Beware this California

Thumbs up for the heads-up!

 

Did you post this on the ebay ad?

 

Wow 12 cylinders and 4 wheel drive must be legit Somebody FF'd up on that eBay placement.

 

Are you the person whose california was on autoblog that was in that tunnel and abandoned the car? Then the car had water all the way up to the dash so ferrari gave them a huge discount or something on a new california?

 

That was in Toronto, Canada not during Sandy

 

It was? Hmmm didn't remember. I just heard this and it made me think of that.

 

Good thing for a buyer is that all he will have to do is "ORDER THE KEY AND FEW RELAYS AND MAYBE SOME COMPUTERS TO START IT". Sounds easy....Laughable.

 

Lost my xke same way and guy who bought it from copart called me to sell it back to me. Said it was in great shape! Yeah right

 

Anyone who even considers buying that car after reading that rude, barely literate, scammish auction, deserves what they get. I've seen Nigerian e-mails that looked more trusting than this dealer.

 

I questioned the guy on ebay and his replies were seriously funny!
- Are you sure about the damage? It's is a gross misrepresentation of the truth: "all I know is were I can see the water line"
- Did you ever try to contact the original owner or ask for confirmation about the full damage?: "no"
3 hours later the ad and auction was closed (not sold)

He might just be an idiot who saw it and tried to flip it for a few bucks without checking the full damage...

 

Thanks for the heads up on the Ebay listing. Lots of good cars on Ebay, and unfortunely, LOTS of trash and garbage cars, hyped by the trash and garbage dealers, their standing operating way of doing business, lie.... and lie some more! Sad.

 

thanks for the heads up.

 

Just came across this thread, oddly after seeing the listing on eBay today.....

 

This guy has balls.... Let's see how long he leaves it on this time.

 

That VIN is now listed here:

Used 2013 Ferrari California Base Convertible in Costa Mesa, CA near 92626 | ZFF65TJA7D0189998 | Auto.com

 

I called the dealership and spoke to someone who did not speak english so well. I questioned him about the car. I said to him given the pics i dont see how it could MSRP for 298. He told me it just needed a key and would cost about 15k to fix it. I dont think you can buy a large piece of CF for 15K

 

I sent him a message on eBay asking again about the real state of the car....and his reply was basically fu*k off and leave me alone or I will send the Feds on you! I would love the Feds come see me in London to discuss this.

 

Totally agree, if the car could be salvaged at a low price , why would a auto place sell it for salvage. they would restore it and pocket the 50 k or so. The Car from the pics looks lightly optioned, probably MSRP is about 230K, Car if perfect would sell for 200-225, so if the car needs 100k plus to have it certified, Further with a CarFax which will state the car was drowned, too risky to buy the car.There is no way it will sell for 125, It sounds like it is still underwater.

 

I'd beware not only of the car but even more so of the dealer. In the dealer ad, clicking on "View in Google Maps" shows Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Entering in the dealer's address directly and then using Google Street View, there is no car dealership at the address they provide. It's a strip mall, and the only store that is even close to a car dealer is a pawn shop.

 

I asked the seller a couple of questions and got back a "read the description again" reply in slightly broken English. Not quite the approach I'd be looking for in purchasing a car for $125,000. lol.

 

It looks like the Auto.com link is now a different car, now in TN. VIN is different (unless I'm missing something).

 

I clicked it and it just shows "New and Used Ferrari California" with a list of Californias that are currently for sale [in my area, since it likely pulls location data and yields results based on what's closest to me]. A majority of the cars listed (for me) are from CNC - obviously they're not affiliated, but if I was CNC, I would send them a cease and desist.