Thread: Inspection Report Results on S/L

What is the point of having a car inspected by a Lambo Dealer if you cannot hold someone accountable for the accuracy of the report?

Originally Posted by lalasd

@Jason A It sounds like you are unwilling to take the responsibility on the car you have sold. You and only you are responsible for the car sold ... not Lamborghini of the world. You should also inspect the car your yourself.

I am not a mechanic nor have I trained with Lamborghini in Itlay. I also do not have Lamborghini Computers. Nor do I have Bentley, Ferrari, Aston ETC ETC computers or mechanic training. This is why the cars go in for inspections to the dealers Prior to a sale.

I am buying a NERA right now from a private seller. He is taking it to Lamborghini for an inspection and I will get a print out like the original one in this thread. I will decide from there if the car is worth buying at the price we agreed upon. If once I get the car I spot that the Lambo dealer who I paid to inspect that car missed several things that they should have seen I would take it up with the inspection facility.

I made a post about a previous PPI done on a car that once damage was disclosed and I passed on the car the selling dealer sold the car to someone else as a "perfect" car and they then advertised it as such. This car ended up at Manhiem Auction and has bounced around a few times. ONCE AGAIN THIS IS WHY WE GET AN INSPECTION ON EVERY CAR FROM FACTORY AUTHORIZED TECHS. I would have NEVER known about any of these issues. Fortunately for me the Lamborghini dealer provided me with an accurate inspection. If they would have missed several of these items and I then got the car and someone else spotted these items I would hold the original inspecting facility responsible

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There is a reason why we get inspections from factory authorized techs, they are supposed to have the knowledge to spot things most people can not.

I have done a few deals with Jason. He actually just bought a Aston Martin from me. Jason has a good reputation in South Florida.

This is an unfortunate situation but with any inspection or PPI, things can slip through the cracks. Technicians are humans and even the best eye, most up to date computer can miss something.

Regardless of who does the inspection, regardless of who you pay to find "issues" with the used car you are buying...it's the SELLER'S responsibility at the end of the day. I can't help but to side with dvh as it's blatantly obvious you could have brought to him some sort of compromise. Maybe split the cost of a used Tubi 50/50, maybe offer to fix his front and rear bumper, maybe suck it up and cut him a check for the full $3k a used Tubi goes for... That is the "right" thing to do. It just seems like your MO is to "pass the buck" and that ultimately is what leads used car dealers to go out of business. With the economy the way it is, you must use service and doing right by your customer as your competitive advantage. It seems like you are unwilling to do either.

I'm just a neutral participant and knew nothing of this until I opened this thread to check on the SL, but felt the need to post my opinion as I would not be as calm and level headed as dvh has been.

Good luck!
Peter

Popcorn thread.

After fully reading this thread, I'm leaving it open because no drama has formed nor have any forum rules been broken. Jason A is not a sponsor of the 4 and I do hope that this problem can be resolved.

My personal outlook on this is that I do think that the seller should take responabillity for this. Again, that is just IMO. That is L4P politics aside and would feel the same regardless whomever's transaction it may be.

You can all say your peace, we are always glad to provide a forum so members can discuss and resolve their issues respectfully.

Jason, it seems convenient to defer the blame up or down stream from you--so because you didn't do an adequate inspection and had to spend money repairing the clutch that somehow justifies/ exempts you from responsibility for further issues. If anything it seems like if the clutch was/went out, you might want to check to see what else may not have been as represented on the car?

As a dealer and business owner you have liability when purchasing a car for your inventory and there is a responsibility to ensure the condition is as you represent the car. Most Dealer's know better than to blame the prior owner or their source because its irrelevant.

Although it may be rare, some buyers don't even have inspections done, especially if they are repeat/long term. TBlackJ and I have bought and sold many, many cars from each other without ever having an inspection performed because we both knew the condition would be as described. As a seller that's your obligation.

Stating that the exhaust should have been caught during the inspection is also ridiculous. The dealer as they this would never check this and they didn't even know what brand/model of exhaust it was advertised with.

An interesting question for you would be if our inspection would have identified the issues, what would have transpired? When presented to you I'd imagine you'd have either reduced the price to offset for these issues, or if not I wouldn't have purchased the car and you'd either stick your next buyer, or hopefully do the right thing and disclose the $15k in issues to any future prospective buyers or corrected them yourself before selling? Either way it would have cost you to resolve it...

If Lambo of palm beach would have caught the bumpers I would not have discounted the car 10k + and it is likely you would have passed on the car which is understandable. I would have still advertised it to others with the known flaws including the bumpers. Would it have sold for the same price, I believe so.

I may have also purchased an lp560 front, slapped some wheels
On it, updated premier rear bumper, blacked out tails etc etc etc and sold it at a profit.

I encouraged an inspection on this particular car and an inspection was done. Unfortunately they did not pick up on some items they should have. I still stand by my statement made several times to anyone interested in the car "it's not nice but priced accordingly" I never said the car was perfect, the car needs nothing etc etc. In fact in the photos I sent to Nero several of the first sets were me pointing out flaws in the car one of which is a line of paint down the back bumper. I never hid anything on the car to any potential buyer including you.

Originally Posted by dvh

Jason, it seems convenient to defer the blame up or down stream from you--so because you didn't do an adequate inspection and had to spend money repairing the clutch that somehow justifies/ exempts you from responsibility for further issues. If anything it seems like if the clutch was/went out, you might want to check to see what else may not have been as represented on the car?

As a dealer and business owner you have liability when purchasing a car for your inventory and there is a responsibility to ensure the condition is as you represent the car. Most Dealer's know better than to blame the prior owner or their source because its irrelevant.

Although it may be rare, some buyers don't even have inspections done, especially if they are repeat/long term. TBlackJ and I have bought and sold many, many cars from each other without ever having an inspection performed because we both knew the condition would be as described. As a seller that's your obligation.

Stating that the exhaust should have been caught during the inspection is also ridiculous. The dealer as they this would never check this and they didn't even know what brand/model of exhaust it was advertised with.

An interesting question for you would be if our inspection would have identified the issues, what would have transpired? When presented to you I'd imagine you'd have either reduced the price to offset for these issues, or if not I wouldn't have purchased the car and you'd either stick your next buyer, or hopefully do the right thing and disclose the $15k in issues to any future prospective buyers or corrected them yourself before selling? Either way it would have cost you to resolve it...