have a word with the wife

The extension was NOT bought in as an emergency measure primarily so key workers can get to work. Re b n q please read my post on key workers ! Your obviously not in the trade meeting customers first hand, by the way, MY mot will be done every 12 month !

as i said customer peace of mind, surely that is a selling point ?

a simple explanation ? why do WE put 12 months mot on our cars ? to give customer peace of mind, and to cover our arse. why do customers like 12 month mot ? peace of mind yes, but also, no spend [ in there mind] for a 12 month, so here, have another 6 month !

Seems the opinion of some members is that after lockdown this 6 month extension will end ? La la land, it is here for a good while yet, the customer you saw every year is now 18 month, the bottom arm you sold every 12 month is now 18, same with the tyre, even right down to getting a second hand cat from the breakers, hits them all............

I have not done any sales since lockdown, think it is well documented on here that i will not deliver, so, by holding onto my stock, some ready some not, and dealers reporting can not get stock, i have done the right thing, because i know for a fact that delivering cars is not economical, both in money and sanity ? so, in theory, purchasing will be more expensive after lockdown, and by holding on, my stock should raise in value ?

just read this on a business website = While the tenant isn’t in a particularly strong position in the absence of express wording in the lease, landlords are facing their own pressures and will be keen to adopt a commercial approach. A tenant does not become a “bad tenant” overnight, so if the landlord feels that the occupier is able to weather the storm, they will at least have a tenant in place once we do reach calmer waters. The alternative for the landlord is forfeiting and risking an empty unit which they’re unable to fill for the foreseeable future. Open and honest dialogue is the best way forward for both landlords and tenants.

i thought of that

People will just take advantage of the extension for mots, with little regard for safety with the excuse "well i am on furlough". my local mot station i would say 75% is mot repair work, and they do NOT look for work, guaranteed . so for the next 6 month they may as well pull the door down, by the way, they have.

Scanning the local newspaper for a seriously underpriced car, or one that has been advertised for a week and now they have reduced the price, a sure race round with jump leads and some folding, back in next week, full mot, the little jobs done, double bubble , ah, the good old days

Surely we are key workers ? we keep the nation mobile ? spoke to a few people tonight and they were quite taken aback that we are closed, i was asked "but surely, no one is going to buy a car unless they genuinely need one" [ the odds are i think he was correct] ? Also asked but what if a key worker needs a car, and not got the money for a big purchase that could be delivered [ they understood that delivering a car under, lets say, £5k is a big risk both for the buyer and the seller ] how true. If the hardware shops [ b and q selling plants lol] that are allegedly supplying plumbing and electrical items to keep us safe in our homes, then supplying a key worker with transport is not "none essential" ? Garages are open, but what if the repair for the key worker is not economical ? Maybe some kind of restriction regarding sales only to key workers could be introduced ? are we surely not key workers? just thinking out loud , your opinion ?

it was said by boris this evening that they will be watching the r number for at least a year, he also said that next week he will give details on how the lockdown will be lifted, not any details on when, in regard to "restrictions" my opinion is at least 18 month [asked about face masks he said that may be a good thing] so if the r was to raise by bringing back none essential business then it could be 12 month, other than that my crystal ball is all fogged up

dropping out, other day someone was waving there hands to get there points across and it interrupted the broadcast, [live] i was shouting at screen, stop waving your hands about

Great to hear from a small independent specialist dealer ! thanks phil thanks james !

Here is a update So to reduce all overheads, and, watch cashflow, i started at the top. Few week ago i contacted the landlords, by phone, i would have preferred eye to eye, [ previous to the call a email was sent, no reply ] on the phone i find office staff are "off" ? I explained in detail about "none essential" and it was if the chaps had never even heard of lock-down ? other than they had to queue in the bank 2 metre apart, i explained i was being "forward looking in my plan" and not burying my head, i asked for 50% reduction for the next quarter, at this point i was requestioned why ? so repeated the scenario, drawing particular attention to my thinking this is not a 3 week lock-down for us, i was told i would be rung back, it was vaguely infered that 50% could be setback 3 month, which i refused citing thats just putting a debt forward and i did not want a rent "holiday". Over 25 years at my place, and being tidy, good payer etc expected a call, now do not get me wrong this place ticks most boxes, and last year i gambled and expanded, and it had proved a good move, and would be very difficult to find similar, [ don't tell the landlords that ! ] that is, of course, today, tomorrow may be different ? Leaving it a while, let the news seep in a bit further, let them see the shops closing etc, i wrote a letter, explaining in detail again, my proposal, even enclosed a sae for prompt reply ! That was last Wednesday, no reply, not even decent enough to state yes, or repay in 3 month, or no, not all. They have no mortgages on these properties by the way, on checking my property this week, one business has "disappeared" and another is in the process of moving out, neither i know, the landlords know about ! So, mmmm, thanks landlord, "all in it together"? doubt it, time for a rethink.........

By "stimulating" the economy. having re read the link it seems car sales in germany was one of the first allowed back to trade, so hardly surprising that the sales are low, just read somewhere that germany may reintroduce lockdown, and as we all know our none essential job will be one of the last to be reintroduced, so maybe james that makes it a bit "cheerier" ?

The key way to stimulate this country after lockdown in my opinion is to reduce vat ...

i put the video up so it can be seen first hand his workings, and to see just like the rest of us, closed. i generally find companies like this are not around long [ seen them all come, seen them go ] !

woo hoo

look out for the £25 deposit

sam coates sky news

royal mail have stopped delivering letters on a saturday except special delivery, tracked etc so if it is your birthday on saturday make it monday

https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/forum/topic/8742-breaking-breaking-click-n-collect/

just updating.... non essential retail/garden centres items can click n collect ? customers to remain outside stores ?

Thing is with scrappage scheme it does not cost the government anything, they actually profit from it, pre lockdown many manufacturers / dealers had this scheme going anyway, it did'nt help ? More bleeding i10s out there unsaleable pieces of cardboard does not help us lot on the factory floor