The car we bought from Rob has had problems before it even left the lot.
After buying it on paper, we were delayed several times to pick it up because he couldn't figure out what was causing some of the dash warning lights coming on.
After several delays I suggested that maybe we should get a different car, off his lot, and he wasn't receptive to that.
Finally we recieved the car after at least two weeks of purchasing. Then other problems started right away. We even bought the Lubrico warranty. When I called Rob about these issues he was aloof and made made me feel like too bad, you're on your own. We had the car for a little over a month with most of its time in his shop! I would use caution when purchasing from here, and be prepared to wait.
Fast forward spring 2017. Getting car prepped for daughter who is coming home from school. Car pisses out oil. Called Rob to see if we can get in early and use the Lubrico warranty. Two weeks and no return call.
Will update if there are any issues using the Lubrico warranty we purchased at another shop.
????UPDATE????
After finally getting through to Rob, I was too annoyed to deal with him for warranty repairs. I asked him where the Lubrico warranty could be used locally.
Of course, he didn’t know. I called Lubrico to find the closest shop in my area.
Luckily a local shop honoured it, and did all the necessary repairs, and found other issues that they called me about, and addressed them too.
The warranty itself and dealing with the Lubrico company, was an okay experience. We had to pay a deductible - about $100, but that was really peanuts to what we would have had to pay for all the other issues with the car.
I would likely use this third party warranty again with an older model purchase.
Fast forward 2019 - daughter bought first brand new car, and the old 2004 Mazda was purchased by a family acquaintance who was familiar with he initial issues. To my knowledge the car is running fine. You can’t expect perfection with an older model but it did have very low KM and by all outside appearances, looked to be in very good shape when we bought it. If the little gremlins were dealt with by Rob as they manifested right off the lot, the experience would have been much better.