Nick M.K.

Fuel receipts are one thing. It's like screenwash liquid or engine oil or tyre shine. Something that we put in/on the stock cars for sale and something we claim the VAT on. Mileage allowance is to allow for the business use of your personal car and your personal fuel (that you don't claim the vat on).

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That's the saddest part of my job, what should seem like common sense turns out to be extremely hard for some people...

When they closed them they enabled the Post Office system to do a lot more than before. You can do virtually anything at a post office these days if unable to do it online.

The Mot station gets £30 and their aim is to pass you. The RAC gets almost 10 times that and the aim is to find stuff wrong so the customer pays again the next time. It’s not the same test, not the same process. Until RAC start using diagnostic equipment (they still don’t!) I tell the buyers that that inspection has limited value and to save their hard-earned.

Yep, Aston Lark, I've always dealt with Jem Emirali, he is very clued up, call him a call directly, you can say that Nick from ND Trading gave you the number: 07775 023559

Give MB in Glasgow or Edinburgh a call, give them Mel's maiden name and address and use reg number KR60DZD to quote for that service.

Absolutely as above, agree to the report on the understanding that the car may sell in the meantime. You have nothing to lose from this point onwards.

Contact me even before that as approval these days only takes 3-4 weeks.

Credit card clawback is very nasty indeed because the money leaves your current account before you even know there is any problem. If your cars are cheap and you always have surplus £ in the account (or overdraft) it's no big deal but if you sell a £15K car and one morning you notice that £15K taken out of your account the very next thing you'll do is amend your advert text regarding credit card payments. That's the reason most car supermarkets don't take credit cards. And the need to sell car finance of course which you'll have soon enough.

Oh, I had one last year, the manifold from MB was cheap I thought (£350ish?), parts guy said they had 4 on the shelf...

Errrrr, Sorry, No. When this iPhone generation grows up a bit to have their own money on their Apple Pay and they want to pay "contactless" for everything, when haggling stops being the norm (which it will, soon) we can all forget cash. Which is fine by me. I dislike it anyway.

It's the busiest November I remember. I can't get them IN fast enough.

I take as little as £100 on a card and even that is enough to secure the deal and to get the buyer into this "have bought it!" mindset. Card machine is a must to get those impulse buyers that call first and think later (I am one of them by the way)

I've always thought NO but I've had 2 instances in the last 3 years where it did! Months later! First was a MINI that I advertised on behalf of our bodyshop. They had done repairs to it, it was HPI Clear. Luckily for me I had several cars and the MINI had to wait over a month before I advertised it, then it had no interest for a couple of months. I did a new check mainly to get the new CAP values and it popped Cat D! The date of the write off was some 7 months before. It slipped through the net they said and the marker remained. Advertised as cat D it sold for £2K almost instantly and the advert price for the HPI Clear car was £2750 with no calls. Go figure. The other was really unlucky for me. It was a stolen-recovered 2007 BMW 330 part ex and I was keen to get that marker off (which I have done before on other cars). HPI did remove that marker but instead the insurance company applied a CAT C marker! When HPI contacted them they went through the records, saw that they'd paid out for damages during that theft and slapped a CAT C on. I was absolutely livid. Sold it with no loss but had I not tried to remove "stolen-recovered" the car would be worth two-three grand more.

Yes you sign up with HPI and it works straight from their online portal. It costs £15 for 5 days fully comp Aviva cover and the customer pays that with a card just before they drive off. The dealer sign-up is free.

Rory gets my vote for "Dealer's dealer" if someone here counts.

Yes around a grand, not much more. I need one does all machine and ideally Xentry and VCDS for the Mercs and VAG. My Snap On is the entry level Ethos+, the best £900 or so I spent in 2013. Still worth a few quid "lightly" used. It amazes me how limited it is compared to Autologic or the dealer level software. But has served well.

How does it cause problems??? I am an Eastern European with a UK licence since 2003. All of MY Eastern European customers have been here many years and have a UK licence. It is easy to swap and being the EU (still) you can drive everywhere in Europe without any problems. After Brexit I guess we will keep our UK licenses and will get our own re-issued from our countries so we can continue driving in the EU without problems. Points on these licences? Let Theresa May worry about that for now. It doesn't sound brutal but it sounds different from "I’m more than happy for customers to sort insurance & RFL at my place" which does sound better and is the norm. Not legally speaking but in "best practice" terms.

You scan it with the tool, you paste the fault text (not just a code) in Google and voila: all the knowledge in the world at your fingertips. Diagnostics is far more than that of course and you'll learn as you go but a good own tool and a good garage as a back up option makes life a lot easier.

There is a much higher level Autel for around £450. Was mentioned in a recent thread. My Snap On is getting old and I think I'll replace it with a Launch this time.

Off topic again but apart from Roman Abramovich and Vichai (RIP) was there ever a football club owner that the fans were happy with and didn't hate?

No, that's before, during the test drive

A combination of things really but I sold an identical one (sold in 12 days), then bought this at a much lower price but couldn't exactly advertise it 2 grand cheaper - my other buyer wouldn't be best pleased :-) Then a number of them hit the market around April - May by which time mine seemed lower spec than some. Last month I repainted the alloy wheels black and the look of the car was completely transformed, the phones started ringing. Went to Jersey to the customer that wanted it ex-VAT as per my other thread. If you do decide to buy one call me so I can talk you through the optimum spec and aim at 35-60K miles rather than lower as they seem better value and sell faster. I've sold 7 this year, one of them twice after I bought it back a few months later. Eclectic mix of people buy these :-) Well done James and Rory for his "Dealer's dealer" nomination.

Most people in their mid 20s will be much better looking than us and sometimes it's all about appearances in this business. Welcome to the forum and best of luck to both of you.