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Our TT finally went this weekend, we had 3 viewings in total, 1 didn't even drive it because they didn't like the colour. It actually drove really well, full Audi history with Audi cambelt and waterpump, 4 new conti's new pagid discs and pads all round in the last 500 miles .... It was a really nice car.

I have taken an immaculate 318CI 2004 M Sport on Saturday , an MX5 last week and a Pug 308 HDI on Saturday. All px. They will all go. Best get stocking up on 4x4's now....

Back to when pajero and lucida were hot cakes! The good ol days! pm me the a1 details please?

hmmm Gang of angry travellers at my door V's Moral High ground..... mate, you played it exactly right, reverse the deal, shake of hands. Thanks very much goodbye!

It's been a quiet end to the month so come Saturday, after a morning of not handing out a single key but giving out countless directions to the sea, taxi ranks and holiday camps whilst informing the odd cheeky scouser that I don't have a toilet or public phone, I decide for the sake of my metal health I need to get out of here and cheer myself by going to watch the mighty Wrexham play some sexy football. I need to be leaving by 2pm. At 1.45 pm a couple of folk walk on the pitch, after I've locked the keys away a couple walk on to the pitch looking at some Peugeot Estates I've got, but they want the option of a sixth seat. In that case, the 208 and 407 are of no use to you, it's the 307 or 308 you want. 'Hmmm, but I really like the 407' says the man, and goes over to said SW's. It's 1.50 I get the keys back out so that your man can look at both cars. He likes them, but goes back to the 407. I remind him it's a 5 seater, 'hmmmm, but I really like it', then adding once again he needs 6 seats. It's now 2pm and the man isn't showing many buying signals and I'm doing my duck in a whirlpool impersonation. I may appear calm to your man on top, but underneath I'm paddling like feck panicking that I'm cutting it fine for kick off. Another 5 minutes go by (during which time it's confirmed again that the 407 is only a 5 seater) and I start to reason with myself that I'm going to miss the match. Another 5 minutes go by and he is swaying to the 307 and I have given up all hope of going to the match. Work comes first I tell myself and I go into sales mode. I quote him for finance, and after the penny drops that the 407 is not a 6 seater, never has been nor never will be, he tells me he will take the 307 and we fill out a prop. At 2.22 PM I make a decision to go the match and having avoided North Wales' finest I manage to get into the ground at about 3.10pm, just after the first goal goes in. We win, we play like Brazil, I'm on a promise and life is good. The following morning I go in for an appointment (all sundays are appointment) and I prop my 307 man. 10 minutes later he gets accepted and I make the call and this is where it all goes pear shaped. He has changed his mind, he doesn't want a 6 seater and has been told by his expert relative that all Peugeots are made by the devil and he will not be proceeding. Nice of you to let me know, and how kind of you to make me miss the all important first goal of the game. ****! 30 minutes later the phone goes. It's the man who is buying a Grand Picasso, or should that be, was buying the Grand Picasso. He gives me some cock and bull story and asks for his deposit back. I say no, he says fine and that's that. This is not the start to my bank holiday weekend that I was hoping for. Needless to say, the one and only appointment I had never turned up and when I rang they simply told me something had cropped up, like butter wouldn't melt and it's not like us car dealers have anything else to do. To say I was not a happy bunny is a bit of an understatement. That's it, the bank can have their keys back, I'm off to stack shelves, get my life back and not have anymore idiots in my life. After a lovely Sunday out, finished off with a lovely Roast Dinner and a few pints of Boogle Doodle I had calmed down and on returning home had confirmed another appointment ( I was having the Monday off) for this morning, god loves a trier and all that. Boom! First appointment dealt, lovely local people as well. An hour later, another Boom and then another on a cheapie. Life is good, the job is good. What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours.....

How much!!!?

I use blackbushe quite alot too, its probably you buggers im bidding against haha Auction prices seem to be all over the place. I tried buying a dozen or so cars this week from BCA, and wasn't close to any of them. I always wonder if people take in the auction fee's. You can add £500 to the hammer price just in fees, and if like me, you're too lazy to go an collect you have delivery aswell. Does anyone else follow a car? I keep the paperwork/ condition report etc for all the cars i've missed out on. Then usually on a quite afternoon, i'll search auto trader and see where it ended up, and what they are retaling it for compared to what i thought price wise. Example - I was bidding on a lovely SAAB 93 the other day, was prepared to go over glasses price as i was confident in what i could get for it. Needless to say, the hammer price was near on what i would of retailed it for. It's not just Cap that seem to be a long way out Glass Trade - £7430 Glass Retail - £8920 Hammer Price - £9,375 Car is advertised for nearly £11,000 !! Found it on autotrader at a dealer, Wont mention the name... however it did make me laugh that they have on their website that they DON'T buy cars from auction, just genuine main dealer part exchanges... think somebody is telling porkies... it would also help if they hadn't used BCAs auction photographs in their advert Anybody else use think there's the "phantom" bids going on? I bought a car 2 weeks ago (it quickly got sent back tho) , i was bidding online for it, against "another online bidder" until i decided to pull out and let the other bidder have it, i'd already gone over and above what i wanted to pay. 5 minutes later i get a call saying there "was an issue" with their online bidding system and it had "accidently" submitted the last bid in error and that my bid was actually the winning bid.

to be fair the original poster goes on to say and here i quote Haha! Buy anything today? Funny thing is I know who's taken it, they have a penchant for S types it seems so its maybe the case that the buyer specialises in this brand and as i said further up this thread may well have a buyer waiting who cant do the auction legwork, hj on his old forum used to have someone i think called reg dwiar? who would often buy cars on behalf of customers for a small fee that was always saved in reduced auction costs