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Guys looking for help. Purchased a 2019 VW Tiguan as a non starter from a car supermarket. Was told communication has been lost between key and car and that it was a non starter. Advised that hand break and steering lock could be released. Sent a guy round to collect only to find hand break and steering couldn't be deactivated. He didn't have a tilt and slide or rollers so had to return without it. I'm told a regular lock/ key specialist cant work on it. and it needs to be VW dealer level software. Anybody know anyone with this gear, who's near enough to Warrington Cheshire who does a mobile service or do I have to bring it to VW dealership and get my pockets emptied
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Got to say we used the Mercedes truck place at Stanningley Leeds these last 5 years, what a fantastic place, they had anything and everything in stock offered proper trade discounts and the service puts most other dealers to shame Couldn't even get a discount from the Peugeot and Vauxhall place, joke Say it again I'm glad I'm out
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Apologies PH for us ‘oldies ‘ hijacking your topic ‘.
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Im loving the Datsun stories and it must have been much more fun back in the day. However have merc given up on the agency model?
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Yes bought them repaired and welded them and if needed gave them a blow with sadolin with white spirit added, to be fair it was easier buying ford's Vauxhall and bl though as there were more dogs available in the line up Friday night at morley We traded from a lovely old mill, not
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That would be right but mechanically it would have been good.You probably paid £100 for it ! About 25 years ago in a restaurant in Spain I got talking to guy who said he had been the financial director for Datsun UK from day one. They sold thousands of 100A Cherry’s and this guy insisted that the total cost of new car warranty claims on the Cherry in one particular year amounted to under £1000 ? A friend of mine only sold Cherry’s ,he had a small paint shop and having bought them for under £200 he then bodged them ( or resurrected them ) during the day and doorstepped them in the evenings for about £500.
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Datsun 100a Now they were bad We got one tested one Saturday morning and it passed, the tester had been to a party the night before We got I back and realised it wasn't his finest hour as the inner wings weren't attached to the chassis rails We spent 2 days welding it up
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He definitely did ! Do you remember the early Datsun Cherry’s and Sunny’s .They were cheap to buy,plentiful and brilliant sellers although the wings and sills rotted like hell and needed bodging !………..past glories.
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boss man took the hump
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Don’t understand the ‘agency model ‘and it doesn’t benefit dealers.It reminds me ( probably not you guys ) of the distant past when new car dealerships held an ‘agency’ rather than a ‘franchise ‘and if they didn’t like something being imposed on them ,they would just tell the manufacturer to find someone else to sell their cars ! I saw it happen once,I was buying stock from a family owned main dealer who had added Datsun ( years later called Nissan ) .The worst model was a 180B Coupe which was a camel and didn’t sell and on this day a transporter pulled up unannounced delivering about 8 of these Coupes .The boss went ballistic and got on the phone and told the then Datsun importer to the UK where to go !……..You couldn’t do that today.
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Have merc stopped the agency model.
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Shares have seen massive increase in the last few days.
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Ten Cazoo sites for sale with estate agent CBRE this morning.
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Been out all day quafing ales in Durham and came home to read that the wicked witch is DEAD Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Brilliant !, “ They are transitioning to a pure play automotive market place and exiting fulfilment operations.How good is that for ‘gobshite ‘,you couldn’t make it up.Their proposed platform will need to be free of charge to get the trade to support them.They would be better off getting into the Hand Car Wash ‘ industry ‘ ( Sustainable Net Zero Automotive H2O Cleansing )as most of us started out washing cars and then progressed from there.
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Will the dealers have to reimburse finance company?
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Telegraph reporting that Administrators have already been lined up.
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He hasn’t broken any laws, theirs is a risk with any investment. Immoral for sure, but not illegal. It’s the .com bubble revisited.
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Who’s the best for insurance around the north west?
TRADE SURVIVOR replied to TM1989's topic in General Dealer Chat
Try Steve Mealor at Gallaghers Insurance 07879 426446. Very helpful and competitive. -
Who’s the best for insurance around the north west?
umesh replied to TM1989's topic in General Dealer Chat
Speak to Howden's ( Formely Aston Lark) speak to Jem 07850 322592 mention me and #theIMDA ! -
Who’s the best for trade insurance? Prices going through the roof this year? Mines gone up by nearly a £1000!!
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Hello, I know this is a long shot as it’s good main dealer stock, but I am looking for the following, AUDI A5, COUPE, 40 TFSI/TDI, BLACK EDITION/ EDITION 1, 2022/23, average miles. I have exhausted all of my usual channels, to no avail. With the new reg coming up, what are people’s expectations on the affect it will have on the nearly new prices? Many thanks -
Why isn't Alex Chesterman being investigated for one of the largest frauds in Automotive history? Getting large backers, huge hype without any substance and then taking 100 million at least and leaving it to crash and burn????
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If it wasn’t for the severity of CRA 15 discouraging bona fide dealers from retailing decent cheapies ( and paying VAT on them ) ,there might not be a black market in them.Out of interest,it appears that the ex Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson aswell as being the author of CRA 15 was also a Post Office minister in the Coalition Government allegedly encouraging the fake prosecution of sub postmasters ……..and we are regarded as being dodgy ?
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My understanding is that selling platforms are now being forced to report back once a cash/sales limit is reached. The bots do the heavy lifting in all this.
