pretty much any used car from a dealer has gone through an auction. The majority (99%+) are good cars... Just those 1% give the rest a bad name. I worked for a dealer about 4 years ago and we went to auctions all the time... some really nice cars go through there. Back in late 97 we picked up a MINT 97 3000GT Spyder VR-4 for $32K... 9K miles on it. The window sticker was folded up in the glove box... $78K is what it sold for new.