Dan Martin's Auto Depot Ltd NY 10703

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Anyone who knows me, knows how much I hate buying cars. They also know that I rarely write reviews. Despite that, my recent purchase from Dan Martin's Auto Depot makes me what to share my experience. Our 1998 V70 served us well for the past 20 years, but had some issues that would prevent it from passing NYS inspection. I decided to look at possible replacements. Initially, I was thinking about picking up a 2-3 year old car, but wasn’t crazy about the current styles. Looking on-line, I happened upon a 2007 V70 at Dan Martin's that looked like it checked all of the boxes. The mileage was low for its age, the condition seemed perfect, it appeared to be well maintained, and the long roof wagon provided lots of room for our two dogs. I don’t make car buying decisions very fast, so I mulled it over for a while before contacting Dan Martin's about its availability (and asking my wife for permission to consider it). Peter promptly replied and sent me a link with loads of pictures that clearly showed the car’s condition. He told me that they had carefully gone over the car and what parts they replaced. The free CarFax showed that the car had been carefully maintained by its previous two owners. The ‘problem’?—I live about 300 miles away from Yonkers, outside Rochester, NY. I toyed with taking the bus or train down to Yonkers to see it and possibly drive it back. Peter was so easy to deal with, that I had confidence to buy the car, without seeing it in person. I wired the money, Peter found a very reasonable shipper to truck it to me, and a few days later, the car was in my driveway. The car was exactly as described, if not better. I feel like I have a new car, at a fraction of the cost. I told Peter, that he made the entire sales process to be as easy as buying something on Amazon. After buying this car, I may not wait another 20 years to buy my next. I highly recommend, without hesitation, Dan Martin's Auto Depot and especially, Peter. For me, it was a welcome change to the car buying experience.

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Tim Trompeter

I would give Peter six stars if I could. My wife and I were in a hurry to replace our car, which had just died. After searching the internet I placed a couple of exploratory phone calls, looking for a used Volvo. Only Peter responded promptly. He was courteous, knowledgeable and professional, never pushy. He explained that Dan Martin's does not deal in financing, but refers people to credit unions - this avoids the backroom tricks associated with used car dealerships. After a number of texts and phone calls we arranged to meet the next day to test drive a 2007 Volvo that he had recently polished up and put on the market. As promised, Peter met us at the train station with the car, and I drove us back to his shop a few miles away. The car looked like new, drove like new. Peter provided me with a checklist of the work that had been done to prepare it for sale. The automotive shop was expansive, clean, light and airy with a small group of mechanics at work on a variety of luxury cars. We surprised Peter by saying "we'll take it" along with the need to drive away with it that afternoon. Peter handled the paperwork on the spot as I called my insurer etc. After an hour or two of detail work, we drove off with our "new" old car. That was 5 weeks ago. We love the car, and the whole buying experience with Peter was exemplary. Could not have been better!

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Joe Fournier

I came across Dan Martin's Auto during a drive from out of state to NYC when my recently purchased, higher-mileage Volvo XC90 suddenly started having issues (limp-mode kicked in from cylinder misfire, blown spark plug and bad coil). Peter and his tech took my car in late in the day (on a Saturday too) and repaired the car so quickly, and he gave some really helpful advice for caring for a Volvo with this high of mileage too (140k+). I highly recommend him and his team, especially for any Volvo owner.