Rayner Smith Automotive

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Aaron Shamir

5.00/5.00

"Absolutely fantastic! Highly recommend!"

Where do I start? What an absolute pleasure it was buying a car from Rayner smith. The customer service is excellent and the purchase of my vehicle went smoothly and quick. Hats off to Gerry who was very welcoming, he was lovely. I would definitely recommend to anyone who may be doubting themselves on whether they should buy from Rayner smith. Fantastic!

07/06/2024

Aleisha

5.00/5.00

"Amazing company "

Sold my car to this company and they were absolutely amazing! Couldn’t recommend them enough, kind, helpful and very knowledgable. If you are thinking of buying or selling a car then definitely the place to go.

03/02/2024

Martin howland

5.00/5.00

"Distance purchase …"

I live on the Isle of Man and made distance purchase of a Range Rover, from Rayner smith automotive, dealing with Oliver well I can’t thank him enough he was honest and very detailed in all our questions regarding the ranger rover prior to purchase & Oliver kindly offered to drive and delivered the vehicle to heysham port to meet us, we we’re certainly very impressed with the vehicle. I would never hesitate to recommend these guys.

31/01/2024

Mark Reidy

5.00/5.00

"Fantastic service and immaculate car"

Fantastic service and immaculate car
Bought a BMW M4 from Oliver in October 2023. It has been one of the best car buying experiences I've had. Clear communication, friendly and honest. All dealt with efficiently via email and telephone. The presentation of the car is exceptional. Fair price on the new car and trade in too. I would not hesitate to recommend Oliver and his team. How car buying should be...

24/10/2023

Mark Lightfoot

5.00/5.00

"Top garage"

Oliver and is team are so friendly and helpful. Nothing is to much trouble. Quality car made up with it. Open and honest. Well worth the 180 mile round trip to purchase. Highly recommend this garage.

04/08/2023

Phil Dececio

5.00/5.00

"Would recommend"

Very helpful, friendly and professional dealership. Oliver was happy to pick me up from the local train station, and the whole experience went smoothly.

20/07/2023

Unhappy customer

1.00/5.00

"Bought a car 8 months a go and have…"

Bought a car 8 months a go and have since had problems with parts on the car not being original parts ! Refusing to put right ! I can’t claim on warranty as not genuine goods ! Not happy also lots of other issues on the car ! After spending / hell of a lot of money not happy

They didn’t put things right offered to paint over the rust and corrosion on the non genuine part. One min the car came from a family friend to sell the next it was bought from a dealer who no longer operates so unable to prove if genuine or not !!
Won’t replace with genuine product. Shame really but that was the offer to put right to bodge the non genuine part. Not satisfied one bit. As paid £66k for a car which I’ll lose even more money due to the faulty side steps !

11/05/2023

Tim Beddows

5.00/5.00

"Honest and Genuine Prestige Car Dealer."

Bought a Range Rover Sport through Oliver. I did not see the vehicle apart from by video, traded a Merc slk in against it with a good px valuation and had it delivered. Arrived on day as arranged, very pleased with it, as described. For some reason the battery played up the next day, no fault of Rayner Smith just one of those things. Oliver said to get it replaced and he would pay. Kept to his word Range Rover fine now.
Would highly recommend this company, hard to find a genuine dealer these days you can trust. Many thanks to Oliver for a genuine easy purchase.

09/03/2023

Maryam Wright

1.00/5.00

"Buying from this dealer absolutely…"

Buying from this dealer absolutely ruined my experience of buying my first car. The gentlemen are polite and friendly and unfortunately I was hoodwinked from the get go. Firstly, it took 7 weeks from putting down a deposit to actually receive the car, even though I was initially told it would take a week. In hindsight should have been a warning sign that this car was definitely not fit for sale; I should really have walked away after 4 weeks of unforthcoming excuses as to why it was taking so long to be ready. When I finally got the car and looked through the MOT I nearly had a heart attack over the amount of issues that had cropped up and that I hadn’t been advised of when looking at the car or enquiring for updates on when it would be ready. The fails had been resolved but there was many advisories which were left; the most dangerous being travel on the handbrake. The handbrake actually would not hold on hills, making it incredibly difficult to drive in my home city which is very hilly. Needless to say you don’t need a car where the handbrake isn’t holding for your first car. Worst of all though, is I had deliberately asked if there was full service history and I was promised there was. The car was delivered to me without it. When questioned, the dealer said “I only have partial, I’m waiting for the rest to follow from the previous owner who has moved house”. Another heart attack. As most will already know, a car’s resell value will drop significantly without the service history. Ironically, I was promised the car would come to me with a full service. As I haven’t got the service history, I can only assume a service hadn’t been done either. I asked for them to take back the car and was told they’d get back to me but never heard back. I paid £3,495 for the car, the resell value was at best £2,000; given the lack of service history and the mechanical issues. In the end after two weeks of owning it I had to part exchange it for a new one as I desperately needed a reliable car and had been waiting over two months by that point. I’ve lost £1,750 but even worse than the financial loss, was the absolute anxiety and stress caused by all of the hassle. Lesson learnt. Never again.

28/10/2022

Philip Akrill

5.00/5.00

"GREAT SERVICE"

Just purchased two cars through Rayner Smith- 'WHAT GREAT SERVICE',

20/06/2022
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