For once in my life, I'm in the corner of the "bad guy." I'm rooting for the villain to win. I want to see the Joker burn down Gotham City.
In yet another instance of an honest seller being absolutely raked over the coals for the offense of driving an unrestored car, BaT lost what looked like a very honest specimen of an air-cooled Porsche 911 to a young gun who saw an opportunity and pounced. The seller - who seemed like every ounce the guy he said he was, just a long-term Porsche owner from way before it was cool - got spooked by the comments section due to his 911 displaying a few issues that are entirely typical of a driver-quality 911. You know, the kind of car the everyman can afford.
He, to his credit, said, "No thanks," and sold the car to Dodi Auto Sales. If you monitor TikTok or Instagram to any extent, Dodi shows up often with his tales of rescuing Porsches, both good and bad, from long-term owners. His father ran a similar business focused on Mercedes products. Dodi got in touch with the seller and made him an offer on the spot to buy the car before the BaT auction ended.
Good for him. Seriously, good for him. He had a car that he loved. He kept it in good order. For the grievous offense of the engine being a little wet (ALL 911s THAT AREN'T CONCOURS-RESTORED LEAK, JUST SAYIN') and for failing smog in the enviro-commie hell of California, he was told by numerous car-nerds that his car was junk and needed complete restoration. Imagine having a real-deal turnkey sports car for years that you just fire up and drive and you get some douchebag lawyer from Long Island telling the world that the car is on the brink of total self-destruction - would you stick around?
Oh, and here's my favorite revelation from the comment section from some mouth-breather who explains why he and other commenters tear down auctions like this fella's listing for his dearly-loved 911 SC: "The few requests for this car to get a smog check or the one question if it leaks any oil don’t constitute “all this negativity” we serious buyers and those trying to muster the balls to bid on a expensive vehicle sight unseen..."
Just...piss off. I'm sorry for the vulgarity but I am not a rich man. I buy cars sight unseen all the time. Trust the seller via a series of phone calls, scan over any records that may be available, and schedule a PPI. That's all you have to do. Dragging the seller through the mud is a poor excuse for not having the stones to do the actual work that real enthusiasts actually do.
So, dealers and poachers, I hope you're regularly scanning each and every BaT auction for opportunities like these to help sellers find a way out of anonymous commenter hell that has ruined the experience for yet another innocent victim. As of this writing, Dodi has already sold the subject 911. Good for them.