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Normally people asking for delivery when they are 309 miles away

When the time comes we can try and find out. To be fair these little 1.0’s can take some abuse so it might be a while yet.

Still one on Autotrademail. No matter what the car he sends a stupid low offer which I never respond to. Must get some results otherwise he would not do it.

Late Diesel are still good news for us, most of the people we buy from seem to be stuck with masses of late German petrol stuff as they thought that was the way the used market was going when they were buying last year.

Open fleet policy covers anything and to be fair only staff use it as a smoker for leaving around. As we have the original V5 we have renewed tax online. I understand the problem will be if we sell it as DVLA won’t issue a new V5 or complete change of keeper.

Sadly from my experience they will just point at the door.

Best thing to do is put it straight onto something you own and then retain it. Plate dealers all do this now as they say it was due to someone selling a plate and then putting it onto another car after the sale. The buyer only found out a year later when he tried to use the certificate he bought.

Slightly off the original topic but one of our runner cars is a Cat B from 2018. Citroen C1 Airscape, was lightly shunted in the back but recovered with the soft top left open. Sod’s law, outside during a weekend of rain, insurers paid out and put on register as Cat B but we bought it back for £450. As we are the only keeper and did not pass the V5 we can keep driving it but will never be able to sell it for road use again.

Main business, doing deals but for no money, everyone in our industry (leasing) must just be working for fun. Only plus is we have taken a few good PX cars that we have flipped. Used cars, 7 so far this month, 3 were PX’s we retailed that would normally have been traded straight out. Odd thing is we have a list of late used to find but still can’t get the stock.

Have found them a little bit and miss for single units so we end up using Movex but if you buy a few (5+) the transported rate can work out more cost effective.

I am no expert but I believe you can drive any speed in Comfort, Individual and Dynamic. The problem may the car automation drops slightly when it reaches a higher motorway speed for stability?

It’s worth calling the larger local vehicle movement companies as they normally have compounds or places to store.

I know we have the thread about Cazoo but has anyone tried BCA’s investment: Cinch ? It is currently a search for used cars offered by supermarkets and main dealers but I would expect BCA to try and use it as a route to market for newer WBAC stock on a similar model To Cazoo. To be fair most people probably will probably get bored with the “car choose” which to be fair did genuinely pair me with the car I already own.

Very similar, an example is VWFS who did a Golf GTI promotion a couple of years back that had over 30% discount to make the monthly rentals really low.

From memory the easiest way is enter the car without the reg number and manually select it (maybe enter as non UK) You do need to them fill a few other bits in like DOR etc and all the item specifications.

Slightly different now for most we deal with. We have clients with manufacturer terms. In most cases the deal is constructed of manufacturers terms % and a dealer discount %. Example a Transit van, Ford Fleet May give 24% whilst the dealer gives 11% giving a total 35% discount of the list price. There are often conditions and minimum retention periods to stop people buying on fleet terms and selling on for a profit however it does still go on. As for Cazoo doing this, not a chance, the manufacturers don’t like their retail prices undermined. I would assume they tax the car but hold off change of keeper for 7 days and just backdate. Apparently they already have stock ready for the launch, wonder how long some has been held as it could of already had 1 or 2 book drops. As for prep, I guess they will need to set a standard in stone in regards standard as our industry standard (BVRLA) is really loose. I would also question the standard of refurbishment centres work. I was even wondering about the delivery cost, I know cars are going to be centrally stored therefore reducing overhead but then they are dispatched to a hub for cleaning and onward delivery to the client in a covered lorry which will be over 3.5t and no doubt dear to purchase and run. I can only assume there will be added value in commercial ties with warranty, finance, insurers etc to add value to the proposition.

I have brought a fair few new bits lately as certain dealers are mugging themselves and trading on target bonus. I think there will be a big push for registrations over the next few days to help the quarter figures. One main dealer I know claims pre volume bonus they are loosing £300 a car.

Sounds very low for the age. Is 24k the engine miles or the van?

Ex rental is fine under 1 year / 20k, beyond that they do start to show their age cosmetically and mechanically. Also worth noting rental companies only use cheap maintenance on anything other than prestige cars.

Berlingo EGS / most Mercedes

After a couple of late plate vans at Blackbushe today. No idea who was online buying them as I have since brought similar at Evans Halshaw for less....

Have used a company called Biosweep in Sussex. I think they are franchising out so may cover your area. Only thing I have ever found that removes smoke smells and spilt milk (that was nasty)

There is no logic to our sales, normal stuff is dead but high end 4x4 have been good, 2 BMW X5 sold to Ireland over the weekend plus deposits on 2 RR Sports plus 3 other 4x4 done last week. Could also sell at least 5 more PHEV RRS’s if we could get them for June’s money but at BCA now going for more than we were retailing them for.

Won what I thought was a cheap 17 seat Minibus online at BCA only to find it had all the seats taken out. My mistake for not reading the appraisal.

In every walk of life there is somebody trying to have you over. A couple of years back we got offered a cloned car offered in PX. One of our sales staff dealt with the guy but you know when a deal just feels to easy? No real questions about our car, no negotiation on PX value, small balance in cash. Without sounding big headed I think a fair number of people would have fallen for it as paperwork all looked good, reg and chassis checked etc. Only giveaway was something on the HPI spec check as the car had a few optional extras listed including a Sunroof however the car offered did not. A quick call to the local BMW dealer confirmed it should have a sunroof so we discreetly did some more checks but the guy got nervous and made his excuses and left. We reported it but I don’t think it ever went anywhere.