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Morries - Winter Beater Cars!

AJ

110 HP of FURY!
on a serious note, the '98 dodge ram is appealing for a winter rig as well.... hummm
 
I know these aren't private party prices, but some of these seem a bit high for what they are...would be afraid to see what regular inventory price would be on them...

And I agree with AJ...that truck does seem like a good deal.
 

DTruongMazda

New Member
Here's how the PB4W vehicles work at Morries, we typically keep these cars anywhere from 14-21 days at our lots, then we ship them off to the Auction. Most dealers would buy them and 'fix/add' whatever they want and then re-sell them at their lots.

If a car is traded in to us and is not operational, it wont be at our lot, but will still be on our website... Consider it a mechanic's special :)
 

escort1991

New Member
In the end, it is a win win for Morries and many of the other car dealerships that do this exact thing. They keep it for a few weeks, if it sells, ok; if it doesn't, they auction it off and most likely break even. It's moving inventory.

The other factor is, it cleans up the lot. Having broken down cars/older cars/bargain basement cars on the lot makes the dealership look not as reputable. Also, if something does go wrong with a bargain basement car, it could damage the reputation of said dealer. Also, these cars are cheap for a reason, low profit and low commission. The dealership washes their hands of the car and moves on.

Quite a few of the larger dealerships operate like this.
 

DTruongMazda

New Member
In the end, it is a win win for Morries and many of the other car dealerships that do this exact thing. They keep it for a few weeks, if it sells, ok; if it doesn't, they auction it off and most likely break even. It's moving inventory.

The other factor is, it cleans up the lot. Having broken down cars/older cars/bargain basement cars on the lot makes the dealership look not as reputable. Also, if something does go wrong with a bargain basement car, it could damage the reputation of said dealer. Also, these cars are cheap for a reason, low profit and low commission. The dealership washes their hands of the car and moves on.

Quite a few of the larger dealerships operate like this.
It's a great way to revitalize the used-car market too. Cash for Clunkers created a huge void in the used car market. Even if the car was worth $500, the dealership was forced to fork out $4500 for the clunker, and destroy the car; IF the car was worth $4400, that car was still to be seized and destroyed.

I'm finding a lot of mechanics are loving some of the pb4w's we have. For instance, this one customer of mine had a 04 Cherokee with a blown engine, but all electricals worked.. so they bought our old 94 cherokee for $600 with a solid engine, but bad electricals... swapped out the necessary parts, and he had a car that ran for dirt cheap, because he did all the labor himself.
 

Tauni

I'm confused.
My P5 Was technically a pb4w car, however thanks to Jesse I was lucky enough to snag it before it even went on the lot. You take a risk but I can vouch that it is a good way to go for a winter car or cheap DD!
 
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