have a word with the wife

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  1. if you want to be told you cant have a hoover that sucks too much or a light bulb that burns too much leccy then so be it, i dont !
  2. we've got brexit, we've got diesel fright, we've got summer holidays oh and probably a new prime minister by thursday, course its dead make sure your cars well prepared, keenly priced, and ready to go, oh, and pdi, because we dont want it "coming home, its coming home "
  3. A 2p coin fits if you cant get the core plug,dont use a 50p coin though, might have problems, bit of satin black and your away
  4. no ive been bit too many times, very close to doing one recently as "its quiet" to get phone ringing, then i took it up road, my wheelbarrow drives better , so plenty to sort
  5. Best to confirm with the auction house and get the name of the person who advises you, everyone is different .
  6. cars in a industrial unit with breeze block walls always look "cold", thick pile astroturf on the floor [ not all the floor ] and get a large poster made up with your trading name at the top and the background of the poster in your chosen grey colour .
  7. funny story here actually, company opposite called in a plumber, toilet overflowing, its a macarator type, [they have a small bore pipe that goes into the large bore sewer pipe and can go up to 50 metre] plumber rightly noticed it was waste pipe blocked [ backing up] and quoted quite correctly a good price, so next plumber off facebook came along, found problem was someone for some reason had put a small bore pipe down a big bore pipe [sewer pipe] so pulled it all out charged them £100 , there you go mate, try it now, bye
  8. Turn em round, and no stickers in them.
  9. a big company in bad shape, for me its a full time job, now behave yourself
  10. this is it, Preparation, Preparation, Preparation
  11. so heres a cat amongst the pigeons, a old chap whos looking for a lets say a alto, would never dream of looking on ebay, he thinks thats for buying handbags, but, his grandson "will look on ebay for you grandad" there is no answer, other than to spread your cloth, and see which works.
  12. The wife will always come before the car, hes messing you about, total timewaster, see my username, years of experience
  13. saw a cortina in a card in a shop window, bought it, no tax or test on it, minted it out of its tree, and doubled up by putting it back in same shop window, if you want to know how i made the next million, buy my book "four wheels to a fortune " available all good shops [ charity ]
  14. " its got to be safe and reliable" and you look at there "little darling" and its checking its phone and the hats on backwards
  15. takes a bit of thinking about that one, imagine 45 years ago auctioneer= " morris 1000 then tax disc is with me, tested march, who will start me off? do i hear £35 ? £30 then ? move it to the door driver or put the choke in me customers are dying "
  16. phone ring, you still got "car" ? can i come now ? yes but closed today, open all 6 days except sunday whereabouts are you, it doesnt say in advert ? it does say in advert... text me your postcode pal ! its in advert, please read it, there might be something else in advert youve missed as well.
  17. put the clio on ebay, classified ad, dont mention the tax, mention [big point] the mileage, dont mention the insurance, mention how rare these are, dont cover the number plates, so, rephoto it [ the pics on your website make it look like its got a broken spring ].
  18. you need to make the customer take a step forward and show his intent. you produce a pen and paper you ask him for his phone number [ hes asked you enough questions] you ask him what he wants you narrow it down to colour mileage age price if it is possible that you could meet his requirements [ ie you can make money] then you offer to "source" this vehicle you ask him if hes willing to leave a holding deposit, if he is, all good, if he isnt, then you cant help him, goodbye
  19. d m f ? press clutch down, if it goes you need a dmf
  20. current trader ? thought this was car dealer forum ? oh, i see, current not currant