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regards the franchise's audi etc the idea was to allow the customer to stay on site whilst having their car serviced under the latest servicing schemes, which can be as little as 1-2 hours, guess it all helps keep their customer on board the brand.

I think the plan is for just new build? heard the device will dual with the proposed motorway pay per use, which no doubt is a coming, sad times ahead.

I know a few folk who do this but it is very specific to what you do or sell, depends if you are looking for a return on the outlay or just a bit of kudos, what race series is it?

sounds like you have already sussed things out, some dealers don't have the luxury of picking customers or not worrying about target markets - or even the way that this job is going regards needing finance commission to make a deal stack up / profitable etc , but like me you sound like you have the luxury of choosing, i don't even think about who my market is, stick to the main priority of this job which is finding the quality stock which affords you to operate in this way and sell at a premium, the price range you mention will as you know attract a more sensible customer anyway, in summary - find the good stuff, ignore the AT price dictatorship, sell at a premium, kick the p/ex hard, choose the the right customer, earn money and enjoy the job, good luck.

70+ units that's quite an investment for 5 fellas who effectively retired. can we have a look at your website / stock? curious as to what you are selling, you mention you don't sell gti's / ST type units - granted they can attract numbskulls but they can also command well over retail prices if they have the right pedigree, i.e profit! cant think of many dealers who pass on them / this.

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