David Horgan

A good rule is don't buy from auction unless you have your OWN workshop and can spin the spanners YOURSELF . Out sourcing mechanic work can be and is VERY expensive hobby . Doesn't look much per job till you reckon 50 water pumps , 50 brake discs , 20 gear linkages , 30 clutches and the list goes on Same with Valet work do it yourself , Doesn't look much till you x 60 x £50 = 3k at year end This 3k and more will be needed for next year because stock Goes UP in price year on year , what you pay 2k this year will cost £2,300 next year if your lucky so again £300 x 60 cars and the following year you need an extra investment of £18,000 to stand still . Lots of people forget this equation and go backwards , its why we NEED Profit above wages . Business rule ;; Don't take all your profits out thinking your doing well But good luck with the venture , stick at it and its fun , takes a while to get the stock and the funds to make it work well but its fun getting there and great fun when your cooking on gas later , Spend wisely , Earn profits , Profit is not a dirty word .

And manufacturers have another reason to act. They could face fines if their new cars aren't green enough once European Union regulations kick-in in 2021. Much has been said of the government's target of no new diesels and petrols by 2040. But a more interesting question is: when will the tipping-point for electric sales arrive in Britain? Experts inside and outside of government talk about 2025. Facing Fines if they aren't green enough because EU regs kick in 2021 , how the F###k should that affect the UK . Wait till the public find out what a battery costs , and IF the Electric revolution does move forward as they all hope, the old battery cars are going to be worth lots less than they thought . Imagine the inane conversations we will get " whats the charging time on this one then ?" How many miles left in this car ?" has it got a new battery " I'll do the deal if you change the battery " What sort of battery has it got on " see it coming cant you .

98 406 OMG wasn't worth a grand when it was new . With 200,000 on clock I'd tell him it will cost him £50 to leave it here as scrap has gone down in value

Wow that's a difficult customer , stumps and a manual car to test drive , if hes seen 20 pictures and a video he must of been a blind driver too , cant see, cant reach the gears or steering wheel and its over his budget as well

Cant out do our Hyabusa supercharged super bike , leaves a Tesla covered in stone chips Has it with the drive for about 10 yards the its bye bye when the power hits the rubber . XFR Jag does the same it is 600 bhp mind , 10 yards and were off past the Teslas thingy never to been seen again . We were just running the bike against the Jag when Tesla boy turns up , they are quick though but three runs and he had to go home at 30 mph to conserve power , know that cos we passed him on way home in a DIESEL Van Best thing would be a fork lift and a skip when run out ,

94 old , not a bad life surrounded by what he loved doing . Wont be any more of these people coming up will there , when we have different shapes with all the same washing machine engines in them RIP fella

Seen this before where they ask you for a few details eg; despatch code , reg details , then v5 ref number , that point they can get a log book loan against your car . You wont know till you HPI / experian check it or a customer does the same ,

Thats the one , he folded in the end , No discount , no delivery , came on the train , saw and bought it , No Parkers guide talk , found out it was his mate who was doing the talking . i was lucky too as the other customer i told him had bought failed the finance , lucky lucky

Thats the 4th gone to Scotland in last 3 months , The Inverness guy started out ripping me to pieces with Parkers price guide and wanting delivery , But then realised he was way off target and decided to come down , took it back with him , He learned the hard way that Parkers were not the way to go . Funny old job , You will have no worries selling to people from a distance if its the car they want

8 sold last week , Wales 100miles , Somerset 120 miles Inverness 426 miles , Kent 220miles Notts 25 miles , Peterborough 100 miles . two more were local 1 mile and 4 miles

People buy with their eyes . Imagine driving into a scruffy area yourself , its sets the scene doesn't it BUT it does depend on the perception of scruffy too , and the price difference , plus what your selling , how long the lease is , your expectations of how many sales and profits you need or want . 5k to 12k and above, in my opinion the better site will pay off in that price region . Look at potential passing trade too , its a cash cow when they start to know where you are situated . just me thinking out loud

My God we will be refunding people for loose valve caps next . Cruise is broke , Just mend the bloody thing , Not difficult is it , happy customer then , all this stuff about how its described and was it this that and the other in the sales advert and whats on invoices is piffle . Cars are not perfect , they break , Fix the problem asap and jobs done , OMG mr customer , how unfortunate , don't worry we know how to put that right , remember 99% of the whole private population of car users and 40% of traders think its complicated , just assure them its easy and they are going to get it fixed .

If You go to auction and cant fix cars professionally don't buy em Simple .

Of course you are , cruise isn't life threatening is it , just fix it , tell em its a car with 5000 moving parts and 2 miles of wire , not the perfect mechanically made thing that they conceive it is , lucky for them it went when it did as now they haven't got to fix it have they . Buyer remorse so take control .

New stalk will fix that wont it . Not a refund as it doesn't leave the car unsafe or unusable either , just a minor fault especially on an 8 year old car . More like buyers remorse that one . Made sure they haven't up plugged something or swapped it , been done before . We sold a Cupra R once and three weeks later it came back with Turbo issues , the new owner had swapped it with his mates car that he came in to view ours . The turbo sounded like it was shitting itself , so my son dabbed green dye on all the bolt heads of the sale car and low and behold they had all been spannered , " gottcha " The git had swapped it as when it came back the other was sounding lovely again . He got the f##king bollicking of a life time he did .

Mr Parkers guide has been back today Tells me now that the whole trade have got it wrong and we should follow Parkers as they have been around for years So you have found others at the same price then i ask , Yes he goes but they are the same as you "greedy " I told its him that's he's the thief trying to steal £1500 from my kids inheritance and go and ask Parkers to buy him one . His reply was Parkers don't sell cars PRECISELY my friend , its a comic like i told you If you deliver free its a deal then he went . NO pal I sold it yesterday But its still on your site , yep sure is , left it there just for you and parkers to educate your selves with the correct price I just love it when that happens

So this morning i get this enquiry from the highlands of Scotland . You have a car I'd like to buy please , do you deliver to Scotland .? Can be arranged , its 425 miles but if its driven up its £325 all in , Great he says , I think we have a deal . Then he says he has to arrange finance , can we help , no problem so i propose him and its a done deal to just sign up for . He then " before signing " comes back to me this afternoon with , " thinks its a bit dear for the year " Here we go i thought . So asks why is that then ? Well Parkers and Honest John say its value is £1490 less than your selling it at . Answer was " has Parkers or JOHN got any for sale at that price " I think hes still looking for them to get one in stock HAHA This is after he wants it with Service history , two keys , 5mm min on Branded tyres , Sat Nav , Heated Seats , Reverse Sensors , In the same colour as ours , Hand book pack too , Yes its passed all those questions , yes I've got him Finance at the requested term and monthly figures . Delivered it for nothing . Now he wants and I've just had the email to confirm he wants £1,200 off the price . Told him to pop down and fetch it at that price , but be quick as my wife wants it and shes only 9ft away so the distance might be a rush to beat her offer of only £999 discount

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Put it in your name on the v5 and back date it if its been taxed for that period .

Good description that , Good driver though , very steady , He drives a 3 speed Triumph Mayflower as his daily drive , 1950 's i think

So you want to put a Petrol ST exhaust on a Diesel ? Cant see that fitting

VAT threshold is getting very near then , not many Fiestas Kugas C maxs & Mercs to get to £85 k Turnover , then your world changes . You have to think like a Business not a little hobby .

Talking EML lights we had a guy this morning OCTAVIA VRS Diesel comes in with EML light glowing My son goes its Radiator Temp Sensor Not expensive to fix . Shall i order you a part ?, be here in the hour . Guys says well its not affected anything so I'll leave it , Radiator FAN Is on permanent running its nuts off , then says I like that car you have outside can you price mine up against it , then I don't have to fix the radiator Costly Rad sensor that was

You can get treatment for that Arfur .

Some people never grow up . I am still trying to stand on a skate board , keep banging my head on the floor , never did get the hang of them But well done you Arfur