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  1. Posted

    16 hours ago, Puds said:

    Seriously do not buy from them! Their staff have several ebay accounts and leave the positive feedback after they win the car they were bidding up. Who needs a reserve if you are pushing the bids up?! 

    They are lying cheating con men, cars are generally patched up crap suitable for scrap, don't know how they live with themselves. 

    They're cheap for a reason..... :rolleyes:  You get what you pay for.

  3. Posted · Edited by D&M

    Hi all,

    We've got a 2004 Audi A4 Allroad Estate and have found the passenger side rear footwell is really wet. It's only that one footwell, the rest of them and the spare wheel well are all dry. Its fresh water, not coolant.

    We've checked the scuttle panel, and thats clear.

    Has anyone else had the same?

    Just looking for some pointers where to check next. Any common leaks on these Audis?

    Thanks in advance!

  4. Posted

    Just now, Mark101 said:

    You could exercise your right to silence, that way they can only do the driver.....just saying.

    Not sure how that works if you are sat in the car though.

    Carry handcuffs and a gag - excercise your right to silence and act like you've been kidnapped.... Win-win!

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  5. Posted

    5 hours ago, Mark101 said:

    Wrong! It will be the driver AND the vehicle owner for allowing that person to drive without insurance.

    Yes your right! But it'd be the Driver at the wheel who will get the 6 Points and the fine. I'm sure the owner will just get a fine. Unless the owner tells the police he didnt give permission and the driver would get done for TWOC (although it'd be funny to try and tell that to a copper with a straight face when you're sat in the passenger seat :lol:)

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  6. Posted

    Yes, almost all buyers will test drive cars that you are selling in the £1000-£2000 range.

    Its unlikely that you will be buying cars with reports in that price bracket. May be more sensible for you too look out for cheapies for sale privately so you can have a good viewing and a test drive.

    You need to cover yourself with your paperwork. I'd highly recommend downloading the 'How to be a car dealer' guide on the forum as it'll give you much more helpful advice.

    Every day is a school day, I don't consider myself an expert. There are a lot more experianced voices than mine on the forum, so pay attention to the advice given to you.

    But first, insurance is a must. You'll need to to register with most auction houses, to collect your cars and run them too and from MOTs / garages, to test drive. Also, you'll be covered for SD&P on your own personal car too. When you work out the costs, you'll see that trade insurance is probably more cost effective than day insuring a car every time you want to use it.

     

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  7. Posted

    17 minutes ago, Mad Mark said:

    And if the buyer did just chance it on a test drive and we got pulled over by the police who would be at fault and be hit with the points? 

     

    It be the driver at the time of being pulled over!

    So the buyer gets to test drive your car, pulled over, 6 points and your car towed away. Can't see that being a sucessful sales pitch! Oh, and don't forget your Trade plates too - well, you can't have those without proof of insurance, so you've got no road tax either.

    Phone around and get some other quotes. Do it properly, or not at all. The bear minimum is to be legit on the test drive!

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  13. Posted

    Was going to buy the WOW Wurth.

    Downloaded the software online - a few days later the laptop screen went black and a skull and crossbones came up. Had to had the harddrive wiped and re-installed. Also had to be quizzed if we ues this computer for downloading porn! :blink:

    No, it was dodgy software.... Yeah, I wonder how many times the computer guy has heard that before :lol:

    Seriously, we've got a handheld Autel and that is enough for us. The machine is only as good as the operator

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  16. Posted

    We had a Panda 100HP. Had it for about 4 months in total, was a Cat D - so was expecting it to stay a while, but so much fun to drive we ended up putting about 3k miles on it! - Each eBay listing got over 1500 views. So, that makes 6,000 internet armchair 'buyers' before someone bought it.

    Also had a BMW 316i SE Auto (NEVER AGAIN!) - Had it 9 months. Each eBay listing got over 500 views from the internet expects.

    Both turned a healthy profit, and no negotion so can't complain! - Got sick of seeing the BMW especially, Panda was a hoot!

    On the other hand - a Saab 9-5. £550 tax so was expecting it to hang around... Listed it at about 10:30 - 13 ad views later and the new owner is driving it away at 3PM.

    Funny old game.....

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  19. Posted

    5 hours ago, premi-motor said:

    Having had the Huawei on Android, after a day I knew that there's no way I would go back to Apple...

    Its like unlocking the chains.

    As for the camera, image quality and phone in general - just incomparable in a good way!!!

    I upgraded from an iPhone 6S to the budget Huawei P Smart - less than £200 brand new. Step above the iPhone in every way.

    Then I dropped the bloody thing and have now upgraded to the Huawei P30 - Camera is something else. No need for a seperate camera, the pics are that good.

    Would never go back to Apple after using a Huawei.

  21. Posted · Edited by D&M

    When we started out we bought a nice 5 door 1 Series. Looked over it, bid and won it very cheap, drove home lovely... Great!

    Next day, starting to valet it we noticed that its lovely cream leather interior was from a 3 door with the fold handles, and the rear seat bench was black cloth but the backrests were cream leather! D'oh!

    I guess that the 3 and 5 dr 1 Series have different seat bases, and we couldn't find a matching base for love nor money.

    Customer loved it as it was with (her words 'two tone') interior would be great as her little dog wouldn't ruin the leather on the seat base as he'd done in her previous car.

    Lessons learned that day:

    1, Check all the interior matches. 2, Don't bid from the top row of seats!

  22. Posted · Edited by D&M

    Our 1 and only time at Blackbushe wasn't great compared to our usual Bridgwater. We'd bought 1 online and gone up to collect and buy 1 more in the hall.

    Counter staff at Blackbushe seemed so rude compared to Bridgwater, I nearly got wiped out by someone sprinting between halls, when we had bought we had to wait 3 hours for the keys from the office as they'd gone walkabouts.

    Our car was in the back car park, and was told by staff to grab a lift from the minibus - asked the minibus driver if he'd take us round. No.

    So 1/2 mile walk (with the minibus driving past halfway, of course) to the car, and off we went. Thank god that was over!

    Was chatting to an old boy there who was staff, he said a lot of the time the drivers just go home early. Nobody cares whatsoever.

    So, if we were to go again we'd be prepaered for a wait and a warm welcome (not!)

  23. Posted

    On 21/05/2019 at 10:49 PM, GenghasBANG said:

    2) RE - subject to terms - our website doesn't actually SPECIFY in any way, what *terms* these are. In his defence, this is true, it doesn't. It actually gives the impression that if someone changes their mind for whatever reason, they're entitled to a refund.

    If you've read through your own T&C's and even you (naturally biased) reading them it comes across that you'll be refunded if you change your mind after leaving a deposit, you've got to give him his money back..... Then change your T&Cs to rectify the mistake so it doesn't happen again.

  24. Posted

    38 minutes ago, Tony911 said:

    Had a nissan primera we took in part ex advertised for £250 it had a couple of months mot bodywork was rough the phone fell off the hook with all the usual crap whats your last price:angry:eventually some idiot gave us £200 plus a peugeot 206 1.4hdi £30 tax model which had 2 weeks mot on it:D that has gone to our mot tester who needed a cheap run around £200

    The only car we've ever been given was a W reg Daewoo Matiz.

    We were planning just to use it as a storage shed, but the car was that shit that it wasn't even suitable for that :wacko:

    Scrapped it for £20 :lol: Quids in!

  25. Posted

    Just now, NOACROSS said:

    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.

    We did - awaiting reply. He was replying within 15 mins to all messages, but now....

    Thing is, he sent 3 messages (was asked to call, suprise suprise, never called as he works 15 hours a day - poor thing) asking about a part ex, when it specifically says in the advert - No Part Ex as its a SOR car.

    Had a 170k 55 plate Saab 9-5 Estate, guy wanted £900 for it. 220k 55 Plate Honda CR-V, guy wanted £1000. 180k 02 Golf TDi, guy wanted £800. A monstrosity of a modified Citroen C4 coupe, 06, wants £1,690

    Dreamers. We're always pretty generous when it comes to PX prices as well so its even more of a suprise when people are so insulted