G & R Auto Sales

We arrived to check out a car we found on Autotrader only to be told that they were closing up early. Okay…
We decided to check out the car anyways, and found it in the brush along the lot. The car was in rough shape and it doesn’t seem like they take any time to polish up the cars before selling. We won’t be returning.

Drove an hour to look at a car; we called before leaving to verify its availability. When we first arrived we were told it was sold, then as leaving told that no down payment was made so it was still available. This car was advertised as clean title, no accidents, clean car fax. This was all restated several times while we were going over the vehicle. We noticed two spots of oil under the car, the salesman didn’t say anything when we showed him. We test drove, he made sure to tell us we only had 10 minutes, and came straight back. Upon pulling up the car started smoking, he immediately started asking us if we were hard on it, got the RPMs up; we hadn’t. We then requested the car fax, he made sure to say again no accidents, when clearly on the car fax it had an accident recorded. Complete waste of time, and terrible customer service.

I bought my first car from the owners 10 years ago. My experience with them the first time was great! I bought my second car from them, 10 years later. They are honest, upfront, have great prices, and are very friendly! I would recommend them to anyone!

I’m not sure what to give this place, I enjoyed my experience until the owner came around.
The pros are they do have a good selection and the cars are separated by make.
Tim is really nice, and helpful. I would have liked him to get commission and think he should open his own place. The car I looked at was in good shape just 20 years old but high on the price.
The cons… the owner, Roman.
Salesman Tim wanted to sell me a car. He let me take it to a mechanic and talked lower prices with me. Roman told me Kelly Blue was only a guideline, said the price was based on rusted cars with holes in them. He was upset I asked for a lower price AND then still took it to a mechanic. Used car lots are about negotiating. I did my home work and wasn’t going to over pay he seemed appalled by this. At one pointed he threw his hands up in shoo shoo gesture and walked away back into the office.
I wanted the car but it was still too high for year and work it needed so I said thank you but I was going to walk away. TIm still offered to find me cheaper parts and asked what I was willing to pay.
I would have bought a car from Tim not Roman and I would have thrown in a box of Midol for Roman. I’m not saying you shouldn’t go here. Just be educated and ready to battle.

I recently called G&R Auto Sales asking about a car, and before I could even say the whole make and model of the car the man on the phone started to say «sold. sold. sold. sold. it’s sold». That is so rude to a potential customer, it’s unbelievable. I don’t even have to step foot on the lot to know I don’t want to do business with them.

I found this place via an all-​caps, heavily misspelled craigslist ad. That was the first clue but against my better judgement I decided to drive to Lynnwood to check out a 2004 Toyota Matrix.
Don’t waste your time.
Roman (the owner) was not willing to negotiate AT ALL on the basis that the car was «a diamond.» Ha.
Positives: I was able to test drive the car I was interested in without a salesperson. And I left with a few memorable quotes.

My husband left the original– unhelpful review of Rude and Weird I would like to add on to that.
Seriously– this was the most bizarre and uncomfortable experience we have ever had with a car «dealership». First– even though the place was clearly open due to lights on in the office and their flashing OPEN sign– it was dark in their lot when we went by around 4:30 in the afternoon and the only person who came out to «greet» us while we were clearly standing by a car trying to look at it for five minutes was someone who got about fifty feet away and said «the owner isn’t here and will be back soon» but he had to repeat himself five times because we couldn’t hear him over the roar of traffic on 99 and the pouring rain and he wouldn’t speak up or get any closer– okay, what– we are about the most normal and boring looking people on the planet and he made us feel real weird by his aversion to getting within any kind of conversational distance.
Then– we continue to stand around and see the owner pull up and go directly inside his office– he definitely saw us though because he made eye contact. So we wait because my husband is annoying and despite me asking to leave multiple times because this place was giving me the creeps he really wanted to look at this car. So we wait and wait and see the owner walking around in his office talking on the phone and still looking out at us and then ignoring us and then not talking on the phone and then talking on the phone again.
So after waiting around for about fifteen freezing cold minutes I put my foot down and load up our toddler and get into the car when finally the owner comes out of his office and tells us «we let people look on their own, we aren’t pushy here» and he decided it was appropriate then after his fail at car salesmanship to try to go into car selling mode– well you also are terrible at customer service because there is a difference between letting people look at their own pace and seeing people stand around ONE CAR in the dark and pouring rain and totally ignoring them.
So this guy lost a cash sale because we were pretty set on buying that car, and I am still creeped out while I write this review because this place was so totally off putting and weird and just not cool at all.
Seriously– this place sucks.

Tim and the rest of the staff at G & R Auto Sales did a fantastic job at making my car buying experience as smooth as possible. Tim is a straight forward salesman, a rare commodity in the used car sales profession. He gave an awesome deal a wonderful car and great financing. I would definitely recommend them, if you are looking for a good deal on a used car.

If I could give negative stars to this place I would. This was by far the worst place to buy a car on the west coast. They asked $ 4,000 over the KBB excellent condition of the car despite the car having serious wear and tare and need of new tires. They wouldn’t budge on their price which is their prerogative, but with inquiries as simple as asking for $ 500 off for new tires the Russian owner began yelling and trying to get in a pissing contest. The salesman was pedantic and tried to convince us some severe engine squeak and rattle was «nothing.» Get your overpriced lemons here.

tim is a staight shooter, no pressure type of guy — until he forgot to call me back — which led me to shop elsewhere

When I go car shopping, I normally find that I leave wanting to choke a car salesman — and I think they end up liking me even less. I didn’t ever think I’d use ‘pleasant’ and ‘car shopping’ in the same sentence, but it actually was pleasant. I found the sales staff and the owner to be low pressure, straight shooters and (dare I say) even easy going. I bought a great Subaru Outback and left with my sanity in tact. They are definitely worth a visit.

Their ad on craigslist (Dec 17, 2011 at 12:47pm) for a 2007 white Honda Fit says it gets 48mpg. I own a Honda Fit for the same year, and the best I’ve seen is 35mpg with the tires fully inflated.
Sorry G&R, but I don’t trust you.

I had an awesome experience with g and r. They got me financed when I had really really bad credit. They were nice, polite and easy to deal with. I would cheerfully do business with them again.
My van runs great. I’ve had no problems with the quality of vehicle I purchased.

I am updating my previous review. What ended up happening was there were two major problems. We made a deal with the dealer owner to pay $ 1300 for parts and labor at cost. This was lower than Toyota quoted repairs. The dealer really didnt want us to think he was taking advantage of us. He said after the truck was fixed he would help us sell it if we wanted to. The two major «problem lights» have not come back on, but the small one did after driving another hundred miles. Overall: The truck is pretty much okay now, although I wish that light would go away, but I would have rather rewound time and not bought it in the first place