Ryan’s Auto Sales

Purchased three cars from here over the years and going back form the next one. Owner is a stand up guy. Steered me away from a car he would have made more money on and to a car he thought was a better match for me. He was right. I have been going back ever since

I attempted to buy a car from these guys (I’m in California). Ryan said I was first in line and refused my offer of a deposit. I asked him to have the car checked out by the local Ford dealer. He was so confident of the car’s great shape that he offered to have it inspected on his dime. The only weird thing was he kept pushing some local mechanic and telling me that the Ford dealership wasn’t very reputable, but he’d take it there if I really wanted him to. I assured him that I wanted the Ford dealership to do the inspection. He agreed and told me to buy my plane ticket and that he’d call me back as soon as the inspection was done. Two days later I called back to find out what the status was and didn’t get an answer. I called several times and had no luck. My father called from Chicago and someone claiming to be his brother told him that it was sold and that Ryan had to leave town for some emergency (and wouldn’t be back for some time).
Because this was something of a rare car, I believe that he found a local buyer willing to pay the same amount of money and just decided to sell the car to that person.