Help please selling high end car!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exotic car owner here. Tell us the model. Lamborghini? Ferrari? Porsche? Audi R8?

The market is very "thin" so you need to spread your wings wide. Bring a Trailer only accepts a few cars, so yours needs to be unique to get accepted. It can take a few weeks at least -- I have a friend who sold a very rare Alfa from the 1970s on there.

You can also try carsandbids.com from Doug DeMuro. It's good exposure -- he has over a million followers -- and they are a lot less selective.

You can indeed take it to Carmax. They will low-ball you since they are just going to send it for wholesale, probably to Carlisle. They don't sell cars that expensive on their lot.

Then there are enthusiast groups. The issue there is for many models, the numbers of people in there is not that many so it's a small market. I own a car by a rare automaker, and I'd guess only 1/3 of owners are active in the online forums/owner groups.

If you were really an "exotic car owner" you would know that no lamborghini, ferrari or even R8 sells for 140k new, which is what OP claims the car was purchased for. Therefore this car is below even an R8 and in no way classifies as exotic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH uses Bring a Trailer. I don't know much about it, but he is stalking a car he had 30 years ago that he wants to just buy and sit in for nostalgic purposes (SMH)

We have a older 911 and the annual cost of maintenance (even tho we drive it less than1000 miles per year) is $2500. It's like money we would spend on a vacation (with nothing tangibleto show for it) so we view it like that. It makes my DH happy. My DH wants another one, so he jokes that he is going to buy me a "matching car", even though it's just his rationalization for another car to sit in the garage (that we don't have room for).

OP - maybe your husband is just rationalizing that it is your car, because otherwise it would make no sense to own it. I would just cut your losses and give the friend the 10% commission. If they do all of the work it's probably worth it.

Owning cars like this doesn't make sense from a strictly financial standpoint, but there are other benefits.

Besides, better to have DH focused on a hobby where he's surround by middle-aged married guys, right?

At least that was one of the justifications I used when we put down a $10k deposit last week on a $120k car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exotic car owner here. Tell us the model. Lamborghini? Ferrari? Porsche? Audi R8?

The market is very "thin" so you need to spread your wings wide. Bring a Trailer only accepts a few cars, so yours needs to be unique to get accepted. It can take a few weeks at least -- I have a friend who sold a very rare Alfa from the 1970s on there.

You can also try carsandbids.com from Doug DeMuro. It's good exposure -- he has over a million followers -- and they are a lot less selective.

You can indeed take it to Carmax. They will low-ball you since they are just going to send it for wholesale, probably to Carlisle. They don't sell cars that expensive on their lot.

Then there are enthusiast groups. The issue there is for many models, the numbers of people in there is not that many so it's a small market. I own a car by a rare automaker, and I'd guess only 1/3 of owners are active in the online forums/owner groups.

If you were really an "exotic car owner" you would know that no lamborghini, ferrari or even R8 sells for 140k new, which is what OP claims the car was purchased for. Therefore this car is below even an R8 and in no way classifies as exotic.

Did they buy it new in 2015? My impression was it was bought in 2015 as a used car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH uses Bring a Trailer. I don't know much about it, but he is stalking a car he had 30 years ago that he wants to just buy and sit in for nostalgic purposes (SMH)

We have a older 911 and the annual cost of maintenance (even tho we drive it less than1000 miles per year) is $2500. It's like money we would spend on a vacation (with nothing tangibleto show for it) so we view it like that. It makes my DH happy. My DH wants another one, so he jokes that he is going to buy me a "matching car", even though it's just his rationalization for another car to sit in the garage (that we don't have room for).

OP - maybe your husband is just rationalizing that it is your car, because otherwise it would make no sense to own it. I would just cut your losses and give the friend the 10% commission. If they do all of the work it's probably worth it.

Owning cars like this doesn't make sense from a strictly financial standpoint, but there are other benefits.

Besides, better to have DH focused on a hobby where he's surround by middle-aged married guys, right?

At least that was one of the justifications I used when we put down a $10k deposit last week on a $120k car.

if you can afford to properly maintain them, classic European sports cars are great investments. OP does not actually have a collectors car though, they have a mass-produced suv- I'm guessing a cayenne or G Wagon which both match OPs purchase price

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exotic car owner here. Tell us the model. Lamborghini? Ferrari? Porsche? Audi R8?

The market is very "thin" so you need to spread your wings wide. Bring a Trailer only accepts a few cars, so yours needs to be unique to get accepted. It can take a few weeks at least -- I have a friend who sold a very rare Alfa from the 1970s on there.

You can also try carsandbids.com from Doug DeMuro. It's good exposure -- he has over a million followers -- and they are a lot less selective.

You can indeed take it to Carmax. They will low-ball you since they are just going to send it for wholesale, probably to Carlisle. They don't sell cars that expensive on their lot.

Then there are enthusiast groups. The issue there is for many models, the numbers of people in there is not that many so it's a small market. I own a car by a rare automaker, and I'd guess only 1/3 of owners are active in the online forums/owner groups.

If you were really an "exotic car owner" you would know that no lamborghini, ferrari or even R8 sells for 140k new, which is what OP claims the car was purchased for. Therefore this car is below even an R8 and in no way classifies as exotic.

Did they buy it new in 2015? My impression was it was bought in 2015 as a used car.

Okay, fair point. OP isn't a very good writer and just says, "2015 he paid 140k for" in response to a question about if it's a late model car. i assumed she meant he bought a 2015 model during that same year

[Anonymous]

Bring a Trailer is sweet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exotic car owner here. Tell us the model. Lamborghini? Ferrari? Porsche? Audi R8?

The market is very "thin" so you need to spread your wings wide. Bring a Trailer only accepts a few cars, so yours needs to be unique to get accepted. It can take a few weeks at least -- I have a friend who sold a very rare Alfa from the 1970s on there.

You can also try carsandbids.com from Doug DeMuro. It's good exposure -- he has over a million followers -- and they are a lot less selective.

You can indeed take it to Carmax. They will low-ball you since they are just going to send it for wholesale, probably to Carlisle. They don't sell cars that expensive on their lot.

Then there are enthusiast groups. The issue there is for many models, the numbers of people in there is not that many so it's a small market. I own a car by a rare automaker, and I'd guess only 1/3 of owners are active in the online forums/owner groups.

If you were really an "exotic car owner" you would know that no lamborghini, ferrari or even R8 sells for 140k new, which is what OP claims the car was purchased for. Therefore this car is below even an R8 and in no way classifies as exotic.

Did they buy it new in 2015? My impression was it was bought in 2015 as a used car.

Okay, fair point. OP isn't a very good writer and just says, "2015 he paid 140k for" in response to a question about if it's a late model car. i assumed she meant he bought a 2015 model during that same year

Correct! He bought it used in 2016 and its a 2015 and 100% exotic. It was close to 170k new. And definitely not a SUV! This car is extremely sexy and has a gorgeous black and white leather interior with white stitching and beautiful carbon fiber trim..

[Anonymous]

so new for 170, carbon fiber trim which implies its not carbon fiber construction. I'm guessing R8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so new for 170, carbon fiber trim which implies its not carbon fiber construction. I'm guessing R8

Agreed. I was also thinking R8. Honestly it's not that hard to sell an R8 and you don't need a special middle man. Just go request blue book value from a dealer or carmax. I believe if you took a poll, most people would not consider an R8 exotic, although it is certainly a very cool car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so new for 170, carbon fiber trim which implies its not carbon fiber construction. I'm guessing R8

Agreed. I was also thinking R8. Honestly it's not that hard to sell an R8 and you don't need a special middle man. Just go request blue book value from a dealer or carmax. I believe if you took a poll, most people would not consider an R8 exotic, although it is certainly a very cool car.

Wrong again! It’s not a R8

[Anonymous]

Mercedes AMG GT
McLaren 570s
Bentley Continental GT
Porsche Panamera Turbo
Aston Martin Vantage
Acura NSX

[Anonymous]

OP is so pathetic. Why are we still giving her the attention she's striving for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mercedes AMG GT
McLaren 570s
Bentley Continental GT
Porsche Panamera Turbo
Aston Martin Vantage
Acura NSX

Wow you’re good! It’s one of these actually..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is so pathetic. Why are we still giving her the attention she's striving for?

Jealous much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so new for 170, carbon fiber trim which implies its not carbon fiber construction. I'm guessing R8

Agreed. I was also thinking R8. Honestly it's not that hard to sell an R8 and you don't need a special middle man. Just go request blue book value from a dealer or carmax. I believe if you took a poll, most people would not consider an R8 exotic, although it is certainly a very cool car.

Neither a dealer nor carmax will give you anywhere close to blue book.