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That sounds great, good news. things should improve now then? Now theresa may has decided we are going to be a centre of excellence for EV's we'll need all the cheap steel we can get? Although we'll be hard pressed to out manufacture china, but here's hoping!

Way too much effort, Simonize gloss black spray ( as per alloys) quick hoover then spray in situe...... Trust me.....

get rid of it quick under eu rules defra have to come round and shoot anyone in possession of such demons

yep you cant beat a tin of matt black paint and soooo cheap too i get 6 cars outa one tin i only go round the mats mind not under them

Always like a bit of black carpet dye

Find out who the centre manager is and bring this to their attention, send images of what they have missed, you don’t get charged for an assured report for them to miss items, politely inform them you won’t be buying from them if they can’t refund the car or make payment to rectifying at a Bodyshop? how many are you buying a week? I didn’t use the auctions for at least 2 years when I started. get out and view some privates locally and scour Ebay and Gumtree, buying a lemon when you’re starting out can really hamper quick progress

Shhhhhhh don’t tell everybody..

Didn't improve in the US (far from it), won't improve one bit here.

All the more for me to snap up...

Yes, I remembered now. In fairness they all look the same to me. Back to the topic. A 9 year old Korean coffin dodger will have plenty of surface rust on the underside and even inside the engine bay so if your MOT tester is happy with it that it is not structural you don't have to worry about it or go back to the vendor.

There are plenty of newbies on here Benji. No one even comes close to comparing with you.

Can you imagine if this was true :-) One of the largest brokers in the country operating without their own license. They have one of course...

Whats with newbies jumping on and buying online at Auction. You guys have a lot of time where you can arrange viewings by appointment and travel the length and breadth of the country to go and find stock. You arent going to get anywhere in this job without 6am starts and getting home at midnight sometimes, its just the way it goes. You really need to be their in person and get down there. See how it works, get a feel for whats selling, see what stock looks good value and develop a bit of an intuition for something that has just had a book drop and looks value. Online is great when you are replacing big stock numbers and buying 4/5+ a day or at a time but its not without its downsides.

You can't use one size fits all valuation. I use it as a sanity check, comparing between CAP, AT and Cazana = pay the lowest of the three.

A & S Clutch Technology Halifax Great service, knowledge and price used them a few times

I cant help thinking Brexit is going to be another Millennium bug.. Remember the shite that came with that, Planes falling out of the sky, No water or electricity etc etc etc. Come 12:00 on 01/01/01 nothing happened. Everything carried on exactly the same.

Stick to your mechanics mate , jobs shite ,

As has been said above - no point paying for a guide. Autoraper has a FREE to anyone car valuation via their customer site (you don't need to advertise with the highway robbers) that gives PX value, Private Sale and Retail. Aslo there is a FREE Hpi Cap valuation one too that does the same - and WBAC is also useful However- retail back obliviously.

Autotrader price guide via their trade portal, it's free and accurate I'd never pay for a price guide, most auctions provide guide prices anyway

I don’t use any of those. Sometimes I wonder how much to drink the chap who wrote had taken. Work retail back, find out what the correct retail price it is (based on what’s available, desirable colour or not) find a slot for it in the market and deduct all your costs. That leaves you with your maximum bid.