The terms, in plain English

PaddockGavin is Gavin Brooks, of Nashville, Tennessee. Everything published here is published by me personally, on my own account. This website is mine. Where a car, a floor or an event belongs to somebody else, the page you are reading says so.

Some of what you see here was made on a dealership floor, with cars that were not mine. Some of it is entirely my own. Each section says which, because blurring the two would be unfair to them and dishonest to you.

Photographs and video captured on a dealership floor were made and published with that dealership's permission. The permission ran to me. It does not run to you, and it did not transfer with anything published here.

Everything on this site is protected by copyright: the photographs, the video, the writing, the captions, the layout, the code and the design system. You may look at it, link to it, and share a link. You may not copy it, repost it, re-upload it, feed it to a model, or use it in anything commercial without written permission.

The watermark is not decoration. Where a mark appears on an image or a clip, it is copyright management information under 17 U.S.C. § 1202. Removing it, cropping it out or altering it to hide where the file came from is its own violation, separate from the copying. It carries statutory damages of $2,500 to $25,000 per instance, with no requirement that the work be registered first. If you find one of my files with the mark taken off, so will I.

I enforce this. Takedowns go out, and where the use is commercial or the mark has been removed, it does not stop at a takedown. Any dealership whose cars or premises appear holds and enforces its own rights in its own property, separately and at its own discretion; nothing here speaks for them.

Think a use might be fine? Ask first. DM @itspaddockgavin. Most reasonable requests get a yes.

I am not a licensed dealer and I do not sell cars. What I have is access, and a job that puts me around inventory all day.

If you want a car, PaddockGavin sources it as a concierge broker and wholesaler, and the sale itself is completed through a licensed dealer. Every part of the transaction begins and ends with that dealer: the paperwork, the financing, the title, the funds, the delivery, all on their licence and under their terms. A broker fee, if any, is set per sale and disclosed to you in writing before you sign the broker agreement. Beyond that, how I am paid is between me and the dealer.

Nothing on this site is an offer to sell a vehicle, a price quote, or a promise that a particular car is available. Cars move. An offer only exists once the selling dealer puts it in writing.

These are my own ventures. They belong to nobody else, and they are governed by the terms of whichever platform they sit on.

Buy the book and Amazon handles the order, the payment and the return. Hire me for automation and the engagement runs through Paddock20 with its own contract. Follow a link from here to any of them and you have left this site, their privacy policy and their terms take over at the click.

Consultation is advice, not a warranty. Cars, paint, coatings, watches and tools are all things that can be damaged by the person handling them. What I tell you is what I would do with my own. What you do with yours is on you.

PaddockGavin, Supercar IQ™, I Got Receipts™, Paddock20™, GavinBrooksHQ™ and the PG mark are my trade marks, in use in commerce and with registration in progress. The Scoreboard™, the format, the status system and the way builds are displayed and scored, is mine as well.

The trade mark page lists all of it in full, with status. Using any of it to suggest I made, endorsed or partnered on something I did not is the one thing here that will get an unfriendly letter rather than a friendly one.

I take brand partnerships and some links here earn a commission. When a post, a page or a clip is paid, gifted or affiliate-linked, it says so, on the piece itself, before you read it. That is the Federal Trade Commission's rule and it is also the deal, the recommendations are worth nothing to you if you cannot tell which ones were bought.

A payment gets someone a fair look. It does not get them a good review. If a product is bad I say so or I say nothing, and I will not run a partnership that requires otherwise.

This site is provided as-is, without warranty of availability, accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose. Specifications, prices, dates and availability change without notice. Advice here is general in nature: it is not a professional inspection, appraisal, valuation or legal opinion. Links to other sites are not endorsements of those sites or their content. To the fullest extent permitted by Tennessee law, I am not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of this site.

Every event takes place at the host venue, under its rules and its insurance. Attending means agreeing to those rules and to the site's photography policy. Drive sensibly in the lot. What happens to your car on the way there and back is between you and your insurer.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute belongs in the state or federal courts serving Wilson County or Davidson County, Tennessee, and both of us agree to that.

If a court finds one clause unenforceable, the rest still stands. I may update these terms; the date at the top is the version you are reading, and continuing to use the site is how you accept a change.

One inbox, and it is mine. DM @itspaddockgavin, or use the form on any page. Copyright and trade mark notices get answered first. The trade mark page lists what to include so it can be acted on straight away.