Car Dealer News for 23-Jan-2006
'Frankly Speaking: Car sellers can drive you nuts (Centre Daily Times)
We are tough customers. Not only do we not know what we want, we do not know if we want. It doesn't seem that extravagant of us to buy a new car when the newer of our old cars is a 1995. Driving crummy, old cars, a friend reassures me, is depressing.
'2000 GMC Sierra LS from North America (Carsurvey.org)
What things have gone wrong with the car? Slip yoke replaced under warranty. Corrosion behind front and rear bumpers - dealer would not repair. Corrosion along inside of all 4 door seams as a result of missing seam sealer from factory.
'James Bond spy car fetches $1.9 million (Daily Times)
A Swiss businessman won the keys to James Bond?s silver 1965 Aston Martin DB5 coupe on Friday with a $1.9 million bid at an annual classic car auction in Arizona. The 45-year-old man, who did not want to be identified, placed his bids over the telephone through friend and car dealer Beat Roos
'RYAN BAKKEN COLUMN: I UMP car puts the Mystique back into Mercury (Grand Forks Herald)
I thought my 1997 Mercury Mystique, at 179,000-plus miles, was durable. But it's barely off the dealer's lot compared with the I UMP car. I UMP is the personalized license plates on the 1986 Honda Accord owned by Tommy Perius. I UMP is shorthand for the fact that Perius is well-known as a baseball umpire. He's also familiar as a basketball referee.
'Robert Koplow, retired car dealer, helped develop Bedford Auto Mile (The Plain Dealer)
Aurora- Robert Koplow, retired owner of Bob Kay auto dealerships, suffered fatal head injuries Monday when he was hit by a car while walking his dog near his winter home in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 71.
'1994 Holden Commodore VR from Australia and New Zealand (Carsurvey.org)
What things have gone wrong with the car? On the same day I bought my Holden VR the motor blew up on my way home, so the car dealer picked it up and replaced the motor.
'James Bond car sells for $2 million (CNN Money)
Swiss businessman gets the keys to gadget-filled Aston Martin DB5 in Arizona auction.
'2002 Chevrolet Cavalier Base from North America (Carsurvey.org)
What things have gone wrong with the car? Dealer recall for stop light failure. Climate control switch failure. Rotors turned at 13,000 miles. Warranty is up and the starter is about to fail.
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