Please save yourself any trouble and do not buy a vehicle from Full Throttle and Jim Erickson. Some background: I purchased a car from Full Throttle that hasnt been able to pass a smog test since the original purchase date because the ECU monitors arent clearing. Upon attempting to return the car (CA law says you cant sell a car without it being smog legal) Jim Erickson and his mechanics gave me misinformation about needing to reset my drive cycle first. Upon doing so for thousands of miles, I realized resetting my uncleared monitors just wasnt happening. I took it to a real professional and upon doing so, found out that the issue is the car doesnt have its original downpipe, it is not legally configured and he refuses to take the car back or even after he misplaced the parts around the shop. Now he refuses to even cover the cost to get this car back to stock so I cant even get it smogged. This car cant be legally registered as a result. Jim Erickson didnt provide the necessary parts to have this car made legal nor did he feel any sense of urgency or responsibility to get this settled on his end. He keeps recommending illegal underground shops to do the work, which I have no idea what the work even entails. DO NOT TRUST JIM AND HIS MECHANICS. He threw me aside, avoided my calls and was very unprofessional. I DO NOT recommend. This was an awful experience that overall seemed very shady from the beginning. His constant argument is that I Knew the vehicles condition which is still against the law and literally an admission of guilt that this vehicle was not smoggable. NOWHERE in the original description did it say this car will not pass a smog, we had no bill of sale. I have already alerted the DMV, B.A.R of consumer affairs and am currently pursuing legal action. SAVE YOUR MONEY.TL; DR: Avoid this shop for all auto / consigment sales unless you want thousands in legal fees.Response to The owners followup: Jim, You never disclosed that this car couldnt pass smog and further you didnt provide the stock parts to allow it to pass. You completely put that responsibility on the buyer which is absolutely illegal in CA. This is the point Ive been trying to get across to you since I purchased the vehicle.
Horrible Experience wouldnt even trust them to do an oil change right
Loved working with James and his knowledge of cars. Would not buy a car from anyone else. He finds what your looking for.