canadadrives.ca

Zero stars—avoid at all costs!

If I could rate zero stars for my experience selling to Canada Drives, I would. Please DO NOT sell your car through them, even if you’re desperate.I feel so stupid after seeing that this company pulled the exact same tactic with many other reviewers. Here’s how it plays out:1. They offer you a very low price for your car, which you will likely ignore.2. They don’t contact you right away, presumably to give you time to shop around, contact Clutch.ca (which was much more pleasant to deal with), etc.3. They then start spamming you with calls, emails, and text messages. Now they are desperate to buy your car. They are suddenly CONFIDENT they can meet or even beat Clutch’s (or the other competitor’s) offer.4. They schedule you for an inspection, only for you to be offered significantly less once the car has been inspected.Now on to the experience itself. The closest inspection location was in the literal middle of nowhere—it took me over 1.5 hours to get there. I can’t think of any beneficial reason for them to operate out of that space, other than to be intentionally difficult to get to. I imagine they have a lot of people who get there, receive lowball offers, but then think “I drove this far, I might as well accept.” There’s no shuttles, no offers of Uber gift cards to get you home (which Clutch provides), nothing. It was a $30, 25 minute Uber ride to get from the Canada Drives office to the nearest train station after proceeding with the sale.Onto the offer/inspection. When I spoke with Taylor over the phone, I mentioned I had winter tires on rims that I was hoping to include as part of the sale. He advised I would get more by selling them privately, but if I included them they could offer me “a little bit extra”. When I mentioned this during inspection, both Ivo and Mo essentially laughed in my face. They said they couldn’t give me any extra money for the tires, but I could take them home if I wanted to sell them privately. I’m not sure how they expected me to take them home when I was planning to sell my car then and there, so I ended up having to include them. During the inspection, Ivo found a scrape on my front bumper that I genuinely hadn’t noticed. Mo told me it would cost him about $600 to fix, yet he offered $2,000 less than what I was quoted over the phone. I understand the quotes provided online/over the phone are subject to the results of an inspection, but the math wasn’t adding up on this one.Lastly, the payment. Canada Drives advertises everywhere that you will be paid on the same day your car is dropped off. Once you agree on the price, that’s when the excuses start. My inspection was in the evening, so “unfortunately the payment won’t be transferred to your account until tomorrow”. Then Mo saw that I bank with a credit union and he “wasn’t sure if they could receive funds on the same day, so it may not be until Monday at the latest”. ??? Okay, sure, whatever. I had a Bill of Sale and I know it’s a legitimate company so I’d receive my money eventually, but this is 100% false advertising.I honestly felt like I needed a shower after this whole experience—it was incredibly unpleasant with scummy, well-concealed tactics from start to finish. I wish I had just gone with Clutch or my local dealer that offered a similar quote to what I ended up receiving from Canada Drives.

Date of experience: Nov 13, 2025