All the comments about nifty cars aside – and I plan on picking up some nice used Realtor car in the next year or so – I stand by my vehemence.
Lying about a used car is one thing. These guys are running around lying about houses that cost 10x – 50x. People's personal finances are being devastated.
Whatever. I got my ass out, so I don't personally care, and am frankly profiting off the macroeconomic situation. It just sickens me to see people lying in their self interest, and to the detriment of others. How can the guy look in the mirror each morning and feel good about encouraging people to buy houses now?
That's pretty funny. Doing so would be like catching a falling dagger. One of the worst things you could do is to buy a used german car. But even if you went that route, ultimately the worst thing you can do is buy it from people who most likely leased the car and had little or no respect for the car wrto maintanence. Come on, think about it. Why do you think BMW decided to no longer allow you to check the oil in the latest e90 series with a dipstick. Take your stereotype "bimbo/idiot" realtor you described (which I don't necessarily agree all are like that), and picture them ever opening up the hood of their leased car to ever check whether the oil was low (or even know where the hood release is).
Or take the latest 335, with a bi-turbo. How many people who lease these cars do you think actually know what a turbo does, and know running a turbocharged car hard and then shutting off the engine immediately is a big no-no. BMW I assure you doesn't list this in their owner's manual. After all, they only need to worry about it for 4 years while it's under warranty.
You want to catch this money pit, be my guest. Then, not only will you be pissed that these folks ran around "lying and devastating people's finances" as you say, you'll be pissed that their used bimmer's and benzes you picked up thinking it was a great deal end up devestating YOUR finances. I can't think of a single person that bought a used german car from an unknown seller that was happy with the decision 4-5 years down the road, unless they had a lot of money and didn't mind the inconvenience of trips to the shop. Like I said, before, buyer beware.
