When I first went to Car Hop, I thought that my credit was bad enough to settle for a used car. My boyfriend and I were told that we could be financed with both our incomes. When we were accepted, we were told that we could choose from a handful of crappy cars. We finally picked the best of the worst and began signing papers. We were never told the total amount we were to pay until the last page of the stack of papers that we were signing. I noticed that we were paying almost $10,000 for a car that was 10 years old with 120,000 miles on it. The saleswoman told us that there was an 18 month warranty on the car covering all the "big stuff" like engine and transmission. She also told us that it passed safety testing and all we needed to pay for was emissions ($35). Well, when we went to get the car registered, we were told that we needed a recent safety test. I took it to a shop and they told me in order to fix it to code, it would cost me over $2,000... Not to mention the emissions failed too. The check engine light has been on since a week after purchasing the vehicle and when we called to see if the warranty would cover whatever was causing the check engine light to come on, they told us that warranty wont cover it. So what good is the warranty. Also, since I had to come up with $800 to get my car registered, I missed a payment. UAC harassed me and my references numerous times a day, every day. I am regretful of being a victim of this scam and I want to warn everyone else about it. And dont let all the customer satisfaction posters in their office fool you either. That too is a lie because those posters are made before you sign the lease.
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