Lotus Elise For Sale

Is it me, or is there just no where to sell a used exotic car? Early last year, I worked with a friend to try and sell his Gallardo. It was the worst experience I’ve ever had. We listed it just about everywhere online and all we got was wholesalers low-balling to make a quick buck. No one serious ever really called. We even got a bunch of douche bags sending in stupid comments, like “I’ll buy it for $1 since you’re probably rich and could car less” to, “… what a prick for selling such a beautiful car…”. It’s just like people who see you driving such a car. They either hate your or love you and only make the judgement based upon 30 seconds of seeing what you’re driving.

I mean, there just isn’t a decent place to list an exotic car any more. I’m not convinced that DuPont Registry is worth the money they ask, Autotrader is just too low-brow, and frankly, they’ve stopped listing them on their main site anyway. They now ask the seller to use their Classic Trader site. I mean, come on, who’s going to go to www.classictrader.com and look for a Lotus, Lamborghini or Ferrari? Total waste of time. Cars.Com is about the only national place to list an exotic that’s just listing a car. eBay is another lost cause. They charge you a fortune for a short period to list the car and it seems like it’s a last ditch effort, last resort place to sell a car. Selling an exotic is all about the right place at the right time. So, the listing has to be available for some time. There are a few “cheezy” site’s I’ve found, but honestly, they look like someone with gold chains, hairy chest and still living in the 80’s and early 90’s designed the site. Like a bad used car lot. No thanks to any of these guys.

Okay, I should get off my soap box, but it’s bugging me that there isn’t a decent listing site dedicated to exotic cars by owner. I’m just a guy, who owns a nice little exotic car who wants to sell it to someone who’s searching for a decent car.