Sale or Return Recommendations

[Adam B]

LordOfTheManor said:

VVS - AVOID

you have been warned !!!!!!!!!

Edited by LordOfTheManor on Saturday 19th August 19:14

they seem to have an incredible level of high end Lambo stock (and top prices) - someone must trust them

i have no experience but "Vas Vehicle Solutions" always put me off

[breadvan]

Of course, Alistair Bols is the go to chap for McLaren SORs but I know he used to interested in other interesting cars also. I don't know if this is still the case but you won't get a better SOR experience (imho).

[crimbo]

Try RSDirect in bristol, if hes happy with the car or has a potential customer he will buy it straight from you, he has just taken an aventador in and a huracan in. Always after quality stock so worth a try.

I bought my gtr from them. Worst case scenario he offers you not enough but worth a try just incase you are happy with the offer

[Wacky Racer]

I would not trust any dealer with a vehicle of mine on SOR.

You have too much to lose if the dealer goes bust, and it can happen to the best of them.

I have personal experience of this, even though it was a year old £5,000 Triumph motorbike......main dealer established sixty years.

Fortunately it turned out alright in the end after a lot of anquish.

[rosino]

Too much scaremongering around here. SOR is perfectly fine if the dealer is reputable and trusworthy.

I have sold my GT3 in less then 24hrs through JZM and the experience was perfect.

I bought my Speciale from Autofficina and the car was on SOR and also seamless experience. Actually for your LP I would call Ilias and ask for his conditions. They only sell italian exotica, regurarly work on Countach and the likes. So could be a good place for yours I reckon.

These are expensive assets, I can understand the dealer only wanting to bid very low to sit on them. Whilst if you keep your asset and just use them as agent you can potentially get a much better deal. The best outcome is to sell privately as it's the most efficient but I can understand that at these levels of price it's tough to achieve. Trust issues et all..

Good luck !

[WCZ]

rosino said:

Too much scaremongering around here. SOR is perfectly fine if the dealer is reputable and trusworthy.

I have sold my GT3 in less then 24hrs through JZM and the experience was perfect.

I bought my Speciale from Autofficina and the car was on SOR and also seamless experience. Actually for your LP I would call Ilias and ask for his conditions. They only sell italian exotica, regurarly work on Countach and the likes. So could be a good place for yours I reckon.

These are expensive assets, I can understand the dealer only wanting to bid very low to sit on them. Whilst if you keep your asset and just use them as agent you can potentially get a much better deal. The best outcome is to sell privately as it's the most efficient but I can understand that at these levels of price it's tough to achieve. Trust issues et all..

Good luck !

name and shame policy here prevents anyone from saying anything bad about dealers though, so people aren't necessarily aware of the problems once reputable dealers are having at the moment. look at verdi ferrari, they had been a respected dealer for 20 years then several PH members lost decent amounts of money totaling several hundred thousand...

Edited by WCZ on Wednesday 23 August 11:58

[will_]

rosino said:

Too much scaremongering around here. SOR is perfectly fine if the dealer is reputable and trusworthy.

That's the problem though, how do you know how trustworthy a dealer is when, for example, the bad ones can't be named and shamed on here? On similar threads names are mentioned that I personally wouldn't trust, but no-one is allowed to say anything negative.

There are too many horror stories and the owner is left in an invidious position if the dealer sells the car, spends the money and then bankrupts itself. Any contract is only useful if the counter-party can pay should it be breached.

In my view it is very hard properly to protect yourself for SOR transactions. But, for example, I would retain a set of keys to the car, keep your vehicle tracking device up to date (or install one) so that you know where the car is, and keep hold of the original V5, service book and all documents (provide copies for prospective purchasers to inspect).

[will_]

SantaBarbara said:

Be very careful not to get scammed

May be better to go to specialist Auction

Not always safer though:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2874724/Classic...