Say what you want to Say

I enjoy the car business, especially other dealers. You know when other dealers have opinions of me and my business but they never say them to me then they mean a whole lot to me. I think that we can take this as a lesson in life.
No matter what people think if they don't say it to you directly then it doesn't matter. For example there are several dealers here in the Denver area that think myself and my company are a joke. Great, this opinion usually comes from the fact that I have taken customers from them or my customers say something in front of them about how good a job we do.
Usually insecurity leads to opinion especially opinions that are made to third parties. Take this lesson into your everyday life, do not get upset with someone's opinion of you or what you do especially if they have not voiced that opinion directly to you. It is more than likely a defense mechanism they have in them to cover for their own insecurities or jealousies they have toward you.
Remember if you have an opinion about something or someone it does no good what so ever to voice to a third party. If it is a real honest and truth based opinion then it should go directly from your mouth to the person's ears that it is about. Otherwise you just look like a giant asshole that has nothing better to do than bitch about your life or your current situation.
By the way if there are any car dealers that read this at all, remember the world is steadily becoming harder and harder to do business in. With the internet and other forms of instant information available to potential customers we are all doing the best we can. I truly believe in the near future that customers will solely deal with dealerships with flawless reputations and very good attitudes. We all need to remember that.

Buying and Selling

In the current market place if you are looking at buying a highline/exotic vehicle you are in the cat birds seat. The problem is most people that are looking to buy have to sell and that is going to take a little gut check. The market is depressed and the deals are there if you are patient. Patient buyers will always make out in the end.

Pebble Beach, Monterey, Carmel 2009

As a car nut it is always fortunate that I get to spend the month of August in Carmel, CA. During the day I have the fortune of being around, 8c's, 430's, 356's, 722's, 599's, 360's, 911's, 912's, 914's, 962's and etc. At night get to go out and eat a good meal with my wife, my baby get's to hang out with the grandparents and I get to walk home holding hands with my wife smoking a cigar and look at 8c's, 430's, 356's, 722's, 599's, 360's, 911's, 912's, 914's,962's and etc. This area of the world means one thing in August and that is cars. I hope that everyone gets to go just once, hear the engines and smell the fuel during the day and hear and smell the ocean at night. It is one of those places that make you feel home, like your house Christmas Eve surrounded by friends and family, you are warm, safe and loved. If you want to go let me know I will be more than happy to be your tour guide, but be prepared, octane by day and wine by night is a intoxicating thing and you may not want to leave.

Doing Better

With the upcoming events in Monterey I will do my best to keep the postings up on everything that is going on out there. I am leaving Monday and will be totally immersed in Automobile Utopia.
I love cars and the car business, it is a strange and wonderful industry that can bring the best and worst out of people. So far this month we have sold cars, bought cars for people who backed out of the transaction, dealt with delays, but all in all we are still in the fight. I wouldn't have it any other way.
The car market has come back to life a little and The Motorsports Gallery is positioned to take advantage of some great pricing and financing that is available for our customers.
We are working on bringing new and unique inventory everyday.

Carfax

Carfax has flooded the airwaves with advertising the past couple of months. Be careful out there, just because there is a clean Carfax does not mean that the car has never had any damage. If you pay cash to fix a car then it will not show up on Carfax.

Banks, Banks, Banks

So the government has regulated the banks so much that a guy with a 760 credit score, that makes $32,000 a month, $1000 a month mortgage, 1 credit card and had one negative on his credit four years ago can't buy a $40,000 car. But if you have a heartbeat and you are trying to make it the government will give you $8,000 cash on a house you can't afford in the first place. What is our world coming to? I want people to be happy but the government is a government and not a business, most of them have never run a business or they have been politicians for so long they forget how to run a business. This is going on a long dark path. Hope you have a flashlight.

Trust, Relationship, Honesty

Three words that mean nothing in the car business and that is on the dealer and customer side. The customer side is getting worse by the minute. Want to know why dealers have such a bad name because they are dealing with people that waste their time and will spend $100 to save $1. The world has spun out of control, or is it me? Was I brought up in such a different time and place that you build relationships and it may take longer but the outcome is so much better than saving $1000. I have bent over backwards to please my customers, hell I have even lost money so that I have a solid reputation and nobody cares because I can't save them that extra $1000 on a $125,000 car.
Beyond me some days.
But I do love it. I love the car business those days when you know you have found exactly what someone has been looking for and they love it.