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    hi if you don't mind me asking how much did it cost for you to be put on the policy? Everyone i ask always want me to be 25+, guess i have to wait 2 years, I would have just said that I just purchased the vehicle and driving it back, or just simply test driving after having some mechanical work done to it. Just depends on what the situation is when you been pulled.

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    Hi all wonder if anyone can help me, 

    Got a 2014  audi a3 with xenons coming with a fault headlight range control system fault. I've used a diagnostic scan which says its a short circuit in the headlight. I think it the adaptive headlight motor but not 100% sure wondering if anyone knows of any headlight repair companies out there, thank you  

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    8 hours ago, EPV said:

    I’ve never been one for heavy modification or tuning. I do occasionally treat myself to cars I wouldn’t normally buy, just to have them. Jag XF’s are my favourite indulgences but I also bought an S3 that I am getting a little bored of looking at now! :lol::lol::lol:

    i know the feeling of looking at an S3 on a daily basis. never will i buy a "toy" car again :(

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    I'm pretty much exactly like yourself, i started about a year ago now, brought a car from auction to sell but it didn't move at all after a good 3 months finally sold with a £200 profit i was really put off. i then started looking at cheaper cars from local sellers buying them doing any work required and selling for a profit of between £600-£1000 per car, I've made mistakes along the way and live and learn from them. still paying for some of the mistakes to this day lol. I did this whilst studying at university with a  part time job too. Now that I've graduated and started my training year working 39 hours a week I'm still doing this on the side. i genuinely do love and enjoy selling cars then my main career right now. This forum is actually fantastic can learn a lot from it and your a mechanic so that will 100% work in your favour too. Literally buy anything which is cheap from Facebook gumtree eBay, some advertise as spares but more than likely its really minor stuff, put a new MOT on it if needed a good clean and your good to go. after a bit you'll start to know what to focus on etc. start with sub £1000 then move up. At the end of the day profit margin is the same in most cars so rather have £500 in a car which will bring you £500 profit than £4500 which will also give you a £500 profit, 

    hope that helps in a any way. 

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    thought ill ask this, been offered several vans as part ex's recently but have always passed up on them as I'm not always 100% sure what to take on and what to look for in this market. Have always been interested in this market though but find some vans with over 200k are going off for more than those with 100k on the clock. same year and milage. 

    Most recent offer was a small 2011 peugeot bipper van 1.4 diesel, 115k, FHS, HPI clear, good condition, alloy wheel and roof rack been offered at £1300, completely clueless as to what its worth seeing very mixed prices on line. 

    thanks

  7. Posted

    52 minutes ago, s and b said:

    did you ask them how much owed

    are we talking a grand or grands

    they said they can't disclose any information regarding finances until the the spoken to the account holder

    IKR LOOOOOL

    46 minutes ago, andymc1973 said:

    are you training to be a pharmacist? Good Luck

    IKR LOOOOOL

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    Hi guys hope you can help, 

    basically February I brought a vehicle off a private seller put it on trade and got it up for sale, I’ve done the basic HPI check which was all cleared, however now a customer come to purchase it and they flagged up it’s got outstanding finance on the car, not sure exactly what to do, please any help will be appreciated 

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    I’ve had this quite a bit, I trade from home so only have limited stock, and when I get offers of nearly 2k less than asking price it is really discouraging and makes me stress that I’ve priced the vehicle wrongly and I’ll potentially take a huge loss on the car, it is really annoying, 

    or when the customer asks £1500 less than asking as two tyres are wearing low but still In legal limit, 

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    Thanks for getting back to guys, I have advertised myself on auto trader as a trade seller, wasn't aware that i needed to do that on eBay too. The S3 was more of a vehicle that i saw for the right price but also wanted to keep for a little while, never really sold a car for this much money before but now its time to sell the vehicle on. I knew the location wasnt the best so will be scouting for a better back drop this week and have new pictures up soon. whenever i do sell a vehicle i do say that i am a part time trader that trades from home. The price that i put the vehicle up for is fairly high but I'm not in a hurry to sell the vehicle either so can hold onto it. The tyres have been changed, and the way i described the vehicle is legit as honest as i could be its probably the most perfect condition vehicle i own consider my current car was brought from the showroom. ill change the back drop and also the wording for the modification. i am still under the tax barrier even though i am working part time too so won't need to look at registering a company etc just yet. 

    anything else i should look at?

    thanks for your feedback guys 

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    On 16/01/2018 at 0:40 PM, trade vet said:

    Hi Arslan

    You sound like a good guy.As the other guys say,just stick to what you are doing.I am pleased you are doing pharmacy,I expected  something like Robin Hood or Harry Potter studies.The bottom line is,the guys who do well in our job with car sales pitches now only net 1p in the pound.However a good pharmacist ,as I understand just has to create a new legal high and ............

    That is true, pharmacists do earn a fair bit but actually getting a job is difficult more than likely ill be working on a self employment basis, and the certain months are so dead that i would be free most days a week, other months will super busy. As for myself I'm still in uni and still got a few months to go before I'm graduated and I've still got a placement year too which i won't be earning a lot and selling cars really will help. 

    On 16/01/2018 at 2:47 PM, Mojo121 said:

    You're basically 'shotting' a few cars for a bit of cash here and there. If it's a few hundred quid a month you're after just carry on doing what you're doing. Truth is you'll probably not go back to it once you graduate, I wouldn't recommend you do anyway, there's far more money in drugs than cars... however, alot of money in cars is from drugs and alot of people who buy them are on drugs. Maybe there's more connections than I'd first thought :lol:

    Anyway, there's no silver bullet, just keep plugging away and ask on here if you get stuck with any nasties.

    yep thats actually true most of the people who come to buy cars are all drug dealers lool, but buying and selling cars has really helped me financially and also slowed me to get my hands on vehicles that i really wouldn't be able to buy normally. 

    Im not sure if i can post a link to an eBay listing on here for you guys to check to see if my ad is decent enough? 

    On 16/01/2018 at 5:44 PM, Arfur Dealy said:

    The thing with being a wheeler dealer and "buying and selling" is that it gets into your blood. Once you get the bug, you are always looking for a deal......

    its always been in my blood, I've been called a wheeler dealer since i was 13, 

     

     

  17. Posted

    8 minutes ago, Rory RSC said:

    As a student you would still be working on the side anyway unless your  from a loaded family so why not. 

     

    Hardest part of this job is buying unfortunately no easy answer Auctions ain't cheap until you buy a lot of volume. Even then not that cheap.

    I would go private if I had time on my hands, and I would not be a month between stocking cars there are plenty out there just need to think smart.

    With auction, I’ve got friends who got trade accounts with BCA and Manehim Which helps to reduce costs 

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    10 hours ago, MrC said:

    If you have the time trawl the classified adverts and try to buy some stock via private adverts.. Its always good to flop the cash out and hit them hard with a low ball offer!

    I’ve been doing this so far it’s just the issue of so many other people that are out there already offering next to nothing on any private car being sold, but I will stick to looking for cars and offering much less then asking price, 

     

    9 hours ago, Mojo121 said:

    Out of interest - what are you studying?

    I’m studying pharmacy and In my last year, and I’ve also got a part time job, 

     

    45 minutes ago, sparky said:

    Concentrate on your studies, this really isn't a job you can do properly part time.

    Thankfully I’ve always been doing something as well as studying since I was in school so can always have that good balance of studying and work,  I’m mainly doing this as a means of another income stream which is quite profitable, a few hundred quid a month defo does help me, 

     

     

  19. Posted

    Hi all, I found this site a few months back and have been ghosting on here, stalking threads and picking up loads of key information about the trade. Ive recently started trading myself started around may last year, brought my first car and then after a few months sold it. Ever since I've been buying vehicles, getting any work done, prepping them and then selling. Im 22 years old and a full time student at university and plan to continue doing this for as long as possible, I've always got one car in stock. My problem is now trying to get into a constant flow of selling, typically i would sell a car then would take me nearly a month just to source another. The type of cars also vary from standard corsa's to bmw 1 series and golfs etc. apart from the current car that i got in stock being a 2011 Audi s3.im trading from home and also got a really good cheap mechanic doing all the work for me. most the cars I've got from private buyers which is why I'm struggling to source vehicles as their hard to find. The first vehicle that i brought was from Aston Barclay and was a 2012 corsa 1.3 diesel but brought it in the dark blue colour which is a hard seller, guess i learnt the hard way, only making £150 profit, Otherwise i would normally get a £500-£700 profit. I've attended BCA auction centres but find that the cars sell for so much that there isn't any room at all to make any profit, most other traders told me to avoid Aston Barclay. just needed some advise that tailored to myself on how to improve my business. Any advise will be much appreciated

    thanks in advance