What the light actually means

People read the light as a quality score. It is not. A red-light car can be in better condition than a green-light car, and occasionally is. The light describes the terms of sale, not the metal.

Here is what each one commits us to.

Green

We announced nothing. That is a positive claim, and it means the vehicle is arbitrable if it turns out to have been materially misdescribed.

A green light is therefore the most exposed position for the auction house, which is why we do not hand them out to cars we could not inspect properly.

Amber

We announced specific things, and those specific things are what you can come back on — plus anything our own standard says should have been announced and was not.

The list matters more than the colour. Two amber cars can be nothing alike.

Red

As-is. Nothing is arbitrable, including things nobody wrote down. If you are not in a position to inspect a red-light car yourself or send someone who can, the honest advice is to leave it alone.

And the blue one

A blue light is about paperwork, not condition, and it runs alongside the other three rather than replacing them. It means the title is not in the room. Funds are held, the vehicle does not move, and the sale is not finished until the title is recorded.

Everything on this site is a design demonstration. It describes a policy that does not govern any real sale.