Silicon Valley Auto Source

We took our Saturn Sky out for a spin. Aaron took care of all of the details that came up. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend or purchase from again.

This is an update related to the business owner’s comment to my review. The shiny hopeful follow-​up from him is totally insincere. Besides trying to guilt me into changing my review of his business, Chris didn’t offer any solutions to the lemon he sold me. In my original review, I had omitted that I had 5.5k worth of repair 3 mos after I purchased the vehicle from him for 11.5k. When I brought this to his attention, he blamed everyone and everything and actually told me how unfair I was being for writing such a bad review of his new «reformed» business. This guy is a navel-​gazing, fraudster-​manchild, and as you might guess, nothing was resolved between this customer and his business. Solid one star service (and negative five stars if I could give it).

Within 24 hours of emailing my requirements for a safe SUV, SVAS had a perfect SUV available to me for sale. The price was great, and the service event better. We bought the SUV 24 hours later. The decision experience was great — I counted zero times I was pressured. He provided more than enough information and spent the time with us to make sure every question was answered. And the purchase experience was better than all my previous dealer experiences. SVAS is now my first stop when buying cars.

Avoid at all costs– they sold me a lemon and they don’t allow the car to be inspected by an impartial third party before purchase. In addition to selling me the car with over %50 of the breaks worn down, there were a myriad of other problems. (there was a suspension knocking that I was unable to hear during the test drive because the guy selling me the vehicle wouldn’t STFU the entire ride).
The vehicle I purchased depreciated over 80% from what I paid for it less than 1.5 years ago, though to be fair some of that can also be attributed to make/​model and the market — but not the entire 80%.
The one good thing to come out of this debacle is that I will now never buy a car again and will ALWAYS lease my vehicles. STAY AWAY FROM SILICON VALLEY AUTO SOURCE!

Just your everyday used car salesman assholes. These two scumbags sold me a lemon Subaru with bad head gaskets AND wheel bearings, costing me a few thousand dollars. They also sold it with nearly bald tires and cracks in the windshield I didn’t notice since it was raining. They’ll do anything to cut corners and save a few dollars, avoid doing business with these truly useless human beings if you value your time and money.

Had my eye on an 2010 Audi A4 and decided to come in and had a great experience.
It was low pressure and I was given the freedom and time to really look at the car on my own and take a test drive on my own. Negotiations were easy and Aaron let me go and run some errands and then come back to actually pick up the car later. He had all the paperwork ready and I was able to leave shortly.
Had a great experience and will definitely keep them top of mind next time I’m in the market.
Will update if I have any problems with the car!

Usually when I buy something expensive, pre-​owned, and sold by an independent party, I give it about a week until I bust out with the Unilocal review. Just in case, you know, something terrible happens to the car shortly after.
Like, I wouldn’t give a 5 star rating to a place that sold me a car that exploded 3 days after purchasing. (Unless it was a Ford Pinto… In which case, that would be MY bad)
I had my eyes on a black 2001 Volvo V70 x/​c station wagon. I’ve owned Volvo Station wagons since I got my drivers license, I’m a musician so I need the space. Right as my old man and I got there, we were greeted by Aaron, who already knew our names, and had the theme from «The Exorcist» as his ringtone. I knew right away this was going to be legit.
Basically, the way these guys do business is super casual, and comfortable. You can tell they worked on big used car lots for too long, and traded in a pushy, commission-​based sales job for keeping it real. I dig that. Aaron and his co-​worker are hilarious, and I felt no hassle, no tricks up sleeves, and no dishonesty. If they didn’t know how to answer a question on the carfax, instead of dancing around it w/​bs, instead you get an honest «I don’t know, let’s find out», which goes a long way.
So it’s been a week, the wagon is in perfect shape, I haven’t exploded, and I highly recommend this place if you’re not trying to break the bank and are okay with not being up tight while doing business.

picked up a prius from Aaron at car depot. it was a pretty smooth transaction.
The car wasn’t the condition described over the phone, nor did I get the financing percent promised for having excellent credit. The bottom line, I decided to buy the car anyways.
Aaron seemed very knowledgeable when it came to Prius’s. A prius isn’t your normal car and not every dealer knows all the details about these cars. Since he drove one himself he knew a lot about Prius’s compared to other dealers I’ve spoken too.
I looked at every single flaw and asked questions, I even triple checked everything. Took a look talked about the car for 5 – 10 minutes, took a look again. I took a look for a final time before signing the papers. I asked how I could tell if the car had ever been in an accident. He explained that every body part on toyota’s now has a vin number on it, doors, hood, trunk, body panels, etc. He showed me that each body part was original. I saw a plug inside one of the door sills. He explained that it was done for paintless dent repair. We talked about the prius battery, and took a look at all the carfax details. The more i looked at the car, the more I knew what I was getting into.
What can I say, I bought the car, it was a very good deal. I’m happy, the car runs as it should. I will come back again if I needed another car.
conclusion: Again it’s up to you to inspect the car and look at every deal especially when your buying used. You ask the right questions, you’ll get the right answers. The dealer themselves may not know every single detail about the car. They buy it, clean it up as much as possible and sell it.
great job guys!

Since 1987 I have purchased 8 automobiles from Linda Yazell. She used to be with Buyway, then Access Auto as a personal auto shopper. With her extensive connections and long career in the auto industry she seems to always be able to find the auto I want and at the best financial terms for me.
She can assist with leasing, finding the lowest capitalization cost, finding the lowest money factor and comparing the residual value between several cars of similar type.
Linda coordinates the delivery of the auto to your place of residence and handles the paperwork. This is so convenient not to have to deal with the demanding price negotiation banter at a dealership.

I went here twice. I test drove a car. I told them I would make arrangements for our mechanic to check it out. When I called to tell them I wanted to take the car to the mechanic they told me I would have to BUY the car first and if I rejected the car I could bring it back but there would be a charge of several hundred dollars to change the DMV.
They told me that all dealers did this. I have been buying used cars since the 1970s and I have never run into this.
Why would I buy a car without knowing what was wrong with it? They were already asking well over blue book. How stupid would I be to trust the dealer’s ‘independent’ mechanic who checked it out.
Very unhelpful when I asked about having one of their employees drive the car over, despite the fact that both times I went over there they were lounging around the office with nothing to do.

It’s not your conventional showroom style car dealer, but you can expect a pleasant no pressure buying experience. Very friendly staff that lets you be the boss. No hard sell manipulation that’s prevalent at most car dealers. They offer high quality vehicles that are in great condition. The cars practically sell themselves. I settled on a 2004 Acura MDX that was like new. Best of all, I made an offer that was accepted without the tedious process of haggling.

I would be concerned about buying a car from this company, mostly because they don’t give you the full picture of the car. Given they sell used cars, it won’t be perfect, however, had a bunch of problems within 72 hours of buying ~$ 25,000 car. including:
1) Small chip in window that I didn’t notice at first… and they certainly did not mention ($ 60) repair
2) Battery died and needed to be replaced ($ 90 + hassle of being stuck in a parking lot)
3) needed 4 new tires… which I was aware of. When I went to Costco, they noted it needed a Wheel Key which Car Depot did not provide with the car (another hassle of going to an Acura dealership to get… another $ 80 and more lost time… in addition to $ 1300+ for 4 tires))
4) only gave 1 key set once purchased saying that is all they have. ($ 180 for a special key from Acura…+ time/​hassle)
On the last 2 items thei answer was basically sorry that’s your problem.
Bottom line I would be very cautious to buy from Car Depot. Regardless of their pressure, do not buy without a thorough check-​up from a mechanic you trust (don’t let them sway you with pressure saying you will have to pay several hundred $ for an «insurance package» to let you return it after an inspection.