This is not your typical used car buying experience. I first stopped by on Wednesday looking at the BMW M3. I have purchased many cars and had my preconceived opinion of used car salesman. I was the only one in the lot around 6:00 PM and yet I was able to browse cars for 10 minutes before being approached. The experience I had when Tony Correa approached me was very relaxed. I mentioned I was interested in the M3 and had just been in an accident pending a payoff of my car. I had already looked at Car Max, BMW dealerships, and others and told Tony I was still looking. I had my list of vehicles to go look at and still had a couple more in the LA area. After looking at the M3 and talking with Tony for some time I said thank you for your time. As I left that night with them knowing I had money and needed a car I expected the old line, ?what can I do to get you in a car tonight?. Well, not only did that not happen, but there was no pressure or sales pitch as I left. I returned the next night, Thursday, and met Tony again. He again was very patient and informative as we looked at cars again. For the price range I was considering, Tony mentioned another car in the same price range but a considerably better value. Again, no pressure just friendly and honest information. I left again feeling even better than I did the night before and I returned Friday night with my wife, and we decided on the Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG. Here I had been there for three nights in a row and at no time was any pressure and I mean NO pressure to buy a car. We briefly met Sam who was very friendly and again no pressure, we actually spent very little time discussing the car, but rather in getting to know each other. My wife and I returned on Saturday to purchase the vehicle and were treated extremely well. I have bought cars from dealerships, fleet leasing managers, used car lots and have to say this was one of the best car buying experiences you will ever have, period! Not only did we get the car well below market price ($6K to $7K) because they had got a good deal on it (yes, that passed that on to us), but Sam worked extremely hard to get us a great interest rate on the balance of the loan. Oh yeah, I should mention that Sam did some maintenance on the car. I can?t tell you how much, but it would have been a substantial cost to me at a dealership well into the thousands of dollars. All in all, I have recommend Sam and his team at West Coast Auto Sales to my friends and co-workers. If there are any problems with the car, expect these guys to make it right! If you want a personal reference, you may contact me. Thanks Sam and Tony, you guys were great.
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