1/5
Terrible experience. Do your research before financing a car here. Extremely high rates and unfair contract to get signed into. Other local dealers offer finance contracts with low rates and able to lower monthly costs by paying off extra amounts. Fell into a trap with Chequers and cost me £4000 to buy out of a contract with a 2014 Nissan Juke after only having it for a year.
Condition of the car was poor… Inside and paint work was not too bad, but underneath where buyers won’t be looking was in bad condition/rusty and cost me over £1000 to have parts replaced and refitted just so I could trade it in for another finance somewhere better.
DO NOT use these scumbags!!
I went to multiple dealerships in Woking and Guildford who all said the same thing; that I was completely mugged off by Chequers and their “trusted” brokers etc.
I ended up going to FG Barnes for a 2022 Kia Stonic, paying almost the same as I was for the Juke but with lots of added protection/care plans and 3 years warranty all added and with the option to lower monthly rates by one-off payments. Also with a much, much lower APR.
Wish I had steered clear of these idiots a long time ago and saved myself a LOT of money and stress and pursuing further action.
They need to rethink their finance brokers and other processes and do some business research themselves with local dealerships to see who they use, what they offer and not screw people over.
You can shrug your shoulders and play dumb all you want, but eventually it’ll come back around on you.
Whoever is looking here to finance cars, PLEASE look elsewhere and find yourself a nicer, newer, trusted vehicle with other dealerships in the area. I
I’m sure they will reply to this with more misinforming rubbish or some poor excuse to save face or a way to brush me aside like they’ve done multiple times already.
But as I have everything in front of me and now have a decent vehicle, finance plan and a long list of other local dealerships who shook their heads in disgust at Chequers to prove everything, I hope you all trust this review and look elsewhere. I only went there because I was naive and new to car financing and found a Nissan Juke I liked after searching.