The Fine Auto Store - Imperial Beach, California

Nathan G. D. F.

Scam artist. Bought a Diesel F350 Truck. I was told by Ernie Sr. that it could pull a house down the street. He lied! We connected it to our dump trailer and it had 0 pulling power. Paid 28k for the truck. Ernie sold us the warranty package (Worthless)

One of the worst decisions of my 60 years of life.

I recommend that you stay away from the "Fine" auto scam!

miguel V.

I bought truck not even a week later I have a flat tire because it's bald check engine light came on tire presure sensor came on but owner claims that because I got a good deal everything that's wrong with the truck is as is no help whatsoever took the truck to get check engine light diagnosis and found out it related to smog but owner swears he had it smoked but mechanic told that the monitors for smog aren't even ready stay away don't recommend this place

Dan D.

Made an appointment to go look at a van and the guys were super helpful showing me around. I was able to take it on a test drive to wherever I wanted to try it out no issues. They also agreed to a profesional out of shop inspection. They worked with me on a price. I would go back to purchase good experience.

Irish D.

Stay away from this place I bought a car last week and they told me nothing was wrong with it. I was with my son so I was distracted and they were already telling me to take out a loan from the bank to pay for the car I didn’t even test drive it!! They assured that the car was great and it won’t leave me down or stranded. Three days later it didn’t turn on. I paid 300 for a new starter and it still acting up and doesn’t start at times. To top it off it already needs an oil change and one of the tires had a nail. This car is a lemon!! Now I’m struggling paying the bank back for a car that doesn’t work. I called them and they act like they have no idea and say call this person stating they aren’t at the shop etc. when I was signing the papers they were talking to me at the same time and rushing me through the process. When I paid to replace the starter I checked the paperwork and in one of the 100 pages it says sale as is and that they aren’t responsible for anything!!! No warranty are you serious? Why couldn’t they tell me this? I tell you why, they just want money they can careless about anyone. Please don’t go here. Now im stuck paying for a car that doesnt work. This is not fair.

rob S.

I had an excellent experience at this shop. I found a gorgeous car, and took it for a spin. I got all my questions answered, and was offered an outstanding deal. I ultimately decided to pursue some other leads. The car was in great shape, and I was very close to pulling the trigger. I highly appreciate the professionalism offered by the owners here. I will certainly look to this shop next time I am in the market. Thanks guys.

Stacy T.

PLEASE GO ANYWHERE but here!!! The owners are really sketchy and even though I've already been pre-approved for an auto loan by my bank(with a down pmt large enough to buy the car outright) they tried to force me to apply for THEIR "EZ financing" BEFORE they would allow a test drive. But, why would I agree to a hard pull on my credit when I might not buy the car? When I questioned the owner about the discriminatory nature of this "policy" he stuttered and stammered about the "Kids" who come to play around to drive the car without buying. Uh, I'm 50 and still have other lots to visit.That's when the owner promptly told me to leave bc he didn't want to do business with me. Huh?Business people who don't trust customers are typically people who can't be trusted. Save yourself the headache, there are more trustworthy professionals to buy from.

Christopher H.

The guys that run this place are crooks and shady in all aspects. I should of known not to buy a vehicle from here. I purchased a Jeep Liberty from this place at the end of June and now at the beginning of August the Jeep sporadically over heated this morning on my way to work and blew the engine, now I have to pay and replace the entire thing. I have not even received the plates and registration for it yet! Literally days after I purchased it, I had trouble with it randomly stalling out on me at traffic lights, then I had to get an oil change and tire rotation because the oil needed to be changed. Also, replaced the air filters because they were done too. This all has happened in less than two months time. The sad part is it looked like it was in great condition and ran well on the test drive. Just so you know looks like they dealt me a lemon and now I am having to deal with it. The sales guy basically lied the entire time telling me not a thing is wrong with it, it is in perfect condition.

,Darren H.

I guess we all fell victims to the fine auto store here is my story bought a diesel truck from this place and it went down in 3 weeks only been driven 6 times short periods took it to a reputable shop to learn it had bad injectors and a host of things after being told it was in great condition showed me a car report with no accidents well pulled my own after it went down and it showed one I don't no how they sleep at night ripping hard working people off the cost of living in san Diego is high enough without having to make unnecessary car repairs on top of the car payment so I'm taking them to court to take a stance against a business that take advantage of people who work hard to make a honest living and you should too my advice to you is not do what I did spent 14000 grand for some 4k auction junk! Still have not sent registration or title to the lien holder bad business all the way around!