European Auto Center - El Cerrito, California

Rosha E.

Thank you Matt for the excellent Running Maserati. I am a happy customer.

Hammy

Great place to purchase your first car. Their staff was very helpful in finding me an affordable car. My budget was very low but that was not a problem. They found a BMW in my budge that I use to commute to work and school. Headache free and a free detail.
They made my first car buying experience very easy and stress free.
The owner was very respectable and showed concern for my financial situation. My wife and I are very pleased and will be going back to purchase her a vehicle too.

Sterling D.

I had a great experience at this dealership. I will highly recommend them. The owner Matt is such a nice person. Even with my challenged credit he made it happen. I got my dream car that i always wanted.

Andrew D.

Had a terrible experience with these guys. I saw a vehicle on their website for $30,750. Spoke with them on the phone and asked their hours to come see it, they mentioned 10am-7pm. I flew up from LA and arrived a few minutes after 10am only to realize they don’t get in until 1pm according to a neighboring detailer. I waited around until 1, checked out the car and test drove it. When I was going to purchase the car he claimed the website pricing wasn’t accurate and they’re asking $42k for the car. Huge waste of time and money coming here.

Trevor A.

Matt Matin is a crook who sell cars he knows have major problems. He concealed known problems from me and then reneged on his agreement to pay for repairs.

I live in Reno but was on a road trip in California on June 2, 2015 and decided to stop here to take a look at their Corvette. It looked fine but was in a glassed in room, not easy to get out. We had to work the next morning in Reno and had to stop in Stockton for dinner with my parents so were in a hurry. Matt assured me that he had been over the car with a fine toothed comb and it was "perfect". He provided a clean carfax report. I decided to buy the car and paid with 3 checks, 2 of which were postdated because I would need to move some money out of brokerage accounts for the checks to be paid. His son retrieved the car and I heard it start rough although I was in the office at the time. It started fine for me in the lot and I drove it to Stockton for dinner with my parents. By the time we finished dinner to leave for Reno it was almost 9 PM. The car started but would not run properly (very rough) and repeatedly died. I was forced to leave it in Stockton with my parents.

Next day I contacted Matt Matin and advised him of the problem. I also stopped payments on 2 of the checks totaling $26,000, although the first check for $6,000 cleared. After intermittent starting and running problems, my Dad was able to get the car to Reno. I replaced the bad battery but the car now was not starting at all. I had it towed to a local Chevy dealer. He agreed to pay for any repairs not caused by running the car out of fuel, and agreed to pay to fix the fuel gauge if that was an issue. The dealer ran diagnostics and replaced 3 burned out relays. I paid for the repairs and got the car home, but although the car now started, it was intermittently failing to run. About 1/3 of the time, seemingly at random, it would turn over, run rough, and die. I advised Matt and asked him to come get this POS and refund my money. He refused. He insisted that I had bought the car "AS IS". I countered that the "AS IS" part of the contract was void if there was fraud in the inducement, such as concealing known defects or if he had falsely assured me that he had been over the car with a "fine toothed comb" as he claimed.

I had the car towed back to the dealer again. Matt continued to demand payment and make various threats if I didn't pay. Ultimately I agreed to pay on the condition that if the problem occurred again within a week he would pay to fix it. He had failed to pay for the relays and diagnostics as agreed but I deducted that $300 from the balance owed and paid him in full.

By this time we are in early July and I hadn't been able to enjoy the car without problems for a single day. I had been stranded away from home once in Stockton and twice in Reno and it had also failed to run when parked at home. The dealer finally discovered the problem in mid to late July. The invoice reads as follows: "Underhood fuse block and terminal are melted, poor connection on fuel pump terminal 1.00 verified concern..." When I finally got the car back the service rep told me that there was no possible was that the guy who sold me the car (Matt Matin) didn't know about this problem when he sold it to me and also no way that anything I had done had caused the problem.

I emailed Matt and asked him to honor his agreement to pay the $578.63 for the additional repairs. I had already absorbed the cost of the new battery and gas cap and lost almost 2 months of use plus all the hassles. Matt refused. He claimed that he didn't have to pay because the repairs were made more than a week after his last email. I responded that he never said the repairs needed to be made within a week, only that the problem had to continue during that week, and in fact the problem had been present from the day I drove the car off his lot. No response. Do not buy from him.

Magdy A.

Great customer service, owner showed loyalty to his customers also very clean cars for the price! Got a great deal and will be going back for my 2nd vehicle.

Christopher M.

Don't buy a car from these guys. The owner is rude and couldn't answer a simple question on an over priced car. Be aware, these predatory so called dealers prey on disadvantaged folks and charge way more. Check quality and questionable finance tactics.

Isaiah H.

Everything went smoothly. Worked with me however he could, most likely will go back and purchase something else