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07 vectra 13/5/2010 £4400 bid price total £4494 happy days

I think since the management change at BCA a few years back, the automotive slant on things has been completely lost. BCA have good thing going why fuck it up with the retail end of the business which is afterall, where the worst grief is.....some out of the box thinking which is in actual fact, out of of this world, to many looking in from the outside. Greed is playing a big part backed up by clever talking suits?

What I don’t understand is BCA’s Cinch operation.Why do they think they can make more money retailing when their auctions have never made as much money as they have of late.I was reading Vertu Motors last accounts,150 retail sites,£3 billion sales,£7m net profit and 40% of the profit came from 8% of sales which was ‘after sales ‘.That about sums the job up.

Hang on, the replies above assumes the OP made a typo with the valuation. They could be worth 6 long if their assests are worth that? Probably not though. S'funny but, a few of these smiley white teeth click n deliver companies are also starting sites....hmm. I think they/we/suits miss the point that the chase of viewing cars for many people. Lovely clean shiny buildings not at all like their own dull dreary shithole, touching them cars, smelling them squeaky clean cars after a valet, sitting in them cars, clutching the steering wheel going brrm brrm to themselves like a kid is, half the fun for a lot of people and, their families. It's a tactile thing, buying a newer/another set of wheels, is rarely done by most. We are immune to it. Many 'Customers' like the stroking, the petting, the sycophantic smiles and free fluffy coffee of an onsite buying experience. I mean, Harrods sell Heinz baked beans by the shitload too and, they are neither as convenient or as cheap as Tesco online but, buying a can of Beanz Meanz Heinz at Harrods is, a real experience. Some purchasers will even point to that 'never to be opened' container of cooked harricots in tomato sauce and, remember that day and tell others of it's story. PS They may catch some of BHMs customers though, possibly not a lot of petting going down there

One off loans are good to a point . But yes its a free one year 50k is a no brainer as long as your strict and make it earn money . seen some people spend it though and will be hard work work paying it off . Used as it should its a great move

My wife’s family had a JLR business, gave up 2.5 years ago as the level of investment they wanted would never have given any ROI. The dealer they replaced them with has got away with spending around a 1/4 of what they wanted us to spend. I was brought in to kind of mediate, but JLR were not for bending and couldn’t get their heads around the costs. There is more to this, but I won’t bore you here. Back to the XE the warranty claims were much higher than any other model, really poor quality.