Be extremely careful when dealing with this place. Talking from first hand experience here. I shopped online, then emailed, then took a trip down to check out the car that I was going to purchase only to get down there and it did not exist on the lot. Then I looked at a bunch more that they had and was allowed to take it for a spin, etc. They showed me all sorts of paperwork on the car, claiming that it was clean, serviced, inspected and would pass inspection.
I bit. Got the car home only to find out it would not pass the vechicle inspection. Then tried to get the warranty to cover the work but that did not happen. I ended up sinking $2K into the car to have it pass and be driveable. So be very careful if you deal with them. Personally I don't recommend them to anyone!

This is just my opinion based on my first hand experience with them.

I would avoid them like the plague. They say that they are specialists and very knowledgeable with Volvos. All their cars are advertised as being "just serviced" and in "fine running condition".

There is a catch. They outsource their repair work to some shop that brings the cars up to a level that makes them appear fully functional. If you know the car, almost invaraibly it turns out something major is wrong. There was a story here a year ago of a woman who bought a car, went to have it inspected, and it failed. They found all kinds of codes popped up, and the CEL was burned out. I believe Jeff's first comments were "but you have a warranty." Of course that engine/trans warranty didn't cover any of this stuff. I think he then said "too bad". She later said he was going to work with her, and I don't know the resolution. He may have taken the car back.

How can someone who bills themself as a knowledgeable Volvo specialist sell a car with a burned out CEL and a bunch of error codes? Then say "use the warranty" knowing the warranty won't cover problems like 02 sensors. Not good. You'd think they would, um, check the codes if they were specialists.

I looked at an 850 T5 there a few days ago. Looked great except the climate control lights were blinking. I was up front that I was interested in the car, but the climate control was in trouble and I wasn't interested in a large bill. Jeff said in a snotty tone "And guess what, I'm not fixing it". I said "thanks for wasting my time" and left. A Volvo specialist? Hardly my definition.

I find something particularly evasive about the way this guy operates. He advertises about 30 cars a week on ebay, but hardly any sell (2 per month). I think he gets people like me showing up, lowers the price a bit, and avoids having ebay feedback. If you do a google search I think there is a guy who had $3000 in repairs on a car bought there.

I would just avoid them, but it's up to you. It is one of those highway used car places, with lots of traffic passing by. Good luck.

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Two days ago there were 6 or 7 messages about this place. They were all sleaze stories of varying degrees of double talk. Check the archives.