[naro914]

Ian,
Sorry to hear about your story. Unfortunately, sometimes it seems no matter what you do, you still have a chance of getting burned.

I always find it funny that people insist that they get a better car when they buy privately then from a dealer (no, I am not pointing fingers, just an industry observation). Here's the thing...where do you think WE get them from? We buy them from the same private owner that anybody else would. However, since we see a ton of these cars we USUALLY know what to look for. But still, we are not mechanics, so we typically recommend a PPI. Unfortunately, as Sonny can atttest to, even THAT doesn't always help.

All that said, we've been burned by dealers just as much as we have from private sellers. The car Sonny bought from us we bought from a private owner. A 993 coupe that we bought from a private owner that he represented as "perfect" has now had $2500 put into it to get the distributor, ABS pump, brakes, and master cylinder replaced. And, we've been sitting on it for 3 months before we can even offer it for sale! A 928 we bought from a dealer it seems had a whole front clip replaced. He never disclosed that and would not take it back. So trust me when I say this that we completely understand the frustrations our customers have.

OK, enough soap box. We'll just keep doing our best. I'm sure we'll tick off some people along the way, that's just the nature of this business. But we'll try to minimize it....