IF You Were Buying An EXOTIC, Would THIS Make YOU Think TWICE About The Dealer?

When it comes to buying an exotic car, it's a completely different ballgame. Everything about these vehicles costs a multiple or two, possibly three, more than your standard, run-of-the-mill luxury vehicle.

Some buyers drive them hard and put them away wet, others rub them with a diaper and others treat them just like any other automobile. Everyone has a different philosophy and thought process when it comes to owning and caring for these super special rides.

But when I was at a sporting goods retailer in my neck of the woods, a local exotic dealer had some rides sitting on the lot. Most were clean and looking A OK, except where I parked I could see into the back lot. And that's how I snapped this image of what appears to be a late model Aston Martin DB7 Volante 6.0-liter V12 sitting under about an inch or two of snow.

We just had a snow storm in the New York Tri-State region that dumped anywhere from three to eight inches of snow depending how far inland you were.

Perhaps it was a parts car? Even if so, one of the best qualities about an Aston is the paint quality. Clearly, that didn't matter to these guys.

Perhaps it was an anomaly? No, not it wasn't. As I made my way down the road past a newer Italian exotic dealership, I saw in the back a rosso corsa Ferrari 599 GTB under three inches of the white stuff as well.

While a part of me feels like it's just a car, my brother said it best: "If I was making a six figure investment, I'd want it to arrive in top notch condition."

So, I am curious. IF YOU were buying an EXOTIC, would THIS treatment make YOU think TWICE about working with that specific dealer?


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JDMUSMuscle - 11/30/2014 6:07:23 AM

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Only poor posers would buy something exotic from such a cheap looking dealership.

If you really have the money, then you buy it from the dealership. That is basically how you fully experience the European luxury.

Rolls Royce once said there is a difference between buying a new Rolls-Royce and a used Rolls-Royce.

And many of Lamborghini owners tend to say, if you have to ask, then you can not afford it.

You want a seriously expensive European luxury car? Pay up the full price. Because "European" is not cheap, it is meant to be expensive. Because Europe, is all about luxury.

But American, is cheap. Just like everything about the United States is cheap. And garbage.

But you still want something kind of luxurious or something close to an exotic? Then buy American or Japanese. They might be the poor man's choices, but hey, they still are a lot cheaper. Or there is always another option, like buying the used, cheap exotic and be a poser.

absent - 12/3/2014 5:35:10 PM

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Most idiotic post of the year!
" Because Europe, is all about luxury."
Sure, like Fiat, Citroen, Renault and most other eurotrash....

MDarringer - 11/30/2014 9:14:53 AM

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The bottom line is that if snow is going to ruin the paint job then the car is of dismal quality. An Aston or a Ferrari with some snow on it is not going to be ruined. Pointless article.

Agent00R - 11/30/2014 8:33:40 PM

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Matt, that's bullsh!t.

If a car has snow on it and it isn't properly removed it will cause swirls and paint problems that only a professional with proper paint correction knowledge will be able to properly fix. And guess how much that will cost...

MDarringer - 12/1/2014 9:46:31 AM

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$1.49. Agent00R you're just annoyed people think your post is foolish.

leej - 11/30/2014 10:04:21 AM

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LOL...this is beyond silly...it's called WEATHER! I would hate to deal with this author or his brother and their unreasonable expectations. I suppose you would only ever drive this vehicle on sunny days...oh, no...wait a second...next to salt, the worst thing for a vehicle is the SUN! I guess you want it delivered in a hermetically sealed bubble and you would never drive it because you might get a speck of dust on it, or God forbid, someone could rear-end you in their F-150, at which point I can only imagine you would get out and shoot them with your pearl handled pistol...lol!

Ccoxx - 11/30/2014 11:31:35 AM

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* GASP * weather touching the paint of an "exotic"

mre30 - 11/30/2014 5:29:03 PM

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Sorry to break this to you OOR, but once anything is driven off the dealer lot and into the hand of an end-user, it is officially a "used car". It will get driven, it will get parked on the street, it will get hit by a piece of gravel flying off a landscaping truck in the Tony Suburb it lives in...its a used car.

Next revelation...if you baby it, it will still depreciate as fast as a rock plunked into the deep end of a swimming pool. Might as well drive it.

Final revelation...when you buy a car from any of these "pre-owned" resellers - the car you buys has probably sat out in a fenced parking lot for several weeks until it was "detailed" prior to you being suckered into buying it.

Mustang953 - 12/1/2014 11:55:38 AM

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Interesting, however, when I was stationed in Europe for over ten years collectively, I noticed the Italians and the Germans drove their cars all year, in all weather conditions. While in Germany in the early 1980's, a Black Porsche Turbo would flash me in the left lane, on an almost weekly basis. I was only doing 130 ,so I always moved right for him. He drove like this in snow, rain and sun. The salt didn't seem to bother any of them either. It is only in this country that the "exotic" has been placed on a pedestal.

As for American cars being garbage as one posted above. I disagree, I have never had any American car break down or leave me stranded, overseas or at home. One company car, a Chevrolet, was parked outside all year, in South Dakota, for four years. It never failed to start, first time, even when -10F. I drove it 70,000 miles and it was running perfectly when the company changed it to a new model. My Mustangs have also been flawless performers, all year, never parked or stored for the winter.

And, just to close, all the European cars mentioned by JDMUSMuscle are few and far between on the roads over there. Very few people can afford them due to the tax system. But here, anyone can buy a 5.0 Mustang with 435 hp and actually afford to insure it, and drive it. I can also say, the Germans loved my Mustang. Anytime we stopped for gas or when I was at the car wash, I spent a lot of time showing the car to complete strangers.

TehShibbs - 12/1/2014 12:52:43 PM

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Snow isn't going to hurt the paint assuming the car was clean before the snow. As someone from Minnesota, I know plenty about snow.

Snow and weather happens. A round of the best paint protection generally takes about 20 hours total, so yeah, it will take a while. That said, it can also bring back a LOT of neglect.

A used car is just that - USED. Not pre-owned, not like-new, USED. Probably abused. Know completely what you're getting.

joescuba - 12/3/2014 1:49:58 PM

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Why buy an exotic car anyway?
Just get a Vette and drive it like you stole it.
You'll have more fun that way