Clayton Automotive Group, Inc.

Told me vehicle was in excellent condition and never damaged. From ad – “This Tacoma is a carfax certified 2 owner vehcile with no prior accident history.” When I looked at it in person it was obvious (because I have years of working on cars experience) that this truck had been in a MAJOR front end collission requiring a new front bumper, significant body repair on the passenger side, new headlights and new engine compartment parts. They had also painted a bedliner type textured coating on the underside to possibly coverup having bent major parts and skid plates back into shape. | When I told the salesman that he was clearly attempting to sell a previously wrecked truck as one without any prior damage he tried to give me a scam answer that he had no way of knowing that since Carfax only reports if a body shop or insurance company reports it to them. | He didn’t offer to show me the actual report. Interestingly, theres a big collision repair facility right next door to these crooks, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they had done the work there. The other thing I cought him in was that the pin striping was BRAND NEW (so new that a small peice of the trim cutting was still stuck to the front lip! | He admitted they had done that but still insisted he didn’t know about all of the other obvious wreck damage (like a gouge in the pax door tha revealed extensive Bondo body filler where it rubbed against the mangled body and frame screw on the front quarter panel). I asked if he was willing to lower the price since I had just proven the truck was not as advertised and he claimed to have no knowedge prior to my pointing it out. Of course he said no. I guess he’s just going to wait for some sucker that won’t realize they’re being ripped off!!!