Nick M.K.

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.

It’s not for nothing. It’s for many years of experience...

Sold a £22K Merc ML350 on finance yesterday, took a deposit on a £13K Mini Convertible today and if I do two more juicy deals until the end of the year I will be happy. Away between 17th and 28th Dec so not a lot of working days left.

Bedford? They built a brand new facility right opposite the entrance to the car park nut the caravan park I think is still over the main road.

In the last year I’ve earned almost as much from my p/exes as from the retail stock. Buying them very cheap helps but I also got very lucky with some superb diesels that panicked London owners wanted out of for little money and bought EVs or hybrids. Loving the London ULEZ.

“Because if is a very desirable model end everyone wants to own this little slice of German history. They also wanted to give someone else the opportunity to enjoy it so didn’t keep it for many years” :-)

Not to some. When we were in New York earlier this year they had banners in many windows "Not my president". Still haven't warmed to him.

Trump could offend more people in the 30 seconds it takes for snow-foam to be applied...

I think on this occasion Simon could be persuaded to take an even smaller deposit if the customer can prove “they’ve always lusted after a nearly-classic Merc” :-)

Simon’s customers travel from anywhere. Plus Exeter is a good location for Mercs.

People don’t want too cheap. Sometimes the higher price gives them reassurance. With free AT stock and such a cheap car you MUST try it at the higher price. Extra £500 on a car like this is a great result. An absolute bargain at only £14.95 per previous owner. £149.95 per previous owner

£1499 Autotrader freebie. The only problem I see is the mileage (low for year) and the high number of owners which will of course make people doubt the miles. But look at it... modern classic :-)

+1. Bedford is my favourite closely followed by Perry Barr. Although 90% of my auction is done at Blackbushe. The volumes and price variations there are unbelievable.

Small world. Mine too (aged 69). Condolences. Ironically I inherited his car that I had bought as a gift for him in 2009. A 2003 Passat TDI in "Fresco Green". Probably because of that colour I picked it up really cheap. We drove it to Bulgaria together. As soon as we entered Germany late in the evening the alternator belt broke. We got off the autobahn in Aachen and parked it right outside the local VW dealership. Stayed the night in a very nice hotel, everything was paid by the AA under my European breakdown policy, VW fixed it the next morning just after breakfast. 140 Euros and the AA reimbursed me almost everything. I have that long road trip as a very good memory. The car still goes strong in BG, I use it on my ski trips.

My best November ever. All expensive cars. Mostly diesels (and I am just outside of London). Some people do spend.

10 of those are mine. A customer called in the morning on a very low mileage ML350. He was in a huge rush to get here although my advert only went live 2 days ago. He said that so many of my adverts were marked "Thank you, now sold" that he wanted to make sure he arrives early for the ML. Bought it on finance, very decent deal to start December with.

I hadn’t even thought about it until I read this thread, will send it next week and come March I will definitely be legal to use the plates. Not that in 14 years of trading I have ever displayed them correctly.