Scott Clark Honda

My husband and I traveled from Columbia, SC to purchase a 2007 Honda Odyssey from Scott Clark Honda. We were first time car-buyers and it must have shown. While meeting with Carlos in their finance department we were told that in order to obtain the financing offered by Wells Fargo (at 4.9% APR) we would be required to purchase an extended warranty through AUL for $2500. The justification given was that banks want to be safe from problems that older cars often pose. As I have discovered, this is a scam and it is illegal – no bank can require you to purchase a “service contract”/extended warranty to gain financing. Austin was our sales associate that day and rattled off features the van didn’t have and made promises he didn’t keep. When he told us everything was in working condition, we took him at his word. The reality was the van had a tail light out and a broken AC, which the warranty didn’t cover. Incidentally, it was our attempt to refinance the van in order to get out of a worthless warranty that led us to the realization that we were scammed. These are mistakes we won’t make again regardless of where we buy a car. However, I can assure you, we won’t ever return to this dealership. We learned a lot from our experience at Scott Clark Honda dealership and for all the wrong reasons!