4 Customer Reviews
Review from John J
1 star02/19/2024
Beware of this dealership's scam tactics. ********************* is very deceiving. They sold my car and haven`t told me for months about it! This is utter nonsense and not ethical dealership! If you do business with them demand to see paperwork!!!They also deleted my review from their ****** account!Review from Gary A
5 stars12/23/2023
I just purchased a car from **** at Charleston Classics. The car had to be shipped across several state lines, and arrived on time and an excellent condition. I was pleased with the professional way in which I was dealt. **** was true to his word, and the car I received was the car I expected in terms of condition. I would highly recommend this business as a place for you to buy your next classic car.Review from Paul M.
1 star05/22/2023
I purchased a **** Buick Grand National in December of 2022. I made an agreement with the salesman (*********************) that I would buy the vehicle if a few repairs were made. Since I didn't plan to drive the vehicle in the winter months I was not in a hurry to pick up the vehicle. I picked up the vehicle on a trailer in April because I live 100 miles away and didn't have anyone to ride with me. From the moment I brought the vehicle home it had smoke pouring out of the engine compartment and extra heavy exhaust. ********************* kept telling me it was a PCV valve problem. I did research and told him everything I read pointed to a bad cylinder. I brought it back to them on April 24 with the understanding they would fix it. 10 days later I finally got in touch with **** and he said he put a new PCV valve and it was fixed. He said he did diagnostic tests and everything was fine. I picked it up on a trailer again. I got it home and it smoked just as bad. I brought it to a local mechanic and he determined that cylinder #5 had no compression by simply performing a compression test. This proved that I was lied to by Charlestown Classics. Now I need an engine rebuild for about $7,500.00. I paid $40k for this vehicle and to this day have not been able to drive it. I have spent over $1k on fuel, trailer rentals, and paying a mechanic to assess the cylinder #5 issue. I posted a review on ****** and a review on ******** and Charlestown Classics has blocked me from visiting their website. That is how they have handled this situation so far.Customer Response
08/21/2023
On June 12, 2023 ********************* from Charlestown Classics offered to reimburse me $4,200.00 for the repairs to my **** Buick GN. I accepted the offer on June 12, 2023. I have an email chain that states the offer by **** and the acceptance by me. Now **** is refusing to pay the promised reimbursement. I am not sure where to turn to now. Small Claims court and/or the Attorney General of ******** is possibly my next step.Review from J
1 star09/29/2021
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS DEALERSHIP. It pains me to even call it that. ************* really screwed my family and I over. I reached out to this company to purchase a **************************************** both told us it was running and drivable. Al also told us the body was in great condition and free from rust. He made sure to keep reminding me how great of a deal I was getting by purchasing this car for $18,000, because it would be going for no less then $25,000 if it was summer time. I wanted to buy this car for my dad because it was his life long dream and he is not in good health. As soon as the vehicle arrive to our property, it wouldnt even start to back off the tow. My husband took the car to two repairable classic car restoration services (one of which didnt even want it staying overnight in his shop because of safety issues with the electrical he discovered) and the other walking us through step by step all that was wrong with the vehicle, estimating upward of 40,000-50,000 to repair correctly. When we tried to discuss the issues with Al and the dealership, we were told we should have had someone tied to come there and do our own inspection and essentially they were at no fault. I might as well flushed $18,000 down the toilet ??
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