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Of course everyone on here just started a car sales business out of the blue with a stock of 20 and went full time from day one...

Ticked just about every box on the "why you don't buy a car from Bradford" list. Bet they're having a real good laugh...53K, grab the Persil springs to mind.

That is normal for most Engines since CAT's were fitted in the early nineties, most temperature gauges in the clusters read a little lower than the real value in the ECU to stop the general public being terrified by how hot they really run Not like the good old days when Engines ran at 72 - 80 c

what an absolutely excellent post

Welcome and good luck. No planning permission required as you are not changing the use of the building. Keep your neighbours sweet or keep your activity on the QT and you'll have less grief long term. You'll come to accept that inspections are rarely worth jack shit. I have bought vehicles with a sea of green ticks on the sheet and had a DMF issue and I've bought a car that had a misfire and a 200 mile road trip magically cured the problem, never to be seen again. I expect most traders would prefer they didn't charge us £40 to have some half baked div prod about with a car and then carry out some guesswork on a bit of paper. As for access to trade prices, I assume you mean guide prices, these will be listed on the auction catalogue. Given this will be a sideline for you, you may wish to attend auctions, find something that needs a bit of TLC, that is putting off other bidders and do the work yourself.

Hi Lazz, The fact you mentioned our warranty booklets caught my eye... I don’t like to get involved in selling the product and that is certainly taboo on a forum, however your dilemma ‘run it myself or get someone to administer it’ interested me. I have not answered that question for a long time, and I think the answer is simple. If you are mechanically/technically trained, have your own workshop and sell the majority of vehicles locally, run them yourself... you will be wasting your money on administration. You will find most customers will always contact you in the first instance and if you are one of those people that just can’t help but get involved... again, run them yourself. However, if you do not have ‘the knowledge’ and you just sell cars, certainly consider the outsourcing the administration. Also, if you have the knowledge but just don’t want to deal with warranty issues go administered. And finally, if you are selling cars far and wide, unless you have access to a network of garages, administration would be a good choice. With the Lawgistics solution you can mix it up, so run your local cars with our standard booklets and the cars at a distance on the administered booklets. Reference ‘pot’ schemes, we advise you avoid holding large amounts of money in other people’s accounts... most companies can offer you alternative ways of paying for work carried out. The money is safer in your bank! OTHER POINTS TO CONSIDER Choose a warranty administrator that understands your liabilities and can give sound advice in awkward situations. Your warranty will only be as good as your warranty administrator. It would be sad to see a good warranty let down by a poor administration service. Check that the warranty administrator and their warranty booklets comply with the The Consumer Rights Act 2015, The Consumer Contract (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 and the FCA regulations. Make sure they have a 24/7 claims helpline and administration service. If they can only answer your customers' queries 9-5 Monday to Friday, you could find you are administering your own warranties while paying someone else to do it. Your warranty administrator should also have access to technical advice and a good relationship with a reputable network of service and repair garages. Hope this helps.