Andy Entwistle

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    Its entirely up to you how you do this. Some people wear the fancy dress all the way through, but some just on arrival. The same for fundraising, some raise extra funds for the event and some just raise the funds through the sale of the vehicle at the end,

     

    The most important thing is, to enjoy it, there is no right or wrong way of doing it. There will be plenty there who will be along for the first time and everyone will make you feel very welcome !

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    The countdown is well and truly on to this years Used Car Awards, which are taking place in Central London on the 1st December.
     
    We are really pleased with the buzz that the Used Car Awards are creating and as some of the people on this forum will attest, its a great evening and a great way to get some industry recognition for all the hard work you or your team put in....
     
    But, if you don't nominate then you won't know !
     
    Its quick and easy to nominate either yourself, a member of your team or a fellow dealer who goes above and beyond. Its a great way to recognise the good in our industry and we are pleased that so many dealers, manufacturers and suppliers have got behind this event is such a big way
     
    Below is the link to our nominations form for the 2014 awards, which closes in less than a month. 
     
     
    We think its vitally important for everyone associated with the business to recognise stand out performers and would encourage you all to give just a few minutes to nominate those who you think deserve some extra credit.
     
    Although obviously not everyone who nominates can win, we do create a shortlist for each category along with 2 highly commended places. Just to be nominated is often a huge morale booster for the people and last years highly commended and winners have used these awards for some great local PR this year
     
    More details on the event can be found here
     
     
    If you get a few minutes, please take the time to nominate, even if you don’t complete the full nomination form, the one category you do complete might just win it.
     
    I would be happy to help take anyone through the nominations process, or how the selection, shortlist and eventually judging works.
     
    Andy

     

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    In a previous life, we used to trade ex rentals for a certain rental company to trade as an intermediary.

     

    The issues to be aware of / questions to ask.

     

    Are you buying a car that is physically available? - Some will pre market these cars as they are due off rental, the problem with that being the car does;t always turn up when expected ( renter keeps it) and is often not quite as expected as it may have damage they don't know

     

    Check the service stamps - with more being kept on fleet longer, many sail past their service due date.

     

    Look carefully at the grading policy - The biggest issue we had was a disparity between the rental company view on a car and the dealer, particularly if you are a manufacturer franchise, Most BMW dealers for example would expect a car to come in needing a quick shammy ( unreasonable in my view) if it was a top quality, whereas the rental company class a would still often need some work.... I saw many of these disputed cars, i'd say in 70% of the cases i thought the dealer was unreasonable, but in 30%, the car was not as described, so make sure you have comeback on this - ideally see em first 

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    Being the DVLA, the tax classification and the owner classification are two things... So for its ownership status its either, In trade or with a keeper. But for its tax status its either taxed, not taxed or SORN.

     

    Once the new system is in place all "in trade" cars will ( or should) be classified as "SORN" base don the previous owner saying its sold to trade.... 

     

    But yes, its still confusing and i bet the first story of an attempted fine appears here within a few weeks of it going live...

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    Interesting and no surprise they haven[t got it right ( I've just had to pay £35 because they lost the notification that we sold my wife's car, apparently there is no appeal, i'm livid)

     

    How long have you had those ones in stock and did you personally put them in trade? 

     

    Although i think that SORN is how the taxation class will come up even in trade. I think the "in trade" status relates to its ownership status, not its trade status. As the system hasn't officially changed yet, i imagine they are SORN or not still?

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    Another question.... I am guessing it is illegal to describe an ex rental vehicle as one owner , although one would appear on the log book, it has had hundreds of drivers . Is this correct ?

     

    It would't be illegal as the vehicle is officially one owner, however trading standard do take a dim view of ex rental cars being sold without this being disclosed.

     

    However, how many red Astra's out there are on forecourts where the first owner was daily rental, but as they are on their 3rd owner this isn't in the log book, so the dealer could legitimately be unaware

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    Thanks Guys......  We welcome all kinds of input, valid or not, making sense..... or not !

     

    We don't allow any shameless selling or offensive messages in here, but other than that we try to encourage people to say what they think... even if we don't always quite understand their point.....

     

     

    After all, the labour of the Pineapple is at the end of the week

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    There's currently a similar thread to this on the Auto Trader's 'Community' pages and they seemed to have gleaned some more information from the DVLA - most of which we seem to know, so I won't bother to copy and paste the whole thing here.
     
    However worryingly, the final Q&A relates to the point that I raised ages ago and their answer is as follows:
     
    If a car is "in trade" before 1st October 2014 and the current tax disc expires after 1st October, what will happen?
     
    Any taxed vehicle currently in the trade where the tax disc expires after 1st October, will result in the tax being terminated at the point the vehicle is sold to a new keeper. No refund will be paid if the vehicle is registered as disposed to trade. Only if the trader is registered as keeper will a refund be paid.
     
    My reading of this is that it appears that any vehicles that are 'in trade' (i.e. yellow slip sent off) and taxed will ceased to be taxed after the 1st October ONCE SOLD.
     
    In other words, the new keeper will have to tax it, however NO REFUND WILL BE MADE on the unexpired tax.
     
    Is it just me, or is this outrageous?

     

     

    Hi countryman. Yep, we can confirm this is correct. In the same way that if a consumer sells their car in the future on the 2nd of the month, their tax expires and they get no refund for that month, whereas the new owner has to tax from the start of that Month.

     

    This is surely double taxation, which i seem to think was not supposed to happen.

  25. Posted

    If you are looking to lease a showroom then this is going to come down to local location and size. I don't; think its something anyone on here can give a definitive answer on. You local letting agent will be the best place to start to get an idea of availability and cost, but be prepared to have to spend a significant amount of cash getting any showroom up to the right standard, particularly the kind of standard you are looking at with the Audi showroom above