Audi's in dealer Auctions....

[Kneale Brownson]

They have to jack the used car price up too much to support the sort of 
prices they charge for their new cars of the same brand.  That's why they 
pass most of them on.  And that local WeeDoublephew/Hauty/Toycar dealership 
is owned by the same guy who sells Caddies and Subadubs up the street.


At 02:13 PM 11/13/2000 -0500, Jokeree at aol.com wrote:

>     Cars end up in auctions for many reasons, some legitimate, others not.
>One of the biggest reasons is that a dealer might get a "foreign" car as a
>trade in and truly believe that it is not worth their while to try and sell
>it it. Or simply that the car doesn't fit into the dealers click, ie. too
>old, too many miles, wrong brand, or even wrong look. I've tried to track
>down many older audi models at various dealerships in my area, only to be
>told that they shipped it off to auction because they didn't think anyone
>would buy it.
>     If you're looking into a car at a strictly used car dealership then you
>can be almost certain that most of those cars came from dealer auctions.
>     An example of this would be my local VW/Audi dealership. They have a
>small used car lot sitting along side their new car lot. I can't recall how
>many times I've stopped in about a car they had "sitting out back" and have
>been told that they are sending it to auction. Instead of keeping trade-ins,
>they stock their used car lot with neons, dodge's and  minivans, some nice
>examples and some not so nice examples. I've been told that they would rather
>sell a 14 year old subaru than try and sell a newer audi. Thats just were
>their customer base is. The salseman was telling me one day that it usually
>takes about two weeks to move any kind of chrysler product off their lot, but
>if they try and sell a jetta, it could take months.
>
>     Dave Farrer
>