Used Cars for Sale at Austin Auto Emporium LLC in Austin, TX

jwat1540

Sep 4, 2021

Went and looked at a Blue 2010 Mini Cooper JCW here a few months ago. They wanted $10,000 for a car that had a blue book value of about $9000. I was willing to pay more than blue book since the JCW models can be hard to find and this one was advertised as being in great condition. I called ahead and let them know I was on my way. when I got there the gates are locked within the advertised business hours. I finally got to look at it a few days later and the engine looked like the car was retrieved from a body of water. It was caked in mud. Not dusty, caked in mud with tons of oil residue. The start was very rough then I noticed an oil leak and the charge pipe was cracked and not secured properly. I took a look at a few other cars here and it just seems like the inventory isn’t taken care of or they just buy the worst shape cars they can find. This “dealer” seems to have some excuse to every negative review as opposed to just having better business practices. Not sure how this place stays in business.

Gregory Beach

May 29, 2021

Bought a Volkswagen passat from here. The owner worked with me on the car and was able to get it for a good deal. It's nice that he's willing to work with you if you have any issues.

Ricardo R

Feb 22, 2021

Purchased in October '20. Do not purchase a car from here unless you absolutely know what to look for or what you are doing. My son purchased an 06' 350Z. Since then we have had to replace the steering rack, tires, brakes, fender and undertray liners. This weekend another issue and we took it to a reputable shop to have an inspection done and turns out it will be $7500 to get back to running. That's more than we paid for the car. It has a valve cover gasket leak (the major issue) , radiator, ball joints and control arms need to be replaced, missing brake bolt, loose battery cable. Yes we knew we would have to fix a few things with an 06 but not overhaul the whole car. It should have never been sold or sold at a much lower price. I know the valve cover leak was there when we purchase it because we expressed concerned for the "smoking". We were told it was only spilled oil from an oil change. Scam Artist.

Anthony Lack

May 5, 2021

DO NOT BUY FROM THEM. My wife purchased a 2006 Audi A4 3.2 liter from them in March 2021. When we went to pick up the car, I pointed out that there was an oil leak and the owner of this dealership immediately became defensive, raised his voice at me and said, "We just fixed it, that's just a little extra runoff." As it turns out, they didn't fix it properly if they really did try, as he said. After a few weeks of driving this car was leaking two quarts of oil per week. We took it to the shop and came out with a bill for 2,350. The PCV system was clogged and whoever tried to repair it had sliced a number of hoses and sheared off bolts, making it worse. Then, evidently, whoever tried to fix it just slapped it back together, still broken, making the pressure rise in the crankcase and causing the lower seals to leak. The manifold gasket was also leaking. Coolant was leaking into the motor. We still have to repair the oil leaks that were caused by the high pressure inside this motor. Estimate for lower end repairs on the motor are over 3k. I'm sure the owner will respond by saying they would have fixed it had we taken it back but you can be the judge on their word after reading the other reviews, all of which say something very similar "the car was falling apart, they knew it, and they dumped it on us." We did call them and asked them to just take the car back and refund the original amount, minus the repair costs of 2,350 which we have already paid. They said no.

Jo Romines

Apr 27, 2021

This guy lied tryed to convince me of several problems with my vehicle i wanted to trade.on a deal he would have made 4000 but his greed took over and he made 0.i took my car to specialist and several fax chks .hes a greedy liar do not do trades with this businesshis redponse lies have carfaxes from 3 diffrant reputable places. No damage what so evdr now thats the truth