EPV

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  1. Ah yeah, can you imagine it? "The instructor said he'd never seen anyone handle an SLS as well as I did that day and by all accounts he shared a lift once with the stig, so he should know"
  2. Can you imagine this, a bunch of car dealers go karting. The levels of testosterone would be unprecedented. Like bumper car drivers on crack, all trying to out do each other. I'd rather put my plums in a vice.
  3. You're clearly not a member of enough forums. All people have done is moan to AT, in fact Chris Penny (brand director dontchaknow) hosted something of a Q&A session on a particular FB forum. To be fair, he took a raft of shit and answered the questions as best he could. The net result of all the moaning? Fuck all. Either play the AT game or advertise elsewhere. It will always be that way.
  4. Have you ran water through the scuttle drains to be sure they are clear and water is running through?
  5. There's no such thing as an "Official Dealer" you're either selling a car privately or you're selling a car that's in the trade. One makes you a private seller the other makes you a trader. The term trader implies you are a professional car dealer, large or small. There isn't a license or certificate that makes you a dealer and we don't all swear allegiance to the car dealer fairies at the start of each day.
  6. You can’t SORN a car that’s in the trade. It’s effectively without tax at that point. If you have been paying tax via DD then cancel the DD. If you paid either 6 months or 12 months then kiss goodbye to it.
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    Fuck me, @Rory RSC is this another one of your nutters? Sounds very similar to your M Sport bodykit freak
  8. We’ve got one of those in the secret room
  9. Christ yeah, that's an owner, salesman, full time valeter and a driver right there.
  10. https://rover.ebay.co.uk/rover/0/0/99?loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fp%2F23029962185%3Fiid%3D293282680441
  11. No. The COMAND doesn’t relate to Bluetooth. The Bluetooth module looks like a large computer mouse, about 8 inches long and 4 inches wide. Reminds me of my old chap. Anyway, if you don’t have that you don’t have Bluetooth. As for what to do thereafter, I can’t help i’m afraid. But it seems others might be able to.
  12. I think the fear of someone returning a car to a finance company for no valid reason is misplaced. Yes, people reject cars and yes they involve the finance company. But lenders are only too aware of the CRA and don't just bend over when someone complains that a tyre has blown of a set of pads need replacing. If you're happy to sell a car and stand by it under the law (as I'm sure we all are) then selling it on finance doesn't make any difference.
  13. If it’s got the Bluetooth handset under the armrest then it has Bluetooth. There should be a separate instruction booklet with the car. I’ll dig out the one I have for my CLS, PM me an email address and i’ll send over a photo of it. If it transpires it doesn’t have it, offer him £75 off to go halves on a parrot kit.
  14. Yeah but only cos you paid for an award etc etc. OP, if you only need to buy a few a month, buy privately or off other traders. When you need to buy 8+ a month, you’ll need the convenience and volume that auctions have.
  15. I’d say you’d get more finance props at that price point than the £7-£10k range. MOT failures, first time buyers, additional family cars etc. Blue Motor Finance are good, they have tiers, from prime down to hopeless. Get a broker for the declines.
  16. Yes mate, sadly there are no codes on VAGCOM. Pretty sure it’s clutch pack.
  17. I’ve got a Q5 s tronic sitting in the corner of my place. Sitting being the operative word. Going nowhere. I think i’ve got to retail my way out of the gearbox issues but it’s £2500. There’s also a small chance that i’ll need a mechatronic unit if the strip down and new clutch packs don’t do the trick.
  18. Sorry mate but a little “high price” marker on your advert won’t stop people buying a car like that. Very rare to have that sort of spec on a 1 series and people who want that sort of a car will either pay for it, or won’t. A little sticker on your advert won’t make a blind bit of difference.
  19. They are my estimates of supplied and fitted prices by a garage my friend. As the OP requested.
  20. Mate if you can get a mechanic to not only do all that in on day, without a ramp, for £20 an hour, you’re the envy of many I suspect. I don’t know where you’re based but assuming it’s not very north that is about right. Especially for a local rural garage with overheads etc.
  21. Have you been drinking? £240 belt £270 shocks £200 brakes £150 service, PDI and ticket Give or take £100. Heavily location dependent of course.