Codie.Bell

Car Guy | Former Ball Player | Dealer Principal

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Dealer here, used Teslas are climbing in price rapidly. 3/5 years old with decent miles will be significantly more In the next 60 days

[LeGoat @stakslk]

It’s still INSANE that we have witnessed the rise and the absolute FALL of Tesla… 🤯😬🫠 wasn’t they hoes reselling for $50-60k on a used model? But to be cheaper than a wrangler now is wilddddd

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Can confirm this. Just sold a 22 Camry XLE Hybrid this morning. Customer said AI told him the Hybrid was extremely reliable

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Customer Repo’d then has been 60 days late on every payment in the most recent car they bought (50+ months).

Can we get her approved probably. Am I going to let her hurt one of our portfolios?

Absolutely not, nowhere near worth it. Only one lender that’s touching this one

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

These Texas lanes feel totally different now that Tricolor isn’t bidding🤣

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

@GuyDealership Exactly why IMO Tricolor news is so huge. Think we’ll see banks tighten up a lot in the last quarter

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

If the 7th Largest used car dealer going out of business doesn’t show you how hard the car business can be. Nothing will

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

What’s the worst Car Deal you’ve seen? I’ll start

2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee w/ 190k miles kid paid $11k for it. Transmission and Power Steering are out of it.

How in the world did they get $11k financed on it

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Looking at partnerships for instant trade appraisals.

Who’s YOUR go to when trying to find the value of your vehicle/trade & why?

Recieved 100’s of DMs after making that video. Can’t get to them all (Obviously not on X other platforms)

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Just confused why this is funny?

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

TRAVIS HUNTER GETS PUT IN ON DEFENSE...

He gives up a catch for 15 yards 😭😭

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Certainly feel for the ownership & never want to see anyone go out, but i’ve watched Tricolor pay way over book for years. Such a tough business & it requires operational excellence

[Car Dealership Guy @GuyDealership]

BREAKING: Highly credible reports that Tricolor Auto, a massive Buy Here Pay Here dealer group, just laid off 1,100 people today.

+ Two of their Texas locations — San Antonio and Dallas — appear to be shut down.

A crack in the subprime auto market — or something else?

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Feel so late to the Tesla party. The car is seriously unbelievable & the one I drove is 5 years old.

They will take over the car market and it will happen faster than you think

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Toyota being that high in affordability is crazy

[Car Dealership Guy @GuyDealership]

Came across this insane chart plotting auto brands by quality and affordability:

And there are definitely some surprises imo.

But tell me what you think—would your breakdown look similar?

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Bought our first Tesla.

What do I need to know about selling them?

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

I’ve been trying to buy a cargo van from a company for a MONTH.

Finally dropped it to the money that made sense. I was the high bid at $22k. They countered and said it take $27k to buy it.

Guarantee you it won’t bring anymore money next week. I’ll buy it cheaper next week

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Questions for my dealers that do remote deals.

How do you go through the verification process?

Verifying it’s not a stolen social/ID etc

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Young kid was here 4 months ago looking at a truck to buy when he turned 18.

Every dealer he went to (with his dad) turned him away because he wouldn’t be purchasing for a while

Coming today to buy one with his dad as a co-signer-800 Fico. TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

“You’re not building enough value”

How do you build value in a customer that thinks your $30k car is worth $27k.

Not because of technological analysis, but based on feel. Feel aint real

[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

2 deals in 2 days that customers were told by other dealers their only option was a buy here pay here.

A lot of work to get them to trust what I was saying.

But they’re in better vehicles and they’ll start building credit

[Emir Han @RealEmirHan]

Heath Ledger, to prepare for Joker, hid away in motel room for about six weeks. He was obsessed with developing Joker's every tic, laugh. In the end he was so successful that Michael Caine forgot his lines when he saw him for the first time in this scene
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[Codie.Bell @CodieBell]

Can’t Save Em’ All