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Feel free to feedback or ignore this. Manheim Surecheck. A waste of money to me and it’s a disgrace that we are forced to buy an unwanted insurance product. My main gripe with Surecheck is its poor coverage, quite frankly ‘silver’ is pitiful. Example - static check of gearbox. That check tells you sweet f.a. about a gearbox’s operation. I’d rather spend my money on an MOT. Apart from money, obviously, I believe its main objective is to separate any claims issues from the auction’s frontline staff & onto the Surecheck Helpdesk - of which the auction halls are full of tales being fobbed off. I could go on about Dealer Auction, Manheim’s sister company, turning into The Wild West with unchecked vendors doing as they please unpoliced despite Dealer Auction’s bold assurance that “You can be assured that all registered users of Dealer-Auction.com are vetted to ensure the highest standards of professionalism are maintained from both Franchised Main Dealers and Trade buyers”. Really? With regards to Dealer Auction’s assurances they need to recheck EVERY VAT no. of EVERY member & REMOVE members accordingly - too many have submitted false VAT no.s, some part-timers have dropped out of the VAT scheme and Dealer Auction have allowed vendors ‘extra’ buyers accounts for their employees who do a bit of trading on the side. Whilst I’ve got the bit between my teeth, the most basic of checks (i.e. occasional spot checking & reading the vendors’ adverts) would clearly highlight lazy vendors who cannot even be bothered to attempt an appraisal. Your representatives are not at all interested - any complaint is met with the attitude of ‘don’t bid if you don’t like the vendor’s appraisal’. Here’s just one fine example of an auction listing (I refuse to call this an appraisal) by one of the vetted professionals selling their wares via Dealer Auction; STRICTLY 72 HOURS PAYMENT AND COLLECTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. THIS FUNDS MUST BE CLEARED BEFORE THE VEHICLE IS RELEASED. PART EXCHANGE VEHICLES ARE NOT INSPECTED IN OUR WORKSHOP. KNOWN FAULTS WILL BE DECLARED BUT PLEASE ALLOW AN EXTRA £100 IN CASE OF OTHER ISSUES. ALL OUR CARS ARE GIVEN A VISUAL INSPECTION. PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO MEET THESE TERMS. THANK YOU WINNING BIDDER, PLEASE GIVE US 24HRS NOTICE OF INTENT TO COLLECT SO AS TO ENSURE THE VEHICLE WILL BE READY FOR A SWIFT DEPARTURE. COLLECTIONS BETWEEN MON –FRI 9AM – 5.30PM. PLEASE NOTE WE NOW HAVE TO CHARGE A DEBIT CARD FEE OF 0.5% OUR BANK DETAILS WILL BE EMAILED ALONG WITH THE INVOICE AS THERE IS NO FEE FOR BANK TRANSFERS. ONCE A CAR HAS BEEN WON, PAID FOR AND TAKEN FROM OUR PREMISES, WE DO NOT GIVE REFUNDS AS THIS IS A TRADE AUCTION. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR FULL APPRAISAL

Low ball. However if you’ve someone with a £100 old banger (Sir, just because your 16 year old Fiesta only has 60,000 miles doesn’t mean it’s worth a fortune, especially with rotten wheelarches and a dent on every panel!) who thinks it’s worth the Earth I just tell them “Sorry, you seem like such nice people I wouldn’t want to offend you. Why not sell it yourself”.

Yes! Finally someone else that noticed they handle really strange. I havnt had many as they weren’t really my thing but I honestly thought the first one I drove had been in an accident, it was so twitchy it was unreal. Then I bought another one and it was exactly the same.

Everything. I’ve changed a flat tyre and the occasional wiper... nothing else

Ok so.. the question "have you ever had an insurance policy cancelled" Is asked to the individuals being listed on the policy, if the current (cancelled) policy is in the name of a ltd company then it isn't the individuals that have had the policy cancelled, but the LTD company. So if you're taking the renewal out under a new LTD company name then don't worry about it. I hope that makes sense.

I would be inclined to stay with your current insurer.. at least then you could say they just ballsed up on the renewal and you haven't ever actually had a Insurance policy cancelled. Bite the bullet, pay it and get back on track.

Insurance companies have a bad name for a reason, we make sure we get a rep out so we have a face to shout at, also your premium for dd payments seems a bit high we pay 4% premium credit is the firm.

It doesn't help you but I have had similar with trade insurance they like you to be straight on the ball and don't like delays so now when they ask for anything I respond immediately otherwise you have to do it all again anyway for the next company you may go to, if you need to shop around you could try Tradewise.

I didn’t even get a chance to see it as he has someone coming tomorrow and he’s giving him first refusal. He was a proper BMW bore, telling me how he took his car back to a different garage as the previous one put the wrong oil in etc etc. A right boring cunt but his car is right up my street...

its a condition of my insurance that i supply any invoices promptly to prove im trading,last time i had to supply parts invoices trade references 3 purchase invoices and 3 sales invoices before they would renew,this is with LV who i get via my broker,my insurance went up 25% in april with no claims too but i wasnt willing to shop around again because ive been there before and trying to get cars on the mid was a nightmare i suggest you park everything off road till monday and go to the pub

yeah sorry, iControl, its very marmite, but it works for me as a guide, took me a while to get used to it, the retail check is very good, use religiously on every car. colleague of mine in a main dealer had it and cancelled it as it didn't work for him, saves me a hell of a lot of time and reduced overage enormously. didn't really look at old stock but realised I had about half my cars sat on my forecourt for 150 + days, managed to whittle it down gradually and now none over 60 which helps bottom line. just keeps me alert and saves time for me

My 'tuppence', if these are not fitted to a high standard they look bloody awful!

Nope. 2.7d with an eml on. Probably the worst one. BUT, they aren’t all shagged, they don’t all go wrong and like Alfa’s, they seem to be able to be made of balsa wood and porcelain and yet people love them and buy them worldwide in their millions. I’ve got plenty of wiggle room in this and as long as the eml isn’t terminal (seems unlikely given the car drives spot on) then I can afford a sensor or two. I will buy a lot worse lemons than this.... In other news, I bought an 06 ML350 today, a bit tatty but purrs along the motorway at 80mph like it was new. An oil leak fixed here and there and i’ll polish and hoover the life out of it and she’ll be as good as new.

I think you will see main dealers in future running their own auctions of P/Xs and overage stock on their premises.When you see the high cost of buyers fees being factored in to final bids,if it was done properly,main dealers could be better off.

Brisk trading with some buyer optimism finally creeping into the used car market after a dysmal 2017 with the uncertainties surrounding Brexit and Diesel engines slowly easing at the back of buyer's minds. I also think Used picked up because New slowed down after the April 2017 tax hikes. Recent surge in fuel prices will further underline the economy of modern diesel vs petrol engines. Market for Electric and hybrid vehicles is strong but EVs in particular are still very expensive and niche while the charging facilities remain limited.

Whilst they are at it, could they change the website as well, it's shocking.

Just renewed mine. £920 for the same cover as you fully comp but cars kept at home (home trader). I’m 31 within a Birmingham postcode which unfortunately comes under the highest premiums in the country. Annoying thing is I don’t even live in Birmingham I’m in staffordshire but still comes within a B postcode area.

As recent start-up (restarter), I had to use my 4 years private no claims and I pay about £1400 upto £20k per unit unlimited stock - for my wife and I to drive on business and/or socially. I'm 44, 3 points (SP30) and live in a Worcestershire.

Yes, they are all good at taking your money, but the real test is how they handle a problem.