Originally Posted by NeverEnough
I bought mine with 14,000 miles on it. I was told by the dealer that a regional dealer sales rep was driving it previous to me. The Carfax did say that original owner was Diamler Chrysler North America, registered in Michigan. The dealer bought it at the Chrysler auction. Now I was very careful researching this car before I actually signed on the dotted line. Given, that these high powered cars are typically dogged. Well, I had a friend at a Chrysler dealer pull up the VIP report on the car and it listed all the maintenance that was done. Everything was done on time and recorded in the Chrysler system. I even have the printout as proof. I inquired a little deeper into it's previous use. I know they used them for the SRT Track Experience, and wanted to make sure it wasn't one of the ones that I have personally tried to break.
Basically I didn't take the dealers word that it was a sales reps car. I was able to find out through undisclosed personal favors that it was in fact used by a sales rep. I was even able to get hold of him via E-mail. So, given all that leg work, I decided to go with it over a brand new one for $25,000. I got mine for $21,000 Chrysler Certified with the 8 Year/80,000 Miles warranty. So, given I actually know the basic history of it, and with the certified warranty, it has a better warranty than a brand new one. Say I made out well. The car seems 100% and has NO evidence of any abuse. The exterior is ding and scratch free and the Interior is PERFECT. People think its brand new, cause it looks it...
I bought mine with 10,700 miles on it. It too was a DCX corporate lease vehicle in Michigan (so I'm told). The carfax report shows that it was owned by Chrysler and titled in Michigan, but it doesn't say if it was a track ho. I was worried about that, but thought that had to be disclosed.
It is in very good condition and also looks brand new. The tires don't look like they were tracked, but those could have been replaced or different ones used at the track. I thought I did well. I got it for $25,900 with the 8/80 certified used warranty. Now, I'm thinking I could have done much better and had less worries about it being beaten on. All the cars in my area were about the same price or much higher and they were all corporate lease vehicles purchased at auction (about 5 all together).
Maybe your insider could check it out for me.
