OPs with low posts selling cars

seems okay to me, I think the most important thing is everyone does their due diligence on any car.

 

yeah.... all things being equal I'd rather buy from someone with > 500 posts

 

I have over 7000 posts, but have very little interest in my for sale ad.

 

Sometimes.

Sometimes guys crossover from Pelican or Rennlist or like forums, just to pop in and post a car or ad for sale.

 

I think it is alright but I would be far more cautious with a low poster (especially a first time poster) as it seems a bit more opportunistic. I guess there seems to be a higher comfort factor with folks with several hundred posts over a few years as less likely to be scammers. But any car should be completely checked out in any event.

 

I would do PPI on a car on even a poster that had 40,000 posts. Basically, you do research on a reputable shop near the seller. I would also fly out if possible, yes.

 

I've seen horror stories on this very forum with 'established members'

YMMV.

 

Yes, I never bought a car I have not seen but most are from my state (CA has lots of interesting car for sale in a couple hundred miles radius). One out of state car bought from an Fcar dealer but I saw the service invoice on the work that was just done and the car only had 5k miles on it, so not so much risk.

 

As Paul said, get a PPI regardless and yes, fly or drive to the location to see it. If you're paying that much for a car, you should make every effort to meet the person and see the car. I understand that sometimes this may not be possible. Regardless, that plane ticket could cost a lot less than trying to fix a car...

 

It's been a while since I've heard anybody denigrate the GT4. Like the 412, they both have already been called 'up stairs' me thinks.

 

I am not sure I understand the correlation between the number of posts vs. the credibility of a seller posting for a sale of his car. I have great credibility - you don't know that of course - but have very few postings to date. I am not looking to sell but if I were, I would go to F-Chat where potential credible buyers exist. I would also expect the buyer to do proper due diligence - go see the car and getting a ppi.

 

Integrity is not measured by post count. It's measured by post content. Some guys have 1000 "GLWS" posts. Sometimes it's done solely to raise post count.

 

Always is a long time, I personally love the GT4, even before they tripped in price.

 

I think you may be right as to getting an insight as to the character of the poster - consistency over a long period of time. But I think you should still do your due diligence of the car. Just my two cents out of the $300k+ that you may be putting down on the purchase of the car.

 

I’ve been on here for a decade. I own a Ferrari and many other cars, but don’t post much. A low post count has nothing to do with how I take care of my cars.