Saturday, August 29, 2009

Review - Seize Cars.com

Seize Cars.com is a site mainly specializing in high end government seized vehicles. It is your chance to own that Range Rover or BMW you always wanted - but for less than half the price. Ahhh..the beauty of auctions.

This is an auction house which regularly broadcasts late night commercials in my area. I was happy to see that the full membership of about $70 also gave me access to real estate auctions as well. The pricing is a tad bit high - but most people will go here to try and get their hands on highly discounted exotics and luxury vehicles - so the pricing is not too far off.

It took about 5 hours for the confirmation e-mail to arrive in my inbox. Right away I noticed that while looking great, the search and browse functions of the site are a little confusing. I would have preferred to find vehicles in my area first, then narrow by manufacturer and model. This site only allows you to find the model of car you want - then search within a specified area. I got my sights set on a '97 Ferrari 355 (when in Rome, I thought!). The price was a not too shabby $67,000.00 for a gorgeous red with tan interior spider(convertible). Now, while I didn't actually have 67k to throw at a car, I pretended I did for this experiment.

After further inspection of my desired listing I noticed that there was only 5 photos of the vehicle - not enough to sway me in the buying direction even if I was a millionaire.

Overall if you are looking for an exotic car this would most likely be the place to go. I would, however, recommend seeing the car in person before forking over that much of your hard earned cash.

Seize Cars.com

PROS - Best place for exotic and high end vehicles. Good amount of listing. Great pricing. Real estate and other types of auctions included in the cost.

CONS - Lackluster search options. Mediocre vehicle information listed.

Rating - 4/5 cars

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