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1.5dci? if its done the miles its usually diesel pump and injector related from experience.

Interesting being a team of 5, and unusual... i'm curious was this decided because you needed a specific amount of money for a specific venture? i.e acquiring a site. and can i ask how many units you stock in what price range? for me i would not want to be an equal partner and share profits with someone who is doing the prep, marketing, or accounting.

not really, the logic of a buy it now is you have the car pre-sold, then you have to realise buy it now's might have issues or the vendor wanted too much and it has not sold previously. forget becoming a gold member, if you cant make it work on silver your not going to make it work on gold, reduced gold card fee's are not going to launch you into profit.

your main cause of loss is paying too much too start with, not the other factors mentioned. be more open minded on brands, if you don't like certain brands other customers sure will. the cars you mention are saleable but you are not really likely to earn anything from them in the price range you mention- if buying from auction. you need to understand what the market is wanting / buying, and you simply need to be able to value cars better. you need a rethink, also, being part time gives no excuse or reason to be incurring certain costs (valeting) or paying others (delivery), find time to either go to auction yourself, (leave buying online to the more experienced), or explore finding stock elsewhere, ideally locally. as others have said, with respect it might be that after 2 years trying this job might not be for you.

As above, give some examples and the bca grade of cars your bought.

Anyone still using autotrade-mail? i binned it in 2016 after 12 good years due to the inevitable autotrader fook up after purchase. just curious if the much promised site refurb and return to original format happened and is it any good or still ruined? cheers.

based on what you have said, with respect too you i think the next step for you is too spend 6 months selling some dearer cars from home without the overhead to get a feel, the reality is these are the cars you will be needing to sell to make any money, believe me there is a big difference on a monday morning to how much you "try" to earn this week and what you "have" to earn a week once committed to full overheads. regards 50k, at your stage it is too much especially if you have borrowed it, when things get tuff you will go out and buy more with 50k this will not help you, try 20k across 3-4 cars from home, the biggest issue for everyone starting in this job is contacts and sourcing stock, more money is not the answer at this stage, if you do get established and are earning good profit then don't worry about needing more money, there will be plenty of people happy to give it you if your doing well. and also, with 20k you will manage the 3-4 cars better and probably enjoy the job until taking the bigger plunge. good luck.

james, forget bca or manheim, buyers are not interested in anything that is not direct i.e the trade have touched it, and on the odd occasion you do get lucky they will rob you blind on commission. the only real answer is ebay auction under a specific disposal account, don't use your ebay motors account, use a war and peace add regarding the car being sold as parts / spares / repairs, same again with the invoicing, couple that to being picky who you sell it too should be enough too minimize much grief. or find yourself a decent local auction who will appreciate your business and not rob you.

I am worcester - malvern area, i think i know where you are. think you maybe in a unit through someone i know? r....y??

I am worcester - malvern area, i think i know where you are. think you maybe in a unit through someone i know? r....y??

he had an audi rs4 at one point which i was asked too underwrite but he was on another planet, well he is scottish.... he had an audi rs4 at one point which i was asked too underwrite but he was on another planet, well he is scottish....

ah yes thats the fella.

yes bold head rings a bell. i think you might be right, if they are twins it will explain how he get's about a lot

rural - yes and no, worcestershire, we have in the area a police legend who is always on one of those motorway cop tv shows, cant remember his name but a scottish fella with a very hard reputation, you may have seen him, he always comes down hard on motorists, i have a friend who works internally on the police cars and they tell me he has been known to nick his own colleagues in the area - i kid you not, nice eh

yeh sadly common on VAG dsg from 80-100k, think its 40k service intervals which often get missed, if it lurches on the downshift in lower gears get rid, otherwise you might get lucky, might pay to diag and plump for the franchise box service circa 2-250, not cheap but i think you get a software update too, or you used too, hope you get a result.

ebay, clean and sell, 1795?

yes its a shame this one, if you are still happy with it when you get it back hold out on the refund tell him it will be 5 days which is fare, then go and give a citroen dealer and hours labour to give their opinion, then trump him with the franchise's opinion, it might change his current awkward stance. ironically where else is he going to find another nice 61k berlingo van, what a numpty.

sorry too hear this, how many miles has it covered?

yeh i understand the logic, especially if you are retailing and don't want scruffy swappers mounting up on site, i've found it can pay too run their swapper through wbac online and show them the value, it sometimes swings it,if you can get your head around the wbac buying habit / cycles, these do change often depending on certain market factors. just think some chaps on here are missing out a bit, i know plenty of indy retailers who are doing ok out of swappers, and with the job being tight it all helps.

I must be getting old i thought banter was still legal On the subject of katie price i do admire her, very business savvy. She used to remind me of ferrari's and lamborghini's - they all had 8 previous owners as well

Interesting how many of you chaps on here swerve a p/ex rather than kick them up the gonads for it (not criticizing) ,granted a lot of the swappers are end of life but the worst thing they can say is no if you bid low on the better or unusual stuff like this jag, and obviously it often takes their eye off the other end of the deal i.e full price.

Interesting opinion from someone on the force, however you are probably underestimating the quality of some of our brokers and at the end of the day they underwrite us not the police, so as you can imagine they are the ones i take notice of. Ive been pulled over so many times down the years i must be bugged, ive had everything from pulled for driving shite to auction, been pulled because ive had rare cars on my trailer and they just wanted a look, too being pulled in high end stuff because they thought i looked like a wrong-un lol. to be fair i did used to / have a test route i did late at night which i used to test high end stuff out which involved a fast A road and return via motorway, some of this gear needs to be tested at a fair rate of knots as that was what ultimately the buyer would be doing, no use having a punter call a week later telling me he has a wheel woble at 120 clicks anyway the route involved pulling into services at the half way point and leaving on idle whilst having a coffee and smoke, usually at 12-2am i would attract plod at this point virtually guaranteed, must admit it could be fun pulling their chain a bit by offering too swap cars up to the next junction joking apart met some nice ones who were car usually car buffs. I think ive perfected it now ref trade plates - customer demo then cover numberplates and display trade plates to best possible view, carry certificate at all times- a decent underwriter gives a pocket sized wallet, always carry your mid login details (ive been sat in plodmobile and told them what i have on mid listed no problems)only put on mid whats taxed or personal use - my broker quotes this and i have a quality underwriter, regarding proof of ownership should an incident happen with a stock car that is not on mid it is irrelative if you have it invoice /dated in, if your broker / underwriter disagrees you have crap cover. Finally a tip - if your insurer insists on everything listed on mid they basically know how much they can afford to shaft you on your next renewal....

Its only banter, and it is only a comment on a professional model who has accepted the job / shoot. And its pretty harmless on here and 99% trade so unlikely to be seen or offend, and with that advert she is likely hoping to pick up some more work having had good exposure, pardon the pun. And besides if we were down the pub as you say we would be exposed to more women with not much on, because that's a reality. Lighten up, you'll be telling us next katie price is misunderstood

Take it this is the hams hall 4 pot petrol unit similar 1 series / mini ? had a few done on the 1 series diesel recall few years back (front rear chains / tensioner guide) but been lucky on petrol,but i trade everything anyway. Are there any issues / recalls on the later 6 pot motor 323i upwards? cheers.

guess its time for you to request / view their quote / invoice, it smells fishy, its not your fault his part time gardening round is not working in winter (who would have thought....) If it was me after all this i think i would stand my ground for the time being on principal, i'm all for fareness but cant stand being hard balled by a customer, you can always throw him a refund next week if your not making progress, i would start by insisting he bring it back, its a fair request, and if you go his way its just giving him more reason to stand his ground and think your an easy touch, sounds daft but have a good look underneath too, if hes gardening he could have grounded it out easily? at this point he might still be right, but there is something not quite right with this one, keep us posted