Nick M.K.

I am no expert in aircraft production but I know how to pull a few figures quickly. I have attached them here, hope the formatting is right. The collapsing sales Airbus has a current order book (as in SOLD, all time) of 18812 aircraft of which 11397 have been made and delivered. This leaves around 7415 to still be manufactured (a small number of these orders will be cancelled or converted but they grow by hundreds in a year). Why would the good people of Airbus be anything other than very proud of this and need to "hide behind votes"... By Model A220-100 A220-300 A318 A319ceo A319neo A320ceo A320neo A321ceo A321neo A300 A310 A330-200 A330-200F A330-300 A330-800 A330-900 A340-200/300 A340-500/600 A350-900 A350-1000 A380 TOTAL Orders 123 279 80 1489 56 4770 4101 1800 1985 561 255 662 42 787 224 246 131 722 168 331 18812 Deliveries 8 34 80 1470 4652 356 1687 78 561 255 630 38 749 246 131 188 5 229 11397 In Operation 8 34 67 1443 4345 356 1665 78 237 75 615 38 728 134 130 188 5 229 10375

The return of Benji (bless him!) reminded me of my younger years in the trade and my mechanic that I've known for almost 15 years reminded me how little I knew then (he was the one that in 2004 explained to me the difference between a brake pad, a brake shoe, a brake calliper and a brake disc). I don't think it was until 2013-2014 that I really knew what I was doing although I have some doubts even to this day :-)

A chain is a chain isn't it... One single link breaks and the engine grinds to a halt. I am glad I am not employed in manufacturing or to supply a manufacturer or to provide them with services. What I will agree with is that for dealers in Wales in the North East buying cheap stock should become easier when owners begin selling en masse to stop the monthly payments. A Nationwide sales model with video, advance deposits and free delivery should ensure they have someone to sell that stock to.

See. They sold it before they even had a chance to pitch it. In fairness this is something that someone like ClickDealer or CAP HPI should have as an option to their packages.

Can I tell the OP what product I'd like PLEASE: An app for my phone & ipad, you point the camera at the car, it reads the reg number and pre-populates a PDI check sheet on my screen. The correct vehicle info goes on top with VIN, Engine number, Reg number, Date of first reg. Then some of the check boxes disappear from the PDI form such as Convertible roof, Clutch, Glow plug operation, Tailgate operation etc (on a petrol automatic saloon for example) and all I have to do is the checks and tick the boxes on my screen. Then I want to be able to send it to my printer, save the file in PDF form and also the possibility of the customer signing it on the device screen also. Would be nice if the app automatically pulls up the correct tyre sizes and tyre pressures for the model and a list with oil/fluid specs and capacities (Shell UK have a very nice database that works off VRM) Bonus points for the app storing a video and image files with each PDI. Bonus points for the app pulling the latest MOT information and including the advisory items in a notes section at the bottom of the check sheet. Bonus points for the app doing a vehicle recall check and giving me the OPTION to press a button and No outstanding recalls to be printed at the bottom of my PDI form.

50 mile test drive back from BCA - £10 (this also covers the delivery) New MOT - £35 As full as possible diagnostic scan on all major modules - Free (the scanner cost ££££ though) Ramp inspection with undertrays off at the garage while they are waiting for the engine oil to drain - Free (although the oil change labour is paid) Paint inspection with a paint depth gauge (just kidding) Wheels off inspection in the company that refurbishes our alloys - also Free. Lawgistics PDI inspection sheet and an hour of my time to go through everything: Priceless So £45 but in reality it's free among the dozen or so other jobs that get done.

Same here. No problem for years. Then an idiot recalled a payment, my bank returned it to him, I was way out of pocket and stopped taking them. Sorry, we don't take credit cards sir. Let me submit your details to our finance company and hopefully they are in a position to help...

As boring dave says the fact that you are doing it on a Credit Card already opens you up to Section 75 (Customer can recall the payment within 120 days and the card issuer automatically refunds them the money). I would refuse taking a credit card in 90% of cases with only a few exceptions (friends, repeat customers, people that barely speak English or Remain voters that are proud of their vote)

They call them PowerShit. Horrible boxes.

In a no deal (or a bad deal which now seems more likely) Brexit said 3 companies will definitely go. Their "just on time" manufacturing model will simply not work with the increased road travel times and customs checks. Plus, why make something for an export market that will have tariffs slapped on it. Wales (Airbus) and the North East (Renault / Nissan) voting leave made no sense to me at the time. It makes a lot less sense now. Sad story really. Everything WAS going so well.

Do you mean that you don't put a new set of the manufacturer's specified tyres on each car that you sell?

Agree with Arfur above plus we don't have to sell the cars with absolutely everything they came with when they were brand new. One key is OK as is a missing spanner or a handbook or a screwdriver or a first aid kit or the pair of white cotton gloves. Some dealers even take stuff off their stock to sell individually. If your advert shows a photo of the boot with no parcel shelf it's OK for it to be missing. If the punter wants it badly offer to supply them one for a hundred quid or if they are about to walk because a parcel shelf is an absolute must, write in the invoice that you will supply a used one at no cost to them.

Not at the end of my days. Shit cars have shit margins. Better cars have better margins. Some cars have HUGE HEALTHY JUICY margins. AND when you sell them on finance you get £££ added on top. Rowland, I think he meant that the profit margin is always £500 (not the same %) but in one case £500 investment is tied up, in the other £4500 is tied up.

Another lesson learnt (without a penny earned).

"Now that you are at a different location your premium actually came £110 cheaper. Cheque is in the post."

Didn't improve in the US (far from it), won't improve one bit here.

Autoglym FastGlass to use on clean bodywork (not only glass) for a quick pre-viewing shine. Autoglym Fabric Hood cleaner to use on bodywork (or hoods) where birds have shat big time.

Every car that you have in stock is there to bring you profit. If your finance company will pay £800 commission on a £12K car why give that away to a punter with "own finance". Just switch the own finance punter to YOUR finance. You'll probably save them money in the process and you'll only be doing 10 more minutes of additional work. This is the reason the likes of Big Motoring World have a huge admin fee (£400ish) for "own finance" customers

I am with Mr Horgan on this. Deal directly with two three decent lenders, better for the dealer, for the customer and certainly for the bottom line.

Yes, I remembered now. In fairness they all look the same to me. Back to the topic. A 9 year old Korean coffin dodger will have plenty of surface rust on the underside and even inside the engine bay so if your MOT tester is happy with it that it is not structural you don't have to worry about it or go back to the vendor.

Are you kidding? Coffin dodger... you didn't want anything to do with the blue one you got in p/x... You sold it, were surprised by this and went and bought exactly the same model unseen. Ooops.

There are plenty of newbies on here Benji. No one even comes close to comparing with you.

There was. No rust was mentioned. Because the car was too old AB said to Benji that their reporting system doesn't report rust on vehicles so old. In Benji's own words: "tough s**t dickead serves you right for buying online"

Can you imagine if this was true :-) One of the largest brokers in the country operating without their own license. They have one of course...

IMO being key here. IOPO (in other people's opinion) some questions were not sensible :-) Rory's this isn't a newbie, this is Benji. He's BACK