[techweenie]

In researching the '85 Carrera I bought a year ago, I discovered that the estate of the owner sold the car to Car Max. It was subsequently bought by a dealer and put on eBay where I spotted it. Would love to know what Car Max paid. I suspect $6-6.5K or so. In the few times I went to the local Car Max (looking for Jeeps) I found the prices a bit higher than I could get from private parties, and the quality of salespeople was slightly above the DMV clerk level. I got the impression they were on a moderate base salary or draw with very small commissions, because they had little emotional investment in making a sale. In a few cases, I practically had to pry their business cards out of their hands. Very odd.