Buying a car from Repo Depo

[jaggars]

Anyone in this forum has any experience buying a car from Repo Depo. please post your experiences.

Thanks
https://www.repodepo.ca

[ben123]

I bought my first car at repodepo, so did all my brothers. You should be fully aware of what you are doing though for a few reasons:

1) you buy the car as is where is - We had our cars inspected by a good mechanic (relative) to make sure everything "looked" ok (you can never be 100% sure) and we had dealer plates to drive to his garage...

2) Its 100% repo - someone was recently driving this car, and its more likely to be in decent condition (and not a shady dealer trying to sell you the lemon)

3) The only thing they guarantee is that the car is lein free - so make sure that you give it a good inspection first, and they wont let you test drive it (but I did convince them to move it around a bit for me to listen to how it shifted etc)

4) be aware of what the same car with the same features commonly sells (or is listed for) by private sellers. The best deals are usually had by looking at the cars with a "special" (ie buy it now) price, but that is mandated by the leinholder, and may not always be a good investment.

All that said, I saved over 50% on the price of a similar car when I bought mine, and was able to get new brakes, new tires (as well as winter tires) and still come out ahead, so it is definitely worth it.

[urameatball]

also keep in mind that owners usually know their car is about to get repo'd, and these owners aren't usually the most upstanding citizens.
My guess is many of them didn't follow the maintenance schedule.

Personally, I'd rather buy a rebuilt car than a repo car.

[EZman]

Does anyone know how often do they update their inventory on their website?