Audi's in dealer Auctions....

[Ameer Antar]

i definitely see your point...auctions doesn't = bad car...but it sounds 
fishy if it been to 3 different auctions and this is a '98 M3! Not really a 
hard car to sell, unless there's something up w/ it. It definitely make 
sense to see a older car at auction, but I think flags should go up if it's 
been up more than once....

I would never trust those wholesalers [only do used cars and aren't 
dealerships, usually attached to some shop]. They only get auction cars. I 
would never buy a car from them....bad service...problems w/ car...no 
warranty. I've known a few of these guys and believe me they would sell you 
anything....just my opinion...

-ameer


At 02:13 PM 11/13/2000 , you 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