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Ha made me chuckle although ‘moronic’ might have worked better than ironic. ;o) Seriously though. Are you a dealer or a punter? If it’s repaired right then what are you worried about? Don’t you get new-for-old within the first year of insurance? I wouldn’t want it at all. Let alone repaired, as I would wager most on here would agree. I especially wouldn’t want to drive it in the wet. Tell the insurance company you don’t want it repaired and they need to weigh you out. Or trade it in for something more within your driving abilities ;op (I remember Casey Winger Stoner saying to the Goat Valentino Rossi that maybe his ambition had outweighed his talent) Right, I’m off out in my MK1 CRV Auto to walk the dog...they’re both pretty good in the rain.

Well I imagine the OP’s adrenaline lust was satisfied. Wouldn’t WBAC take the junk? Or do they have a limit?

Or is it possible, like a stolen credit card info scam, that it is stolen PayPal details? Also Pay Pal can be recalled like a credit card. I smell a rat, so would not do it personally.

Ha - brilliant. I'd confront him with that info for a laugh. It's funny- the nutters come out in force when it's quieter times. I think it's actually that you just pay little attention to them when you're flying.

As I understand it : Lease a new car inc vat through the business. Claim (part) of the vat back each month. You will need a small ish (apx £1600 against a 35? K car?)deposit and you can offset this also. As it is a company vehicle. used by all, you can claim the fuel costs back at 45 p a mile. Therefore the actual cost to the business is negligible- especially taking into account how much you may have previously spent on fuel in the course of business use previously, and road tax and sometimes service plans are also included Me, I’m happy in my MK1 CRV Auto ;o p. (Do you still smoke that old Rav TV?)

Absolutely concur. Occasionally you buy a lemon and make lemonade.

My old man was making a grand a car in the early 80’s and if they had it a week it was a ‘bottler’. Shelling peas It’s much tougher now, especially the potential pitfalls. Start slow and feel your way is the best advice I can give. Good luck and keep us posted.

Hi Beckley. Depends on how good you are at buying and how much of the prep etc you farm out or do yourself etc and the list goes on You’ll struggle I’d wager to get the answer you’re looking for on here as a newbie. To give yourself an idea of what you can buy and sell a car for, there are various guides (free or otherwise). Autotrader have a fee one as do Hpi.

BIG :0) GRASSHOPPER ;0) If I could bring myself to use those yellow things it'd be the sunglasses one.

Same for me. Must be three years now since I actually went. Blackbushe is my nearest BCA also. I have been to my local dumping ground (SWVA Poole) a couple of times for a laugh. Hasn’t changed a bit since I was a kid. Same old faces. Just have to embrace online buying. On the whole it works out fine. Can’t think of anything that’s particularly bit me on the arse that wouldn’t have had I attended. I do limit my exposure though Rough with the smooth. Quite often descriptions have been better. Occasionally a bit worse. You get the odd issue but mostly not worth moaning about I find Now DA descriptions- that’s another matter......as per the other thread. Hows every one doing this Bank Hols? Anyone opening today? Friday and Saturday sold one each day. . Ghost Town yesterday apparently. Not holding out much hope for today but you never know. Glad I’m not in.

Phew. Splendid.

Hostility? Arrogance? Really? Wow. Some people read what they will...

To Quote Al Murray: (I’ve said it before) ‘Grow Up. It’s James or Jim. Not Jamie’ Absolutely AD. Lucas is thick skinned enough like the rest of us to make it. And to be fair, when and if I get called a c*** on here, I’ll take it on the chin (and like it probably). :0)

Negative? That’s you buddy and your interpretation. Sincerely. Good luck though. Sayonara

I’ve used WMS (safe and sound) for many years. Only because the rep. (Peter) is awesome and ‘one of us’. I was with him when he was with the AA. However, I only use them if out of the area, German or odd ball /exotic now Same as MattR, they are definitely up over the years, but it’s been a good bit of peace of mind and if you don’t take the piss, they will look after you. Eventually though, you just use your own pot once you have it.

Any update on this OP? Is the dough there now?

Part time can be OK for learning (and taking a bath) and can add a bit of dough to your pocket if you're lucky. You COULD build a business up doing this long term, especially if there's two of you but it'll be very long and tough. My advice is, go with your gut but I think you'll find you're better off where you are with a regular wage, benefits, holidays, sick pay, pension etc. Most start ups will fail and others will go backwards for a few years at least. Some will hit the ground running, but they will have taken the risks and gone all in. This game is MUCH harder than you'll ever imagine. It is nothing like working for a main dealer. Good advice above, and the main one I can see is 'get on and do it and make the mistakes yourself'. Good luck to you if you want to try and, at least part time, you won't be betting the ranch on it all. I think when you're on here a bit down the road having started trying/selling/making and pointing out your successes and failures, you'll get plenty of help and guidance.

Nat West are brilliant. Unless you need anything. I’m lucky as have my own personal banking slave so I never have to do anything.

My wife is not a fan of Santander or ‘Shabby Abbey’ as they call them apparently. She has since replied further saying she would certainly not let the goods go and as above, a payment can be recalled up to the end of the working day for future reference Anyway, horse & blotted and all that, so I would be asking the customer more questions and ideally speaking to their bank again. If you think they’re genuine then you can only go on your gut and give them the benefit of the doubt for now I suppose. Keep us posted She also says they know of no issues with the system this week after the bank hols-NatWest or any glitches and haven’t had any complaints in branch similar. Did you call them? Nat West that is?

My wife has replied: Unlikely unless it’s a large amount done over weekend? Limit is £20k daily. Otherwise only foreign that takes 2-4 day’s! Even chaps are same day if done before 2pm’ Fraud team can hold payment for checks but paying customer can call to see.

My Mrs works for one of them. I’ll text her-see if I can get an answer.

Welcome and thanks for the great intro! It sounds like you are/will do well. Of course, let us know how you’re doing too and we’ll all be glad to help out when we can I’m sure. Southampton is not a million miles from me and is a wash with (ahem) shall we say ‘dealers’, so you will have a great opportunity if you do it better than the also rans Some good people too before the Southampton Massive get on at me ;o) I like that you’ve honed in on a niche of higher mileage estates. Good idea and good luck to you.

Just looked. I’ve bought 24 from Sytner since 2013. Two in the last 18 months. Still get the odd one every month or so from DA it’s getting v painful.

Same here. I forget to look on there now. Same with Sytner. DA next.

‘Scale-ability’ is a strange thing. Just because something works in one place or at a certain smaller size, doesn’t in my experience always equate to working at bigger scales. I find that you can end up with more stickers /dead stock and the quiet months hurt a lot more obviously. Mind you: nothing ventured, nothing gained Rodney.. Congrats on grand-sprogs mate! You don’t look old enough!