A & A Automotive

"August 26, 2017 I am a 63-year-old recently widowed, disabled mother/grandmother who is raising a 16-year-old grandson alone. DO NOT BUY A USED CAR FROM: Gerald Horne A & A Automotive 1620 State St. Florence, AL 35630 This man sold me a 2009 Pontiac G6 GXP on July 17, 2017 that he bought at an auction that had been wrecked for $6,000. He told me he would “fix everything that needed fixing on the car to make it drivable and acceptable before I bought it,” even saying he would “provide an oil change.” On July 17, 2017, he delivered car to my home. My grandson checked the oil and it was quite low, dirty, and dark. I contacted Mr. Horne and told him that he needed to perform the oil change he had promised. He said he would perform the oil change. On July 20, 2017, he delivered the car. WE DID NOT CHECK THE OIL AT THIS TIME, AS HORNE HAD GIVEN HIS WORD THE OIL WAS CHANGED, UPON INITIAL DELIVERY, OIL WAS CHECKED, WAS QUITE LOW, DARK, VERY DIRTY. Around 5:00 p.m., he drove car to the Florence Mall. He left mall and went to North Florence McDonald’s for Coke. When he turned onto North Wood Avenue, he inadvertently turned left, going North, instead of turning right, going South, toward the area we live in. He realized this right away and began to look for a place to turn around. Just as he got in front of Florence Baptist Church, driving the speed limit, the car began to violently shake; smoke began boiling out from under the front and sides of the hood, such that even with the windows rolled up due to the air conditioner being on, my grandson’s glasses fogged up. The more he pressed the accelerator, the slower the car went. It went down to 20 MPH and then he WAS FORCED TO TURN IT into an arc or curve such that the front tires were resting on the curb in the oncoming traffic lane right in front of Florence Baptist Church. This is when the car quit completely. He got out of the car and then went back for the keys and tried to crank it. It would not crank. HE NEARLY GOT KILLED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT!!!! THE POLICE, MY GRANDSON, AND I ALL SAW SOME KIND OF FLUID THAT HAD LEAKED ONTO THE ROAD FROM WHERE THE CAR BEGAN ACTING UP ALL THE WAY IN AN ARC OR CURVE TO WHERE THE CAR CAME TO BE RESTING WITH THE TWO FRONT TIRES AGAINST THE CURB IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. HE LATER STATED, WHEN I TOLD HIM THE FLUID WAS THERE, “IT DID NOT COME FROM THIS CAR.” I SAID, YES, IT DID, WE ALL (POLICE, GRANDSON AND MYSELF) WITNESSED IT AND THE POLICE COMMENTED ON IT AND THE TOWING WORKER PUT SOMETHING ON IT OUT OF A HUGE PAPER OR PLASTIC BAG TO COVER IT UP. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN DIESEL OIL AND IF SO, THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLOW. I CONTEND HE KNOWINGLY SOLD ME A CAR WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL/BAD ENGINE. THIS IS THE SAME CONCLUSION 99% OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE COME TO, ALSO. Horne called me on July 21, 2017, saying that he’d had two “trained technicians” (I never knew who exactly they were) to look at the car and they told him the “engine had been raced” or “the engine was revved” or “as the car was going backwards, it was stomped into drive.” One of the technicians said there was “no way to computer test the car to see what had happened.” (HOW VERY CONVENIENT FOR MR. HORNE!) Horne said “IT IS OBVIOUS THE CAR HAS BEEN MISTREATED.” I told him my grandson had done no such thing(s). My grandson looked me in the eye 4 or 5 different times, held my gaze, and unflinching, said as God was his witness, and swearing on his future career and on the lives of his future children, he DID NOT RACE, REV, STOMP NOR IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE MISTREAT THE CAR. I believe my grandson. Beth Davis 410 N. Walnut St. Florence, AL 35630"