Nick M.K.

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  1. I can't see that. I went to Blackbushe on Monday. Was dropped off there by 11:00 (30 min drive). Bought 5, all very nice stock at very sensible prices. My last invoice was emailed around 13:20 so I was bidding in the halls for no more than 2 hours. By 4pm the first car I came back in (the black Volvo I texted you a video of) was washed, cleaned, photographed, video'd and ready for advert. I am just finishing the advert for No 3 of the 5, the last two I will get early next week.
  2. I sent mine very late in December when I saw I post by David reminding me. I had completely forgotten:-) Should get them by April.
  3. I’ve never even looked at Dealer Auction. Is it fun?
  4. MOT garages get randomly inspected by DVSA and there are certain statistics about their pass rate. A garage stands out with a pass rate too high or too low or if no advisory items are issued. The owner of a garage I use will often fail his own car (brake discs for example) just before he replaces them anyway. That is the probably the best maintained Cayenne with a fail on each of it's MOTs since 2015. Newer and eager testers will slap on advisory items even for minor things or every plastic cover that the car has :-)
  5. Hi, welcome, thanks for the intro. If one of my NI customers (they are all around Ballymena) needs recovery I will keep you in mind. If that’s near your area of course!
  6. When the economy tanks (even more) you mean? Because it already has a fair bit. We’ll be fiiiiiine. Always have, always will be. At least that’s the narrative I’ve been reading.
  7. I love having it around. If it sells it will break my heart.
  8. Approx 50 advert views per day on the listing under Black Edition (with marker Great Price) 30 views per day for the other listing that just says S-Line (no marker but would be Above Market). 2 emails in several days, both for the S-Line listing. Go figure.
  9. As they say in the movies: Lost me with "2007 Mini Cooper" Full refund + £300 compensation for the customer's trouble + £15 for a replacement dipstick.
  10. I meant maybe a real company name or a location or even just "Hi, my name is Daniel (for example) a dealer from the Midlands and I have a small problem with a customer that I would love some help with..." Even that would've been enough.
  11. Hi, before the other boys and girls chip in would you mind adding a couple of words to introduce yourself and your business first.
  12. Yes there is: the lower the price paid, the higher the age and mileage, the higher the expectations :-)
  13. Markov. Only pre WWII Bulgarian immigrants spell their surname with two ff-s. For years I worked in Southwark and often crossed Waterloo Bridge where he was killed with the umbrella. If you had such a special umbrella who would you love to point it at?
  14. Billions? Banks have already moved 800 billion worth of assets to Germany, when you count everything, when the music stops if will cost trillions. Will only take us 15-20 years to make it back. I’ll be 60 by then.
  15. I couldn’t vote because of the voting rules but would of course have voted to stay. Looks like not only there will be no deal, there will probably be no Brexit at all. Good riddance!
  16. Why would you pay UK running costs for a UK based business and limit yourself to the small market that is Cyprus. The UK has a huge population in a reasonably small area which makes a nationwide business very viable and easy to run. Why throw all that opportunity away and focus on Cypus??
  17. A used car with many optional extras that costs a little more than a used car with few or no extras is not overpriced. If anything it's a tremendous bargain as the options depreciate faster than the car itself! 50% of buyers don't know this, it's the other 50% that I want to get to.
  18. Absolutely. Buyer would expect as new. Seller would expect as is :-)
  19. A part or component or consumable which is not new but still does it’s intended job safely enough even though it may be near the end of it’s life. Dirty but usable air filter 2.5mm tyre thread depth exhaust with surface corossion but not punctured 3mm left on brake pads disc lipping almost to minimum disc thickness crackling from radio speakers etc etc
  20. And just as we are typing I got an email lead! Emailed him the number back and he called!!! Shame that 1) The red car was sold and he is not interested in almost identical black one that I just bought 2) Wanted an automatic and mine both were manual. Didn't see the ad properly. Lead submission from CarGurusContact: First name: alan Surname: crane Email: enquiry_43vwqbh9f@anon.cargurus.com Telephone: (XXXX) XXXXXXX
  21. I have 7 on this plan at the moment out of 16 in stock. Usually I have 4 or 5 but of higher value.