Nick M.K.

Sounds almost like going on a summer holiday to the Med in February. I wish you every success though.

It checks against the last VOSA mileage entry only. It specifically looks for misleading ads where the mileage is rounded down on purpose, say 80000 instead of 86520. IF the entry is in kilometres for example the ad will still get rejected but a phonecall to their "misleading ads team" should sort it.

Autotrader have finally implemented a system which checks your advertised mileage against the online MOT data for that vehicle reg. One to watch out for, especially when the reg number you use (if you ever do that) is from another similar vehicle which has higher miles. They don't email you the reason, don't tell you, the advert just gets rejected...

Nice deal this. No wonder everyone says that buying stock nowadays isn’t as easy :-)

No. I called David on his mobile, asked him how much he needs for it to be happy out of this deal and will pay him the agreed amount by transfer tomorrow. No chipping.

No. But I had two £100 deposits that people didn’t turn up after leaving them. Time saved. Can I not answer the other questions you raised? Every time you enter one of these keyboard wars on this forum (roughly twice a week for you with all the time you “save”) I get worried about your blood pressure.

Not a saloon though. It’s the 3dr hatchback

Sorry, just agreed a deal with David over the phone. The Volvo is coming home with me... Will this be the first car sold after a brief mention on this forum?

Let me have that petrol Volvo David, should fly out in Greater London.

Like 4-5 grand instead of £12K?

If it looks ok and has decent spec it’s £1000.

So what is the point of asking for a deposit? Just mark the car as sold, remove ad, remove video, lose the opportunity to find another buyer until the first customer turns up. If they don’t like the car thry get deposit back anyway... Deposit should be about MUTUAL commitment. They commit to your car. You keep it for them. Wife didn’t like it? No problem, no hard feelings, no need to go ahead with your purchase and those £100 will just about cover the delay in selling the car and the extra admin work...

Do it at Nissan as the car is under warranty. Any major problems they find will be fixed and the manufacturer will pay. £149 is a small price to pay under those circumstances. I would also advise you to NOT start in used car sales with newish high value electric cars. Buy 4 Micras instead.

This is one of the two scenarios when my refundable holding deposit will NOT be refunded. The more common one is when they don't call or don't turn up!

There is more money in part exes than in retail cars that cost + £300 auction fee and +£150 delivery. You have NO competition when you are buying a p/x...

The odds are 50:50. It's either the same car or it's not. Some punters have been known to turn up in a different vehicle for the "appraisal" hoping that the dealer will miss the age / mileage / spec / condition difference and will fall for the old "it was on a private plate" scenario :-)

It WAS too cheap if sold within days in DEC :-)

You are very likely to fail that test without a couple of hours with an instructor. I am 90% sure I will fail it even in an Auto.

People no longer want to leave. They already see the damage especially in the South East. Rioting? Have you sen the news? Rioting in France due to poor standard of living. That poor standard is on the way here if Brexit happens as “advertised”. Tbh their adverts were misleding, the product was misdescribed, not fit for purpose and not of satisfactory quality. And there should be some right to reject, surely!

In 2017 I went on a long summer holiday (3 separate trips) and in between two of them a chap called me from Bristol. Wanted my 2006 SLK350 and had a 2002 Z3 2.2i (straight 6 but nothing special) in chop. Wanted £4K for it and I told him no way, Cap said something like £2500. I went away on my travels. A month later in September he called again, the Merc was still there and he was interested in coming to see it. He came, loved it, his BMW looked very nice, I gave him £2400 for it and sent him happily. Thought of selling for £4K but had several other cars waiting and a ton of things to do so parked it in my "overflow" yard, right at the back. By end of November it had gone quiet and the time came for the cheapie BMW Z3. Looking at prices there was nothing comparable under £6K and being the middle of the winter I priced it at £7389 almost certain it will be several weeks before I got any interest. The phones started ringing almost immediately, on 27 December I had sold it for the full asking.

The code for that is "De NoX Catalytic converter sulphurized" You need at least 30 mins driving at minimum 50 mph and at least 1/2 tank of petrol. People drive the cars on fumes and in the city all the time so that catalyst never gets a chance to clean itself. the at least 1/2 full tank of petrol part is important, the cat will not self-regen if the tank sender unit shows less than half-full.

Great topic this, memorable part exes, I’ll start a new thread on this...

The best, the bad or the ugly, the one you made the most on or maybe lost the most on?

After this last post: £1750.

£695 you meant? Petrol auto. In London petrol auto NOW is worth way more than diesel.