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It effects the lubrication in fuel pumps.

Inside job.....?

Seemingly straight forward easy to deal with punter with a clean Omega diesel upgrades to a slightly newer higher spec one.We retail his swapper very quickly.However when it is warmed up it,it cuts out and is difficult to restart.We get it in and have to replace the fuel pump which was expensive.A while later we are doing the same on a Omega diesel under the terms of our own warranty.We then remembered that the other one was from the same customer.He must have been using red diesel which of course he denied.I cancelled the warranty.....We finished up being well out of pocket on both cars.

When you have a complaint you have to record everything even the time of a phone call and then reply promptly even by recorded delivery letter if necessary.We learnt this long ago when we started doing our own warranties and some punters would make fake claims to Black Horse to try and void their agreement. Its an awfull feeling leaving court having come second and knowing the punter has lied and it’s costing you a few grand.

Hi JT,.......interesting debut post.When you have calmed down would you mind describing the circumstances of your coming second in court or maybe how you were stitched up........Also A.P.A.B ?

40 odd years ago,Steve Smith would not have got a game at our club.( Technique all wrong etc ) It’s not about the runs they would say ! While I like football,cricket,golf,rugby,tennis,snooker.( apparently Lewis Hamilton is good at all those ) .One thing I cannot stand is motor sport .

My wife doesn’t do past glories,she likes to remind me of past disasters or set backs in this job,mind there have been plenty.That is why I was referring to the R8

Cards on the table........does she know about your Audi cock up !

Yes, ‘ Living the dream ‘,be a car retailer. You must be kidding.

On his own admission,he has broken the law,by travelling at 100mph.Therefore any repairs he requires,he will have to pay for.You won’t hear from him again.

Yes,being an MP in a marginal constituency is very differcult.This guy got stitched up by his own party.

If you read ‘ Confessions of a recovering MP by Nick De Bois,you may change your view.

Sounds promising but what constitutes an independent assessor.You will need to check out their credentials before you accept.I think it needs to be a hands on long established working mechanic.

Hi Dealer Good Luck ,even if you proved that the Dealer Health Check was flawed,the scope of CRA is far reaching and unfair....Be very nice to the judge whatever he might say to you.

£300

I agree with that,it’s a good future classic.Although I know little about them except last Feb we took in a nice O2 60k Z3 good spec,fsh for £2500.I told my guy he had overvalued.He said it would do £6k and I laughed.So he put it on and this guy calls up wondering why it was so cheap.Anyway he pays up there and then.When he got it home,he called to thank us because he valued it at £10k !

If you are MOTing all your stock,its the prep costs that kill you on older stuff.If you do the job properly,I find that the average cost of retailing a 10 year car hardly makes sense anymore.

Correction,fake news........it was A60’s we used to doorstep ?

Welcome,so you do under 5 grand stuff.How are you coping with the agrovation,please keep us informed.Alternatively if you have any good news stories,we don’t get many of them on here.

Hi Jason .....Cue A55 story........When I was 17 I used to moonlight with a mate doorstepping nothing else but A55’s.We bought them for £40 and sold them for £85 with a £2 lineage ad in the local rag.Except the punters never came to us. We used to qualify elderly punters from rural areas within 20 miles and we would offer to take the cars to them for viewing.This would impress them and it rarely failed.We would often do 2 a week but you could not charge more or the phone didn’t ring.We were earning more than a lot of first division footballers. Its a shame you guys can’t do that.

The first unit we had was 2000 sqft.You would get 10 in without any bother.Also depending where you are,no business rates.

Thank you,I did mean they were chipped.They were too quick for me,I used to smoke an 827.

I think I remember Paul a youngish nice guy.I don’t think he had very much stock and he must have been promoting his business.The rest of us were doing the opposite because we did not want the other traders to know.WOMA was good,you would probably know me and our main buyer Nigel,then there was Greengrass ( blue overall,big boots and a beard ) ,the Finneys and Rod Stewart....those were the days.We were on the road night and day bidding against each other and offering each other fake information of one sort or another.

I recall I had plenty of S Yorks 827’s out of Rotherham but not so many of their well used Astras.I think we got mainly ex Essex Escort and Sierra estates out of Colchester.I remember discovering something ‘untoward ‘ at the auction where they did not declare all the entries so I complained to Essex Fleet office.From then on they would notify me about what was being entered and they got more money for them.As for the Met,I must have had hundreds of Sri autos and Astras which were really good,these were often average mileage with clean interiors and out of WOMA. Regarding stuff being supercharged,those Senators were,we were carefull who we sold them to. I am enjoying this thread but I imagine most people will be bored by it !

They are right in general.However it depends which force they are from.In my experience each force has different policies.Things have changed of course but stuff gets off sold for all sorts of reasons.Last year our local BCA was flogging off the recently sacked Chief Constables low mileage,1 year old,full spec RR Sport !