I came to Carhop because my ex's car was in my name and she stopped paying for it after I moved out. Had I been checking my credit, maybe I'd have known, but here I am, unable to get a conventional loan when I need a new car. It struck me as odd to walk onto a used lot and see something like 40 vehicles, but only 7 models. After going through the charade of giving them all my personal information and agreeing to let them sell it, then they told me I was approved to buy a car. This was the second red flag for me. Which car was I approved for? Typically, loan underwriters need to compare the loan amount to a particular asset to determine eligibility. "Oh, well, you're approved for any car on the lot." A little suspicious, I started asking qualifiers, like, what are the years, miles & prices of the Impalas? She pulls up the years and miles, but tells me, "you'll need to decide which one you want to drive. Once you decide to buy one, then the underwriter will tell us the price." I knew at that point that I didn't trust Carhop enough to buy from them, but I decided to poke around a little bit before leaving. When looking under the hoods, I saw something that didn't click for me until I had read about a dozen or so lengthy, quality, honest reviews (and probably 30 {{Redacted}} and moan" ones). Every engine compartment I looked in had several obscure parts that weren't original to that car. I could see obvious signs of mechanical work such as new bolts on parts that are about to break, old belts on new pulleys, old parts that aren't caked with oil even when the rest of the area is, and hose clamps that have been taken off and put back on creating tell-tale crimping. After reading all the nearly-identical stories from people who've had random non-warranty-covered parts failures and over-priced "Carhop Approved" mechanics bills that wound up driving them to repo on a car that they were already bent over the barrel for, I want you to copy and paste this so we can put Carhop out of business. I will never buy a single car from Carhop because I suspect they A) have a primary market for used parts, B) they replace any part that is of value with junkyard parts, C) they sell this frankenstein car well above market value because they have calculated the highest logical price the desperate buyer thinks they can afford, D) they know that the "more frequent than average" repairs at "higher than reasonable" rates is likely to force a repossession, and, finally, E) in order to hook you into paying damn-near your entire outstanding balance, they sell the car at a closed-auction to a sister company for around $10. That car then goes back up for sale and the cycle starts over. Please, make this post go viral. If it helps you to know, I have not bought a car from Carhop. In fact, in the way of capitalism, I think it is a genuis business plan. Unfortunately, they prey on desperation, and - being an ethical business owner - I can't simply sit idle knowing what I think I know and letting hard-working families suffer. Namasté