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Great to hear from a small independent specialist dealer ! thanks phil thanks james !

Scanning the local newspaper for a seriously underpriced car, or one that has been advertised for a week and now they have reduced the price, a sure race round with jump leads and some folding, back in next week, full mot, the little jobs done, double bubble , ah, the good old days

Couldn’t of said it better!

If they come near my place once open theyll have a Rottweiler chewing there arse!!

Wife got the silver cross over the McLaren We did go for the updated suspension and the white walls of course

A test is meaningless. You can test negative today and catch it tomorrow. When lockdown is reduced, people will go crazy and infection rates will increase. We're no new zealand where people are sensible. We had idiots treating it like a holiday in parks having picnics and going to beach.

I can’t see being able to get back to the block in the near future? As I understand it any sort of ‘vaccine’ is a year away and even then they have found various strains of the virus as it mutates. Testing is great but only indicates if you have either had it or currently have symptoms. You won’t get immunity by having a test?

Former car journalist turned car dealer Phil Raby joins me at lunchtime today on Car Dealer Live Watch it here https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/car-dealer-live-25-phil-raby-specialists-cars-phil-raby/191210

We've always done it. Never had a problem.

Well done james

Warnings and warning... just getting the word out there. Equally I would say by them breaking the lockdown it should be easier to sweep them up... If it does happen at all.

If someone Pm's you the answer please can you let me know too Thanks,ex car dealer furloughing his grow bag which was once a setteee

These people need oxygen to survive, thus by not reporting it they wither and fade like a weed in the grass under a bucket. Just sayin,,,......

Yeah great work all, received the confirmation yesterday morning - thanks

Not that I condone not paying but if they refuse to engage then non payment might get them to answer your calls. Frankly, if they are mortgage free then they are amateur landlords if they aren’t looking after their long term interests by looking after your interests. IIRC they become liable for rates on vacant premises so a reminder that losing tenants whilst have no prospect of getting more is going to cost them dearly. Weve a few BTL’s and whilst I don’t offer rent reductions if a tenant contacts me we’ll work something out and we’ve offered reductions in the past to good tenants as that’s cheaper than empty, finders costs and increasing risk of damage.

They have done this because I've been phoning them every day asking for mine to be sorned The bastards On a positive note paperwork needs to be watertight before any customer allowed out on a test drive even more so unacompanied It wont happen here but I would be fitting gpr tracking cameras in any car I let out to confirm no nips etc Maybe one for lawgistics to do a legal on

I would just take a wheel off and measure them in situ, should be quite easy to see a 34mm difference without stripping further.

I am surprised they're surprised. Would be interested what price range you surveyed - for example new and £10k-30k might be 40% down; but is £2k-£4k down too? Regarding the UK, I suspect there will be a proportion of dealers who will do everything they can to NOT open in the near future, given that they will probably lose money at a higher rate than they are currently, especially with the majority of their sales team furloughed. I think the only ones which stand a chance are those which were either 90-100% of the way there with online selling (as in, reducing the customer contact to 0 visits or 1 visit to finalise everything and collect it). You'd have taken the risk to invest in the internet tech pre-lockdown and that risk will reward you well now. Also I reckon most people who simply "wanted" (didn't NEED) a car before, don't want it now. And a good proportion of those who needed one before don't need it any more, at least for the next few months ( household 2>1 car, or lost job, or try fix broken car).

Thanks for your reply. The problem is that they have made the application 27 days after the purchasing, and unfortunately due to the actual situation with Covid-19 DVLA is not processing anymore applications until further notice. I was wondering if the dealer has a limit of time in which he must send the application. On the DVLA wbsite says "as soon as the sale take place", I am not sure if 27 days is that soon. I have bought the car on 27 March, and the dealer only sent the application on 22 April. DVLA stopped processing any application that has been sent after 14 April, and now because he didn't sent the application in time I cannot take the car outside the country. Don't judge me, it is an essential travel.

Selling cars. Going down the pub.

Being able to buy bangers for some loose change at bca back in the 90’s