Nick M.K.

Well said. A cambelt replacement is usually the same £250 on a £2,000 old car or on a newer £20,000 car with a much better margin. You can not trade effectively and profitably if your prep is uniform and "regardless of cost".

Yes, sure. I'll definitely be there. Missed last year because of the location but Farnborough is perfect for me.

Rocker cover gasket or sump gasket on the 4 pot, oil filter housing gasket on the 325.

4 days of skiing. Nothing broken but had an epic fall. More humiliating than painful. 4 sales between 5-7 Feb. Went away again on the 7th and took one more deposit by transfer. Flying back tonight and the handover is tomorrow so fingers crossed.

Couldn’t make it to a year :-) i have an Audi since 23 Sept. every time I go away someone wants to come and buy it THAT DAY! No more trips for two months so I can see the back of it!

Yes, absolutely. Central system.

It's not BCA. People have stopped passing on invoices when they sell / part exchange. Digital and Online service histories are putting an end to all of that. If I get a book with multiple stamps from the same dealer I will ring them to verify that they have indeed seen that vehicle and done the work but I won't require copies of the invoices. If a customer wants to double check (as in IF THEY DON'T TRUST ME) they will be invited to ring that dealership themselves at some point between leaving their deposit and collecting the car. If a customer wants copies of service book in WhatsApps or emails before having left me a holding deposit I will usually NOT give out that information.

I agree. Since monthly DD came about selling them is not a huge problem. It’s great to have a car registered just before 23/3/2006 though, the first reg date when £500+ tax can be applied to a car. You put half price road tax all over the advert :-)

Around 10% of the vehicle value per claim. Typically between £700 and £1500.

WBAC don’t need profit on the unit. if they get back what they paid and parent company BCA gets their £300ish buyers fee and they can do that several thousand times in a day it’s a great business model. But WBAC often makes huge profit on the metal also. The beauty of auctions I guess :-)))

Warranty is over & above the consumer rights. Consumer rights only protect the buyer for faults present at the point if sale. Warranty will also cover NEW faults up to a specified period or mileage limit. Give them a £5 warranty, you will not be much more exposed if you do. CCC, pm me your address and I will send you a blank booklet. Have a drink on me instead of sending me that fiver :-)

Is VEMO OE? i always thought they were a budget brand of ECP...

I agree. The only way my comment could be scarier is if it was read in the dark.

Horrible boxes these...

The injector that sprays the fluid might be at fault.

Is there a fluid injector in that car that injects eolys fluid to aid DPF burn?

I didn’t know this. Being on a package since 2011 I guess it’s been a while since I last posted PAYG. When I first got a 5+2 package I was so relieved I no longer had to buy exactly the same car to re-use a pre paid PAYG slot :-)))

I applied WEEKS after that when I read on this forum that you had applied a while ago :-)

Out of all the hundreds and sometimes thousands (not often!) of pounds I spend on each car these £5 are by far my best investment in customer satisfaction, customer service, legal cover for the customer AND importantly legal cover for me.

All warranty companies will refuse most claims so all of them pick up bad reputation over time.

I don't know what a basic trade advert is but on my package (it's not premium) I have 2100 Characters. Are you ads pay as you go?

Well if the demand is so high put the price up and MAKE IT more profitable! Steal market share from another manufacturer... 8 units per year allocation, this is not very helpful for their dealer network.

Renewal arrived today, cheque not cashed.

Only 8 for the whole year? Why are Suzuki so tight with the availability. If you had a Ferrari franchise you'd have higher numbers allocated.

Could it possibly be the best £500?