In March, I purchased a 1966 SS 396 Chevelle from Flemings based on the website and the salesman assuring me that the car was a FRAME off, nut and bolt, FULLY restored car. I felt confident that everything was as advertised because of the questions that were asked, and the video's that the owner Tony Fleming does on their website assuring you that "everything is taken care of, all you have to do is turn the key". AFTER the first payment was already made and the car was STILL not delivered, nor was the documentation that we were told they had on the car but kept "forgetting" to send us, my fiance drove to Md with a car hauler to get the car.
They took him off to look at other cars while they pulled the Chevelle to the back of the hauler. Tim was then told to load it. After he got the car home, he decided to take it for a test drive. He was gone less than 5 minutes. The transmission would NOT stay in 4th gear. He brought it back and then REALLY started looking at the car. The more he looked, the WORSE it was. We called Flemings and told them the car was NOT what they said it was and told him about the transmission. We told them they needed to take the car back—The OWNER, Tony, said NO. After calling for several days and getting no where, I told Fleming I was contacting my Attorney, at that point, he said "I don't like you".
We had an expert go over the car. NONE of the things that were advertised or that we were told were true. The car had NEVER been restored, it had been a "project" for a guy in Mn for about 12 years and he sold it after putting a paint job on it. The car did NOT have a 396HP "coded" engine in it. The Transmission leaked and was not the right one, almost NOTHING in the car was origional to that year for that car. Our expert called it a FRANKENSTINE car and a "40 footer". On the scale of 1-6 (6 being a numbers matching, documentation, fully restored car—and one being a PARTS car) This car was a high 2 or low 3.
After my attorneys trying to settle this with Tony for several months, we went to mediation two weeks ago. Fleming has to take the car back, give us the money back for it, and pay a very SMALL amount towards the over 40K in my attorneys fees. The REASON that we settled like this is because Fleming told us he was broke and about to "GO OUT OF BUSNESS" and that he has no money. (I am sure that is a lie, but...)
Fleming, is an ARROGANT person, He HAS won more than one suit in MD because of his "AS IS" on the sticker, but, He HAS been reported to the MD Consumer Protection Agency in the past and signed an agreement with them that he would NOT advertise vehicles as anything other than what he has documentation on them. His AS IS sticker does NOT give him a license to do FRAUDULANT business.
I WILL be reporting him to the MD CPA because he has broke the agreement he made with them, and I suggest anyone else that has been SCREWED by this business to do the same.
He has been reported to the BBB of MD more than once and I also filed a report, but he just ignores them.
In all, Flemings Ultimate Garage is nothing but a FRAUDULANT business which lies about their cars, telling you that you are getting one thing, but when it is yours, you find out you have nothing but a piece of JUNK that cost you WAY more than it is worth!
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