Simona is great, don't be (too) concerned with the negative reviews!
After my father passed away I put his car up for auction on Carwow. Simona from CarFinity came to collect the car two days later.
I was very impressed by Simona, she arrived on time, early in the day, checked over the car, took it on a test drive, collected the paperwork that I had, paid the asking price and went on her way.
In such a male-dominated car-world, what I liked about Simona was how she knew what was what under the bonnet and picked up on the car's failings that I was unaware of. It needed new brake discs and there was a worn bearing, and Simona told me that these and other problems would be fixed before the car is resold.
I joined Simona on the test drive and made some smalltalk, from which I conclude that she is a lovely woman, just doing her best in the car trade, and working hard. I thought I best leave a review because she was so nice, and I was genuinely shocked that there were such miserable reviews here!
Truth be told is that cars fall apart and rust to pieces. You get what you pay for and Simona and co specialise in small cars for first time buyers. I don't believe they are trying to con anyone, I just think that it is the nature of the product, cars just rot and rust, making it impossible to get a ten year old affordable car that genuinely has no issues.
My dad's car was only ever used to go to the supermarket and back, rarely going over 20mph, but this car - 'perfect' in my eyes - had issues that Simona spotted but I did not. These will be fixed up before the car gets sold, and this is how the business works.
Nobody writing negative reviews here cites the car they bought. With some cars, even if Jesus Christ was selling it on, it would still be a lemon worthy of a one star review. With other cars, even if Elon Musk was selling it, it would... Oh wait...
Anyway, it is all 'buyer be ware' in the auto trade, however, Simona is lovely, honest and great to do business with as a seller. There is nothing shady about her. And no, she didn't pay me to write this, she just turned up on time and did a good job!
14 May 2025
Unprompted review