Original Buick GNX,new in showroom. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-buick-gnx-20101211,0,1476311.story
I am VERY surprised that car hasn't sold. I have seen guys put almost that much money in rebuilding one of these beauties.
I've got a car-bud just west of Fort Worth that bought one with just over 10,000 on it back in '90 I think. Waz driving it just enough to keep the battery up the last time we talked. He haz hiz 1st baby tooth too
That is true. To get it roadworthy would be a lot of $$$$ since the seals would have dried up and the fluids have gone bad.
That dealer in Signal Hill (near Long Beach) is a very 'quiet' one. Does very little advertising. Apparently they don't actually like to sell the vehicles they have.......
Well....they have been around for a long, long time, KK. Personally, I like a dealership that is low key and depends on good word of mouth. Usually speaks to their good deals and good service. I know nothing about this particular dealership, but, if they advertise little and have been around in the same family for this many years they likely have done it by good deals and good service. When I was in the business I found that the guys that bought full page ads in every Sunday paper and were on TV every day expounding on the great deals they offered were the places you got screwed most. Not a hard and fast rule, of course, but it is what I found to be true in this area. And it still is. Give me a small dealership that doesn't advertise much and that's where I will likely buy if I'm in the market. All that expensive advertising that the big guys do has to be paid for. Guess who pays for it? Frankly, I also appreciate the fact that they still have that GNX. If I had the money I once had I would buy that car for full price. Now that it's in an article for all to see....someone else may do the same. From what was said in the article and from your description of low key...I'm liking this place and the owner.
I am shocked that they won't honor the warranty. A friend of my Dad's had a 1946 Ford, and it came with a coupon for a free oil change at 3,000 miles, and he took it in, in about 1993 with his coupon. They couldn't beleive it, but they did honor it.
I agree with you there, Mike. I've bought (used) cars from the heavy advertisers and I'm familiar with their practices. Reading about this particular deal though, the dealer thought they were going to make a killing on it and put it up for auction (used a private auction company - remember, this was before the internet and E-bay) They didn't get a single bid. Seems the owner of the dealership just said "Screw it - we'll just keep the car." Don't understand that thinking. Maybe they couldn't sell it for the $30k they originally wanted, but I'm sure they could have got at least sticker or a little over..... Seems like a little kid who doesn't want to play nice.......
Yup....that could very well be the case, KK. Guess it would look bad to all his friends and employees to sell the car for retail after all the hype.
