The perfect collection Curated COULDN'T buy!

John Temerian from @WeAreCurated tells the story of the amazing car collection he couldn't buy.


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[stevemiller]

My family has been in the automotive business since before me. We didn’t normally buy anything exotic. We did bring clients to specialty auctions and buy some nice cars. I was accompanying a client to a specialty auction in Orlando Florida, someone prevented my father from being there so this was the first time I was representing the business directly without guidance. The client was a complete novice at cars. In typical fashion he was trying to play know it all. It was his money after all. He was drooling over a Porsche 928 S4. I discovered that the car had been repaired. I was only 19 at the time and no one wanted to listen to me except my father. I began working with my father as soon as I could hold a screwdriver. I’ve been painting and buffing cars since I was 10-12 years old. I insisted that the car had been painted at the very least and put on paper that we would represent the buyer but in know way we’re responsible for the condition of the vehicle. Essentially I was smart enough to record that he was purchasing the car against our advice and that we would not be responsible for anything other than representing the buyer.
The car was purchased way over book value even if my prediction of bodywork was incorrect.
We began inspecting the vehicle and my dad said he had never been so proud of me. ( only time in history that he spoke these words to me)
The car was a nightmare. They spent as much time concealing the damage and repair as actually repairing the car. The car wouldn’t accelerate properly due to the monitoring system in the transmission. You theoretically can’t spin the tires on an S4. There’s monitoring software that adjusts the transmission a million times a second or something that’s a launch control system. Well that was messed up along with many other things.
I was soo deflated at first because here was my chance to represent the company as an adult and it wasn’t necessarily a good thing on the surface. You know at 19 you only know how to swing for the fence or to focus on hitting a home run.
I’m 53 now and look at the situation differently than I did then. I did hit a home run for dad and the company- if I hadn’t written that goofy document that guy would have sued and said I recommended that car to him- he tried to bully me based on my age. Mom didn’t raise a fool.

[whatchanobouitdem]

I love how Temerian takes us along the emotional rollercoaster of these complex and unique deals through his story telling style! Thanx once again John and not to be over looked, Ed and his Vinwiki

[jstewtew]

John temerian has grown on me his passion for the cars has pushed me past my first impressions of him.

[Yourmission]

This is what I love about car collections, the wildest cars can pop up out of nowhere, I was driving by a neighborhood close to mine and saw (could only make out the rear in the almost never opened garage) what appeared to be a 67 gt350 and my jaw dropped. You travel around small towns especially and you can find some of the wildest cars you never knew existed, or you knew they existed but had never seen one before

[ashp]

Patience and way to handle rejection is THE thing to be learned from John.. Commending to see how John is describing deal which fell through with such composed demeanor

[Jefex]

Curated to VINwiki I can’t get enough of the passion

[iamsoldats]

I genuinely do believe that John is passionate about cars and loves them very much. However, I can't get past the fact that he is a car salesman. I just can't look at his smile and hear his enthusiasm without wondering whether any of it is genuine.

[audialex]

I saw the redcgt at cars and coffee a few weeks ago here in San Diego. Still has same plate

[charliesschroedinger]

I drive by a certain address darn near every day just to look at an Aston in a driveway. I get the passion.

I ADORE the stories!!❤❤

[xaa]

John is a fantastic story teller, and an all round good guy. Thanks for this!

[benthekorean]

i love watching these but i think it would cool if the thumbnails had like a cut out picture of the story teller so we know who is telling the story

[aleiterful]

John was able to find partners with enough liquid to buy stuff like this but he’s never been investigated for money laundering that’s the most impressive part about this lol

[timmietz]

Like my favorite ex-boss alway said, ”Time kills deals”.

[JRobertson-wo]

You trained the seller on how to track the value of each car. He may not have known all that. But after you told him all that he decided to keep them.

[silhouette]

Smart move from the collector: put the car on open market and you get the best price. Give all in to 1 dealer is way too primitive and loosing a lot of money

[rossrob]

The Lexus Lfa Nurburg is the one car I would keep if selling that collection. Im 25 and growing up it was, and is my favorite car of all time. The looks, performance, sound, and toyota/lexus heritage is everything I love when it comes to vehicles.

[DreamWorkDrive]

Damn that Maranello is simply perfect.

[berube]

Very safe to say the owner of the collection made out much better in the long run. Guarantee he had someone tell him to back out because the potential of values sky rocketing and the owner was all for sitting on the collection as he clearly wasn't hurting for money lol.

[hi_tech_reptilez]

Man, that LFA NR... Beautiful. Already heard the story on CuratedTV, John is a legend, fin.

[violinmiata]

Sometimes a deal passes by without fruition. Name of the game. John tells a great back story!