trade vet

If you want autos in general go north.If you want big auto stuff and some paintwork ,try Jockland.

That’s interesting,I will try the chat line.I doubt they will speak to me,apparently when I quote them my reference etc,I get flagged up !

I met a Jap importer about 8 years ago who changed from importing Jap stuff to importing Discovery’s and Freelanders from Japan ? He was in an oldish Freelander and it was mint ,he appeared to be doing OK.

And all us ‘doubting Thomas’s ? Well done.

Since when have ‘chucky duffers’ been refered to as clients.There is a dedicated chucky duffer pitch near us and they appear to have plenty of ‘clients’.You see them often standing outside,they seem travel together ’enmasse’ ,some of them look like they should not be allowed out.You must have to employ ex social workers on sales.The job is hard enough ......

Hi EK No ,in the days I went ,all the entries were sold where they stood and were never started up until you paid for them! All the auctioneers would walk around with clip boards and stand by the car being sold.Would Bert be their in 1980.

I recall Central when it was in the meat market in Glasgow,5 different sales going on at once,all the entries were sold where they stood and weren’t started up,you had to rely on the description.None of the proper guys bought from Central in those days,most of the stuff was clocked or misdescribed and Central were not the worst.We used to buy from Beiths and Mr Beith the auctioneer was a propper,propper gent,I don’t think he accepted bids from ‘the dodgys ‘.

Wonderfull......Can you imagine if these dating agencies offered physical and financial indemnities,they could charge more than BCA !

It’s got to be a scam.I doubt these The Ashfiq bros from South London have a litigation group at all or have any legal qualifications.Their Ltd company has no assets!

The worst one I have attended is Birmingham Car Auctions,I did not mind the flowing white robes,but it was the long swords .Does anyone recall Edinburgh Motor Auctions,we would all decamp there after BCA Edinburgh.The auction was OK but it was in the centre of the worst social housing estate I have ever seen,300 acres of huge grey concrete tower blocks.

We did deal with Charlton or whatever it was called,but I never went there.When we had the London pitch,my partner, as a sideline ,used to buy cheapies out of Colchester which had to be taxed and sold them at Charlton probably because buyers did not bother with insurance.So it probably was rough. I have never heard of Maidstone auction.

I have been there several times,it was OK,I had forgotten about them until I went to Brightwells last October.

Surely it is posh there now compared with when it was Coopers.

Has anyone been to any auctions where the location and the clientele were so rough,you were uncomfortable .

Shotts,it is cold there in August,used to go when it opened long ago,nice people to deal with.Most of the trade entries needed paintwork and no mileage’s were warranted .You could get some good stuff there.

I think it was the hydrolastic suspension that collapsed and drive shaft problems on new Wedges that was the problem.But that did not put the second hand punters off because they could have a 6 month old one for £5 per week.I recall doing 5 one Monday during a heavy snow storm ( past glories again).As for harming the planet ,most of the punters then worked in heavy industry,down the pits,shipyards,chemical industry,breathing in all sorts of toxic stuff,they would not be interested in saving the planet.

2 big down days for the market+CEO sold off 4% of their holding

That’s what our guys do.

If anyone is interested,BCA under 170p and Pendragon 21p,they are cheap,maybe worth a punt for the long term,ours we bought last week stand a bit more than that......

What about VW Financial Services,you can get some crap coming through there and get caught out buying on line.I think the last one our guys rejected ( with difficulty of course) was a late ish A3 with an engineers report,it apparently just did not look right as it came off the wagon.Then they found it pictured on line in its rally sport clothing !

Not necessarily Met,if you permit me to harp back to the past (again),Rover made the Princess or Wedge as it was known,it was slated in the tabloids and sales of new ones collapsed.They had fields full of them,so they were given to staff and probably hire companies who did a few thousand miles in them,then sold off in the block at 6 months old.The thing is,although they were shite to drive,the punters loved them because they could get a 6 month old one for 40% off the list price and they could impress the neighbours.

Heard this today...Our guys drop an Audi off at the dealer for a warranty claim early today.The reception desk only has glammed up girls looking like they were going ‘on the town’ and the workshop is cleaner than a Michelin Star kitchen,all very impressive.Later on in the morning emails are coming in wrongly advising extra work including timing belt at £650 ? ( £500 labour ) ,This is bordering on attempted theft,but main dealers appear to get away with it. Next.....Our guys wife takes the family jeep into Volvo for a recall/warranty job.Later on she gets an email saying it’s done.However,the email includes a cringingly bad walk around video provided by the fitter who is clearly ill at ease doing it.The guy is saying it may need a new DPF and a tyre when it doesn’t.He is also praising the car but not making sense,saying things like ‘the steering wheel is in good condition’ etc You could not make it up,Volvo must have employed some consultant to come up with that,unbelievable!

Just keep slagging off diesels all you South East Guys.It might help to bring prices down for the rest of us who operate where punters prefer diesels because the traffic flows and roads are not constantly gridlocked....

Going on past experience,it will change and the book will go up £500 and those who have paid mental money will get choked up and prices will stabilise.

It probably has S and B ,it is just that a battery @ £120 etc ,what is going on,it’s a Focus....As it happens they don’t need one.