Cars Dawydiak — Local services in San Francisco

This is only my experience: I originally advertised my car on CL and then got an email from someone saying that they could sell it with confidence. I reluctantly called and he went through his sales pitch. I asked him in more ways than one, "if the car doesn't sell, what are my total out of pocket costs?" Since, I checked into selling it through a specialty dealer in my area and they charge a monthly storage fee, which I did not want that out of pocket expense since this car will need a certain buyer that may take time to find. He told me, on the phone, that the total costs would be $350. for an inspection and $100 for detailing and photos. That's all he mentioned. So, I agreed to bring it in. I was worried about driving my car in downtown SF to the dealership so they said they'd send a truck to pick it up and would cost "around $100". I agreed to the truck to pick it up. After that, I went to the dealership to drop of all documents and spares for the car and signed the appraisal form. A few months go by and no word. I suggested, lowering the price. They said, "No, there's other cars like yours out there for higher prices". A few more months, I decided to list my car on Bring a Trailer. They said, give them another chance and they'd focus on it now. A few more months and nothing, so I wanted to get my car again and now they say, they have an offer but need more time. The offer fell through. Again, I wanted to get my car and now they have a second offer but I asked them my costs to get my car back. NOW, they brought up storage fees and detailing was at $1500, the truck for shipping was now at $219. Now for the big part. I told them, I didn't know about the storage fees. They said it's normal and they need to make money and it was in the contract. I asked for a copy of the contract and they replied via email, "Here is the contract you signed". Yes, it showed storage fees but the signature field was blank. I responded, "It didn't look familiar, could they send the one that I did sign". They sent the same one, but now it's signed but not my hand writing, but my name. It was forged. They never admitted it but said, "Walter decided to wave the storage fees". So fees were at around $2100. They did do a paint buff out which I expected to be a little more but not $1400 more. A week went buy and I'm coming to pick it up and now the negotiating gets kicked over to Walter, the owner. The Storage fees are back on, the trucking is now up to $295 and also some repairs are added in, (which I knew nothing about). The bill to pick it up now, is over $3700. (which I didn't have). I was leveraged into selling them my car at a low price, that they originally claimed was worth $85k plus. And then, as other negative Yelp reviews say, they start insulting your car. As if they were reading a script. Attached are photos of my real signature on the appraisal form and the forged one on the contract. Notice the "rt" are not the same. They tried to disguise it over the top of my printed name that they wrote in. Many people will accuse a company of things with no proof. Well, here it is. They never apologized or even responded to these issues in my emails. I found it amazing, that this is not about just one rogue employee but three involved. This is just "my" experience and I will never go back. What you do, is up to you. If anyone wants the email string,...

After seeing and driving a Lotus Evora 400 and finding the closest dealer couldn't get me exactly what I wanted, I went on a quest to find the color and option combination I wanted at the best possible price. This is not always easy, especially when you're dealing with a manufacturer that brings in less than 50 cars nationwide each year.

I looked at available inventory online in just about every sales channel, and worked on pricing with three dealers across the country that had the general configuration I wanted.

Except one really stood out, they had the right exterior color and option list, but not interior and were really communicative. When I made my desired interior color known, Mike West at Cars Dawydiak offered to swap in what I was looking for to make a deal happen, and guaranty no issues. That's where I made the decision to purchase from Mike immediately. Simply put, he is the most engaged relationship oriented car sales guy I've ever worked with.

The purchase process was reasonably simple, no "dealer fees" were added to a reasonable negotiated price--which, had I been local, would have been one of the best deals in the country.

All paperwork was exchanged by Federal Express, including ownership documentation which was instantly accepted for registration in my state-not always the case on out of state transactions.

During the entire process, Mike kept me up to date on everything, literally everything - even the interior change over was photo'd and sent along real time, and warehousing of the car covered up while it awaited shipper pickup too.

When the car was ready to go, he sent me photos and video of the car loading on the carriers truck. During transit he checked in to see if it was in yet.

Really, I'm not sure there is a better relationship focused manager in the industry than Mike West-he's certainly the best in the hundred cars or so I've purchased over the years. He is definitely the best I've worked with for inter-state sight unseen deals on specialty stuff.

I never would have thought my Lotus purchase would originate in San Francisco, considering I'm way over in North Carolina, but Mike made the deal easy, added value that no one else would, and provided service that is simply over the top.

Very impressed. ...

Had a fantastic experience here. I've bought two cars from these folks previously, and sold a '96 NSX through consignment.

Brought home a 993 c2s today - and I have to say, dealing with Mike Leddy, the experience was head and shoulders above the 3 previous cars. Those were good, but the 993 with Mike was great. Completely honest, forthcoming, responsive even off business hours; when I went to inspect the car, Mike went out of his way to make sure I saw every angle of the car possible; insisted on taking it to their lifts in the shop so I could inspect the undercarriage carefully and gave me all the time that I needed.

When I decided to pull the trigger, the paperwork was all ready for me, and I was in and out in