Axl Rose wants to bring car dealership to sha-na-na-na-knees with lawsuit

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Axl Guns for Car Dealership

01/13/2006 8:29 PM, E! Online
Josh Grossberg

Axl Rose has an axe to grind over some missing wheels. The reclusive Guns N' Roses frontman has turned his appetite for destruction on a Beverly Hills auto dealership, targeting it with a lawsuit over a deal gone bad.

Rose claims that he had an oral agreement with Beverly Hills Classic Cars to deliver two luxury sports cars after he paid a deposit of $20,000, per the suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

But, the "Patience" purveyor says, the dealer never made good on the promised 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo and a 2005 Porsche GT3.

Further, Rose says, the dealer failed to pay him $135,000 for selling his Ferrari Marinello on consignment. The owners of Beverly Hills Classic Cars were out of town at the Detroit Auto Show and could not be reached for comment.

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[DS1]

1. Awesome headline. and 20k for 2 cars like that is a pittance

[Xithras]

5. $20k was just the deposit.

Most people who buy high end cars like these do so through a broker. You tell the broker what kind of car you want, give him a deposit to prove you're serious, and he searches the globe to find it (or has it built for you). Apparently this broker took his money and never found the cars. Even worse, he apparently took one of Roses old cars and brokered it to someone else, pocketing the profit.

I used to wonder why people wasted their money on cars like these, until I got the opportunity to (briefly) drive an old Lamborghini Muira that belonged to a friends boss. I can sum the drive up in a word: Wow.

[DS1]

6. Yes, I can read

:hi:

It just doesn't seem like much of a deposit for near 500,000 worth of auto.

[Xithras]

7. It's more to secure the services of the broker.

Being an exotic car broker isn't easy. There are what, a few thousand Lamborghini's in existence worldwide? A couple thousand more Ferrari's? When a client comes to a broker and says "I want a yellow Lamborghini Diablo with a black interior in mint condition and no older than 5 years", the broker may have to spend months scouring the globe to find one that fills the request AND that's actually for sale. When he finds one, he'll have to fly out and inspect it first, whether it's in France or Florida. It's a lot of time and a lot of work.

The $10,000 per car deposit is probably just to make sure the broker isn't wasting his time. If they did these kinds of searches for anyone who requested one, the broker would go broke. The $10k is just to ensure that the buyer is serious, and to cover the brokers expenses if the buyer backs out after the car is located.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. He should just think of the cars as...

The car dealership's "Chinese Democracy".

[underpants]

3. No doubt THE greatest subject line

of the last 15 minutes.

Hilarious

[Ikonoklast]

4. Funny thing

I happened to be standing in front of this exotic car dealership in Beverly Hills last month, waiting for a cab, and this unkempt hollow-eyed guy tools up in his Ferrari. He throws me the keys and $20K, randomly points to a couple of cars on the lot and said, "Sell the Ferrari and give me those two there."

I said, "You got it, champ." He gets in my cab and leaves.


I should have got more money, though. Damn Ferrari sure sucks up the 'ol premium.

[Rob H.]

8. GREAT subject line!

:rofl:

[jmowreader]

9. God, Axl Rose is a dipshit

Let me ask you something: what kind of moran does a $20,000 HANDSHAKE deal? They have these things called "contracts," Axl; maybe you should have called that guy who keeps bailing you out of jail and had him draw you up one.

Also consider this: Axl cut this handshake deal in 2005...when a 2005 Porsche GT3 would have been new. The car is very limited production, but it also costs a hundred grand--meaning not everyone, not even every Porsche fan, is trying to buy one. Something tells me that if you walked into a Porsche dealer, and last I heard there was one in Beverly Hills, and ordered a $100,000 new car, they will get you one. They'll call Stuttgart, who will whip you up one and ship it right out.

The Lambo's a different story--used cars that cost that fucking much are going to be a tad difficult to obtain.