MarkTVS

In fairness if I did I wouldn’t be telling everyone as it would push the prices up

Done a HPI earlier on a 2010 Range Rover Sport which according to HPI was a CAT B in 2010, it’s been on the road ever since with no issues? How is this possible? As far as I was aware a Cat b couldn’t be used on the road at all?

I would just pay it yourself that way your not bound or buses towards a particular finance company, for all the cost is a month.

I hate being pestered, if I don’t reply to one message I won’t reply to a second. Give him the ban hammer for being a pellet.

Entry to the forum was easy for me it’s the magazine I’m having issues with, I signed up 6 months ago and have only had one copy no matter how many times I email or message

The serious question here; was she good looking?

Some of you guys are showing your age here! I never remember Vat being any less than 17.5%

Vosa can only get involved if it’s rusty holes within 30 cm of a seatbelt or suspension mounting point, anything else could have happened at any time. I wouldn’t worry about it. I called vosa on a car that had 2 weeks off a fresh mot that was decatted, 3 bald tyres, 3 snapped springs, washers inop etc and they told me that could have happened at any time. With regards to your defects I would be estimating, £90 to supply and fit 2 track rod ends, Discs pads and a Caliper at £350/400, heatshields and tank strap at £50, clutch at £400 and a bit more for the sill, so less than a grand at retail prices. I highly doubt it would need discs all round though unless your pdi was extremely lax. Sounds like she’s taking the piss.

You can accept finance deals without fca approval as long as your not the introducer. One of our brokers actually suggested this to us if we couldn’t be bothered with Gabriel reports and the hassle of fca registration. He said they would go out to the clients house and sign them up etc but only if the customer mentioned finance first.

Can I ask what the reported defects are? I would personally be trying to talk them into returning the car themselves unless the faults made it undriveable, and if they were at it I would be deducting revalet costs etc etc. Obviously if it is a legitimate claim I wouldn’t make any deductions. But if customers want to play the prick I can be a bigger one as I have much more experience at it

I deal with non fault stuff on occasion myself but unfortunately my dad is too straight laced no matter how much I told him it’s completely legit, he wouldn’t let me put his van into storage etc, insisted on keeping on his own drive still insurance company came out etc

Wondering if someone could help me on this, a police car on a blue light call decided to go straight through a roundabout without looking or slowing and hit the side of my dads van, it looks like it will be a total loss as it heavy side damage but I’m trying to work our values for him for insurance. Reg is K6 PGG Volkswagen transporter red with 82000 miles, electric windows, 6 speed box etc. Decent condition. Can someone please get me cap and retail figures as my system won’t value vans thanks mark

Can’t rememver what brand ours is, it was circa £200 but it gives a printed receipt with test result as a percentage, I’ll check on Monday

I use a Digital SLR Nikon, think it was circa £400ish

It’s not for everyone but most people seem to like it. I just wish it was quicker, a Mclaren 720 made me look like I was going backwards yesterday

I’m on the fence with this on, can’t decide if I like them or not, would need to see and feel them in person.

I used to get this fairly regularly years ago when I had a unit though was part time. But 50% of customers can be fairly stupid, the same ones that call and ask, the mileage, the price, when it was last serviced even though it is all clearly displayed in the advert. Customers see a picture then pick up the phone or drive to see it.

We use it but I think I’ll cancel it now it’s been mentioned don’t think it’s ever resulted in a sale.

If the independents are decent then that rules out the basic things I would check like dogbone mount, engine and subframe mountings. Could try driving the car on a ramp with a stethoscope to narrow down what area it’s coming from.

This old argument again, yes it’s expensive, yes we all wish there was a cheaper option that worked just aswell but there isn’t so we just need to like it or lump it, it’s a brilliant business model looking at it from the other side when their logic is we need them more than they need us. You should perhaps try advertising with Brum motors or whatever he was called from a few months ago?

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hence my statement I’ve not had a good year with Audi autos In fairness the R8 isn’t a dsg box, it’s a stupid r tronic semi Auto which is as comparably poor as the bmw smg boxes. It is actually the same as the lambo e-gears which probably explains why it’s crap. However on the subject of the R8 I shall need to update the topic as it is now fully fixed. It was Audi’s poor workmanship that caused the fault.

I would have said yes they are fairly safe until I purchased a 2014 Audi A6 avant, 64k Miles and it has gearbox issues, come to think of it I’ve not had a good year of Audi autos, but thankfully my Audi tech thinks the a6 is just a pressure sensor issue.

I sold one to Spain recently which has to be my furthest

We had a 2010 Focus ST3 a few months ago, cat c’d in 2010 so must have taken a decent hit, normal retail was £9500, we retailed it for £6500 and it flew out the door.