The story behind the BIGGEST car inspection company!

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Жыл бұрын

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@michaelbrown9363 Жыл бұрын

I’ve used LemonSquad 3 times. On the basis of their reports I bought 2 good cars and dodged 1 bad, misrepresented car. I’ve been very happy with the service.

@tony4o768 Жыл бұрын

Need more stories from this person ! What’s the best inspection they’ve had and the absolute worst! Thanks

@MeesterSteefy Жыл бұрын

Good call!

@ashp5406 Жыл бұрын

Just like series we have for the failed Valet services

@MJtnp Жыл бұрын

15 years in the car business. I NEVER lied to a customer. However, customers lied to me on a daily basis.

@enhancedphysique6452 Жыл бұрын

Tell another joke

@MJtnp Жыл бұрын

@@enhancedphysique6452 tell me about how you don't use steroids and only eats liver

@technom3598 Жыл бұрын

@@MJtnp believe it or not there are many dealers that don't lie. Everyone just bitches about the ones that do and were too stupid to catch the lies before they bought the car. Easier to blame someone else rather than take personal responsibility

@jasonrogers8754 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's like dr. Fauci saying he's never lied about the effects of the vaccination either🙄🤣

@enhancedphysique6452 Жыл бұрын

@@MJtnp don't be jealous, let me guess your a tiny man. Hahaha lier.

@AeroGuy07 Жыл бұрын

"NEVER buy an RV." -Steve Lehto.

@broncogrizz Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@J-Ru89 Жыл бұрын

Never buy a new RV, They arent covered under Lemon law

@Sindalis1 Жыл бұрын

Recently used Lemon Squad myself, I wanted someone to double check my own inspection of the vehicle. I was glad I did, we were already thinking this particular car was overpriced, but when we had the inspector out they were able to point out a few things that I had not yet seen and answered a few questions based on gaps in the service history... with answers that probably pointed to some bigger issues on this particular vehicle down the road. Needless to say we skipped on that vehicle.

@nitegrip908 Жыл бұрын

Used them last week to look at a z06 03. It was an amazing service. Can’t say enough great things about the service. They sent me 110 photos of the car

@ashp5406 Жыл бұрын

I could have used this service back in Oct 22 when I wanted to inspect GLS450 out of Florida as I was going to fly from out of state. Could not find anyone locally to go to the dealership and do the inspection. Heck most shops were closed on Saturday (When I was landing for purchase) . Finally had to convince Local Mercedes Dealership at Melbourne to take pre purchase inspection. I could have definitely saved more if I had Someone given me report before I fly down there.

@Lamtitude Жыл бұрын

My wife and I bought our first travel trailer last fall and he is absolutely right. There are tons of little issues that they have brand new. Most of those things can be fixed yourself if you’re handy to be fair. I would rather fix things myself once than to have the dealership half ass the work. I’ve reinforced the bed, dinette, lubed up the window tracks and doors, and adjusted the cabinets hinges. Now the thing feels and looks the way a new camper should.

@Hybris51129 Жыл бұрын

I says something about the RV industry that these constant little issues are across brands and types of RV. I understand now why people stick to tents or building their own setup on the back of a truck.

@olikat8 Жыл бұрын

A lot of RV manufacturers are just slapping things together. If you search KZfaq there are a lot of videos on this and how most are junk if you aren't buying higher-end rigs.

@Lamtitude Жыл бұрын

@@olikat8 very true, but even the high end ones have some very cheap things in them. I walked through a Black Series travel trailer and saw some unacceptably cheap things in it, considering it’s $60,000 price tag. The dinette felt much cheaper than the one in my $30,000 trailer. 😂 Edit: I forgot to mention Airstream. They have some of the worst quality interiors for the price. Hardly any amenities either. It’s like they haven’t updated their standards since the 70’s. They look amazing on the outside though. Haha

@olikat8 Жыл бұрын

@@Lamtitude I know too, that warranty work is through the roof and isn't being handled well. I know Warren Buffet have bought a huge chunk of Forest River and aims to make it a very desirable brand. Agree, some of the high-ender are banking on the "Lore" surrounding them from the past. I call it "Legacy Fantasy Marketing"- like Benz & BMW talking about how they only use the best materials & engineering....sure-

@willpotts4343 Жыл бұрын

I used LemonSquad about a year ago to buy my 97 Corvette out of state. Inspector wrote an essay on the car, amazing work. 100% will use y'all again for my next car!

@johnnydamn3923 6 ай бұрын

Did you have them go and look and the car before you ever did? Or while you were there

@willpotts4343 6 ай бұрын

@johnnydamn3923 they looked for me and sent back a hell of a report. I never saw the car in person till it arrived on a truck

@watsisbuttndo829 Жыл бұрын

Get this guy back again, but get him to talk about the scammy cover ups he and his inspectors have unearthed, i think that's what most of the people watching this were wanting.

@broccolisamurai3930 Жыл бұрын

I think they did already.

@wrailfan Жыл бұрын

That's what I was expecting. This video felt more like an advertisement/informercial for that company than anything else.

@SimuLord Жыл бұрын

Does good, honest business. Sponsors one of my favorite YT channels. That's a win-win right there.

@benjaminsmith6063 Жыл бұрын

I concur about RVs . I sold them for about a year. Every “New” RV had to get about 10-15 hours of service done to it. And this is for a 200-300K + RV

@tuzikdiachenko657 Жыл бұрын

I recently used Lemon Squad to purchase my car out of state. Fantastic service! Recommend

@mustangmuscleusa7774 Жыл бұрын

Recently used lemon squad to inspect a 2015 Audi R8 that I was interested in purchasing out of state. Unfortunately my experience was less than stellar. Ordered the inspection on Monday. Inspector did not inspect the vehicle until Friday evening. Communication was terrible and I was the one reaching out for updates. Almost missed out on the vehicle because inspection took so long to be scheduled. Once I received the report pictures were not high quality. Spoke to the inspector on the phone and he did not have much to share with me except that the car was wrapped. (Which it was not, it had paint protection film on the front clip) Hopefully others have a better experience than I did.

@ReidHenderson Жыл бұрын

Just my two cents but I've noticed on a lot of chassis built vehicals like school buses and campers and motorhomes and most anything custom built the work is usually nowhere up to factory snuff. They will wire stuff in to places it shouldn't be and fabricate complete junk on top of good existing structure and call it a job well done. But that's why they can sell it to you at an affordable rate.

@spiercephotography Жыл бұрын

Sometimes fate just works out as it's meant to be, re: being able to get the prepurchasing section of the new site to work instead of the warranty one. Great job and congratulations on the success!

@TheCannonball79 Жыл бұрын

Wow I never knew about this service before but this is an excellent video and a great resource for any future car purchases I may make.

@beauranheim8694 Жыл бұрын

Don't know the legal implications of this, but is there a way to access the grades publically? Seems to me a public database that connects the VINs to a Lemon Squad grade would help a lot of people. You might lose some business but you could also sell the inspection reports to more people i.e. someone might be turned off by say a head gasket issue but someone else may want the project.

@jfwfreo Жыл бұрын

Steve Lehto has done a number of videos where he basically says that its impossible to buy a new RV that doesn't have a huge pile of problems even before its left the factory.

@violinmiata Жыл бұрын

I’ve always been the idiot that does a post purchase inspection and start replacing things. It’s really the only thing I gamble on, it’s a game. But I’m up front with people and say “would you take this offer of xyz, if I don’t do a pre purchase inspection” the price always goes down.

@BRBNWolf Жыл бұрын

Lemon 🍋 squad, please please please inspect Ed’s fleet!!!… And give us a follow up video 😂

@richardtodorov Жыл бұрын

I can say as an American that has also purchased cars in Germany, TUV and Dekra are on a totally different level and have higher standards than even some “professional restorers” in the US and they’re just inspectors. MOT in England is in a different league as well. Then again, vehicle inspection standards just like drivers license standards aren’t a total joke like they are in the US.

@user-me4tj7tk8v 4 ай бұрын

Lemon Squad does great work!

@kilohotel6750 Жыл бұрын

What do people think about a seller having an inspection done to add to the listing? I'm going to be selling a car in March or April and have thought about them do one on it.

@paulskopic5844 Жыл бұрын

That is probably a good idea.

@giovannicortez4448 Жыл бұрын

Great ad, amazing company! Love to see it

@velvetjones1856 Жыл бұрын

Wish I would have used this before I bought a 1970 Corvette from a well-known specialty dealer. It also was a lesson to not buy a car online without seeing and driving it first.

@flewis763 Жыл бұрын

Haha I didn't know Andy started lemon squad. He lives local to me. We spray foamed one of his shops lol. Very nice guy

@williamtul11 Жыл бұрын

As someone that worked around the RV industry they do have a lot of issues off the floor

@gblikesnikes Жыл бұрын

Always get the GWC warranty on your used cars they don’t car one you bring it to the dealer. The dealer verifies the damage pay $50 2-3 days later fixed.

@ericwsmith7722 Жыл бұрын

That is the crazy thing about starting a business. By that, I mean a "new" business concept, It rarely goes in the direction you thought,, So as long as you can roll with it you will do just fine,, When I started my construction products business 20 years ago I expected it to be 90% homeowners, the rest contractors doing residential work. Wow was I wrong! Its currently 95% contractors doing about 60% residential work.Does it matter who buys ? it does when your selling, I still get customers asking about a contractor discount, and I say the same thing, "if I give a contractor discount,, who do I charge full price to ? "

@Bestwatchman Жыл бұрын

Learned about lemon squad here. I trust VinWiki so I thought I could trust lemon squad. Inspector was too impatient to wait for heat to kick in so he wrote heating issue. Very underwhelmed.

@nunyab1975 Жыл бұрын

I decided to Google Lemon Squad based on the video. The Yelp reviews are a bit scary.

@pouryalalee1256 Жыл бұрын

Great add for lemon squad

@danbongo503 Жыл бұрын

I knew i'd like this guy when I saw Jet on his forearm

@johnvogel3536 Жыл бұрын

I give my guy enough business we don’t have to lie to each-other lol😂

@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын

I bought a 2022 model small RV (17ft travel trailer) last year. The man isn't lying. It's been great! BUT, we've taken two week and some trips now, and we've found an issue on both. Lol one of the drawer fronts fell off on the first 10 day trip we did 🤣 it's been piddly stuff like that so far but I'm waiting for the big problem 🤑

@jamespettigrew6399 Жыл бұрын

Sadly the interiors are made up of brad nails and skimpy wood in some places. Congrats on the new trailer though! :)

@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын

@@jamespettigrew6399 oh for sure. It's brad nails and staples, the 120v electrical is in those awful combo junction/device things, etc, etc. Lol but we started with something clean, seemed the big deal about buying used was nothing ever felt truly clean and ready to go, an RV is always needing a little something fixed, so I'm not too upset, that's for sure! It's been fun, and I'm no stranger to fixing stuff so it's not like it's gotta go to a shop every time a little something goes wrong. But that doesn't mean I haven't been surprised at how light and cheap they're allowed to make stuff. For context I've also travelled in a class a motorhome on a couple occasions, and was a very similar story. Seems to be the common experience for people that actually USE an RV not just park it in the driveway or yard 🤣 Also, thanks!

@Brick4956 Жыл бұрын

One thing also ilwith rv's with people putting them together lots are meth heads know quite a few that are like that in Elkhart

@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын

@@Brick4956 honestly lots of people with substance abuse problems work in manufacturing.

@Brick4956 Жыл бұрын

@@goosenotmaverick1156 oh I know used to work in semi truck manufacturing and would see people actively use

@JobiWan144 Жыл бұрын

What's the car at 6:48?

@johnball4826 Жыл бұрын

I think this needs to extend to UK/Europe ?

@tobiasliebstvonobelitz6554 Жыл бұрын

I think even though a lot people know, that issues with RV's etc. Is primarily a USA based issue. A combination of chicken tax, illegal imports the works just sets up the primary concerns and at the same time the tempo to "invest" in these vehicles. The lack of competition (capitalism) is at the forefront of all things in the US concerning living quarters in mobile housing/cars of all things.

@CarstoriesHW Жыл бұрын

nice video dudes :)

@TamagoHead Жыл бұрын

I’m certified ASE too. I often Ask Someone Else! 😜🙈😵‍💫

@elmayimbe_the_amateur_mechanic Жыл бұрын

So an RV is like a BMW from the early 2000's to about 2018?

@johntosullivan Жыл бұрын

that was an ad

@N1withaskillet Жыл бұрын

...So call Lemon Squad today?

@JeckDRippa Жыл бұрын

I don't find a reason to lie to a customer. It is unprofessional

@gsmith207 Жыл бұрын

yup hes Vinwiki worthy.

@SplitScreamOFFICIAL Жыл бұрын

He's right about getting more money back than paid, it's like an investment: you get more out of it when you know what you're paying for

@iwolfdk Жыл бұрын

Hallo from Denmark 🇩🇰

@RAD10WALA Жыл бұрын

I'm making Krabby Patterys

@richardtodorov Жыл бұрын

I just Googled Lemon Squad … man do they have TERRIBLE REVIEWS!

@Scopeanology Жыл бұрын

Was this just a ad, I wanted a story

@nate5804 Жыл бұрын

Vinwiki is the greatest automotive channel ever💯💯💯

@Happymali10 Жыл бұрын

Isn't the "scammers worst nightmare" and big car inspection company the german tüv? Which is working outside germany too?

@borismcfinnigan3430 Жыл бұрын

tüv (technical inspection association) is the German/Austrian version of any other countries national standards compliance companies (Think Lloyds of London or A.B.S) They arent a car inspection company at all. You sell a power drill in Germany or Austria it is TüV checked out. You sell a washing machine is weisbaden or salzburg it is TüV checked....

@Happymali10 Жыл бұрын

@@borismcfinnigan3430 It's still a private company doing car-inspections :|

@borismcfinnigan3430 Жыл бұрын

@@Happymali10 They dont car inspections idiot they do process inspections. Standards inspections, if you are too stupid to know the difference between a company ensuring that a product is made to iso code, vs one that checks used cars to see if they leak oil then that is your problem.

@ctownas Жыл бұрын

Reviews on-line sure aren't happy with Lemon Squad

@downtoearthconstruction7768 Жыл бұрын

Master tech on what manufacturer?

@broncogrizz Жыл бұрын

He says ASE master tech. I think that is just generic, not specific to one manufacturer. Otherwise I would assume he would have mentioned the manufacturer.

@borismcfinnigan3430 Жыл бұрын

Does it matter? No matter what embroidery is on their pocket a mechanic is a mechanic. Master tech is such a wank

@KevinsPianoLand Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your success! Let us know if you need a piano for your mansion!~

@Joe_Dirt82 Жыл бұрын

Hit me up. I'm usually off in winter n wouldn't mind this as a side job. I've built my own vehicles only because I buy beaters that I know better.

@channell11 3 ай бұрын

The quality of RVs is crap for how much they cost. It's like they slap them together as fast and cheaply as possible.

@joshua.snyder Жыл бұрын

These inspection companies are just one more way the industry squeezes that dime out of us. Lease return inspections are the worst.

@rcairforceone Жыл бұрын

How is a totally optional service 'squeezing' you for money?

@joshua.snyder Жыл бұрын

@@rcairforceone They are required for lease returns.

@redrider7xbilly548 Жыл бұрын

Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. You got me with that ticket lawyer ad. Not this one though

@charleswaldon8362 Жыл бұрын

Great video long advertisement, well hidden

@harleyheritagespringer9077 Жыл бұрын

Hoo boy, another entire video from a Vinwiki sponsor. #AD 😆

@cheesetoast99 Жыл бұрын

Mass advertising

@jamespettigrew6399 Жыл бұрын

Never buy a brand new travel trailer or rv, they throw em together at the factory as fast as they can. look for one that is 2 or 3 years old as the previous owners should have fixed any major issues. I used to work at a dealership. I am of the opinion that Grand design or Forest river appear to be the best of the bunch. Also stay away from models with slide outs, they will fail and you wont get parts right away.

@BasedHadrian Жыл бұрын

Well this video taught me nothing but that this guy started a company and cars, boats, RVs aren’t what they seem. SHOCKER

@sheltdog8463 Жыл бұрын

RV’s do suck! They are poorly built and use cheap materials,best thing to remedy that is buy a aluminum box trailer or regular if you can’t afford that, a Name brand, whatever length that will suit you and your towing Vehicle and build that trailer out yourself or hire someone. Design your floor plan, use quality materials and it will last forever! Have built two for myself and have built out three of my friends trailers. No complaints and no issues at all!!!!

@craigslistmademerich5451 Жыл бұрын

Lemons squad couldn't figure out how to open a convertible top. On my KZfaq channel. Lemon squad sucks.

@JustMe-jc3ww Жыл бұрын

3rd...so close lol

@Krtl Жыл бұрын

first

@Princess_Angela4496 Жыл бұрын

This is man ad

@gregchapman7438 9 ай бұрын

This guy is a crook. The inspection we got showed no problems with the vehicle. The vehicle arrived from Texas and needs several thousand dollars in repairs. Lemon Squad has jerked us around for a week requesting emails and then said they'd only talk to the customer who is several thousand miles away. They then just hang up on you when you call.

@charleswaldon8362 Жыл бұрын

Have we run out of the safe for everyone car stories.. and all the goodies left can't be published on the internet? You boyz need fresh blood..