David Horgan

haha doesn't make sense does it , Auction prices are high as a kite , Customers are Christmas shopping after a lock down , what few are looking offer 50% of asking price via an email fingers crossed wish . I called ones bluff the other day , £14,495 car , email will you consider £13,000 as this is my max budget ? I said yes , its Christmas lets go for it . Er oh its wrong Colour sorry pity i was going to say its been sold when they arrived . had another today , Sun , on an Adam , lovely thing it is , Oh i don't like it mummy the roofs dented . ITS BLOODY GLASS YOU TWAT . Another one in 10mins on a Scirocco then I'm going

Ohhhhh me that's slow lol good answer

must be me , cant find that Sounds funny too

Not bad here actually , considering its slow four so far DEC , two booked in tomorrow and two Monday . It is slow though as we usually do two a day and three on Sat without working Sundays , two tomorrow is because were chasing numbers this month hope it picks up for us all , but its Christmas so don't hold your breathe , be a rush in Jan so don't panic

Two sites we run peter , one for performance stock and one for bread and butter stock . Small runabouts sell on click and collect ish , still want to see and feel the car , so its more like deposit , look , pay and takeaway , not click and collect Sports stuff , its very different for obvious reasons , those customers want to see the car , hear it , sit in it , drive it , just as i would , One set of customers want transport , the other type is interested in cars . simple as . Nov saw good sales on a wishy washy click and collect system , no deliveries though , we haven't time really and most expect free delivery which wont happen here , we stayed open though due to the workshop being allowed to open , so that helped as we were on site as normal . i had two enquiry about delivery 200 miles away free was their request , both sold before the emails were completed regarding them traveling , they never learn sit on their arse expecting it to turn up free and lose out , makes me laugh . If we all start delivering we will regret it next year when its busy and we haven't got time or the costs get to high . want it fetch it or I'll sell it to someone else .

Personally i still think the majority of used car buyers will want to see , touch , feel and sit in , before making a choice , We know every used car is a completely different beast isn't it . New cars may well go online as they are as near the same as can be . Used cars are not . I hear every one talking about selling online but in reality we are all like yourself buying online because we have no choice , but selling online to Joe Blogs is a different entity altogether , we've had a few but its not entirely a remote sale as they ring , make appointment and arrive , even those few who have paid upfront over lockdown have gone over the car as they do before leaving as I must admit I would do the same . I have talked to customers about buying online and have not met one who would dare spend any sort of money without seeing it onsite , none wished to wait for it to arrive by lorry and thatys the stumble block in my opinion for used cars , they have no idea whats arriving , even the 14 day money back offer is the min legal distance sale they have to offer anyway so just made to look good They are not car dealers as he said and are without doubt bean counters for as long as it works . cant knock them for trying though ,

We have no problems building walls my friend , must be on a million bricks by now over the years

Haha , yep that tells you the tyres are still there , not been stolen madam , see that light and drive with confidence T yre P rotection S ystem

Brittneywood is brilliant at stupid questions isn't she . just a key and four wheels Brittney and you will be fine , make sure the tyres are pumped though , easy to see as if not they will be flat at the bottom . Assuming they are all round then buy it , deal done .

My god that's just one for the memory bank , Stupid woman

Pay before collecting at all times . no option to pay on site .

I had to read that a number of times to get it Haha She your tech now then clever girl I love that question

Cheaper stuff eg sub 4/5k stuff is hard to buy , we always had a few cheapy stuff on stock , now that's almost a thing of the past as we cant see them . how many of us found a little gem at a physical auction when there in person , the meaty stock is easier as its less miles , newer , though the grading as we know is shite a lot of the time and not consistent between auctions sites either . miss the buzz . miss the chatter , but hey oh life moves on , soon be a story only about when people actually went to live auctions and bought cars live wont it . I collected a car from Notts BCA the other day and saw one of the auctioneers , hes as pissed off as we are , loved the buzz he said , didn't know how much till he got a screen to look at all shift . What a year 2020 has been hasn't it , not the best one ever .

Clueless , totally clueless , hasn't a clue what she is yapping about. Plates in the UK go with the car . Private personal plates are not any of your business brittenywood so don't worry your head . Made me laugh though

well that made me laugh at least this morning as i locked the customers OUT

Trader near us had this issue , took it to Ford and they replaced the engine , that had done around the same 60k . Was going to court over it he was till they convinced Ford to take it on , then the customer was told to take in their self as the public get it done quicker and get a courtesy car too . might be the way out of your hair

Without a ramp , how do you check ,Bushes ,Steering joints , arms , links ,Brake pipes , oil/water leaks , inside face of brake discs , exhaust leaks , exhaust mountings , springs , tyre side walls , cracks etc .signs of being bent twisted out of line or corrosion in older cars , just to list a few bits you cant see from the floor . we all might be different but cars are the same

I'm not going anywhere near any vaccine that alters my DNA , not a chance . as you say easy to stick it in , never to come out again

Wow and wasn't you the lucky one , phew so close , clever mum

Haha know how you feel Rory , same here You just think WHY did I agree to this don't you ? , You know you can sell it , even knowing a prime finance deal is a short wait and we still fall for it sometimes

PLUS two hours getting the Kuga Idiot a DEAL on Mallard 's worm subterranean finance tier to which she was oh soooo pleased she could have it , what a waste of space . I say it and normally i stick to it , NO SUBRIME Deals , but every now and again i break my own rules Oh well . be another one along soon

Spent this morning working a deal on a Kuga , Plonker self props herself online , chooses Mallard because shes well over done on the loan side , Long story short , two and fro me n Mallard , she gets a deal . 5yrs , at a rate higher than she applied but justified because of credit history . shes coming to collect , invoices raised , bank details confirmed , shes been looking for a Kuga for WHILE , saw this one on the front yesterday and loved it . rang me to confirm 2.30 pm would be ok . Yes thats fine . THEN the text comes . "Hi David " "sorry to mess you about but my partner has seen the KUGA and its the wrong Size . " Question ? ;;Has any of you fine chaps got a different size Kuga you may want to move on as there's a complete bloody lunatic not far from us who might just well want it though I'm not sure if its a smaller or larger version shes after but I know where it wants shoving

How can it of been sold with warranted mileage without service history Willoughby . Unless the MOT history was ok too , assuming MOT adds up any tampering was done in first 3 yrs

And the difference IS ? November or Dec makes NO difference does it ? Thanks Autotrader .

If he does it at same time as the new keeper takes the car , the V5 goes to the new keeper . Address on V62 will be new keeper . Post office taxes it too and takes the docs to send to DVLA