Dave's Main Street Motors

We purchased our third vehicle from dave within the 3rd day it was towed with tranny problems. When we bought the truck we asked if mechanic looked at it he claimed they didnt have a mechanic. Within a month we had to rig the spark plug for 400 just to be able to drive it. We were told the vehicle needed a new head and had 2 bolts broken off or missing in the manifold. The mechanic said the truck was dangerous because the front bearings were so bad they were roaring. At 1500 the truck shook so bad you could hardly handle it. Dave said we would have to wait for about a month for his mechanic(remember he claimed he didnt have a mechanic) to look at it because the mechanic tried to rip us off. Lol i have an associates degree in mechanics so that was not true. I limped the truck to him over a month later on a saturday he said they would look at it thursday. I called thursday he was nasty and told me i wasnt his priority because it took me so long to get it to him after he told me i had to wait. Now he claimed that it would be 2 weeks to look at it. Which consequently was when the right to cure kicked in. So i went and got the truck. He came and got it a couple days ago. We also had a sequoia from him for over a year. So 2 days later he came and took it from my job. When i called after 4 hours he finally had the balls to answer the phone and said he conveniently never received the payment. Which has never been a problem before. I made the payment like i told him i would. When i confronted him that he did it because of the truck that needed over 3000 in repairs that i refused to pay for he claimed that he took the sequoia and was demanding the loan in full to get it back because i was a ""bad"" customer. Funny a couple of.months ago i was a great customer and he financed me for the second vehicle. How convenient. So this lesson has cost me over 7000. Whatever you do dont go to him he is a tempermental crook. We have had other people contact us that they had him do the same thing to them. more

We found Dave's about 2 years ago on Craigslist and so glad we did. We have never been treated so well and had such a great buying experience. Our first vehicle was great and now we just got another one from him and are very happy. As long as you stay in touch with him on any issues being late he he never gives you any grief. The bad reviews on here are ridiculous, consider the source and why they are upset. If you do what you should with your payments and insurance you will never have a problem!! We would recommend him to anyone that wants a quality vehicle and fair treatment more

I financed a car from Daves Main Street Motors. I was consistently 1 to 14 days late on my payments. Literally EVERY time. I would say the same about my phone bill which is quite a lot more than my car payment. Also, Ive financed from a local competitor and was treated 100% differently by the 2 in the same situation (being past due). It's obvious that if you become past due with Main Street Motors, they lose respect for you. The circumstances of being past due DO NOT MATTER. I have been treated completely unprofessional by Dave. He is a stereotypical used car salesman. I'm sure he will respond to this with ""his side"" or some other complete non sense but thats how he is. Unaccountable and he feels completely justified in treating me with HATE due to being past due. Good times (not really). God Bless! more

I had to buy a car quick after my car was totaled in an accident. I didn't need any financing so I can't say anything about that process but I was happy with the service I received. It was perfect for the kind of car I was looking for. more

I bought two vehicles from Daves. Having less than perfect credit, I needed a reliable vehicle. I found that buying a vehicle from Daves was quick and I was treated fairly and the people are honest in their dealings. There were a couple of times I knew I would be late with a payment, so I called them and they worked with me. I would definitely recommend Daves in Brighton. I'm a 'no frills' kind of guy, I hate wasting hours at a car dealership, but I like being treated fairly and dealt with honestly, this is definitely the place to go. more

A friend of mine recommended Dave's Main Street Motors after they bought a truck there. They were extremely pleased and now so am I. I too was looking for a nice used truck and found exactly what I was looking for. I got no hassle service and felt no pressure what so ever. I was able to take my time and make my own decision and drove away with a great truck. more

This is Dave at DMSM in response to pookiej272's review. Unfortunately we get some disgruntled customers from time to time. This particular reviewer revealed enough about herself that we felt we should respond to defend ourselves because she is not being truthful. Yes it is true the vehicle was reposssessed. It is not true they never made late payments, in the eight months they had the car only two payments were on time. The reason the vehicle was repossessed was they failed to return phone calls after the recurring payment they arranged in an attempt to keep the account current was declined by their bank. Their decision to avoid contact with us to make payment arrangements ultimately led to our decision to repossess the vehicle. We had previously worked with them to overcome financial hardship and would have again but they chose to ignore our attempts to contact them. It is also true they didn't maintain insurance which they freely admit. Which is not only the law but a contractual obligation. We never denied them access to their property. The repossessions are contracted to a third party and the customers deal directly with their agents post repossession. The vehicle had been cleaned out by the customer prior to being returned to us and they were able to retrieve their personal belongings within one day of the vehicle being repossessed. I have no doubt they are angry their vehicle was repossessed but it was due to their own actions. We didn't have any communication with them until after the vehicle was recovered and we contacted the repo agent to make arrangements for them to recover the property on Sat which is not a normal business day for the agent. He met them on his own time due to the wallet being in the car. We were never rude to them at any time. To leave a misleading review is dishonest and unfair. more

the guy who owns this place (dave) is a total jerk and bully! at one point when i called about a late payment(I'm a single parent!), he absolutely SCREAMED at me, I've never been treated so bad!! the car was bought by myself and my ex, other than the one time, our payments were on time, (i didnt want to be yelled at again!). whats worse, my ex didint have insurance on the car for about a month, the car was repo'd, and they refused to make an appointment for him to retrieve his personal property!!!!!!!!! Including his wallet and I needed formula for my baby! Thanks Dave!! such a gentleman.... more

Nothing to complain about. The application process was easy and I was approved despite having bad credit. My car had a check engine light on a few days after I bought it and they fixed it. Turned out to be a bad gas cap. I mention it only because I expected them to be tell me I bought the car as is. But they offered to scan it without a hassle. Laid back and easy to deal with. I never felt like the pressure was on. more

Thanks for staying late Friday night so I could buy a car! more

I bought my car here about a month ago and had a good experience. It had a broken windshield and they agreed to replace it. I did a search to look up the ph # at work to make the appointment and was surprised to see bad reviews. My opinion is completely opposite, this is a good place to buy cars. Easy to deal with if you have credit problems. more

This place is easy to deal with. So far my car has been good, fingers crossed. more

Being a good loyal ""keep it in the city"" customer we returned to Dave's for another car. Granted this was car #4 we purchased. 1st car, no problems, 2nd car some problems within a few months but understood the ""as is"" policy. Car #3, clutch went out within 2 days, now car #4 is a total P>O>S and we are stuck. Owing more then $5k and the car blue books at MAYBE $3400 as is right now. Very very sad, car doesn't even run and we have to have full coverage insurance $500 deductible and car payments?!?!?! We will NOT be returning and will NOT referring! Yes, the buy here pay here is great, but you get what your budget asks for! more

My family has bought a couple of cars here. One car had some mechanical issues shorty after we bought it and they helped us fix it even though it didn't have a warranty. Compared to other used car dealers our expereince is they are fair here. more

This Place Sucks. They sell crappy cars more

This is a good place. All they ask is that you keep in contact with them and communicate with them. Staff is very friendly. My car is great and I have paid it off and going to get another one. more

This business is awful after I was waiting for some help and then having to retrieve help for myself, half the cars I got into would not start and the other half were smoking the only good thing about these cars was that the insides were very clean but what good is that if they don?t run. The man who runs this place is very much a A$$hole he was talking to me like I was a moron and he was also yelling at me when he spook. If you like being talked at instead of to and treated bad sure buy a car from here. However there are many other buy here pay here?s that are not over priced pieces of junk oh and at other places you the service is much better. I?m happy that I did not buy my car from here and decided to go elsewhere. more