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I love these corporate press releases....’ some quality bullshit there’.......as CJ used to say to Reggie Perrin at Sunshine Deserts ‘I didn’t get to where I am today without recognising bullshit when I see it’.

Hi Phil I notice you have not commented on CAP valuations and the rumour about collusion with Auction groups.Seeing the bonus being paid to the BCA CEO,the CAP guys should invoice her for £10m.

I don't usually start these threads but...... Three deposits taken today.........

Just had a guy to see a car yesterday . Do you take choppers he says , Yes What do you have ? MX5 on private though its 2005 125,000 miles , OK I say look it up its 2003 at, he didn't want to know that 178,345 miles didnt want to know that either Then he starts , I want £1,500 for the car . £1,000 for the reg plate , £650 for the hard top , £200 for the tyres I've just fitted I'm selling it all as a bundle for £3,000 " BARGAIN " Your car is rusty though with NO service history , one key , ripped seats , hardly any paint left , and the rag top roof is full of holes . Was most offended when i told him its £50 at most , I don't want the Plate , I don't want the Hard top and if you really want you can have the tyres back cos its going to scrap . Scrap WOW now that did offend him LOL Needless to say we didn't do the deal BUT it was still outside two hours later as it had packed up , wouldn't start , got towed away by his friend BUNDLE PX I've never come across that before . Beware he's still looking out there somewhere Made us laugh when he had gone

To all the newbies out there, here is a genuinely good short video on how to do minor scratch repairs. I know there are lots of repair vids on YouTube but this guy explains it well and is credible.

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This. Just be aware that you need a certain level of package to have your website linked. You can’t do it on a PAYG advert. Also, AT won’t put up with you putting your website link on your strap line. You may get away with it for a while but eventually they will make you take it down. One thing I would add to this is you seem keen on keeping your advertising costs to a minimum and almost begrudge paying for marketing. I’d suggest you spend as much money marketing as you possibly can whilst working out what advertising is expensive (the kind that doesn’t work) people make a business outside of using AT on here, it can be done. Just don’t cut corners in the wrong place.

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Click Dealer. Great company and the staff can’t do enough to help. Free feed to Autoraper etc.

You didn't meet a guy dealing in Land Rovers did you? From Manchester?

Depending on what I'm repairing, I quite often just leave the paint touch in as it is, a couple of thin layers takes the eye off. If you're repairing deep scratches I'd be cleaning the scratch out with alcohol, fibreglass pen, couple of layers of primer, then paint. Personally I either wetsand and compound to reduce the appearance of scratches or drop a few thin layers of paint in carefully and leave as is. Both techniques take the eye off. I do all of these things and not one person yet has said "hmm there's a scratch here"

This happened to a friend of ours .started selling from home , Neighbours got very jealous and reported him . Planning man came round , took reg of cars to check they were reg to him . Result is planning won , he moved to a unit and gone from good to better doing the job so it worked out great for him . At home he bought 4 bangers , and I mean bangers , rusty bangers , MOT and insurance later they were parked out side his house for the neighbours to look at . Didn't like decent clean cars on his drive he says so now his 30k car sits on the drive and the bangers on the road all outside his house , They tried moving them to NO avail, reg to his wife insured on MID and they all have an MOT and tax . Been there two years now . One neighbour complained about the state of them so he painted two of them with house emulsion paint in pink Jealousy !!!!!, route of all evil they say Hope it works out for you Marc