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If cheap is your priority then your search continues my friend . We sell cars that work .

Things like adding keys, installing new batteries, diagnosing TPMS, etc. Stuff you can really just do yourself and not bother a mechanic.

They wish! More likely their staff have all mutinied from all the grief we have given them. Always go by "newly listed" and have been looking at the same red Fiesta all day....

Oh shut up Steven

that you are happy to discuss the price in person when they have looked at the car with you. If they arent prepared to come and look, there really is no point in going any further.

You say, “when you are here, and you’ve seen the car, and I am happy to sell you the car, we can discuss the price”

Fuck all. Don’t waste your time negotiating because whatever you say over the phone isn’t good enough for these type of people & they always want it for less - most don’t have anything approaching sensible money anyway. Even if you allowed them to rape you most of these bottom dollar twats would then want to rape your Mrs/partner/lover (delete as appropriate ). Depending on how the punter sounds & how direct I feel the need to be, my response is a variation on this; That’s the price, It’s freshly MOTed, described correctly, xxxx service history & honestly videoed. If that price isn’t good enough there’s plenty of rubbish out there with 3 months MOT, knackered tyres & brakes. I’m doing the job right, if you want to buy shit to transport your family then go & do so.

Personally, I think that you need a decent scanner to do this job nowadays. They are way too useful to ignore. But leave spending big bucks to your mechanic. Remember it’s just a tool, having a scalpel doesn’t make you a surgeon!

In 2014 I spent £900 on the entry level Snap On Ethos. This has probably been the best £900 I spent on anything, for a dealer that has no workshop that machine has served me really well, it's very fast and codes are very accurate, it does no programming though. I now have a new Launch and that's OK but slower than the Snap On and the menu layout is a mess. It has many functions but it takes me forever to discover them. BMW Service reset for example has menu that only says BMW CBS. Who new that meant condition based servicing...

How much are you willing to spend? We have about 5/6 scan tools and no one is perfect at everything. Certain ones are better at certain cars etc. My most commonly used one is an Autel Maxi system. It was circa £1500 but you can get imported ones on eBay for about £700 though I couldn’t tell you if they’re the same or not.

We just repeat the advertised price or up it be £500:and tell them that's the best price lol

The Manufacturers, Main Dealers, Finance PCP keep their eyes very very shut......