rich89

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  2. Posted

    I bought a car for a film shoot 2 weeks ago which has been sorned since 2016.

    It has a nice dateless plate on it that I want but is there a way for it to come to me rather than the previous keeper as it's been 'in the trade' since March 2016.

    Obviously I can tax and register it in my name but i'd rather not if possible.

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    Check the rear sensors one by one with the system turned on. If one has failed, they all fail. They should all make a faint clicking noise if they're working. Easiest way to work out if an actual sensor has failed.

    Costs nothing!

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    20 minutes ago, met said:

    Off the BCA website

    Marginal
    This means that no VAT can be claimed back on the vehicle by a customer that is VAT registered.
     
    VAT Qualifying
    This is where a customer that is VAT registered, purchasing the vehicle for a qualifying purpose, is able to claim VAT back on the vehicle, as it was originally bought by: Leasing and Contact Hire Companies, Daily Rental Companies & Taxi Firms/Driving schools for business use.

    Ha, I know the difference but don't understand why the fee suddenly becomes VAT Q.

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    35 minutes ago, BHM said:

    I thought you couldn’t register a vehicle in the UK without a receipt from HMRC for the VAT & duty - or am I talking out of my backside? I’m also assuming it is UK registered.

    You can't. At least you can't now. 

    They won't release the vehicle until any Vat and duty has been paid. 

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    1 hour ago, Mark101 said:

    When I was 28, I thought (divorced with 2 children) that I was old and wise - Now aged 44, I look back at under 30's and realise my many mistakes and how young (and a risk) I was to any insurer, bank or any other organisation.

    I am sure there are some 60 somethings on here, whom think the same about 44 year olds.

     

    Ha. Don't think I'm old but definitely wise when it comes to cars. 

    We own another business that is based purely on supercars so it's not like I don't know anything about them. 

    I would hope the risk wouldn't be me, more so the customers. 

    I'll ring a few of the suggestions tomorrow and see what they say. 

    Thanks. 

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    I know there's a good range of traders on here so looking for some suggestions if possible. 

    Our current limit is 50k per car but we need 100k maybe even higher. 

    Our current insurer isn't willing to do it due to my age (28) and I remember a when I started out how hard it was to find a company willing to do upto 50k due to the bulk being performance cars. 

    Anyone know of any insurers that may be able to offer a policy? 

    Trading for 3 years, no claims at all and cars are kept in a nice area with decent security. 

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    Why do they insist on dicking around with adverts all the time. 

    First it was all the info in one paragraph, then it was split into two and now all the spec etc is in a completely different drop down menu so now it looks like you haven't bothered to write a decent advert!

     

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    I was chatting to a trader that I give some of our part exchanges to and he uses bcas funding. 

    He said he had to sign a personal guarantee to secure the credit and didn't seem to phase him. Is that a standard thing? 

    I don't think I'd be able to sleep at night if I was borrowing a few hundred grand and my house was on the line. Could get away from you so quickly. 

    Do you guys have this?? If so, does it not worry you? 

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    43 minutes ago, trade vet said:

    The problem we have is because we are many miles away,buy on line,then get them collected a couple of days later,by the time we see them,it can be 5 days after the sale.Currently our guys are in dispute about an AA assured 15 plater which requires major surgery.Opening fob off,a new one,it is out of time being more than 2 days after the sale...Game on !

    It's always been 48 hours after you collect or it's been delivered. Their useless transport debt can take a week for us to deliver a car 80 miles away. 

    I certainly wouldn't be buying from a distance if that was the case.

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