Dr. Rob Levy with his nearly new 2005 Acura RL All Wheel Drive

Driven sparingly by an American Honda Motor Company executive, we found and purchased this gorgeous '05 RL for Dr. Levy. With only 12,000 miles, he saved more than $4,500 over the price of a new one. And this car essentially does not have a mark on it! (By the way, the auto writers are right. This is an AWESOME vehicle!)

Dr. Delia Hejny with her brand new '05 Subaru Legacy

As explained below, we can use our dealer license to broker new cars too. Dr. Hejny wanted a new Legacy, so we put the deal together for her, had an invoice with her name faxed to us from the Subaru dealer fleet manager, saved her nearly $2,000, and she had a no-hassle experience when she went to pick up her car. No hours of negotiating, no sales manager "good cop/bad cop" nonsense, just a quick business transaction and out the door with her brand new car!

Kristi Gardi with her "new" 2002 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer

A January, 2005 find after a brief search, we located this near perfect '02 Eddie Bauer Explorer for Kristi. With only 19,227 miles, she has remaining factory warranty, and long years of pleasant driving in this super nice SUV. It even has a ceiling-mounted drop down DVD screen for the rear seat passengers (a bonus that cost us nothing at the auction)! She reports being extremely pleased with her Explorer, and the hassle-free experience of our service.

Erin Freeman with her brand new 2005 Acura TL

At personalvehicleshopper.com, we can use our dealer license to help you with a new car purchase as well! For a small fee, we will negotiate fleet pricing on the new car of your choice. That's what we did in February of 2005 for Erin Freeman. Not only did we successfully negotiate her fleet price, we kept her out of the hassle of negotiation with retail salespeople and the feared "finance manager" (the commission salesperson who tries to sell you all of the extra "packages" after the deal on the car has been cut). A potentially painful experience was transformed into a breeze with our help! What's more, we took Erin's 1997 Toyota Supra in on consignment to sell at retail for her. Even without the sales tax offset from just trading it in, we will net her thousands more with a retail sale of her previous car. She wins all the way around!

Lori Stein with her "new" 2002 Buick Century

We found this excellent 2002 Buick Century at auction in October of 2004 with only 20,000 miles! It was a GE Capital Corp. lease return, and maintenance records were available online! In fact, it was still under its factory warranty as delivered to Lori. We came in under budget once again, and provided the client a nearly perfect car! Lori only paid $8,500 for this almost new car, including our fee! She could have bought an equivalent Toyota Camry to replace her old one, same year and mileage, but it would have cost her nearly $15,000 including fees (her old Camry was a V6, and the Buicks are all V6s, so we are using a V6 Camry LE price estimate instead of the more common and cheaper 4-cylinder). I'd personally rather have the Buick at the same price, but at $6,500 less? A no-brainer unless you think the Toyota will last longer, but it won't. And this costs us money; our fee on the Buick was only $775, and would have been $1,000 (capped) on a Camry! We ALWAYS do what is right for the client! And we took Lori's old Camry as a trade.

A 2002 Lexus RX300 with its proud owner, Beth Boisseau

We don't always find the right car at auction. In this case, we found exactly what Beth wanted through our connections and wholesale sources. This car was actually "intercepted" by us before being traded in on a new Cadillac. The Cadillac buyer was pleased, and so was Beth, especially since we came in within our budget for a 2001! And disposition of Beth's old Thunderbird as a trade was no problem.

Lori Ausloos with her 2002 Audi A4, purchased for her daughter
 

It took us only 5 days from when we received her order to find, evaluate and purchase this awesome Audi for Lori. And we came in several hundred dollars less than wholesale, according to edmunds.com, before fees.

A nearly new 2003 Suburban LT 4x4, with its new owner, Don Hahn

Dallas estate planning lawyer Don Hahn was a bit leery before hiring us to find his "new" Suburban. He had always bought new, and was always "in charge" of the process. After doing an admittedly better job selecting this excellent vehicle than he could have, and saving him about $2,500 in the process, he is now a believer!

Believe it or not, we found this excellent, well-engineered street rod for David at the Dallas-Fort Worth Auto Auction! While it did not reach its reserve price that day at the sale, we arranged to purchase the car on David's behalf shortly thereafter. The techs at our repair shop could not believe what we paid for the car once they inspected the quality of its construction and engineering!

No, we are not cloning black 2002 Escapes (see two testimonials below). But Lori wanted one for her daughter, and we happened to find this excellent black example with only 26,856 miles (around 13,000 per year, the North Texas average is higher) in November of 2003. As of this writing, in January of 2004, a leading area "superstore" has an '02 with the identical trim level and only 1,000 more miles than Lori's. Their price: $17,998. Our price to Lori for her "new" SUV: $13,585, including all fees, more than two months earlier! And yes, we are happy to locate even less expensive cars for teens, as well as second or third vehicles for families.

Mike Kuhlwein and his 2002 Corvette
 

Even though it is somewhat unusual for an enthusiast to ask us to pick his/her new performance car (they usually HAVE to kick the tires themselves, even if it costs, on average, an extra $1,500 to $2,000 to do so), Mike hired us to locate and purchase this fabulous 2002 Corvette in November of 2003, with only 4,146 miles!

We were recently placed on a search for a 2001 Escape to celebrate Melissa's college graduation. We went just $250 over our bid limit for a 2001 and picked up this essentially perfect 2002! Another extremely pleased client! 

Doug Thompson with the 2004 Lexus RX330 he bought for his wife
 

This was a real find. In November of 2003, less than 10 days after his call to put us on the job, we found Doug this next-to-new '04 Lexus RX330 at the Lexus Financial Services sale (held at the Adesa Dallas auction). It had only 1,545 miles!

Finally tiring of no air conditioning in her 1995 Plymouth Voyager minivan, Michele traded it in to us for this super clean 2001 Expedition, completely loaded including a DVD entertainment center and game ports! Now her girls don't mind road trips nearly as much.

Following a successful search a month earlier for a NEW 2003 Infiniti FX35 for her mother, Christi hired us to find a late model Volvo V70 wagon, and came all the way from Granbury to do business with us. She thought we'd have to stick with a 2001 but we found this fabulous 2002 with only 9,500 miles and stayed under our bid target! 

With new twin girls born just the year before, Becky was tired of jamming the whole family (including then 8-year old Amanda) into a Chevy Cavalier. She hired us to locate a very clean, dependable minivan for her growing family. We noticed this super-clean example at the Dallas Auto Auction. I called Gene, her husband, to discuss the van as I inspected it before it went across the block. We agreed that I would bid. The result: After shopping at one of the major used car superstores, Becky saved $3,558 over the purchase price of an equivalent superstore van. That is not a misprint: $3,558 after our fee! The superstores may be less hassle than the old traditional dealers, but they are not cheap!

This one holds the personalvehicleshopper.com record for the most expensive used car ever purchased for a client. In 2001, we located and bought this virtually flawless 2000 S500 Mercedes for Dr. Stephens at the Dallas Auto Auction. Only a year and a half old at the time, this S-class beauty saved Dr. Stephens nearly $20,000 over the price of a new one! As of February of 2004, we have purchased 3 vehicles for the Stephens family, and are working on a 4th, a 2004 Lexus RX330. 

After a successful search in the spring of 2002 for a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS for his younger sister, Michael and his mom returned to us when it was time to get him a "new" college car. His friends were amazed at the price, stating that the dealers had equivalent cars on their used car lots (at that time) for $21,000. We think that was a bit steep; a check of our friendly "superstore" showed an equivalent car with 23,000 miles (Michael's had only 16,023 at delivery) for a "no-haggle" price of $18,988. Whoops! With ALL fees included Michael paid $16,110. For a better car with fewer miles! Once again, our program worked! 

Bernice, mother-in-law of noted Dallas business lawyer Robert Solomon (www.hrepc.com), needed a replacement for her 1999 LeSabre, which was unfortunately totalled in an accident. She wanted one with leather seats, and in a light color. After only 2 1/2 weeks of auction shopping, we turned up this lease return, in nearly new condition, with only 16,800 miles. Even better, we saved her $6,269 when compared with the price of an equivalent new 2001 per Edmunds' True Market Value pricing (not MSRP), and also saved her $3,070 over what a dealer would have charged her for the exact same car used, per Kelley Blue Book!