Autoquake reviews

funkycoldribena

camelot1971 wrote: »

It did seem a bit odd at first having to put £100 down sight unseen

Odd!!! you aint kidding, anyone who puts cash down on an unseen car must need their head read!

moo313

Im assuming its there to only get serious buyers and deter the timewasters who say they will come and look and dont turn up.

When I purchased the car I did pay to have a look but at the time I was unsure if I will have the financing in place. I did turn up to view the car. Im in Sheffield so travelling to Leeds wasnt a big problem for me. The place is that former Vickers factory with loads of cars inside. I was told to wait in one of the portacabins for the sales assistant to come and get me to show the car. After waiting 20 mins I got called out and was shown the car. The sales assistant left me to view the car on my own. So me and my friend have a look inside and outside the car and checked for any obivous issues. After 15 mins he asked what I thought and if I am still interested. I explained I might not have the financing in place so I will have to leave it for another day until it sorted I was told I will refunded my £100 in the next 3 - 5 days. I admit I was skepitcal I will be refunded and I will need to chase them but I did get refunded after 3 days.

Once I had the financing sorted out I decided to have a look if the car is still available to reserve again, which it was. So I decided to reserve the car and pay ther £100 again. When I went to see the car again I decided I wanted to test drive the car. I was allowed to drive in the car park and not on the public highway. I also raised the issue that I did a hpi check and it came up with outstanding finance (unit stocking). The HPI company told me the finance used is used by car dealers to stock their cars and I needed to get a letter in writing the finance will be cleared if I decided to purchase the car. When I mentioned the hpi check to the sales assistant he told me he will provide a letter to confirm the finance will be settled after purchase.

As i already explained before I was will be very suspicious of any company that claims to do a 100 odd point check. In my case this this wasnt true due to the worn out break discs and pads.

advice_please_2

I read on another forum that no pressure and was good. Identify all issues and check when pick ip

Apples2

Why do these people still do this??

camelot1971 wrote: »

I bought a 2005 55 plate Mondeo last
M[snip] mot, not even had to replace the tyres yet!

I've been in the market for a newer car for about £10k.
You simply can't knock the selection at AQ or the detailed photos but as long as those clowns keep spamming forums with this tripe I will not even consider going to them.

Do these muppets REALLY think their spam is doing the company any good??

NeverAgain_2

The only reliable reviews I have seen of Autoquake have been negative.

Genuine satisfied customers of any business tend not to be vocal, but from the information I have, I would not buy a car from Autoquake.

JQ.

All of these threads are a complete waste of time. The instigator of this particular thread has been a forum member less than a month and completed 23 posts of which 22 are about AQ. It would appear he or she is not exactly an unconnected 3rd party. Honestly, it's all very pathetic.

I have no connection to AQ, have never bought a car off them and have no intention of doing so - I'm just bored of these threads appearing on here. From my point of view it just appears to be a load of car traders slagging each other off with fictitious stories.

Alcan's first post as a member here (all the others seem to follow a similar theme), certainly doesn't sound like someone who wants to hear good things about AQ, as stated at the start of this thread :

In reply to the previous post from jase1: You may fail to see the problem, Jase, but there several MASSIVE problems with what Autoquake are doing!

Basically, their website makes various misleading and false claims.

1.They claim to offer a '7 day money back guarantee' which in fact they do not (they keep the £150 admin charge plus all delivery and finance costs).
They have been able to get away with this so far because the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) guidelines do not currently apply to websites. However, this changes on 31st March, when Internet advertising comes under the ASA remit. Autoquake will get one f***k of a shock when this happens, as people are waiting in line to report them.

2. They advertise cars as 'in good condition with fair wear and tear.' This is a highly ambiguous claim, as 'fair wear and tear' could mean anything to different people. In fact, Autoquake specialise in taking ex-lease cars which in many cases are damaged or defective (and so not suitable for dealer sales) and passing them off as 'in good condition' under the 'wear and tear' defence. This is illegal, as they are not admitting that the cars are damaged/defective at point of purchase.

3. Autoquake's website claims that their cars are 'sold as seen.' This is illegal: Autoquake are a dealer, and cars bought from them are covered by the Trades Descriptions Act and the Sale of Goods Act. They cannot sell cars 'sold as seen' - that would be a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment.

4. Autoquake claim that they offer a saving compared to the Parker's guide price. This is false, as the Parker's price applies to cars in good condition purchased from a dealer with warranty. If you add in the cost of the admin charge, buying a warranty, repairing damage and missing items such as keys, manuals and tools - Autoquake are in fact more expensive than a dealer. Again, the ASA will sort this out from the 31st March.

5. Autoquake claim to do a '141 point check' on their vehicles before sale. This appears to be false, as if you ask them for a copy of the checklist, they are unable to supply one (note that the website describes about 10 of the 140 points - what happened to the other 131?)

There are other issues, but it's Saturday and I'm busy.
It's sufficient to say that anyone thinking of buying from Autoquake should tread very carefully and be aware of the implications of what will happen if you find problems with the car after purchase. If £150 is small change to you, go ahead and order.

motorguy

alcan wrote: »

PS

camelot1971

I notice your only other post is about Expedia...sounds familiar...didn't Dermott work for them ??

DUH! Must go back to marketing skool!!

Quite a few autoquake senior staff are ex expedia.

Kilty_2

I don't see the point in this thread, OP?

You don't like autoquake, so don't buy from them, get on with your life.

Note that I am not connected with AQ and have never purchased anything from them - they are many hundreds of miles away from me.

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Errr, i dont work for AQ or Expedia.. im actually a civil servant who works in Bristol! Anyone who wants to add me on Facebook to see some photos of the car i took last year feel free to PM me for my name Or i could post a photo of the invoice, but im sure some on here would just say it was a fake . I take it that every single postive post about any company on here is a company "plant" then?

As for the expedia post, my family are off to Florida in June and was trying to see if someone could beat the quote, but they couldnt. The travel agent from Virgin who emailed me a few times couldnt get close to the price, which was a shame.

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NeverAgain wrote: »

The only reliable reviews I have seen of Autoquake have been negative.

Genuine satisfied customers of any business tend not to be vocal, but from the information I have, I would not buy a car from Autoquake.

So, by your logic only people that are dissatisfied post on forums (which on the whole i agree with). So do you only purchase things from companies that have no comments about them on the internet?

I would never make a purchase of anything based on what a random person on the internet has posted, good or bad.

As far as any major purchase, its always buyer beware, whether you buy a car from an internet site like AQ, or Ebay or even a car dealer. Theres plenty of posts on here, Pistonheads (where i also post) and Talkford.com where dealers have sold customers complete lemons.