Used car dealerships?

stay away from herb chambers

Herb Chambers Toyota in Allston performed the 90k service on my last car a few years ago. I later discovered that some of the service I was billed for wasn't performed.

The fuel filter had fused onto the fuel line. The shop that did the 120k service broke the line to get the filter out. It annoyed the mechanic enough that he looked up the lot number on the filter and discovered it was original to the car. (I paid to have it changed at 30k and 60k as well, at Fairfax Toyota in Virginia.)

Find a mechanic you like, have them do a pre-purchase inspection and buy from Craigslist. A seller on Craigslist might try to cheat you and might be a professional swindler, but they might not and they might not be. Go to a dealership and they *will* try to cheat you and they *will* be pros.

avoid bertera like the plague. i tried to buy a 91 passat, and everything was arranged, and when i got down there they told me that they had their mechanic look at it and there was still about $2000-worth of damages that needed to be fixed, and they talked me into an 87 accord hatchback instead.

they then claimed for nearly a week that my payment information was lost, and then within the next few months, i had to get a new battery, a completely new exhaust system, and the brakes rebuilt from axle out.

We have had excellent service at all the Clay Nissan Dealers. I believe a few of them are T accessible, at least the one in Newton.

I would avoid Boch Honda. Read the two public entries in my lj for more details.

ive heard bad things in general about boch.

but....but....come on downnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

i am in the market myself for a used car, and have been looking for about 3wks now.
i'm not sure what your budget is, but depending what you're looking to spend and what year you want to buy, the best used car places i've found were west http://www.westroxburymotors.com/ on center st across from roache brothers, and http://www.cars.com/bostonmotorsports/ in allston right across from the kfc on north beacon.
west roxbury has really clean cars that are reasonably priced.
allston's cars are sort of dirtier, but they are pretty cheap to begin with, but they are super easy to negotiate with and will knock a lot off the price.
and there's always http://www.cypressauto.com/ they're really nice guys, and they're right on the D line.
good luck!