.: 416-892-9872, and 416-335-6732) from Sing Tao Daily, he claimed he knows very well in car, paid him $100.00, he will help you to find a affordable/well maintain car, that sound great! I would like to pay $6000 or even more for a used car, $100 more only to get an expertise advises and brings me to find a nice car, why not?
So I called Huang and he came and brought me to visit some dealers (he will only bring you to dealers, no private, because he is making commission from dealer, I didn’t realize that until I was fully cheated). Huang brought me to visit three dealers.
The first dealer was located in Eglinton/Don Mills, 1990 Acura $5500, the car was very bad maintained, engine sound like horse; right window glass can’t be opened, rust spot in many places. (I truly believe that car even not worth $2000). So we went to 2nd dealer, located in Sheppard/Midland $4500 Camry 1990, V4, 150KM, that car look okay outside, there are some rust spots, window has a broken line (dealer guaranteed he will replace a new one because of the safety test, he told me if I pay $5200, the car will be included everything, safety & emission test, tax etc), but when driving on the high way, the acceleration was very slow, Huang told me don’t go for this car.
The next day afternoon, I was brought to the Landward Motors, the Russian woman show me her very friendly face and her car, 1993 Nissan Maxima GXE, 155K, Green color, asking for $7380 (included tax, safety & emission test), that prices sound no bad, and car looks okay too, there are some rust spots, and the Russian told me she will clear them and repaint them. And after replace the injector and oil changing etc. It will be a perfect car! We drove out for 10 minutes and came back, and then we started to negotiate for the price, Huang told me the car should be around $7200, then we come to the halfway, I agree with the Owner $7280 to buy this car, but before I pick up the car, I will have a final driving test and check up from my friend, and will check the car history from MOT, if I don’t satisfy with car, I will refuse the car, she said no problem, she will refund my deposit $300 right away. (I did a big mistake, I didn’t write deposit refundable and others conditions in the contract), Then I paid her $300. Then we signed the contract.
So I got the VIN No. of the car, I went to MOT to check the car history, the result came to my big surprise, it had seven owners registered on that car, two leasing company, one private owner, and four dealers are got involved in. and the original color is Black color, but the current color is Green! (I had heard about the story of two bad cars became one NICE looking car). There are could be something wrong. So I called some of my friends, no even single one told me to consider this car. Because there could be some potential problem inside the car.
I called Mr. Chen (Headmaster of one local driving school, I paid him $60 for the checking) to go along with me to do the final checkup, then I went to see the car again, he advised me not to buy this car because the mileage could have been changed, and the car was not really well maintenance, after I told this Russian woman I am going to refuse the car, her face turn to like hell. And said it to me very loudly all deposits are none-refundable. We argued for 15 minutes, there is no result; I called the police but was told the police could be coming in 2 hours, what can I do? We left the dealer’s store.
The next day, I went to the Limestone again to see others car in the nearby dealer. After I walked out from Qenniva Motors (it is next dealer to Landward Motors), to my big surprised, Huang was in the office of the Landward Motors with some Chinese! After we walked in and talked with these three Chinese, I was told they were brought to see the same car as mine!! I was shocked !!! And they were not told the details of this car at all. This gentleman Huang from Zhejiang Province looks very honest, he knew every details of the car but told nothing to the Chinese buyer! That is the way he is making money, from both buyer and dealer.
This is my true story happened in March, 2002, that is my experience to pay $300 for the lesson, I wish you can learn the lesson from me but no pain:
1. Don’t pay Deposit until you confirmed to buy the car (check everything you can and finally you confirmed you want to buy the car, then you can pay the deposit).
2. Don’t trust dealer, most of the dealers are dishonest, they only want to sell the car, they don’t tell you the truth of the car, even they knew it something wrong.
3. Be careful of this gentleman: Huang, he is a liar. He is making money from dealer and helping them to sell the car.
4. Tell your friends who is looking for a car, don’t buy from Landward Motors
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