Prices are on the rise......

[BostonDMD]

And all I did was post how the cars were meant to be driven as designed. I dont think I was the one to grab the thread and take it down this path. People call me out on it and I reply in turn.

Wow. You are a tool. Im trying to imagine the kind of person you must be like to be around, let alone be in a car with. Yea, I instruct too, big deal. Your so called racing license? Anyone can get one of those, seriously. You carry yourself as an arrogant prick. I would like to see you out on the track, or anywhere else for that matter. Thats the problem with the internet.... it gives you the ability to act out as a jackass without any consequence. You are already out the door, so you start a bunch of crap. Our first exchange focused around the debate of what these cars were meant to be.... certainly not garage queens like yours was (and most others for that matter). Most of you HEP folks early on thought you were something special. I reiterate you are not. You all bought a car with a different paint color and some different badges, thats about it. Why not go back and reread where we left off before you took a hard right turn and wound up in jackassville.

I say again, these re just cars and they should be driven as they were designed. Now, back to your seriously amateur observation, 2:05 is a pretty fast time for that car at the track. You referenced horsepower. Its more of a HP to weight ratio, and compared to cars that go a lot faster at that track, it isn't going to compete with stripped out vehicles like the GT4 or the FP350S.

Racing license, lol. I still chuckle thinking of you in those videos buzzing around the track in a boxter like a big swarm of mosquitos, lol. That's more or less what I think of when I run across cars and drivers like you in boxsters and miatas.

So go ahead and consider yourself a legend in your own mind. You are a tool. You are like Fred, loudmouth and very opinionated.

If you would like to take this discussion somewhere else, I would be happy to do so. Others have suggested getting this thread back on track, but you seem to use this as some kind of amusement for you and your @sshole HEP buddies.

I'm glad you sold it. You are one step closer to leaving this place and I must say it will be a better place if you did.

Racing license, lol

Dude, I feel sorry for you!
No wonder everyone on this forum has you on ignore…….
Have a great life in your fantasy world!

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[ice445]

Any idea where on Cota that happened? Pretty good track as far as runoff goes. I’d buy that back in a heartbeat if I was the owner, easy fix.

Happened on the main straight, he was braking hard to enter the first corner and for some reason his rear end came around and he hit the retaining wall. Best theory people had was that there was oil on the track or the rear brakes locked up due to some sort of failure of the car.

Sad

 

[jmhutner]

Better than what I'm looking at, 2019 2,500 miles and firm at $72,500.

I have a 2019 non-R and just got insulted at CarMax with an offer for $55K. Not sure if the market is still hot or if they just completely botched my offer. Car with similar miles is listed for sale at CarMax at $67K. If they are pulling an 18% margin on these cars, I need a new career in car arbitrage.

 

[DrumReaper]

I have a 2019 non-R and just got insulted at CarMax with an offer for $55K. Not sure if the market is still hot or if they just completely botched my offer. Car with similar miles is listed for sale at CarMax at $67K. If they are pulling an 18% margin on these cars, I need a new career in car arbitrage.

I’ve never known CarMax to be nice to you… they tried to steal my B302 a couple years back. The guy acted like he was doing me a favor. Lol

 

[Mr. Maboomba]

I have a 2019 non-R and just got insulted at CarMax with an offer for $55K. Not sure if the market is still hot or if they just completely botched my offer. Car with similar miles is listed for sale at CarMax at $67K. If they are pulling an 18% margin on these cars, I need a new career in car arbitrage.

That doesn't sound like an insult. You can't expect them to pay you retail.

Carmax is a public company. They reported a gross profit margin of 9.8% in the most recent fiscal quarter. Their highest recent gross margin was 14% in summer 2020 as used-car prices were going up rapidly due to the pandemic.

Carvana's gross profit margin was 13.75% in the most recent fiscal quarter and was as high as 16.97% in late 2020.

 

[jmhutner]

I’ve never known CarMax to be nice to you… they tried to steal my B302 a couple years back. The guy acted like he was doing me a favor. Lol

I’ve actually done really well there with other vehicles. I was shocked. Dude came out and said “no issues with your car. It looks great. Your offer is $55K.” I said “thanks for wasting an hour and a half of my time.”

 

[jmhutner]

That doesn't sound like an insult. You can't expect them to pay you retail.

Carmax is a public company. They reported a gross profit margin of 9.8% in the most recent fiscal quarter. Their highest recent gross margin was 14% in summer 2020 as used-car prices were going up rapidly due to the pandemic.

If a dealer makes $3K on a car, they are doing well.

 

[Mr. Maboomba]

If a dealer makes $3K on a car, they are doing well.

I don't know what to tell you man... you may believe that but I am just quoting real, publicly-available facts.

Carmax's gross profit per retail unit is $2,185 and their gross profit per wholesale unit is $1,005. Obviously their average selling price is a lot lower than our $60K cars (it is - it's about $21K). Regardless, you can't expect them to give you within 5% of the retail price ($3K/$67K = 4.5%).

Vroom's gross margin is under 5%. Try getting a quote from them. (I am selling a car right now and I got instant quotes from Carmax via Edmunds, Carvana, Vroom, Shift, CarGurus and KBB. Carmax was the highest for me but the rank-order will vary for every car and region.)

 

[jmhutner]

People mad a real biz wants to make money? Private sale it if you want max value.

dude, I’m not mad, but what good is KBB.com telling you the car is worth $61-62 on a trade and then you get offered way less?

 

[aham23]

I have a 2019 non-R and just got insulted at CarMax with an offer for $55K. Not sure if the market is still hot or if they just completely botched my offer. Car with similar miles is listed for sale at CarMax at $67K. If they are pulling an 18% margin on these cars, I need a new career in car arbitrage.

what are you selling? Im in the market and got 62k.

 

[LR272]

2020 3k miles at $68,500 a good deal?

That price is definitely on the light side. Does it have the original engine? Clean carfax?

 

[jmhutner]

what are you selling? Im in the market and got 62k.

2019 Performance Blue, Technology Package, Carbon Fiber Dash, Heated/Cooled Seats (non-recaro), Painted Black Roof, Nav, Car cover. 13,100 miles. Clean title, no accidents. Honest assessment of condition is very good. A couple of very small paint chips on hood. One scratch (less than two inches on front plastic bumper). Wear and tear grazing on front splitter. Outside of that, perfect.

 

[Mr. Maboomba]

2019 Performance Blue, Technology Package, Carbon Fiber Dash, Heated/Cooled Seats (non-recaro), Painted Black Roof, Nav, Car cover. 13,100 miles. Clean title, no accidents. Honest assessment of condition is very good. A couple of very small paint chips on hood. One scratch (less than two inches on front plastic bumper). Wear and tear grazing on front splitter. Outside of that, perfect.

I paid a Northern California dealer $62K for basically that same car last August. I think prices have gone up since then. You should be able to get $62K private party pretty easily. If you get bids from all the online auto dealers you may get that on trade-in too. Good luck!

 

[Tomster]

Dude, I feel sorry for you!
No wonder everyone on this forum has you on ignore…….
Have a great life in your fantasy world!

Bye!

 

[aham23]

2019 Performance Blue, Technology Package, Carbon Fiber Dash, Heated/Cooled Seats (non-recaro), Painted Black Roof, Nav, Car cover. 13,100 miles. Clean title, no accidents. Honest assessment of condition is very good. A couple of very small paint chips on hood. One scratch (less than two inches on front plastic bumper). Wear and tear grazing on front splitter. Outside of that, perfect.

You switched to a M1 right? I have a 22 ordered but have little hope it comes. So I am back to 2019+ 350 shopping. If there isnt positive M1 build news this month Im jumping back into a 350.

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