Bob Rohrman Libertyville Mitsubishi The Worst Car Dealership Ever! Bob Rohrman!!! Libertyville Illinois

when i read how much you paid for that car, i thought it was a bit much until i searcched the internet and saw others pricing their 1995 Audi a4s as much as the one you pruchased. (I still think $7,000 is too much to pay, though.)

i'm very sorry for what happend to you. i know how it feels to buy a car and not get what you paid for it, because i bought a NEW car and it didn't live up to my expectations... but that is another story.

first off, here are a few suggestions that may be able to help you or someone else who may be reading:

* i'm a female who doesn't know much at all about cars so, if i can, i go to the dealership with someone who does.

* i ALWAYS have any car i'm about to buy professionally checked out by a real mechanic. perhaps if this had been done, a mecanic would have discovered the problems and saved you $7,000. only costs about $200 to have a car checked out. it would have also taught you not to buy another car from Rohrman.

* does a LEMON LAW apply here? its a good law to understand BEFORE you buy a car.

* also, please remember, you are purchasing a car that is more than a decade old. that means it almost has to have some problems, so it is better to know what those problems are BEFORE you buy. (Does the average car now-a-days last and run well past its first decade? just asking)

* and lastly, people buy used cars because they think they are saving money -- and they should save on a used car. but when that used car costs $7,000, it may have been easier to apply that as a downpayment on an affordable NEW car instead. i bet you could buy a nice new car for under $17,000. your kid is ony 17 years old and doesn't need to have the best right now, just transportation. a new AFFORDABLE car would have lasted until the 17-year-old got completely through college and maybe until they landed their first job. just sayin.'

* also, you letter shows you were impressed with how well the salespeople treated you when you first came in, but flipped the script on you when you came back with complaints. that, my dear sir or madam, is what many salespeople do: pretend to be your best friend in the world to get your money and then refuse to help you when you want to return what you have bought because it was a piece of garbage in the first place. be wiser next time and pay no attention to what a salesman selling such a big ticket item like a new car has to say (unless he will put it in writing) or do. or remember this: if their mouth is moving, they are lying.

sorry things turned out so badly for you. but you may want to think about a new car, since they are on sale right now, along with used ones.

I can't address the other issues; it's buyer beware when buying any used car, but...It is illegal for any dealership (ot private individual for that matter), to sell a vehicle that has had the emission system tampered with. I'd suggest contacting the Illinois Secretary of State's office (Jesse White) and if they don't forward the complaint to them, notification should be made to the EPA in Washington.


You might want to contact the dealership first and see if they are willing to take the car back after you advise them of your plan to report this matter. They can face some rather hefty fines and might be willing to buy the car back at this point. Even if they do though, I'd still file the report as any reputable dealership would check to verify that the emission system was intact prior to accepting the vehicle for trade and resell. In fact, whomever traded the car originally may also be held responsible as when you trade a vehicle, part of the small print is a certification that the vehicle has not had it's emissions system altered. The dealership may very well be able to recover what they gacve for the trade from the prior owner. Good luck & let us know if this works for you.

but i have had no luck with any goverment agency in getting this resolved any sugg. on who i would contact

for a car dealer to sell an auto that does not have its antipolution equipment intact?