Mayo Autos

Excellent service and great buying experience. I would buy from Tony again, he goes above and beyond and sold me a great car at a great price. Thanks!

Read this before you make a purchase at Mayo Autos.
I recently traded in 2 vehicles here and bought a 2004 Mazda RX-​8 with 69k miles from Tony Mayo. Most owners say that these cars’ rotary engines need to be replaced at around 60−80k miles due to worn seals. Tony Mayo said this was not true and the engines lasted as long as any other car. In the video he posted online (
) Tony Mayo claimed the about the Mazda that A) «Everything works.» B) «It drives 100%» and C) That «This vehicle has a 90-​day powertrain warranty from us.»
Turns out, none of these things were true. Not everything works. The drivers side sun visor was broken and appears to have been glued back on so it won’t come down. The driver’s seat heater is broken even though the light comes on. The driver’s side headlight is also out. It’s also doesn’t drive 100%. On THE DRIVE HOME from the dealership (~600 miles as I live in Indianapolis) the engine light came on. As the car’s manual suggests, I took it to a local Mazda dealership. After several hours of diagnostics testing, the dealership told me that the engine’s seals failed (the exact problem Tony Mayo assured me not to worry about) and the engine had to be replaced, as its compression ratio was half of that which is considered drivable.
Now the worst part. It turns out that this «90-​day powertrain warranty from us» is neither from Mayo Autos, nor is it legitimate. The warranty is from a company called «National Auto Care,» and I even purchased an extended «Bumper to bumper» warranty from this company, as Tony Mayo recommended it and Mayo Auto had good reviews online. National Auto Care denied the claim sent by the Mazda dealership because it requires «visual evidence of the individual component» that went wrong. This is impossible to produce because RX-​8 engines are only torn down by Mazda in Japan, and Mazda in Japan is not going to find the individual problem on one engine and send pictures to satisfy one customer. I think the fact that the engine failed a diagnostics test is evidence enough that it is not working properly. And if a powertrain warranty doesn’t cover the engine then I don’t know what is does cover! National Auto Care has set up a system in which it is impossible to satisfy the requirements for them to fulfill their warranty.
I have called Tony Mayo, who was very unhelpful and blamed the local Mazda dealership for not striping down the rotary engine. I am currently pursuing a legal claim against National Auto Care.
If you buy from Mayo Autos, you’d better hope that the vehicle doesn’t have any issues, because Tony Mayo will neither identify them to you nor will he take accountability for them when they become obvious.
On a side note, to give you a good idea of how much Tony Mayo jacks up the prices of the cars he sells, the 2004 Saturn VUE V6 currently for sale for $ 4990 was traded in for $ 1900.