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Dealer A has a motor up for sale at 5k, which according to you guys is a bad deal (booooooooo). That said, in his defence it comes with full service history, 12 months MOT, a proper warranty and the usual facilities you would associate with a good garage. Dealer A is a good guy, Dealer A's business is a good, established and reputable. He looks after his customers. Now then, along comes Dealer B with the same car, model, spec etc etc. Problem is, Dealer B's car is not quite of the same standard and provenance shall we say but, at £4250 he's offering a great deal (yeah, woop woop, high fives all round). Also, a little investigation tells us that Dealer B is not really a stand up guy and from what we can gather, his business seems to have a few enemies. He doesn't care. Whose really offering the better 'deal'?

Thanks for the opportunity. I would love to know what benefit there is to either party (customer or dealer) to publishing on the advert how long a car has been in stock? (apart from giving the customer even more leverage to get a discount). Would you consider dropping this? The main issue I feel is with the Good Value/Great Value tool. Although I can see this can be seen as a benefit for buyers, surely there is more to a 'great deal' than just price? Is there no value in the fact a dealer may have a 5 star reputation for customer care, a second to none service and pre sales checkover and the factor that the car is local instead of having to travel 400+ miles? The Good Value/Great Value's are based on what valuation tool? Lastly we specifically buy & sell high spec cars, these cars can have anything between £2000 -£10000+ with of factory fitted extras from new, which obviously means that they are more desirable than a car of a standard specification, how do you highlight these cars? Are they shown as a Great Value Deal or are they shown as a Bad value Deal as they are more expensive? Other factors would also include full service history & blemish free bodywork etc What are you going to do differently going forward to ensure that you don't become just another Autotrader? ( I dare you to ask this) Thank you, Jim

Tomorrow I'm going to be interviewing CEO and founder of CarGurus Langley Steinert. I know there's been some discussion about the website so I'd love to get your questions. To fit it into his busy schedule we're going to be recording the show early in the morning and it'll be going out at the usual time of 3pm, so if you want to ask something I'll need your questions before then! For more information, see the story on Car Dealer here: http://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/put-questions-cargurus-founder-langley-steinert/116713

I have been offered a place to start training to become an airline pilot. It's been a dream of mine from a very young age and I couldn't turn away this opportunity. I start on the 12th September so aim to be all finished up by the end of August. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone on this forum and James who runs it. The advice everyone gives is amazing. Sometimes it feels you are fighting this monster on your own but it is really refreshing to be able to log on here and talk to people in the same situation to celebrate the good times and have a chat in the quiet times. I want to wish everyone the best of luck. We do get put through some crap from customers and suppliers so it can be really tough at times, but we are all good at what we do so it is important to keep on track and keep moving the metal and making customers smile. I will still take part on the forum until I go, but after that, I will be so busy with exam work I just wont have the time. It has been a real pleasure and I have learned so many life lessons in these 5 years, from 5 cars to 30, it has been a journey and one that I will truly miss. All the best, James

Yes betginge just register as you are and then change address when you've found somewhere. I was surprised how easy it all was.

Strangely enough the Police have similar issues .. The valeting company I use the driver got pulled a few months back in a Subaru WRX - They followed him and then pulled him over as the original plates were hidden behind the trade plates , He said similar however its the DVLA that decide the correct display and fines, so very mixed messages out there ..but I do remember a dealer who got fined ( This was mentioned on TCD Forum- Can't remember who ) for having plates in the window - original plate got picked up by camera and DVLA Advising him that plates should be covered.

auction4cars.com havent used them for a while but they where decent enough when we used to

You log into the connect system to change details, Gabriel for reporting and i think its chrysalis for invoices ....

Many thanks James So To clarify, I should be able to register for my license in my current premises and then when i find the right place to move up, I can just change the premises location part on the portal system.

4 bold tyres, poor paint and beige cloth interior backed up by a patchy service history......................BUT it's a great deal because it's £327 below the recommend price. Car Guru's free of charge..................Great Deal!!........£1 per week......Average deal................£50 per week, BAD DEAL!!!!.Goodbye Car Guru's

Asked same/similar - The customer is actually mislead if they advise them about 'best buy' as its only price lead and not as you say spec/dealer reputation etc etc - so in reality its not 'best buy' for the consumer ! ++

emailed them over ! , will be good to see the interview , Very much look forward to it.

I've just moved business premises and to change the FCA address you just log into the FCA portal, all very easy. My original application was completed in around 3 weeks, there were a couple of bits I didn't fully understand but they are really helpful on the phone. Even saved me a good chunk of money because I was applying to be registered for stuff I didn't need.