There is a massive Penski corp dealer here in Rhode island call Inskip auto centers. They own the market here in RI for all high end cars and they have a massive small European style city where there are like 20 different dealership buildings ranging from Lexus to Lamborghini, to mini to Bentley. They even have round a bouts at the intersections and cobblestone streets and sidewalks.
Anyway, 5 years ago you could go there and pick up a pre owned car that looked brand new regardless the mileage. They would take in a car and do a complete detail on it, repair the wheels if they had curb rash, have the dent wizard remove all the door dings, repaint sand blasted hoods, and detail the car down to the new car scent!
Now you go there and all the certified pre owned cars are total shitboxes! They should be ashamed of themselves for putting these cars on the lot in the conditions that they are in. I was there this past weekend looking at about 10 different 2008 infiniti G35xS. Every single one of these was an auction car. They came from all around the country and every single one was a mess.
I'm looking at a 2008 g35xs with 19000 miles and it looked like it was in a demo derby. every panel had a dent and a scratch on it. They were asking $28,900!!! insane!
My G35 with 118,500 miles on it looks and drives like its brand new! not a mark on it except for a small scratch on the rear bumper. They offer me 5500 for it. 2 thousand below kbb trade in value not even the private party value!
My beef isn't only with inskip, but rather the quality of used cars as a whole lately. Everywhere I look I only see terrible vehicles trying to be sold for outrageous prices.
Rant over
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