I clicked and watched though this video thinking this was a massive youtuber by the production quality and now just noticed you only have 377 subs, you deserve 1000x that
Holy crap bud! I was expecting a couple hundred thousand subs for this level of production quality. You earned one more, just on the effort for this video alone.
You've earned my subscription and I can't ever be bothered to subscribe normally. You didn't ask for subscribers and/or Patreon subscriptions, you made genuine content and you filled this quarter-hour video with so much content, and I felt like I was watching a movie. Thank you for the entertainment and information David!
Good choice on returning that escape and very smart to have it inspected. My recommendation would be putting some of that $15k cash down on a lower mile Honda, Toyota, or Mazda. Might have a small short term payment but you’re going to get a way more quality car. Just my two cents from an auto industry dude. Great video!
RUclips recommended this to me over here in Scotland. Great video and well produced and edited. 387th sub. Deffo prices in usa for used cars are insane. With the miles you guys do I would be going Japanese. Right choice taking it back.
Gonna be super honest man, you dodged a bullet with this one. These ford escapes are terribly unreliable. They have major engine and transmission issues all the time. If I were you, I would look at something like a Toyota Rav4 or Honda Crv if you still want to have a smaller 4WD suv. Sometimes they can be a little more expensive with outdated tech but they are so much more reliable. And if you want something with better tech and maybe a little cheaper look into Mazda CX-9. The reliability will be better than an escape but maybe not as good as a Honda or Toyota. Just avoid anything with a turbo engine pretty much as they are trouble makers for reliability. As far as Carvana goes, you will be paying a higher price than any other used car lot or new car store, but the fact that they will honor the 7 day return is great. I don’t think they inspect the vehicles too well though. Make sure you get a CARFAX and see how well the previous owners maintained the vehicle
Thanks for the advice! I’m going to look into that. The car fax was clean and said it was pretty well maintained. But yeah definitely leaning towards a Toyota or Honda
This is truly one of the best videos I've come across from a smaller creator, you deserve a LOT more than 500 subscribers. I think you've made a good decision by returning the car. Excited to see what you get next.
Amazing video, genuinely thought this was a million sub plus channel, but I can see it being that EASILY one day. I also recently returned a car I bought in the UK which was almost 120k miles and I also overpaid at first. The “one issue creating a domino effect” advice was solid, I’m glad we were both spared. I now have a similar car with half the miles and only one owner and paid a lot less for it! Patience is indeed a virtue. This was the easiest sub of my life and I can’t wait to follow your youtube journey!
I am glad you returned it. Way too many issues with the car, and once those are fixed more will come up. And yes you 100% overpaid. I am glad the return was easy. Its sad though that they sold you a car they clearly knew had issues.
Gotta say really high quality stuff with the editing and flow of the video, A few things I would say, Good decision on that return. Seems like it would Be more trouble than it was worth, If you have it in your area, I would recommend a real dealership or hertz auto sales, in my area they are seling off cars with low miles for good prices. I would skip carvana all together imo. Get one with a warranty still, avoid the 3 cylinder engines though.
Video production 10/10, honestly glad to see you return the car at the end do not know what kind of research you did before picking that car but 16k for a 10 year old Ford with 100k miles is crazy. I'd recommend going for something like a Mazda cx5, ones that are of a similar year and mileage should be way cheaper and more reliable. A SUV from Honda or Toyota would be great too, but they have gotten more expensive or the years and hard to find good value ones.
Solid advice. I used ChatGPT to check consumer reports and find different vehicles that fit the requirements of what I needed to do. Guess it was wrong
@@davidcartier The good thing is that you did not get stuck with it. Consumer reports is not a bad resource but always best to just lookup a car and read reviews from costumers on places like Reddit, Car Forums, or the comments on a review of that specific car. There is not such thing as a perfect car and even so called reliable brands like Toyota have issues buying a car means knowing the compromises and seeing if you are ok with them.
haven’t gotten through the full video just yet but man for 15k they overpriced hella. But don’t think about something you could have done. be happy with your car great video so far man 😄🙂
Brother you could get a 2020 with 85k miles or less for around 12k 💔💔 Video production & quality is amazing by the way especially the fact you added chapters
The price of that is insane! Here in the UK im sure you can get something like that car for about £6000 with much much lower mileage even from the big car supermarkets! Insane
Tough call. After getting all of the work done for free, I would've just done the thermostat and kept it. That's fairly cheap and easy, but I've been an auto tech for years. You still probably could've done it yourself for cheap.
Yeah but I literally had a friend who had a 2017 escape with similar issues they had sold to Carvana and I essentially had a Band-Aid fix for a much much bigger problem similar to what my car had an Annie mechanic get there 160 point inspection should’ve seen through this. I love the car. I love the convenience. I love their willingness and ability to fix it, but I really wasn’t looking for a fixer-upper, especially at that price point for a Ford.
If you have good credit just spend the 15K on a lease. Carvanna sucks and I would stay far away from them but cool video. The video was really well done. I am glad to see you took it back though.
Yo my man I go to the gas station almost every day after school and grab myself a slushie hahah! I always thought about the cars and how some of them that they had parked out front were sick. It’s awesome u live in Roswell because not lots RUclipsrs live down around here.
@@davidcartierjust a tip because your in my area lol. Carmax on Alpharetta Hwy in Roswell is pretty good. They have some good cars on there lot. Check em out
I tried to sell my 2015 Silverado to them and the system never got back to me about it. So now I still have that truck plus my 2018 gmc. The dealer took forever on my gmc. Like 5 hours 😭
He said that but I cut a lot of stuff out so it wasn’t as long. If you want me to make an extended cut of the inspection let me know! They were very thorough
@@davidcartier I paused at the dealership paper. I saw 1 tire and cringed, should always do pairs. If you have Awd it’s even more important. Pretty disappointing that they don’t do all the repairs before purchase, like overheating after you bought it is 💩
That's Carvana - they are always way way overpriced yet they still manage to lose money on every car they sell. They won't be around in probably 5 years. I was amazed they paid for all that work instead of saying well just give us the car back then. Then they didn't replace the thermostat which would have been a cheap and easy fix ESPECIALLY since they had to drain the coolant anyway .
How much is it to replace the thermostat? I’m kind of curious if it is beyond the thermostat and a much bigger issue that would’ve come out down the road
@@davidcartier Yea not sure what a shop would charge but the part itself is only like $25-30 and its very easy to change (especially with the coolant drained already). But yea that's assuming it's actually the thermostat and not something else.
Yeah shout out to North Roswell Auto for catching that. Do you think it was right for regal Nissan to not fix that or was it Carvana who denied covering it
@@davidcartier Tbh, Nissan had no diagnosis of the overheating being caused by the thermostat. The codes from the shop inspecting the car read out “Engine coolant Overtemperature condition” which mentions nothing about a thermostat. Tbh not even sure how the shop inspecting the car diagnosed that. I assume it’s common on these, but yet again, Nissan doesn’t know how the shop thought it was a thermostat.
It's waaaaaay better to just buy a gently used car thats a good brand from an individual than dealers because they are making profit on top of the actual value of the car. Overpaid
i see a car for more then i can make in 6 months and i sweat bullets and you got a ford escape may god have mercy on your soul because that ford likely won't those 2.0l ecoboosts aka terboed 2.0 are not renown for there longevity but the 2.0 is much much better then the smaller displacement engines that have heads crack when you go to remove a spark plug also the jeep likely had a bad pcm they really like to die on front wheel drive jeeps of that vintage mopar things and all. lol transmission codes yap that is a 2.0l
Thanks for the heads up, I hope this car lasts.. definitely check out the inspection part and the ending tho. Saved a lot of money for the car as well as at the end
Toyota had three wheels and engine was sideways and only had liability since it wasn’t worth much.. and wasn’t technically mine it was a family car. Toyotas we’re not really in my budget sadly I talked about it but cut it to make the vid shorter
@davidcartier with the 5k+ you got ripped off coulda just gotta 08 Tacoma and put liability on it. Save some cash on all of the future repairs.. that Fix Or Repair Daily is gonna need it... I mean even the ford pick ups from 98-03 are pretty damn good if you like Ford. But ehh to each their own. Off the carvana lot that things like 6-8 now? ...good thing you'll be big on RUclips soon.
My mechanic is good. They caught everything and I’m considering posting an extended cut of the inspection. Another shop that partners with Carvana had to do their own inspection and the repairs and didn’t replace everything needed for some reason 10:30
I clicked and watched though this video thinking this was a massive youtuber by the production quality and now just noticed you only have 377 subs, you deserve 1000x that
I appreciate the love!
Dude same lol
For real!
Real
Overpaid by like 5 grand man 😭
RIP
Yeah he got ripped off
Could have bought a brand new one for around that price
That vehicle would cost close to $40000 for that.Specific mobile brandu with leather@@Lahunchohoudini
Interesting I under paid for my Tesla through Carvana
Holy crap bud! I was expecting a couple hundred thousand subs for this level of production quality. You earned one more, just on the effort for this video alone.
Thanks man! Appreciate you noticing took me like 4 months due to travel and life stuff
Thanks man! Took me a minute to make glad you appreciate it
Yay!!
Gotta say your mechanic is great! Glad to see people who still care about
They are the best!
You've earned my subscription and I can't ever be bothered to subscribe normally. You didn't ask for subscribers and/or Patreon subscriptions, you made genuine content and you filled this quarter-hour video with so much content, and I felt like I was watching a movie.
Thank you for the entertainment and information David!
Thanks for the support and kind words! Glad you enjoyed it
Great content. From a car guy perspective, it’s cool to see how non car enthusiasts see this process
Thanks man!
Baffles me how car reliability is not even part of the question. Specifically when you’re looking into 8 year old vehicles
Good choice on returning that escape and very smart to have it inspected. My recommendation would be putting some of that $15k cash down on a lower mile Honda, Toyota, or Mazda. Might have a small short term payment but you’re going to get a way more quality car. Just my two cents from an auto industry dude. Great video!
Appreciate the insight! I'll definitely be keeping that in mind for my next car.
This dudes channel is gonna blow up if he keeps videos like this coming out. Props to you for having good editing and videography.
100%
Thanks man means a lot appreciate the support!
RUclips recommended this to me over here in Scotland. Great video and well produced and edited. 387th sub. Deffo prices in usa for used cars are insane. With the miles you guys do I would be going Japanese. Right choice taking it back.
Thanks man! Appreciate the sub
Gonna be super honest man, you dodged a bullet with this one. These ford escapes are terribly unreliable. They have major engine and transmission issues all the time. If I were you, I would look at something like a Toyota Rav4 or Honda Crv if you still want to have a smaller 4WD suv. Sometimes they can be a little more expensive with outdated tech but they are so much more reliable. And if you want something with better tech and maybe a little cheaper look into Mazda CX-9. The reliability will be better than an escape but maybe not as good as a Honda or Toyota. Just avoid anything with a turbo engine pretty much as they are trouble makers for reliability.
As far as Carvana goes, you will be paying a higher price than any other used car lot or new car store, but the fact that they will honor the 7 day return is great. I don’t think they inspect the vehicles too well though. Make sure you get a CARFAX and see how well the previous owners maintained the vehicle
Thanks for the advice! I’m going to look into that. The car fax was clean and said it was pretty well maintained. But yeah definitely leaning towards a Toyota or Honda
This is truly one of the best videos I've come across from a smaller creator, you deserve a LOT more than 500 subscribers.
I think you've made a good decision by returning the car.
Excited to see what you get next.
Appreciate the support man! Really means a lot
just stumbed across your vlogs, great job, great colors, and music choices.
Appreciate you noticing the details man
I watched the entire video to find you only have 732 subs? Unreasonable, this quality is insane, you deserve much more!!!
Thank you so much! It really means a lot!!
Carvana Inspection Point 161: car was T-Boned and repainted. Car will need another $2K in tires and some other wear items NOT covered by Carvana.
Very well could be the case! Good observation
Yep
Amazing video, genuinely thought this was a million sub plus channel, but I can see it being that EASILY one day. I also recently returned a car I bought in the UK which was almost 120k miles and I also overpaid at first. The “one issue creating a domino effect” advice was solid, I’m glad we were both spared. I now have a similar car with half the miles and only one owner and paid a lot less for it! Patience is indeed a virtue. This was the easiest sub of my life and I can’t wait to follow your youtube journey!
Thanks man appreciate the support and glad you found a solid car
I am glad you returned it. Way too many issues with the car, and once those are fixed more will come up. And yes you 100% overpaid. I am glad the return was easy. Its sad though that they sold you a car they clearly knew had issues.
Thats what the guy from carvana was saying. Creates a domino effect
Gotta say really high quality stuff with the editing and flow of the video, A few things I would say, Good decision on that return. Seems like it would Be more trouble than it was worth, If you have it in your area, I would recommend a real dealership or hertz auto sales, in my area they are seling off cars with low miles for good prices. I would skip carvana all together imo. Get one with a warranty still, avoid the 3 cylinder engines though.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! Will definitely take that into account for my next car
Lol saw someone else mention this as well but thought you had like 200k+ subs just from the quality loved the content.
Appreciate that! Means a lot
Video production 10/10, honestly glad to see you return the car at the end do not know what kind of research you did before picking that car but 16k for a 10 year old Ford with 100k miles is crazy. I'd recommend going for something like a Mazda cx5, ones that are of a similar year and mileage should be way cheaper and more reliable. A SUV from Honda or Toyota would be great too, but they have gotten more expensive or the years and hard to find good value ones.
Solid advice. I used ChatGPT to check consumer reports and find different vehicles that fit the requirements of what I needed to do. Guess it was wrong
@@davidcartier The good thing is that you did not get stuck with it. Consumer reports is not a bad resource but always best to just lookup a car and read reviews from costumers on places like Reddit, Car Forums, or the comments on a review of that specific car. There is not such thing as a perfect car and even so called reliable brands like Toyota have issues buying a car means knowing the compromises and seeing if you are ok with them.
Love seeing RUclips recommending small creators, maybe it’s a sign for me 🤔. Great video btw.
Thanks man. Definitely a sign
I think I was offered one for $6k in Los Angeles,CA. I would’ve paid 12-15k for sub 65k miles imo. Nice video though! Production is sick
Appreciate the love! Sounds like I overpayed
Saw a 2017 ST line, 40K miles equivalent for $15K - in Europe! That's with 20% tax baked into the price already. They're called the "Kuga" over here.
haven’t gotten through the full video just yet but man for 15k they overpriced hella. But don’t think about something you could have done. be happy with your car great video so far man 😄🙂
Is that too much for a Ford Escape with 100k miles?
@@davidcartier one with the issues yours have yes!
@@davidcartierYeah it should be like 10K.
claiming my here from the start
I’m gonna remember this man. Means a lot
This is sooooo well edited
Aw thank you so much! My number one fan right here
Bro deserves so much more subscribers
I appreciate the love! 🙏
Great video 👍🏽
Thanks for watching!
Good job returning it, save your money and buy a better car
Appreciate it
I like your Carte Blanche Cap Love Your Vid❤
Ayy shout out Louis @cartblanche
Sad it didn’t work out but good choice to give it back
Yeah bummed it didn’t work out but the process wasn’t bad. Cool vending machine
Brother you could get a 2020 with 85k miles or less for around 12k 💔💔
Video production & quality is amazing by the way especially the fact you added chapters
Thanks! Appreciate the feedback and yeah the market is wild
here before this dude blows up... literally..... i planted tnt in your food. :)
this comment is a joke. please do not take it sseriously. i am here before he blows up tho lol
great video!!
Thanks Si! When’s the channel dropping?
@@davidcartierwhen you train me up!!
@@siennacartier🤝
how dosent he have 10k + followers already 🤝
appreciate it David
Just subscribed! 🎉
Thanks for the support!
The price of that is insane! Here in the UK im sure you can get something like that car for about £6000 with much much lower mileage even from the big car supermarkets! Insane
Our car market is wild rn
Was about to say that, $6k or £5k for that car in the uk
Tough call. After getting all of the work done for free, I would've just done the thermostat and kept it. That's fairly cheap and easy, but I've been an auto tech for years. You still probably could've done it yourself for cheap.
Yeah but I literally had a friend who had a 2017 escape with similar issues they had sold to Carvana and I essentially had a Band-Aid fix for a much much bigger problem similar to what my car had an Annie mechanic get there 160 point inspection should’ve seen through this. I love the car. I love the convenience. I love their willingness and ability to fix it, but I really wasn’t looking for a fixer-upper, especially at that price point for a Ford.
here since 533 subs
My man
Ya I'd love to see how your car checks out (;
Car inspection at 5:30
If you have good credit just spend the 15K on a lease. Carvanna sucks and I would stay far away from them but cool video. The video was really well done. I am glad to see you took it back though.
Appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoyed the video!
Yo my man I go to the gas station almost every day after school and grab myself a slushie hahah! I always thought about the cars and how some of them that they had parked out front were sick. It’s awesome u live in Roswell because not lots RUclipsrs live down around here.
ayyy
@davidcartier are you driving in Milton in some clips? I think I recognize some of the background in some of the clips
@@ZacharyScher maybe maybe not
@@davidcartier ❤😂
@@davidcartierjust a tip because your in my area lol. Carmax on Alpharetta Hwy in Roswell is pretty good. They have some good cars on there lot. Check em out
I can’t lie bro I thought you had at least 100k subs when I came across this
I appreciate the love! I'm still working on it.
cash was smart. That interest rate is insane.
Yeah I was mad seeing that
Great video. They wasted a lot of your time and energy by not inspecting the car (or even reading the codes on it).
thanks man! Was definitely disappointed by their inspection but they handled it all pretty well
405th subscriber
Let’s goooooo!!! Appreciate the support!
I tried to sell my 2015 Silverado to them and the system never got back to me about it. So now I still have that truck plus my 2018 gmc. The dealer took forever on my gmc. Like 5 hours 😭
Dude dealing with car dealerships is probably one of my top ten least favorite things I’ve had to do
W vlog bro!
Thanks dude!
377th subscriber!
Let’s goooo!!!! Thank you!!
One advice point-don’t even consider buying a Nissan especially one with a CVT
I’ll keep that in mind for my next purchase! This one didn’t have a cvt tho
Replaced 1 tire? Bro gotta do pairs,
He said that but I cut a lot of stuff out so it wasn’t as long. If you want me to make an extended cut of the inspection let me know! They were very thorough
@@davidcartier I paused at the dealership paper. I saw 1 tire and cringed, should always do pairs. If you have Awd it’s even more important. Pretty disappointing that they don’t do all the repairs before purchase, like overheating after you bought it is 💩
I got my 2011 Crown Victoria Lx for 4 grand with 100k miles and great condition dude fb marketplace is the ONLY way😭
Not a bad price. Hear those are pretty solid
The Escapes aren't very good vehicles, you'd be better off with a Fusion or Taurus if you want a Ford.
I don’t think I’d get another ford after this
claiming my here from 733 subs
733 is wild! I just had 300 a day ago thank you so much for the support!!
Yea definitely got ripped off! I paid 7500 for my 2018 Toyota rav 4 with 80k miles on the dash. Private seller. Inspection all around
Been looking at RAV4s. Pretty expensive with how Toyotas hold their value solid vehicle tho
I think u should go back and buy it again
sounds reasonable
W vid
Appreciate it
5 more grand you could have got a brand new sedan or base SUV
I shoot for a lot of outdoor brands so unfortunately a sedan was out of the question. Definitely more so my budget tho
Transmission WILL fail, unfortunately.. Just a heads up
Maybe.. I talk about that at the end of the vid
@ yeah I commented early. Glad you were able to return it!
My ex fiancé had a 2014.. transmission had to be replaced twice within 60,000km
Dang that thing is expensive 15 grand you could’ve got yourself an early 2010’s Toyota suv which will outrun that thing
I was looking at Toyota’s but they all had higher miles.
That's Carvana - they are always way way overpriced yet they still manage to lose money on every car they sell. They won't be around in probably 5 years. I was amazed they paid for all that work instead of saying well just give us the car back then. Then they didn't replace the thermostat which would have been a cheap and easy fix ESPECIALLY since they had to drain the coolant anyway .
How much is it to replace the thermostat? I’m kind of curious if it is beyond the thermostat and a much bigger issue that would’ve come out down the road
@@davidcartier Yea not sure what a shop would charge but the part itself is only like $25-30 and its very easy to change (especially with the coolant drained already). But yea that's assuming it's actually the thermostat and not something else.
Mannn on the scanner they had, the car had already been overheated before. Stay away from fords
Yeah shout out to North Roswell Auto for catching that. Do you think it was right for regal Nissan to not fix that or was it Carvana who denied covering it
@@davidcartier Tbh, Nissan had no diagnosis of the overheating being caused by the thermostat. The codes from the shop inspecting the car read out “Engine coolant Overtemperature condition” which mentions nothing about a thermostat. Tbh not even sure how the shop inspecting the car diagnosed that. I assume it’s common on these, but yet again, Nissan doesn’t know how the shop thought it was a thermostat.
A VW Tiguan or Atlas would’ve been cheaper… I got my 2019 with 70k miles for 12k after financing
I was looking into those. Are they reliable?
I haven’t had any issues with mine since owning it other than replacing the battery
That’s how much 2020 escapes cost
Not where I live in Atlanta
It's waaaaaay better to just buy a gently used car thats a good brand from an individual than dealers because they are making profit on top of the actual value of the car. Overpaid
I appreciate the insight!
Dude went from one turd to another 😂😂😂😂🎉
Fr
Biggest waste of time but thank you for the nice visuals
Gotta buy a Toyota if gonna get a used car with high miles. Ford not the move
I now know!
you should look at other brands ford escape is not a reliable car and most ford aren’t
I can guarantee that my next car will not be a ford 🤝
@ I work on Mazdas I highly recommend them 2.5 engine is bulletproof I recommend the turbo version
people done this 6 years ago with the big tacky coin trick
Coin trick?
you got scammed for that price and mileage take it back bro
I guess so! Did you see the end?
@@davidcartier I made the comment when i first saw the video but yes I did
Omg, completely overpaid by a lot!
I forsee nothing but issues with an escape.
You’re gonna love how the vid ends then
Did you buy and return a car for content? Yikes
Did you watch the video my guy?
i see a car for more then i can make in 6 months and i sweat bullets and you got a ford escape may god have mercy on your soul because that ford likely won't those 2.0l ecoboosts aka terboed 2.0 are not renown for there longevity but the 2.0 is much much better then the smaller displacement engines that have heads crack when you go to remove a spark plug also the jeep likely had a bad pcm they really like to die on front wheel drive jeeps of that vintage mopar things and all.
lol transmission codes yap that is a 2.0l
Thanks for the heads up, I hope this car lasts.. definitely check out the inspection part and the ending tho. Saved a lot of money for the car as well as at the end
YOU BOUGHT A LEMON
nah fr tho
do you think I got unlucky or that Carvana sells busted cars?
You had a Toyota, and got a ford?... Yea ok.
Toyota had three wheels and engine was sideways and only had liability since it wasn’t worth much.. and wasn’t technically mine it was a family car. Toyotas we’re not really in my budget sadly I talked about it but cut it to make the vid shorter
@davidcartier with the 5k+ you got ripped off coulda just gotta 08 Tacoma and put liability on it. Save some cash on all of the future repairs.. that Fix Or Repair Daily is gonna need it... I mean even the ford pick ups from 98-03 are pretty damn good if you like Ford. But ehh to each their own.
Off the carvana lot that things like 6-8 now? ...good thing you'll be big on RUclips soon.
Get a new mechanic also lol
My mechanic is good. They caught everything and I’m considering posting an extended cut of the inspection. Another shop that partners with Carvana had to do their own inspection and the repairs and didn’t replace everything needed for some reason 10:30
that car worth 5k
tops lol
Car market is crazy here sadly
Congrats on your purchase bro…but they smoked you on $15K.
Possibly a difference in areas, but 8-10K would still be questionable
Appreciate the feedback man! Did you watch the ending? Let me know if I made the right choice