Star Motor Sports

People Beware! ! I had my car shipped to this guy to have him fix a bad engine I purchased from him. Over 4 months of him giving me stories, he finally tells me it is done then when I go to setup a time to get my vehicle back he doesn’t answer or return my calls. After a month of trying to get a hold of him with no luck, I was able to contact a friend nearby go check out his place. Turns out he has closed shop and probably left town. In other words he’s probably decided to steal my vehicle. Be very aware of this Scammer. Joe Onyeagu is not to be trusted! He’s a Scammer and a thief!

I didn’t research this company before I sent my car to them. Reason being my insurance gave me Star Motor Sports as one of the shops that has the engine that I needed. If I had read the reviews first, I would not have sent my car based on the negative reviews. That being said I am glad I ended up dealing with Star Motor Sports and Joe… let me explain why I rated them 5 stars, might be worth the read to you. If you want a summary, scroll down to the bottom.
First, I only write reviews if I have very good or very bad service. In this case, fantastic service.
My 2006 BMW M3 engine was flooded and needed to be replaced. My insurance company is the one who said that Star Motor Sports has an engine and gave me their number. After a brief call with Joe during which we agreed on an estimated price, I sent my car to Joe on Dec 27, 2013. Also, understanding that New Years Eve was coming up, Joe and I agreed that my car would be completed by January 10, 2014 at the latest.
I gave a call around January 6^th to see the status, and no engine had arrived as of yet. Joe said it was due to the horrible weather (for those that don’t know, for the past few weeks, the weather has been horrible in Texas and the East Coast, so that is a valid reason) and that it would come soon. The transporter was running into issues.
January 10 came along and still no word about the car. I called Joe and he said he is still waiting on the car to arrive. Now I was getting annoyed and didn’t really believe him. I pretty much stated to Joe that I am getting impatient and for him to find another engine since I no longer have a rental anymore and need a car asap.
Joe actually took the time to buy another donor M3, which was in Austin and drove himself up there to trailer it back. My car was officially worked on January 14. He promised it would be up and running on January 23^rd.
January 23 he called and said it is complete, he is about to put new oil in and it should fire up so I drove over there with money in hand ready to pick up my car. I arrived and guess what, it didn’t start. At this point I am pissed off, especially since I had a flight in a couple of hours. I left thinking that my car would never start.
Later that day, I got a call saying that the starter was also damaged and he was able to replace it the same day as he was able to find one in his inventory. I was happy and didn’t question this because it’s not weird for other parts to be damaged. Joe said that the car is driving fine, but he would like to drive it and make sure everything is running as it should. The following day he sent me a txt saying that the SMG pump might be damaged but he is trying to fix mine before buying a new one. He couldn’t fix it but worked with me and was able to find another one and worked with me on the price of that as well, since he knew I was running low on budget for these unexpected expenses.
I picked up my car on January 27, 2013 and it runs as well, if not better than before. I know it has only been 3 days now that I have had my car, however I have purposely driven it quite a bit, with about 190 miles on the new engine, it is running fine. I was also given a 3 month warranty which I am sure Joe will uphold.
Aside from the long time it took, I now have my car back at a fantastic price that can’t be beat anywhere in Houston. I am a car guy and know what I am doing, I wouldn’t recommend him if I wasn’t a satisfied customer.
Summary: Car engine blew up, needed a new one, Star Motor Sports promised it to me within two weeks of giving it to them, after a bunch of stories of why it was being delayed (could be true could be false), took a month to get it back, but car is running perfect! All at a fantastic price that would be hard to beat. I don’t care that it took longer, I don’t care if Joe was being truthful as to the reasons why it took longer, all that matters is I have a perfectly fine running BMW M3 back in my garage.

I purchased a motor from Star Motor Sports. I was referred to them by an outfit back east. When I contacted Joe, he was fairly responsive in letting me know when my motor would ship and in answering my calls to follow up on the shipment. When I needed some additional parts shipped that did not go with the original motor shipment, he followed up and got them shipped promptly.

BEWARE! SCAM!
I would’ve given them 0 stars if it was possible.
To try to make a long story short my friend blew the motor on his E46 M3. I’m the mechanically inclined friend with a few swaps under my belt so I began with looking for a replacement engine and found Star Motor Sports via
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Joe (the owner/​guy who runs the place) said he has a 2006 motor with less than 4000 miles on it… we agreed on a price (over $ 3000). I gave him my friend’s CC # and it was quickly debited.
What began after than was weeks after weeks then months of delays, apologies, BS excuses, «I’m out of town», «it was supposed to be there», «they haven’t pulled it out of the car yet» and so on. Lots of apologies though, I’ll give Joe that he knows how to say sorry and apologize endlessly.
I have kept all texts and logs. To give you an idea the engine was paid for early November 2011. My last text to him was mid February 2012 asking where my stuff is.
Besides that Joe had also assured that the engine would be in good condition and that they check it when pulling it out of the wrecked car.
When the engine finally showed up, the block was CRACKED! There was some welds on it in a sorry attempt to try to patch it up and fix it but the engine was unusable.
After more apologies Joe agreed to take the engine back and refund my friend.
Today is June 26^th, 2012, the engine has had the engine back for months and my friend is struggling to get his money back and is now talking with lawyers.
Joe and Star Motor Sports are deceptive people, liars and scammers with no integrity. Avoid at all cost.
Edit: Before anybody asks «why doesn’t your file a charge back through his CC company?» Star Motor Sports has dragged this for over 6 months and the CC company says it’s too late… They know what they’re doing. You’ve been warned.