DreamingOfCars
October 5th, 2010, 04:41
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ctd/1977027263.html
I called the listed dealer about this ad, and I was told a lot of things that don't add up given the Carfax I ran. I was told the car was a 2 owner car, and the current owner is some type of doctor trading Porsches through this dealer. Supposedly this owner has had the car for 5 years and averaged 5k miles/year. The owner also supposedly bought it from Barrier and did a full inspection to verify it was a "real RS6", and he had a 2-3 year Fidelity warranty that the dealer advised the seller to cash in. The dealer also said he sells a lot of performance cars, but if you look at his other CL ads (he doesn't run any on AutoTrader etc.), they are mostly 7-8 year old luxury cars.
What's more fishy is the fact that this dealer said he is offering the car on consignment as a favor, and when I asked if he was a dealer, he responded with it being "something he does with his son". He had the cars in some type of warehouse in Issaquah but recently rented out the Exotic Motors building in Bellevue. I'm pretty sure Exotic motors is defunct, and there is another dealership painted on the window called "Platinum Motors Exports, LLC" (which either moved or is also defunct). He told me the name of his dealership was something like "Mercer Motorsports" or "Mercer Motorshop". In any case, I couldn't find any more info about this business. I saw a lot of people walking around his dealership the other day, and I see no signs for any "Mercer" anything around. The whole situation smells a lot like a curbstoner part time dealer. How he got an RS6 to be sold alongside most of the stuff he usually sells is odd, but as I mentioned a lot of things don't add up.
When I asked about the Carfax, he said he hadn't run it, but his ad clearly says "Clean Carfax".
Here are some interesting things the Carfax turned up, in addition to the other 40ish records on the list:
Computer module replaced
MAF sensor replaced
Engine/powertrain computer/module replaced
Fuel system serviced
Transmission serviced
Transmission serviced
It's possible the dealer just didn't know a lot of the details, but I was suspicious enough after our conversation/reviewing the Carfax to stay away.
I called the listed dealer about this ad, and I was told a lot of things that don't add up given the Carfax I ran. I was told the car was a 2 owner car, and the current owner is some type of doctor trading Porsches through this dealer. Supposedly this owner has had the car for 5 years and averaged 5k miles/year. The owner also supposedly bought it from Barrier and did a full inspection to verify it was a "real RS6", and he had a 2-3 year Fidelity warranty that the dealer advised the seller to cash in. The dealer also said he sells a lot of performance cars, but if you look at his other CL ads (he doesn't run any on AutoTrader etc.), they are mostly 7-8 year old luxury cars.
What's more fishy is the fact that this dealer said he is offering the car on consignment as a favor, and when I asked if he was a dealer, he responded with it being "something he does with his son". He had the cars in some type of warehouse in Issaquah but recently rented out the Exotic Motors building in Bellevue. I'm pretty sure Exotic motors is defunct, and there is another dealership painted on the window called "Platinum Motors Exports, LLC" (which either moved or is also defunct). He told me the name of his dealership was something like "Mercer Motorsports" or "Mercer Motorshop". In any case, I couldn't find any more info about this business. I saw a lot of people walking around his dealership the other day, and I see no signs for any "Mercer" anything around. The whole situation smells a lot like a curbstoner part time dealer. How he got an RS6 to be sold alongside most of the stuff he usually sells is odd, but as I mentioned a lot of things don't add up.
When I asked about the Carfax, he said he hadn't run it, but his ad clearly says "Clean Carfax".
Here are some interesting things the Carfax turned up, in addition to the other 40ish records on the list:
Computer module replaced
MAF sensor replaced
Engine/powertrain computer/module replaced
Fuel system serviced
Transmission serviced
Transmission serviced
It's possible the dealer just didn't know a lot of the details, but I was suspicious enough after our conversation/reviewing the Carfax to stay away.