I purchased a 2001 Toyota Corolla in seemingly excellent condition from this dealer about 2 years ago. I recently moved to Chicago and do not need a car, so I went to Carmax today to sell my Corolla. To my horror, the Carmax appraiser found that there had been some severe past damage on the car, which had been repaired by using a new hood and both fenders from different vehicles that had been painted to match the rest of the car. These new parts hid a frame that had been rewelded in order to repair it. To make matters even worse, it turns out that one of the VIN number stickers on the car had been changed to match the VIN number on all of the other panels of the car in order to hide the past damage. I was never made aware of any of this by the dealership. In fact, I was told that the car passed the dealership's rigorous inspection with flying colors! \r
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The nice folks at Carmax explained to me that dealers sometimes purchase totaled cars at a low price and then do a lipstick job to ma
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