Very cool color. My gosh, apparently $130k buys it.

Their prices in general seem quite high. I reached out to them many years ago about a car they were selling, and the salesperson had little knowledge of the car and wasn’t any help. It was way too risky to buy the car sight unseen.

 

Have not heard good things about this place.

 

Hopefully it's on consignment at least. I thought it was a fair $$$ when he had it listed not long ago. Now these d-bags have their hand in the cookie jar.

 

Nice car. Volo is scum.

 

I bought a car from Volo.
Would not recommend.

 

Same with Gateway Classic Cars. They were not honest.

 

Both a couple sleazy car dealerships that take advantage of the not knowing. Zero conscious. Just because something is big money does mean it is Worth big money.

 

A friend sold one of his cars (a clone of a highly desirable model) to Streetside. They were cruising a major show looking to buy for their inventory. Gave him 50K cash on the spot. He had the paperwork with the car as its minimal for that year in our state. They told him they were there to buy about 20 vehicles. I saw the car on their web site shortly after, must of sold quick as it disappeared off their site within a few days. I don't recall them noting it was a clone. I have no experience with them or know anyone who has been on the buying side of a transaction. Seems that they are also a large cash flow operation--moving lots of inventory.

 

Just curious -- what happened? Can you tell your stories?

 

This happened about 5 years ago and was a foxbody Mustang that I still own. I couldn’t see the car in person due to distance, but it was described as “ran great, everything works like it came from the factory”.

In actuality, it ran terribly, check engine light came on continuously, airbag light wouldn’t stop flashing, factory radio didn’t work at all (which was a shame), heater core was disconnected, and leaked. A friend of mine noticed the heater core was disconnected after I had wired the money. I called the dealer and asked him about the heater. He tested it and said it didn’t work, and he wasn’t obligated to ensure everything worked as “he wasn’t a mechanic”. I ended up fixing all of the issues described above and learned a lot about what to look for/at and questions to ask when buying a car sight unseen

 

Thanks for sharing your experience. Good lesson for the rest of us to keep our antennae up and ask lots of questions on any used car purchase. And there's no substitute for viewing a car in person.

 

I am an independent mercedes mechanic .
I tell my customers there are two ways to purchase a used car.

#1 GET A PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTION from a reputable mechanic who is experienced with the type of car you are looking at....
#2 get a post-purchase autopsy and find out all the ugly secrets after you have already spent your money.

I recommend option #1, but some folks just need to learn the hard way.
I see it all the time.
Usually, when I have to give someone the "news" that they bought a very broken car instead of a used one,,,,,their response is, "it looked good in the pictures"

 

And another case in point. I just picked up a 1994 Cutlass Supreme a couple of months ago. Photos looked great! Focusing in on the hood and front bumper cover, all looked superbly pristine. When I got there to look/buy the car, the hood and front bumper cover have some kind of oily, gummy glop all over it, which may or may not come out. It looks like someone was following an oil truck or something like that which was leaking oil, or some other fluid, which ran from the front of the car and streaked all the way up to the cowl edge of the hood.

As mentioned, this glop might or may not come out without damaging the paint. I'm going to try GoJo (non-pumice) cleaner, Goof Off, whatever it takes to get the stuff off. If it damaged the paint I'm looking at getting the hood and the front bumper cover repainted. Fortunately, this car is white, so a paint match won't be all that difficult.
I got the car at such a good price that I was willing to take a chance on what it will take to make the hood right. But that's not the point. Even photos don't give you the whole story.

I like to say: A picture says 1000 words, and it doesn't say 10,000.

 

The Goof Off worked (no pun intended), it's going to take time and effort/elbow grease, but whatever stuff that was is coming off with no damage to the paint.

So, the gamble paid off on buying this car, it will need no paintwork thankfully.

 

>>#1 GET A PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTION from a reputable mechanic who is experienced with the type of car you are looking at....
>> #2 get a post-purchase autopsy and find out all the ugly secrets after you have already spent your money.

>>I recommend option #1, but some folks just need to learn the hard way.

So very true!