ingenuitor
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They are a great truck for sure in the looks departs and has incredible power when you want it, it's looks and drives like a sports car in a suv sub truck version. That is my quick review on the STA after today's first and only test drive as you can't find them with ease at all.
We just tested an 2010 Blue STA today @ Carmax, I will post a video here soon and I'm here to tell you it was thrashed visually in every way, the ac did not work well and so so many issues with the interior it's making me question everything now about even buying one at all.
This model even had the nav unit and in my mind it was all but useless, way to small to use and a super outdated UI.
After all this legwork, searching the globe literately and all this time, we are now also thinking about looking for something else just after the only test drive of an STA we sat and drove in ever.
We did test drive ST's and liked the feel, power and overall functions, thus figured an STA would be much nicer with leather and all the upgrades.
It drove great, super fast responsive engine with 48k on the clock, we loved the idea of the look, but the quality was lacking in every way other than performance. From what we saw today I would not give you even $10k for this one, but that's me, in my mind it was not in good condition at all and again a video will be posted here soon.
Never ever ever trust videos or photos, it looks worse in person for sure ever single time.
And they want $29k with zero room to work, they are Carmax. It was one of the worse used cars I have even seen in my life.
We are beyond let down and can't believe our eyes of how bad this looked and smelled and so on. They look so good online, but this one was really trashed out, even ink on the ceiling, seat rips all over, the seats seems super cheaply made, the door panels were sticky and all kinds of glitter all over the place, the rubber around the windows were cracked, the paint were it was good has some of worse orange peal I have ever seen, the bed cover was really bad, the bed was all but new, but we even found rust on the roof and deep scratches on the roof, hood, all doors, bumpers, yeah yeah its a used car, but not for me, ever, not this one in that condition.
The worse part, to be objective, is you can't see every issue and or the degree of the issue in the video or photos I took, it's amazing how bad this looks in person. It's like a bad dream and you are glad you woke up from it.
All the rims were trashed with curb rash, cheap tires not worth anything, broken parts, smoked in, I could go on for ever, rusted seat rails, so many condition issue, but let the video and pics help tell the story a little and then everyone can flame me.
Still you can't see it, you need your naked eye to see it, nothing else is as good ever, so this is my warning, never ever buy any car remotely unless you see it in person yourself. We are very let down, but glad we did not spend $20+k on something we would have ended up hating because of how it wears and or looked, smelled, functioned and so on.
If Carmax sales that STA for $29k I will be simple amazed and not understand why for a second how anyone would ever allow themselves to pay so much for something that is not in great condition for that price.
We are rethinking everything now about the STA and may end up with a full loaded F150, Ram 1500 Limited or a Ridgeline or maybe even a Colorado or Tacoma, not even 100% sure yet, but we are rethinking the STA for sure after today's first and only test drive of an STA.
We thought we could buy an STA with tons of videos and photos remotely but after what we saw today, that would not be a smart decision at all.
We just tested an 2010 Blue STA today @ Carmax, I will post a video here soon and I'm here to tell you it was thrashed visually in every way, the ac did not work well and so so many issues with the interior it's making me question everything now about even buying one at all.
This model even had the nav unit and in my mind it was all but useless, way to small to use and a super outdated UI.
After all this legwork, searching the globe literately and all this time, we are now also thinking about looking for something else just after the only test drive of an STA we sat and drove in ever.
We did test drive ST's and liked the feel, power and overall functions, thus figured an STA would be much nicer with leather and all the upgrades.
It drove great, super fast responsive engine with 48k on the clock, we loved the idea of the look, but the quality was lacking in every way other than performance. From what we saw today I would not give you even $10k for this one, but that's me, in my mind it was not in good condition at all and again a video will be posted here soon.
Never ever ever trust videos or photos, it looks worse in person for sure ever single time.
And they want $29k with zero room to work, they are Carmax. It was one of the worse used cars I have even seen in my life.
We are beyond let down and can't believe our eyes of how bad this looked and smelled and so on. They look so good online, but this one was really trashed out, even ink on the ceiling, seat rips all over, the seats seems super cheaply made, the door panels were sticky and all kinds of glitter all over the place, the rubber around the windows were cracked, the paint were it was good has some of worse orange peal I have ever seen, the bed cover was really bad, the bed was all but new, but we even found rust on the roof and deep scratches on the roof, hood, all doors, bumpers, yeah yeah its a used car, but not for me, ever, not this one in that condition.
The worse part, to be objective, is you can't see every issue and or the degree of the issue in the video or photos I took, it's amazing how bad this looks in person. It's like a bad dream and you are glad you woke up from it.
All the rims were trashed with curb rash, cheap tires not worth anything, broken parts, smoked in, I could go on for ever, rusted seat rails, so many condition issue, but let the video and pics help tell the story a little and then everyone can flame me.
Still you can't see it, you need your naked eye to see it, nothing else is as good ever, so this is my warning, never ever buy any car remotely unless you see it in person yourself. We are very let down, but glad we did not spend $20+k on something we would have ended up hating because of how it wears and or looked, smelled, functioned and so on.
If Carmax sales that STA for $29k I will be simple amazed and not understand why for a second how anyone would ever allow themselves to pay so much for something that is not in great condition for that price.
We are rethinking everything now about the STA and may end up with a full loaded F150, Ram 1500 Limited or a Ridgeline or maybe even a Colorado or Tacoma, not even 100% sure yet, but we are rethinking the STA for sure after today's first and only test drive of an STA.
We thought we could buy an STA with tons of videos and photos remotely but after what we saw today, that would not be a smart decision at all.
