Mark101

If you're gagged, you're not exercising your right, you have no choice.

You could exercise your right to silence, that way they can only do the driver.....just saying. Not sure how that works if you are sat in the car though.

I agree unless the mileage is stupidly standout low, like 3,000 miles on a 5 year old car (I sold one like that) but if it is 20k instead of 40k, I completely agree. Again, I agree but we are selling cars and customers just see mileage. Give me a 100k motorway vs. a 50k town car (to own) any day but not to sell.

I would say that these small cars often only do a few thousand per year which must pull avaerages right down.

Wrong! It will be the driver AND the vehicle owner for allowing that person to drive without insurance.

It says that and has done for a while on my browser.

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Mine are all loaded directly from Car Dealer 5 with no intevention by me - cost is £25 per month. Ring Facebook and ask them to set it up for you.

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I ONLY allow transported. I do not trust drivers not to thrash a car to within an inch of their lives. How do I know? I was a valeter at Pendragon Nissan/Isuzu and Subaru when I was 18-20 and admit that none of us respected someone's new car (brand new). Now I have grown up, I hate my former self for treating people's things in a manner that showed no respect. This was 1993 and the Subaru Legacy was my favourite car, the DP used to let me take it when I was sent to tax cars/bank runs etc. That same year, the Impreza came out too. Off topic: Funny how 200hp was such a benchmark figure back then.

Personally, this screams as a private sale end of story but...... Just to play Devil's Advocate (again); Could you been seen in court as a motor trader? What do I mean? You took that car as payment for a building job, or in lieu of cash payment and had no intention of keeping the car and therefore (in a round about way, like us taking a PX) were looking to profit from the proceeds of the sale, maybe (arguably) make more than the building work was worth? You could be seen to be trading a car.... Same as if I took a piece of land in PX against a car I suppose (I have taken some strange things in chop before). Anyway, you have had a taste of what us Dealers go through on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and I would appreciate you telling all your friends in the pub who say dealers make a fortune and are all dodgy some home truths and that we work bloody hard to do the right thing by people whilst keeping a roof over our heads (that we will pay a builder to repair ) Good luck.

Memories: BCA Tewkesbury. I always remember the auctioneer waving the envelope and saying "The all important red key is here." My Scooter has a similar thing (Italian).

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Correct but unless everyone cancelled on a set day (herding cats), it would be staggered and the effect would be softened.

The problem is, unless everyone or a large proportion do, nothing will work. Plus, most are on contracts whereby we have to serve 1 months clear notice. I also think even if everyone on this forum left, it would be a drop in their ocean. 70% margin, they could live with just the main dealers and supermarkets.

I often wonder, take CD5 for example who do an excellent job, why someone doesn't just replicate what they do. I am no IT boff but how hard can it be? Go to my website and you have similar search filters to AT albeit on a much smaller scale. Spend some money pushing that to the public and you're away. What is it they do (other than the brand) that no-one else seems able to replicate. I know I am probably being niave but surely it is just a much larger version of any one of our websites. Drive enough traffic to it and cars will sell. Could you imagine how much you could earn if for example you charged £10 per slot per month on a minimum 20 car package and how happy dealers would be to send you their £££'s. I still cannot believe how they get away with it but with people supporting them (myself included), we only have pourselves to blame.

I doubt there is much saving at all when bringing work in-house. Factor wages, consumables, insurances etc etc etc etc. The main advantage is time saved but 78% hmmmmmm, didn't know Harrods did valeting.

Someone has bought a car they cannot really afford so they have had to buy a whacker. They have taken delivery of the car and the reality of owning one doesn't live up to the pedestal that the car has been placed on in his dreams - the thrill has now gone. Never meet your heroes springs to mind. What Beemer was it (I am guessing M4 Coupe)

I agree with Mark and I am soft as shit. Mind you that must have been a whack to CAT S a 19 plater with no miles - you’re braver than me.

Mine was on a £4K V50 which 7 months in he tried to back because it required an air con compressor. Never contacted me, went straight to CB whom backed me. Apparently, the fault had been there since day 1 but he didn’t notice (even through the heatwave summer) and never made any contact, despite me having done one warranty repair after 1 month without quibble (genuine fault with DPF) - strange.

I ddi one with Close to someone just over 70 (from memory).

Well - eating my hat. Golf buyer turned up just as I was pulling the shutter down, quick look and dipper left - colecting next week. Oh and bonus. My valeter bought the shitter of a X-Type Jag 4x4 for cost (which I am more than happy with). That makes 6 confirmed sales.