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I like this idea.

Cars with black tape on the reg are direct from insurance and finance co's, all others are private / independent companies. You can call them and they confirm who is selling it. Just be aware that they often hide a lot of things.. a bit like BCA.

This job is far from being a sales man, more so a valeter, painter, mechanic, councillor (depends on the punter), child minder, dog minder. Being a sales man is the last quality these days.. you can be a sh!t sales man and still sell cars.

See told you it was them pesky valeters. Give them a rag, spray bottle and they're causing havoc!

What about cars advertised as having spare keys however when it comes to payment and collection time.. oops no spare key to be found. I had 2 like this bought last week at Preston, apparently a manager is going to call me tomorrow to discuss compensation.. I won't hold my breath.

I'm a cheap bitch so I do everything in house apart from major bodywork repairs.

£1800 incl vat from my local snap on man.

Got a snap on ethos, works sweet and tells me what I need to know.. even does key programming etc, comes with 2 or 3 years updates and warranty.

Does anyone buy on bank holidays? Went on Friday to belle vue and every man and his dog was out.. prices through the roof.

BCA don't charge?

If you're not too far from Prescott (near St Helens) Andy, I know a guy here who does all my electrical stuff, he will be far cheaper and quicker than the likes of ecu testing or BBA.

Has the valeter squirted something somewhere he shouldn't have..

Spent the past 20 mins going through all them, absolutely hilarious..

There's worse things happening in the world, some times you can't play by the book - in this case OP made a cock up. OP also mentioned he has just started trading so may not be a ltd company, vat registered as this may be his first, second or third car that he has sold.

What you're saying would mean that the previous owner has an understanding of how outstanding finance works on a vehicle that has been sold (that shouldn't of been sold), also we're assuming that the previous owner knows the difference of selling to a private individual and a trader when it comes to outstanding finance. It's worth a shot in my opinion, either way if he can't get the finance cleared from the vehicle he will have to refund the customer before it goes to the repossssion stage.

You could tell a white lie to the car finance company (after obtaining the finance ref #) and say you bought the car in good faith as a private sale, show reciept and give them a week or so and they should write the finance off the car and pursue him personally. I have successfully done this a few times. Hope this helps

Shampoo with brisk + tfr, scrub & wet vac works a treat.

I've tried to find some similar space on farms but they all seem to be green belt and apparently you can't store cars on green belt.. everywhere else is asking ££££.

Even though I am charging an admin fee for both credit/debit cards?

Just charge an admin fee for both credit and debit cards, I find that people don't care and just pay it. I charge £30 per £1000. Hope that helps

Yeah bang on, replaced oil pressure switch and put a man oil filter on, oil change also with 10w-40 (£11 total), job done and runs sweet as a nut. Also noticed that the 118K was in km! Switched to miles and it has 73K on the clock!!! Yep it was definitely a bargain and a damn good buy! It's a tough game but I'm surviving. We do all repairs in house so save a few quid there.. then again my overheads are a lot less than you guys on here so that's the key to making it work when dealing with cheapies.

It's the 1.4 engine which I haven't had any problems with up to now but this has more miles than I would usually buy (117K). I'll try a new oil pressure switch, oil filter and oil change then go from there.

Picked up a nice Metalic black Pug 207 for quite a bargain today from BCA, driven 30 miles home go for the junction to exit and BOOM..(STOP! OIL PRESSURE TOO LOW). I immediately think God damn, this is why it was so cheap and check oil again and it's nearly full so I chuck a bit more in and make it touch the fill line. Limped it back home after letting it cool down and the warning & lights seem to go away when revving and come back when letting the car idle, Faulty oil pressure switch maybe? It seems to have a oil leak from the rocker cover gasket and head gasket area of the engine and I can hear a little bit of a knock from what I presume is the bottom end, also a bit of condensation on the oil cap. What do you think, A lemon or a bargain?

Blue hawk electronics 1/4 the price of BBA Raman, we had same problem about a year ago on a 2010 corsa d.. saved us about £800 not going with BBA, 3 day turn around and the car fired up first time no problems ever since. Make sure you get rid of all the debris in the skuttle panel and reseal the skuttle with clear silicone, you can also put a plastic bag around the ecu to further protect it.

These are common for motors like the corsa's. Shouldn't take too long I have to do a stalk on a 07 Punto Grande this week as the lights never turn off (common fault).