Sherridan
Camp Lejeune,#2Consumer Comment
Sat, November 20, 2004
I will be the first to say that Drivetime/Ugly Duckling is one to be avoided and I empathize with you and they sold you a s**+**y car but in this case I have to speak up. I don't think that DT is to blame on this one. You had the car a whole year. Just by the description of the problems that you speak of I am guessing you have a Ford Explorer. The type of vehicle you have is not the issue though. The issue is you bought a used vehicle. It is unfortunate that you are having these problems but it's a crap shoot. You never truely know what you're getting until something goes wrong. If you bought a car from some Uncle Joe's Lot or Bigtime Car Dealer's lot it would be the same story. All car dealers get there cars from the same place, auctions. Some dealers pick the cream of the crop some dealers get left overs. I guarantee you that some of the high priced cars have the same type problems. A year down the road it is hard to say that that problem was present when you bought the car or it was the dealers fault that they sold you a bad car. The fact is it was unfortunate that the problems surfaced as late as they did. After a year it is hard time to blame the dealer. I understand that all your problems didn't just happen. They happened though out the year. I understand that DT sells a lot of crap. I understand that there had to be a reason you went to DT. I understand that bad things happen to good people. What I don't understand is why blame a problem that happens a year down the road on the shop that sold you the car? Next time you go to buy a car take the down payment that you were going to use and go to the local auction. Chances are that your down payment will buy you a vehicle that you really like and without a payment.