[DeTomaso] [SDP] 3277 CHA 1972 DeTomaso Pantera

Brent Stewart bjbstewart at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 25 16:49:04 EST 2016 

Yeah, I sorta get the test drive thing as well.  I've bought and sold my share of exotic cars to realize there are a LOT of lookers that just want to drive a nice car, but have no actual intent to buy.  When I personally sell a car, I tell the buyer "let's assume that it drives perfectly and that you will be 100% satisfied", and then do the rest of the deal. Once we've agreed on a price and all the other bits, we go for a drive.  It will be the same way with my '74 when I sell it later this year...
brent4328 

    On Thursday, February 25, 2016 1:38 PM, Dennis Valdez via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
 

 Mike, as far as test drives go I had a similar experience when I bought my car. They would not let me drive the car until we had essentially come to agreement on a price pending my satisfaction with the test drive. Given it was a low mileage car they said they did not want to put miles on it with people that were not serious. 

They let me crawl in, under, and around the car is much as I wanted and I did as much research as I could.

Fortunately, the rather long test drive went flawlessly and I ended up buying the car. I guess I got lucky. 

Dennis Valdez 

> On Feb 24, 2016, at 7:59 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
> 
>  In a message dated 2/23/16 22 41 16, edducati at mac.com writes:
> 
>    Check out this video on YouTube:
>    http://youtu.be/eOrS0SIlEwk
> 
>>>> It's a beautiful video, and might be a great car.  Unfortunately the
>  dealer leaves more than a bit to be desired.
>  I've been working with three different people who have made various
>  attempts to buy this car, one of them quite seriously.  The asking
>  price was $75K, and he got them to agree to $70K.  He made a commitment
>  to buy the car at that price, and was going to fly out on the weekend
>  to buy it.  No money traded hands, but he had a commitment and was in
>  the process of buying a plane ticket to go see it, and pay for it.
>  They called him a day later and told him that somebody else was
>  expressing interest, and if he really wanted the car, he had better
>  increase his offer right away.  He reminded them that they already had
>  a deal.  They told him the deal was off, and demanded more money.  He
>  told them to go pound sand.
>  That was weeks ago, and they are still trying to sell the car.
>  Some forum dudes went to look at the car on his behalf, and they
>  wouldn't let them drive it!  Who the heck goes to buy a car and doesn't
>  test-drive it?  Oh, they could sit in it and make vroom vroom noises,
>  and I guess they could drive it around a parking lot, but that's it.
>  Clearly these guys don't know how to sell a car.  Until their attitude
>  improves, they will likely have it for quite some time....
>  Mike
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   Yeah, I sorta get the test drive thing as well.  I've bought and sold
   my share of exotic cars to realize there are a LOT of lookers that just
   want to drive a nice car, but have no actual intent to buy.  When I
   personally sell a car, I tell the buyer "let's assume that it drives
   perfectly and that you will be 100% satisfied", and then do the rest of
   the deal. Once we've agreed on a price and all the other bits, we go
   for a drive.  It will be the same way with my '74 when I sell it later
   this year...
   brent
   4328
   On Thursday, February 25, 2016 1:38 PM, Dennis Valdez via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
   Mike, as far as test drives go I had a similar experience when I bought
   my car. They would not let me drive the car until we had essentially
   come to agreement on a price pending my satisfaction with the test
   drive. Given it was a low mileage car they said they did not want to
   put miles on it with people that were not serious.
   They let me crawl in, under, and around the car is much as I wanted and
   I did as much research as I could.
   Fortunately, the rather long test drive went flawlessly and I ended up
   buying the car. I guess I got lucky.
   Dennis Valdez
   > On Feb 24, 2016, at 7:59 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso
   <[1]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
   >
   >  In a message dated 2/23/16 22 41 16, [2]edducati at mac.com writes:
   >
   >    Check out this video on YouTube:
   >    [3]http://youtu.be/eOrS0SIlEwk
   >
   >>>> It's a beautiful video, and might be a great car.  Unfortunately
   the
   >  dealer leaves more than a bit to be desired.
   >  I've been working with three different people who have made various
   >  attempts to buy this car, one of them quite seriously.  The asking
   >  price was $75K, and he got them to agree to $70K.  He made a
   commitment
   >  to buy the car at that price, and was going to fly out on the
   weekend
   >  to buy it.  No money traded hands, but he had a commitment and was
   in
   >  the process of buying a plane ticket to go see it, and pay for it.
   >  They called him a day later and told him that somebody else was
   >  expressing interest, and if he really wanted the car, he had better
   >  increase his offer right away.  He reminded them that they already
   had
   >  a deal.  They told him the deal was off, and demanded more money.
   He
   >  told them to go pound sand.
   >  That was weeks ago, and they are still trying to sell the car.
   >  Some forum dudes went to look at the car on his behalf, and they
   >  wouldn't let them drive it!  Who the heck goes to buy a car and
   doesn't
   >  test-drive it?  Oh, they could sit in it and make vroom vroom
   noises,
   >  and I guess they could drive it around a parking lot, but that's it.
   >  Clearly these guys don't know how to sell a car.  Until their
   attitude
   >  improves, they will likely have it for quite some time....
   >  Mike
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