Business ProfileforSmoots Auto Center

I purchased a car on August 7, 2022 exactly 5 months ago from Smoots Auto Center. I’ve had it in and out of the shop ever since I got it. The second day I had it I called smoots about a sputtering and black smoke coming out of the car and they had me take it to their car mechanic and they claimed to have fixed a hose that causes that. Picked it up from the car mechanic and it was continuing to do the same thing. I called and made another appointment with the mechanic but the car lot said the mechanic will have to charge me for any work done because my warranty was done so I cancelled the appointment because why should I have to pay for the car when I didn’t have it more than 2 weeks. I then proceeded to have the engine light come on and it said I needed new spark plugs so my husband and I got all 4 brand new spark plugs. Car continued to have things breaking on it. Took it to a new car mechanic two different times and this last time I took it which was on Wednesday January 11, 2023 my car was still doing the sputtering and blowing out black smoke and my car no longer has heat. They said everything was breaking due to there being an oil valve leak which caused the engine to not get oil into which made the cylinder 3 go out. Which means we need a whole entire new engine. The mechanic said the damage to the engine had been there before we got the car and that the lot sold us the car knowing what was wrong with it and was just trying to cover it up for a quick sale. We called the car lot yesterday and respectfully asked if there was a way they could help us out with a new engine considering we’ve only had the vehicle 5 months they transferred us to their car mechanic shop and they quotes us a $2,600. How is that helping us out? We should not have to be putting in a brand new engine that was messed up when we bought it. I’m extremely disappointed and had no idea I bought a car from a bunch of crooks and I’m still making payments on it. Looking into the lemon law as well.