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Have a guess . A fellow trader asked similar; “What if we come to collect & the car’s knackered?” Manheim’s response was “Don’t worry, we’ll sort something out”!!!! Would you trust them #+*^s?

Haha, you’re right as far as this thread is concerned.

I wonder if they told MP Matt Hancock something along the lines of; You snooze, you loose. Money talks, bullshit walks. First come, first served.

What’s the recipe for Home Mad Soup?

That’s my stock profile & there’s no chance at all for me. When the world first went tits up Manheim tried it for a week. They ran up everything - to my mind showing they have no comprehension of the issues buyers face buying blind based on their totally inadequate descriptions. They think the likes of me are interested in a few scratches & wheel scuffs when, quite frankly, I couldn’t give a toss about them. It’s the mechanical aspect that concerns me which they don’t cover.

Yes but no. What I mean is the govt don’t want it but unintentionally that’s exactly what they have authorised. All of the ‘but your car must remain roadworthy’ counts for sweet f.a. with many motorists. I suspect the decision makers on govt policies such as this are well paid, live in reasonable conditions & keep their newish cars well maintained. Their decisions have mistakenly been made based on their standards. They should of come here yesterday & seen the state of the tyres & a brake pipe on the old Fiesta I presented for MOT. I only mention this because purely by chance last year it was ‘my’ tester who passed it - only 12 months later it’s a death trap.

I think they’re all getting ready as it is - many big dealer groups have had a couple of skeleton staff in this week.

Key workers? I admire your optimism.

What date codes are they?

What engine code is it?

That USED to be the case with most East Europeans but alas not now. Messing, “best price?”, saying “the car has problems” to beat down the price seems to be order of the day.

Please email me the logbook

After all the population of Poland is only about 39,000,000 As the building industry found out, their enthusiasm for work lasts about 3 years then human nature being what it is, they become as ‘enthusiastic’ as the rest of the workforce. After all, living in the UK is hardly a novelty for them, is it?

Was a genuine VW belt kit used?

True, although you know you’ll need to spend £70 on two front bottom arms on the 10yr old one! I’d imagine a click-and-collect type operation for a franchise doesn’t appeal long term - surely it’s another step further towards cars being treated as white goods. Also my guess is Daksh Gupta’s reluctance to execute home deliveries isn’t just COVID19, he’ll be taking a view with regards to the DSRs.

VAG man alert!

It’d be preferable to tasteless BMWs & Audis.

Shame his car wash wasn’t next to Metcar’s Polish tyre place then they could’ve put out the fire.

Read the back of the new keeper slip you should of been given & follow the instructions.

Personally for my business phone as a technophobe I stick with what I know (iPhones) and Vodafone. Over the years I’ve only had 2 or 3 issues & always gone into the local shop where nothing’s been a bother & it’s always been sorted (once I was even loaned a phone). As for a phone query with Customer Services or on Livechat I wouldn’t have a clue - most of these big companies would rather mess you about via these depts hence why I bypass them. As an aside, last year I replaced the kids iPhones & at the time the cheapest way was to buy the phones & put them on a SIM only contract with Virgin.

Eh? Isn’t that an old wives tale? If it’s cheap enough they’re not bothered - everything has its price. Years ago I was a regular in Gdańsk, Poland and at the time RHD cars couldn’t be registered (dunno if it’s the same now). However on every other backstreet there was some absolutely fucked UK write off getting nailed back together & in the process also switched to LHD.

In that case I must be owed plenty of money for all the cars I’ve taken from auctions that failed their MOTs.