Holmes Motor Sales

This is a crappy little car lot on Gratiot.
There have been times where I have needed a cheap vehicle (a beater, if you will) and made the rounds on Gratiot and Groesbeck. They seem to have an abundance of little dealers who sometimes have a decent selection of cars that’ll last, say, a year or two, but won’t break the bank. This is not Holmes.
I speak to at least breaking the bank. I’ve never purchased a car from Holmes because I’ve never felt like I was getting a deal. The last time I was there, they had literally 10 cars in the lot for sale, all with roughly 100K miles on them and $ 5000+ price tags. I don’t really care how new the car is; after 100K miles, any car on the planet is gonna start to have problems in the near future.
Granted, I was expecting this (hence the search for a beater), but I’d rather do it for less than $ 5000. For example: the last car I bought had over 100K miles, and lasted 3 years before it broke down to the point of no return. Price tag? $ 500! That’s a big difference from what Holmes is selling.
I’d suggest going elsewhere for a vehicle. There’s some places on Grosbeck between 10 mile and 13 mile that have low miles and low price tags. Give one of those lots a shot.