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Hi, I want to move my insurance off trade insurance to ordinary personal car insurance, I'm running into the problem that I can't find anyone who will accept my 9 years no claims bonus and consequently it is looking pretty pricey! does anyone have any ideas or know of a broker or insurance company that can help?

I'm doing what Oliver is doing. I've only bought one car so far but I taxed it on my phone the day I collected it. Would that not have been valid then, I don't recall seeing any warnings about it not being valid. Vehicles have to be taxed to go on the road and a punter test driving would need to be covered so I don't see how you can be right. if that were the case there would be no test drives.

Hi - I am seeing more and more online-only dealers - where the customer doesn't see the car until it's delivered. I was wondering what you all think of this approach and those of you who are doing it, how it's working for you...

I'm based in Berkshire, East Berkshire. Wy do you ask?

It's a guess, and I did say 90% of new sales, not 90% of total on the road stock. See - its get big or get niche, how many years will it be till I have 60 cars if ever? Thats why I am specialising. Got to place your bets and see how things fall out...

Thank you.

Thanks for the best wishes! I've decided to focus on Electric Vehicles - the Leaf is the best seller of all the EVs. Hi Noacross, it is the future, it's likely that 90%+ of new cars will be electric in 5 to 10 years time and petrol/diesel will be reserved for "edge" applications although of course there will still be millions of them getting traded second hand so there will be lots and lots for the next 20 years or so depending on how long they last. So I am a bit early but I wanted to be ready to catch the wave!

So now I have another question, Nissan has mailed me and offered me an extension of the Warranty but I have to take it by the 20th Dec to get these prices Clearly they are not too confident the car is going to last 3 more years! 1 YEAR - £227.00 2 YEAR – £447.00 3 YEAR - £1,057.00 it seems to me that a year or two of Dealer warranty might be a good selling point but it's a lot of money to invest when I have no experience of who the customers are for this kind of vehicle... What do you think?

That doesn't sound too promising! £5K sounds a bit rich, I think you would have had to stick a new battery in it but I think the old ones have value too so it's not a straight £3K cost. This made me laugh - I'm picking mine up North of Manchester - expected journey time 6 hours to get back "daan souf"! I'm doing it so I can get first hand experience of long distance EV driving.

6 bars really is chronic, even for that age although high mileage early Leafs did suffer. Mainly it would make me think the owner hadn't looked after it at all. I've heard that people don't like to buy cars with battery leases so the re-sale £££ is less. I plan to stay away from them. The one I am buying is just shy of three years and has all twelve bars - its to do with the mileage and how you charge it. ie you don't just charge to 100% all the time

Its good advice but I've decided to specialise in EVs and while I was going through the faff of getting insurance and whatnot so I could sign up to the the auctions this one sort of fell in my lap.

Hi all, I'm new to selling used cars and to this forum. I'd appreciate a little advice on something if you can. The first car I am buying is a Nissan Leaf, just under three years old and I have bumped into something I hadn't thought of - the service is due on it in 20 days - £149+ from the local Nissan dealer. So do I get the service done at my expense or not, what do I have to weigh up or is it a no-brainer. I'd appreciate your thoughts.