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2 pointsI may be wrong but the way I would do it if I was outsourcing repairs and paintwork.Take your latest set of annual accounts and divide the cost of sales with no of cars retailed and you may be in for a shock.So if it is a grand per car ( it’s probably more ) you have to generate 1200 profit when you allow for VAT to calculate the cost of the average sale.I think Mark does repairs in-house so hopefully his costs will be less.
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2 pointsWhen at the block I sometimes see total pigs getting knocked down to the Internet for decent money & think sarcastically ‘that’ll be a nice surprise for the buyer’. A couple of times recently I’ve dipped my toe into the chilly waters of online bidding. To summarise, it’s just as well I have a painter & mechanic who work for next to f.a.
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1 pointThought it would be interesting to find out what everyone pays for their prep costs, I’ll list my basic ones as follows; Mechanical repairs £35+vat per hour Mot’s: £25 Wheel refurb full car (powdercoated) giving them the car £200 inc vat Diamond cut refurb giving them the car £360 inc vat Valeting: in house Paintwork: £100 a panel on average
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1 pointEvening All I registered with BCA earlier this year, got a silver card, but never went any further and I've lost the login details they gave me. I'm going to show my face a Blackbushe tomorrow as my usual sources are dead, but I'm not expecting any bargains. Couple of things I wondered if you could help me with: How many lanes are there at Blackbushe? Any ideas what the silver card fees are on the 5-10k stuff? Any advice would be great. Cheers 15
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1 pointMate if you can get a mechanic to not only do all that in on day, without a ramp, for £20 an hour, you’re the envy of many I suspect. I don’t know where you’re based but assuming it’s not very north that is about right. Especially for a local rural garage with overheads etc.
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1 pointId say about £800 all in in give or take well at garage labour rates thats probably trade prices mark the garage will have a mark up on parts also i pay 14 pound a gallon of good 5w30 and the golfs probably on long life oil
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1 pointHave you been drinking? £240 belt £270 shocks £200 brakes £150 service, PDI and ticket Give or take £100. Heavily location dependent of course.
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1 pointI’d say about 8 hours labour discounting it from 10 as there’s a good bit of work in it so that would be £280+vat plus the cost of parts which would be circa £300?
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1 pointCan you do all my prep?
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1 pointBetween £400 and £500
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1 pointMaybe the same as somewhere charging £50 but smashing it on the discs and pads? ...or am I just being a cynic?
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1 pointThats what i would do mind do what i said though ..
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1 pointYour welcome My cousin who is in the trade though not in sales did it with his trade policy only bought 1 car for the missus so the invoice was in his nane and got the gold rates Ive also had a friends do it and they did it with us to
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1 pointThanks mate
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1 pointAsk them to speak to a rep or manager tell him you will be buying from there often and they will normally start you off on a gold card
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1 pointAgree about the MOT's. I know it's grim up norf but blimey, how many MOT's do you guys have to do a week to get them at £25?
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1 pointYou won't find an indie around where we are doing MOTs for less than £40 and labour is £50/60 upwards + VAT. I don't really mind the hourly if it's to someone capable. It's all a bit meaningless IMO because living costs/operating costs vary so much around the UK, screen prices vary to a lesser degree but a £2995 Corsa in Birmingham can still be £3495 in the South East.
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1 pointYes everything was green on the mechanical report. I had an A3 a while back 14 plate noise on the engine and the door had a huge scratch down it. They took it back but that was when we were on a black card so that may have helped. I suppose we will just have to wait an see. Should get a call tomorrow.
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1 pointWhich BCA are you generally at? Could take a look at some cars for me
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1 pointOne guy in Notts BCA doesn't even look at them properly , just wanders round noting a few things down , I wouldn't pay him in bent washers . All this appraisal looks good on paper or when they all talk about ,it but in reality how can it work . They can only use set phrases to describe what they see if they look in the first place .
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1 pointWell the 1 series, the pulley is jumping, the engines squeaking away and theres now an oil like. Im never touching an Alphabet car again and I am rejecting the vehicle They have to pay you out or take the vehicle back as its misdescribed If I keep this now ill have it back with me in a week when I sell it .
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1 pointAlthough I do the repairs in house it is a separate business entity so company a bills company b etc. Accountants advised me it was the best way to go with things.
