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Water damaged,18 plate,1k ,there will be little wrong with it. 5 grand should be OK.Just a quick call to Aviva or whatever to get it taken off the list.Then ‘ bobs your uncle ‘ ,it will ‘ waltz out at 10 grand ‘..............sorry,I think you should just forget it .

It will probably happen.Amazon can order and prepay for 1000s of stock without blinking.Off topic,Anyone following BBC 3 Breaking Fashion about selling crap fashion ( called fast fashion) with the help of social media influencers.Real eye opener about understanding the must have mentality of millenials .

When I was a kid,I used to wash and leather off the stock every morning before 10.I can still remember my record which was 28 cars in an hour.To do that the wind speed and the temperature had to be right and you needed a good large wash leather !

Off topic.We have been to LA several times and occasionally go to a mini retail park in Malibu.My wife goes to the shops and I go and watch the detailers at The Malibu Car Wash off the car park.( check them out ).Its a great business but I don’t think you could replicate it somehow in Tyne and Wear.

He certainly does.£900 for minting an A3,that is where you want to be Kieran.

Sorry but my view is different.If the valeting/ detailing business works,getting into retailing from the same premises may be a distraction.Involving 2 others with no experience will not help and will substantially increase your workload and you will likely fall out.OK using your Dad as he should work for next to nothing.While it is easy to sell cars,the bottom line is that even if you have years of experience,it is now very hard to make any decent money in this job.

Now we are getting somewhere.Your customer confirmed in writing they were accepting your offer.I would say she was entering into a contract at that stage and she subsequently reneged.That might make a difference but don’t bank on it.

OK. Do you sell Imprezas to many women.Then being a specialist why did you not just get the car back and a give your customer a full refund.I would expect you must be used to rebuilding them ! Based on my experience of selling a handful of them,I think CRA 15 and retailing old Imprezas is not a good mix.

Good example of asking for trouble.Sorry but why would you want to retail a 12 year old Impreza if you have been trading for 10 years..What sort of woman would want to buy it,did no one within your family business not ask any questions. Good Luck.

This topic is getting rediculous.Hit lister,exported,60k,2 mot’s,vehicle sold on to third party,head gasket, etc,then entertaining a claim from 3rd party relating to the original buyers contract 2 years ago......I’m out !

They will probably make some sort of personal injury claim !

Hi RHA 60 thousand miles in 2 years.? This is what I would do.Tell him that you have taken advice and you want sight of the import documentation and Irish MOT details to make a comparison.The duty is calculated on the Irish open market value which is far higher than here.It is not unknown for Irish guys in the past to increase the mileage and change their purchase invoice in order to reduce the duty payable.A vehicle on the hit list would also have a lower value.The punter will presumerably be able to get copies from the Irish tax people if he has’nt got them.

I look forward to hearing that one and hopefully a few more.

That’s good.If a critically acclaimed CDM contributor like Rory is promoting you,there surely should not be any problem David.

You could try Bugsy Malone

Ha Ha ...Really.....I think Andy and James should request to view the evidence and look at the invoices for these transactions to help prove the applicants credibility.I would certainly like to hear the story,it sounds like something from the 70’s.

RHA needs to surface......Sounds like a fake post to me.

If you wouldn’t mind introducing yourself to the guys on here first,I am sure they will be of help.That is generally how it works on here.

Just to clarify,I am not saying WEBAC cars are being doctored ..... !

If you are interested in a UKCGR entry and you are not sure,this is what you need to do.If the bidding opens up quickly then the chances are it is a good one.The reason for this is that the likelihood is that the WEBAC guys who buy them will probably have guys that they will tip off which ones to buy.Years ago I used to buy non runners using this method from BCA Edinburgh and you would find there was nothing wrong with them,they had just been doctored prior to entry not to start........I hope that makes sense.

Tango Victor could probably explain about criminal mentality.A few years back a dealer I know had a Astra Diesel estate stolen when being valeted.It went from there to Halfords where they bought black aerosol for the windows.It was then used in a robbery on a mini supermarket or similar as a getaway car.They got caught and from stealing it to committing the robbery was all on CCTV and I think they had previous for the same offence.

We have done this topic fairly recently.The bottom line is that there is cracking stuff to be bought in all sections of UKCG if you know what you are doing.Lets face it,BCA are selling 300,000 of these per year.To think of 3 that I have bought in the last year out of quite a lot,61 Jag not warranted mileage 9k ( it looked right to me and was ) ,a late ish ad blue Merc diesel needing a bit of paint at over 2 grand below Cap and a 15k 08 Ka for £700.

Used car market in the U.K.is £50 billion and 7.5m sales.Whatever Brexit does it will not effect the market in the same way as past events like 3 day weeks,quadrupling of the oil price,petrol rationing,miners strikes,15% bank base rates and others.We still did business and just adjusted to the market.So don’t worry about a recession because if you are any good at the job ,you will be OK.

HMRC often dont make any sense.We used to to pay our PAYE to Cumbernauld office Glasgow,.I think to do that we had to send our remittance to Bradford.Also,If you want to see them that is not easy.I was querying a VAT assessment,so I phoned the inspector who worked in an office 2 miles away from us in Newcastle.( The 2nd largest government building in the world after The Pentagon ).I was told the office was not open to the public and I should contact Southampton office.You cannot make it up !

I agree with that but the main point is that there are so many dealers about who appear to do well having been around awhile but in reality their business is worth zilch while their stocking loans appear to get bigger. I don’t think large stock loans help you get ahead.