[s-cars] RS6 going to auction

Sat Aug 5 15:46:55 EDT 2006

Teddy,
I watched on of your "brokers" buy an absolutly gorgeous black pearl effect 
/ black RS 6 about a month ago in Dulles, VA. Only problem was that the 
nose,right front door had been repaired and painted. I asked him about it 
and he said his customer wouldn't know the difference. The repair was done 
very well. I happen to know this fellow; a reseller who operates off his 
dining room table using a "friends" dealer plate. Not only a little sleazy, 
but if the state was aware of it, they would pull the "friends's" dealer 
plates.
The only ax I have to grind is the all too often used reference to the local 
'"stealer". That is a term term that obviously is used by someone whose boss 
charges his customers no more than the employees salary for the employee's 
work; NOT likely.
Did any of you know that in order for a frachised Audi dealer to be licensed 
to sell the RS 6 in 2003, he had to pay  an amzing amount of money to Audi 
for the tools,tech updates, tech schools,etc,etc?. Our local dealer had to 
pay over sixty grand for the priveledge; after which Audi alloteed him two 
units.Hmm, do the math.
DF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
To: "dave flagg" <dfautohaus at adelphia.net>; "Bruce Mendel" 
<brucem105 at comcast.net>
Cc: "s-car-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] RS6 going to auction


> dave,
>
> got an ax to grind?
>
> if i find somebody with a dealer's license who is willing to buy the
> car for me for a broker's fee, what's the problem?  if this competition
> eats into the profits of the dealers who set up shops as you describe,
> then market forces dictate that they will find some other way to do 
> business,
> including buying cars for customers on request.  if i scan craigslist,
> i see a few ads from people with dealer's licenses who are willing to
> buy a car at auction for a fee.  i'm not going to go get a dealer's 
> license
> to buy cars for myself because i wouldn't be doing it very often, and i
> have other things to do.  but i'm willing to pay a broker for his time.
>
> i think there's a market for both.  there's a significant risk in buying
> a car at auction stemming from the fact that you don't get to check out 
> the
> car beforehand.  a used car dealer generally absorbs that risk - if 
> they're
> honest, anyway.
>
> in this case, RS6s are rare and hard to find, so your best bet of getting
> one is probably through the auction.  that's how this thread got started.
> nobody's talking about garden variety A6s and A8s.
>
> -teddy
>
> --- dave flagg <dfautohaus at adelphia.net> wrote:
>
>> I suggest you guys anti up for a dealer's license; this includes real 
>> estate
>> with facility,zoning approval (try that sometime), dealer bond, dealer
>> liabilty insurance, physical damge insurance (unless you've got a few mil
>> lying around so you can pay cash for your cars), property fire legal or
>> catastrophic loss insurance Then you can go ahead and buy cars for the 
>> list
>> at cost and save evryone the added expense of a dealer making a profit
>> .02
>> DF
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Bruce Mendel" <brucem105 at comcast.net>
>> Cc: "s-car-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] RS6 going to auction
>>
>>
>> > translation, please.  i take it these are all RS6s.  lease is for cars
>> > that are coming off lease, and regular is for cars that were traded
>> > in?  what does the dollar figure represent?  opening bid?  the next
>> > number looks like mileage.  what do above, below, and avg represent?
>> >
>> > why does the 5th car have a number instead of a color?  what are
>> > 8G/8GT, A/S, and Yes/No for?
>> >
>> > -teddy
>> >
>> > --- Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>       08/02/06 BAY CITI Lease $48,000 43,034 Avg BLUE 8G A Yes
>> >>       07/27/06 MANHEIM Regular $54,500 35,206 Avg BLACK 8G A Yes
>> >>       07/26/06 ATLANTA Regular $49,000 48,941 Avg SILVER 8G A No
>> >>       06/29/06 MANHEIM Lease $57,250 17,496 Above BLUEMET 8GT S Yes
>> >>       06/29/06 MANHEIM Lease $37,000 45,445 Below 7105863 8GT S No
>> >>       05/25/06 RIVRSIDE Regular $51,000 40,309 Avg BLACK 8G A Yes
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "Dave Kase" <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
>> >> To: "Ronald Whiton" <dooksniffer at gmail.com>
>> >> Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>> >> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:10 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [s-cars] RS6 going to auction
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > I have "a guy" for Manheim (dealer only) should anyone be 
>> >> > interested.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ronald Whiton wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > >Heads up.  Silver RS6 heading to Manhiem.  The dealership bottom 
>> >> > >line
>> >> > >is
>> >> > >about 53-54k.
>> >> > >http://lansdale.fivestardealers.com/
>> >> > >Look in the preowned invintory, pg 3.
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