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A pisstakers charter. I’d hate to be a landlord in the current climate, everyone wants to give them a kicking.

WTF!?!!!

Oh I see, the term silver top is new to me but if I get a ropey 2.0 petrol Pug/Citroen I’ll try selling ‘as is’. Without wishing to sound like Alf Garnett on a racist rant, on the odd occasion I get an African sounding voice on the phone they’re either in Brum or London (180/250 miles from me) and trying to take the piss with the most ridiculous offers. I’ve spent £50 on a kit, a couple of hours for the mechanic & I’ll £1000 the car if we ever get back to normal - it’s an automatic so will be a nice user for some old boy.

Thanks all. We’ve decided to order a timing kit for next week - only about £50+VAT so when we’re in there investigating the noise we might as well just do the £50 job. These old bangers are a lot cheaper to maintain than some of the newer stuff!! The mind boggles. Why on earth do Africans like 2.0 petrol PSA products?

An older 2.0 16v Citroen/Peugeot PETROL, 130bhp, an engine-speed related bearing whirring sound at the cambelt end (removed the alternator belt & the sound was unchanged). We’ll investigate further next week but my guess is cambelt pulley bearings rough so a kit change would cure it, however a suggestion was made of a noisy dephaser pulley, which I’ve only ever heard on Renaults & they used to just ’crunch’ for a few seconds. Basically is it possible for a dephaser pulley to constantly make a bearing sound? We’re spending a couple of hours a day slowly working through the leftovers in the hope of getting everything ship shape & advertised on our eventual return.

+1. Give him a phone & he’ll tell you straight away if the job’s a go-er or not.

Are you a doctor?

I’d set my alarm to see it live. I hope you’re right on both scores.

You’re right. Besides which most of the peacock stories are a snore-fest anyway. One of my best profits ever on a single deal was a Nissan Serena camper. Those two words, Nissan + Serena, immediately tell you the story is as boring as f***. I’ll get my coat.......

If you’re clearly a trader (proper adverts, other sales cars at your premises, look like you know what you are doing etc.) it won’t be an issue AS LONG AS IT’S ‘IN TRADE’, YOU'VE BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO PRE-COMPLETE THE V62 & TAKE THE CUSTOMER TO THE POST OFFICE. If you’re just starting out & you only have this one car that you’ll be selling from your front door I’d suggest you apply for the log book now. If it’s not ‘in trade’ I’d suggest you apply for the log book now regardless of your set-up. Punters don’t usually buy cars that they then have to park up for 6 to 8 weeks because they can’t tax it.

He’s worse than me & I’m a miserable cnut!

Yes, thanks gents.

Uhh? I wonder if that’s the reason that old woman ran away screaming from me the other day.

That wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest. The big supermarkets are absolutely ruthless, as anyone who knows a small company who’s tried to get ‘on board’ will know. Recently I was told some of the producers of the goods positioned in the shelves at the aisle ends are charged handsomely for the privilege. They’ll squeeze the pips on small suppliers until they squeal, the bargain-type shops that giveaway flyers tell their suppliers that their goods will be in the flyers & tell the same supplier they’re also paying for the privilege (+ also telling them to discount the items). I know of someone who is in the supply chain of non-food products (I’m deliberately keeping this vague). You think we’ve got it bad in the car game? Everyone wants a slice from that pie, they’re making pennies per item that’s produced in large factories & then the retailers, apart from beating them down every so often for a promotion then will stoop to almost anything to wring one penny per item out of the deal. Forget the smiley faces on the adverts, all ‘customer service is king’ B/S and the current adverts selflessly opening at additional cost to themselves to feed the nation. It’s the suppliers who take the punches in their game.

I’ve been walking 5 - 7 miles most days. I’ve been thinking on/off of a bike for a year now but the driving standards today are piss poor & lets be honest, 50% wouldn’t give a toss if they knocked you off. They’d also be happy to drive away & leave you for dead in the gutter with your head split open on the kerbstone.

Like an old fiddle! I said to ‘er indoors that after the initial week of panic the shelves would be restocked. Stock seems plentiful up here in the grim north, there are a few 20 minute queues outside some of the bigger supermarkets but that’s only because of the social distancing measures. I believe the manufacturers of sticky warning tape & Perspex screens are doing a roaring trade.

On a serious note, although currently I’m getting a few arseholes everyday asking puerile questions, it won’t be long before some of the general public will be GENUINELY looking for cars. At the moment I’m closed but what ‘policies’ will others be implementing to limit contact for the foreseeable future? Unfortunately I can’t see Argoses new pay online & in advance working on secondhand cars (and neither do I blame the punters for this).

I’ve just received this email via eBay; hi can l look cars A serious buyer, obviously concerned about minimising infection, shall I let this punter around?

This seems beyond the minds of punters desperate to palm off their knackered p/xs. Funnily enough these same punters always have moonshot valuations too. I’ll tell you what, unless these punters manage to stick their shit p/xs into traders who are desperate to put dinner on the table there are going to be some properly fucked trade-ins when we get back to normal.

Haha, the ‘couple of cars on the driveway’ boys don’t appear to give a fuck about non essential activity. Funnily enough neither do a few dickheads (they sound older folk but I could be mistaken) wanting cars taking to them for a look. Obviously non essential travel doesn’t apply when it’s the car going to them rather than them going to the car? FFS. Mind you, I could do a roaring trade if I was prepared to bend over, part my buttocks to expose my sphincter & discount by four figure sums for the Virus Brigade, funnily enough not a single one of them has followed up their not-so-generous email offers with a phone call.

Christ, even a pandemic doesn’t stop these fuckwits.

Anyone who’s saying they can’t pay this month’s rent is either a piss taker or their business was already knackered anyway.

and only this afternoon you asked for a phone number to FaceTime another member of this forum. Filthy pervert!

The govt seem as keen as pushing this almost as hard as social distancing. It’s no wonder so many young adults nowadays haven’t got a clue about using money and/or abusing debt. Cash is king. Always has been, always will be and no amount of govt propaganda or bullshit from people (usually themselves swimming in debt) will convince me differently.