MEI Auto Finance and AutoMax of Arlington I wouldn't wish MEI Auto Finance on my worst enemy Arlington Texas

HORROR STORY: I purchased a used vehicle from AutoMax in Febuary 2015 and the car salesman was Scottrell Morris. He spoke very highly of the 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV. I asked to test drive the vehicle, but it was blocked in by other cars, so I wasn't able to move the car. I sat in the car and checked out the inside and looked under the hood - everything looked great - except, the AC wasn't blowing cold air at all. I figured it needed freon - simple fix. Despite this, Scottrell said that if I brought the car back after a couple of days, the dealership would fix it. 

Within one hour of talking about the price of the car, it went from $9,000 to $15,000 because the salesman was a complete idiot. I figured the price misquotation was a human error. I gave Scottrell the down payment and he went to the back to process paperwork. Two hours later, he comes back with a price of a little more than $18,000...and with finance charges, it would cost a little more than $21,000. This is for a vehicle that has 96,000 miles on it with no AC.

Anyway, I got the price down to $16,000. After a few days of having the vehicle, Scottrell is nowhere to be found to contact the service department to fix the AC. He successfully tricked me into keeping the car past the return time legally given for automobiles. That summer, I paid $400 to fix the AC and inspect the vehicle for additional issues: the transmission fluid was black, the brake fluid was black, the power steering fluid was grey, the brake calipers all ceased up when the brakes were being replaced, the rotors were rusted from the salt on the streets in NJ where the car came from, and there was an oil leak. After a year and a half of having the car, I owe a little over $10,000 for the vehicle and the AC still doesn't work, despite having it serviced twice, along with other preventative maintenance concerns.

I wouldn't recommend my worst enemy buying a vehicle from AutoMax or dealing with MEI Auto Finance. MEI Auto Finance is the parent company of AutoMax and they will finance the car, but the interest rate will be about 19-21%.