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  1. Posted

    34 minutes ago, Nick M.K. said:

    AutoTrader ad attention grabber: BEST TIME OF THE YEAR TO BUY ONE. 

    Advertise it for £5500 - £6K, use the word Exceptional several times in your ad and don't rush into a quick sale. 

    A lady in her mid-50s will turn up on time, look for no more than 10 minutes, maybe drive, maybe not and give you your asking price. "Always wanted one and now that the kids have left the house I can finally have it".

    *Whatever you do don't take her Zafira or S-Max in part exchange, allow WBAC to make something out of all this :-)

    *If gentlemen in their mid-50s call you to "pop-in and have a quick look at it, have been looking for over 10 months now" tell them the truth: the car is reserved for a lady and she is coming soon to pick it up. 

    Must be the same lady who is going to purchase my Mazda MX5! 

  3. Posted

    I have a lovely MX5 for sale at the moment and the questions these punters are asking. 

    One chap asked no less than 20 questions, "yes sir matching Bridgestone tyres, full Mazda history, 2 owners from new, immaculate inside and out, etc" and then asked if I could get the car on a ramp for him and take numerous photographs of the underside to "see if the water has got it". I politely declined but said he is more than welcome to come down and crawl under it if he so wishes. Funny enough I haven't heard anything since. 

  4. Posted

    27 minutes ago, stockedup! said:

    Are the lights too bright or is the paint a bit rough(Don't mean to be cheeky) and cars need prepping properly(Clay bar, buff etc)?

    No it seems the lights are to bright as the light scratches cannot be seen in the natural light only when these lights are beaming down on them. There are 10 of them so produce a huge amount of light. 

     

    9 minutes ago, twerp said:

    Light diffuser ?

    Excellent this is exactly the sort of thing I was after. 

  5. Posted

    Morning everyone,

    now that the dark afternoons are upon us I am going to start doing more viewings from inside my industrial unit. The problem is that the unit has some excellent led lights that make the cars look awful when beaming down on them full power! Similar to a car in the blazing sunshine.

    For those with units or showrooms etc do you get this issue or does anyone have a suggestion to overcome this?

     

  7. Posted

    The problem is that both reports state that the car has a major mechanical issue even though they are different. Both which are likely to have been present at point of sale as a head gasket and valve stems do not just fail overnight. 

    If you believe there is nothing wrong with the car then either get another independent engineers report or just take the car back and resell it. Is it really worth the headache of a fight with the finance company? 

  8. Posted

    2 minutes ago, CPM said:

    I feel it’s more complicated with the finance company involved. We’ve had two reports done on the car. First by bmw which stated it needs valve stem seals. How they diagnosed that on a VHC I have no idea. Scotia have said there is an “ audible noice” coming from the engine and the head gasket has gone. On the report it was advised not to drive the car so we’re waiting for the latest mileage update

    Unfortunately both above one would classify as relatively major faults and likely to have been developing at time of sale. 

    If the reports were done shortly after the customer took delivery of the car and not many miles covered then they have every right to reject unless you can prove otherwise.

  9. Posted · Edited by James01

    For a customer to reject a car in the first 30 days it has to be for a major fault that was present at point of sale and warrants the car either unfit for purpose, not as described or unroadworthy. 

    A car cannot be rejected for a minor fault that is easily repairable. 

    If the customer has covered 2000 miles it is unlikely any of the above apply but it is for the customer to prove the fault was present within the first 30 days. 

    Sounds like a good case for lawgistics if you are a member. 

     

     

  13. Posted

    I feel sorry for you guys with sites with set opening hours when it is this quiet. I moved from a big roadside site to an industrial unit about a year ago and when it was quiet being sat in that showroom waiting for customers to walk on used to be soul destroying. At least I can lock up and bugger off home now! 

  14. Posted

    Some comfort knowing that everyone is in the same boat. One always starts to question themselves when it goes quiet and consider slashing prices but if there are no buyers there are no buyers. 

  15. Posted · Edited by James01

    We must be close then as I am Hampshire also.

     

    I always seem to be where I need to be come the end of the month which is what matters really. I've been doing this 10 years now and still have no idea when it will be busy or quiet, there is no pattern to it at all. Feast or famine.

  18. Posted

    Absolutely dead here is the South east, only on 5 for the month with a target of 15.

    Strangley we seemed to buck the trend and had a good month in September. 

    Lets hope for an end of month rush! 

  19. Posted · Edited by James01

    19 minutes ago, boring dave said:

    its the oldest trick in the book

    trader buys car off dealer /owner

    clocks it

    sells it at another auction they normally use a blunt instrument on the service book though 

    so tell us what you have found out rather than half guessing

    was this an assured seller you bought it off

    next time keep your hands in your pocket on dodgy mileages because you will bust a gut selling them

    This doesn't make sense. 

    Are you saying they have clocked it back to 78k for an MOT 2 days after having one done at a main dealer and then changed it back to 90k miles after, which is the mileage the car is currently on? Bearing in mind the MOT was only done 8 weeks ago. 

  21. Posted

    2 hours ago, Nick M.K. said:

    I've bought my fair share of rubbish at auctions over the years but a couple of times I thought I've made real big mistakes just to be rewarded by a quick sale for much more than I thought someone might pay. 

    A few months ago I bought a petrol Jag XF 3.0 in a sale full of 3.0 Diesels and didn't realise it was petrol until I HPI'd it the next day. £500+ road tax! I thought I'll have it for months but there were very few on the market and it sold fast for strong money and a lot of calls kept coming in after that. 

    I am sure you've made a few quid on something you thought you might have to give away...

     

    Did an almost identical thing with an E350 coupe. Did not realise it was a petrol until it was delivered. Again very few for sale with the V6 petrol lump in and sold within 48 hours. Result.