Need advice on the "new" OB Bentley store

I heard Perillo bought out Abbas, but has anything changed? I'm interested in a Maserati GranSport there:

http://www.bentleyoakbrook.com/2006-maserati-gransport-f1-coupe-gransport-f1-coupe-c-329.htm

...but I'm very wary of dealing with them. Does anyone have any recent experience or stories to share? Are there still nightmare stories? I'm out of state (4 hours away in OH), too, and may do this remotely.

Also, if anyone actually knows this car I'd appreciate some info. Apparently it was looked after by Continental. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

Thanks Ismail!

 

Thanks for the tip, QS, but the beast is gone. Rob did let me know how to track it down though, so maybe.....

Thanks to others for their input on OBB too. I tend to think that the vast majority of their deals must be "normal" or "good" deals, otherwise they would have been out of business long ago. They can't completely undermine themselves by screwing everyone. But they sure screwed a lot of people.

As for bent metal, there seems to be an undeniable history there, but again, it couldn't have be a large fraction of the business because they did such high volumes. I suspect those deals were opportunistic rather than being the business model.

Still, I'm not chomping on the bit to make a deal with them. There are a lot of cars out there that aren't selling.

 

Just in case anyone out there is interested in this car (or this dealer), I'm posting what I learned in the process of vetting this car. Here's the VIN for search engines: ZAMEC38A360022171

I've had some conversations with OBB and Continental about the car. There are some neglect/deferred maintenance issues. According to the mechanic who looked after the car, it needs about $6000 of work to get it up to speed. It needs:

4 new tires: $1200
1 new wheel (right front is cracked): $1755
4 year service: $2650
plus taxes and other miscellaneous stuff, like alignment, makes easily $6000 on top of the purchase price.

For the record, they claimed the wheel was not damaged nor repaired. Continental told me it was cracked. I believe Continental. I suspect OBB never even looked.

OBB isn't willing to offer the car at a low enough price for it to make sense, nor are they willing to put any money into the car, even to make it safe (the rear tires are slicks). It really makes you wonder about the dealer. I guess they really haven't changed. It gets back to the point I made previously. If the car you are interested in is perfect, there shouldn't be any problems. If it is not, then you get into this shadiness.

One very telling comment: I mentioned that anyone who does their homework will learn that the car needs about $6000 of work, so they will only be able to sell it to someone who doesn't do their homework. The response, "yes, you're right, and we will HUNT this person". (emphasis theirs)

Anyway, for what it's worth, caveat emptor. They haven't changed. Too bad. It sure is a pretty car.