Market Conditions Commentary
 
I know used car traffic is off...but
by Robert Hollenshead
Oct 3 2013 2:10PM

Look at your front line.  Would you slide to a stop and pull in if you were Joe Public?  I already know the answer because I look.  There are a lot of unemotional cars that are long in the tooth because you did what the gurus tell you to do and buy with a formula that excludes cars that look like something you would want in your driveway after July 4th.

 I say  bah-freaking-humbug to that as the only cars in this market that are bring real money and getting sold when they come off the truck are cares with triple Ds .  Stop and think about it and tell me I’m not right.  Good ones, fat ones, units that make you take a double take, get sold right away…don’t they.  Now look at your front line.  You got any? 

If you fall into the category of everyone else you are gagging with grey, average, nobody cars.  You can’t figure why they aren’t selling and you make the excuse that it’s because New car business is good.  Think again.  It’s because you are packed up with  Bs.  No reason for a double take and no reason for you to come to the sale or get on simulcast to dig in, action sucks, right?

No, no, no,, you need to put some traffic jam makers on the point Daddy-o.  And where would you find those hamburgers?  I hate bragging, but I got to tell you the line up tomorrow looks like a car show.  Nutty cars and trucks and hundreds of them.  500+ total but I am telling you 250  units that go on the front line as show stoppers, traffic jamb makers, that make you look smart.

Spectacular exotics you cannot find anywhere regardless of time of year or location.  Lexus, Mercedes, BMW, Ferrari, Aston Martins, a pile of Porsches, Audis, Jaguars and Land Rovers.  Unbelievable Domestics.  A 2003 SSR with 3,000 miles.  A 2009 G8 with 3,000 miles in red that is new.  Trucks, Cadies, corvettes, name it we have them.  Please do yourself a favor and pay attention because there is merch in this grouping that will make you look smart for finding them and make money as a result.  Of course we have all the Toyotas, Hondas VWs, and Subys like we always have but look careful.  There is wild stuff in here. 

We busted our backsides this week, more than normal, to pinch the best merch in the country for you.  There is no place in North America that you can sit back and choose from this line up…and they all…all will be sold. 

Have a fun day tomorrow, I got them, and they will all have a new dealer name on the title by 2PM tomorrow.

Robert Hollenshead

Founder and President


2 Readers' Comments

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Mike Elliott
Binghamton
NY 13903
11 years ago
I think it is because very few buyers buy with their brains anymore. Nearly everyone seems to rely on their "magic car buying machines" that they hold in their hands. I can name several vehicles that Avg MMR price for a lower end model is more than the same car with a higher option package. So, the average buyer who can't think on their own pays more. When we all know the higher end model is clearly more desirable and appealing, and as you point out, much easier to sell on a lot. Case in point, a few weeks ago I ran 2 08 Chevy Cobalts that were nearly identical in miles, condition, and were both LTs. One was white, plain Jaime with hubcaps and had paintwork but a clean "Car False". The other was a great color, had heated leather, moonroof, factory chrome wheels, spoiler, new tires, no paintwork, just a phat one. They ran in the same lineup with the same buyers/bidders there. The no frills in exciting white one did only $150 less than the phat one. Because according to their "magic car

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Mike Elliott
Binghamton
NY 13903
11 years ago
Because according to their "magic car buying machines" they were worth the same. Anyone with a brain would know parked next to each other on a lot with relatively close asking prices which one would sell 5 times before the other would sell. But most dealers don't use their brains. And most big stores send "buyers" to the auction that don't have a clue and only know what the device in their hand tells them. It's sad.