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https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/car-dealer-live-14-jim-reid-umesh-samani-live-midday-wednesday/189938 Join us at midday for a chat with the founders of the IMDA and two independent car dealers. If you're got any questions for them, post them here or submit live via YouTube during the show. See you then!

I think washing the petrol may be taking things a bit to far!

I understood that car dealers in the US are deemed an essential service? Maybe not? As mentioned above there’s the moral dilemma to consider, it’s not so much the ‘could’ but rather the ‘should’? I’m an ‘extremely vulnerable’ person with a dodgy ticker and hypertension. I’m not keen to let the metaphorical drawbridge down quite yet for obvious reasons.

Thought you meant car dealers dealing with car dealers.That one is easy,disregard 50% of what the other one says then divide by 2.

Thank you! That's the sort of thing I'm after

I’m sure TradeVet will give a full analysis, as that is his thing, but to me it looks a very healthy company.

website is like a acid trip.... im getting flashbacks already

Well that was very good,I have to say umesh came over much better face to face than he does on his posts on here so thanks Umesh and Jim for taking the time and effort,its really good to not hear the bullshit you get from dealers normally when you know they are screwed

Listening live! Well done guys, very useful for traders.

No you are not a car dealer because you are not buying or selling anything. You are an agent/broker acting for leasing companies and paid a comission. A 'middleman' and part of the financial services sector. You correctly identify who the dealer is in your post above ('5' and 'b') in your two lists. You are not selling cars and you are not marketing cars, you are marketing financial deals. Your customer has most likely already decided which car to buy, the spec. and the colour (probably as a result of visiting a dealer and having a test drive). They then trawl the internet looking for the best leasing price. When they pay money for the car they pay the financer, you take a commission. You are not a dealer in the same way that my insurance broker is not an insurance company and a mortgage broker is not a bank or a builder. I am not knocking or criticising what you do. Good luck to you. But what you do is far removed from what used car dealers are doing. The kind of marketing that you do is not relevant to most of us. The key skills in being a successful used car dealer is (a) knowing how to buy used cars you can make a profit on, and (b) interpersonal skills - handling your customers.

Careful, or I'll post the "Flour of Scotland" song again.

“We want ling, we want ling!”

I think your mistake was bothering with PH at all. I’ve found that these sorts of ‘enthusiast forums’ mostly consist of people that have absolutely no idea how a real business works? And think that ‘wheeler dealers’ is a workable business?

Lovely day here till someone started a petrol machine up probably a strimmer Might have to go and see how far it will go up his left nostril if he uses it again tomorrow Theres a war on you know Hes young enough to go do some local good in the community like rubbish collecting of discarded latex gloves and black doggy bags that the people who live round here think it's ok to chuck once nobody can see them These same people dont doggy walk in normal times they let the local dog Walker do it Status symbols on a chord snatchsuis and labrabloodydoodals