MarkTVS

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  1. Posted

    53 minutes ago, Casper said:

    Brought back memories that mate . sierra estates in my day my old man had a Peugeot 309 when i was 12 and my mum a newish 306 . Was going to say not a range rover but when i was 14 we traded in an old landrover 90 the family had on a c plate for the first off the 300 tdi discoverys it was about 12k the time but felt like winning the lottery in comparison at the time jump forward a few years the old 90 would probably be worth more now   

    What was the name of that auction trade-vet remember my old boss using intercity auctions and i bought some bits and bobs from there when first started out myself  

    I mind my dad used to borrow his bosses discovery when we went away on holiday and I loved it though I wanted him to get a Vauxhall sintra more than anything as I loved the thought of a 7 seater:lol: he always had Granada’s and scorpios as company cars back then!

    intercity was probably the second auction I ever went to when I started trading as a hobby, used to be there every Sunday as it meant i didn’t need to take time out of work to go.

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    7 hours ago, trade vet said:

    I don’t think he was from a wealthy family.I will get the book,but the kindle edition is a tenner at the moment,so being tight I will wait for it to drop.

    I just got that impression when he was talking about selling a range rover at 12, I know he said it was a friend of his family but when I was wee my friends families had old Renault scenics:D

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    As great as the success story was he was obviously extremely fortunate to have grown up with a wealthy family which I’m sure would have been a massive help for start up capital, but I’ll reserve all my opinions till I have read the book.

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    21 hours ago, Casper said:

    Think that end of the market will really do well soon honestly I do . Hope you and the good lady amen extended family are all good mark . 

    Same to you Casper! I’d of had that focus and stuck it up for £2995 though:lol:

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    31 minutes ago, justina3 said:

    Funny that I feel the same about manhiem bca just seems to be an easier place to buy from. 
     

    manhiem needs an app to match bca. 

    I was collecting 3 from manheim today and was discussing this with the branch manager. We both agreed their site is fine on a laptop or desktop pc but woeful from a tablet or mobile. If they had a decent app I think I would use them a lot more as they are closer to me than any BCA sites.

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    2 minutes ago, Bmx Bandits said:

    If you’ve got a Vauxhall dealer near you, you could ask the parts department for help/deal/advise or even better one of those Vauxhall Trade Parts dealers. I’ve always found them to be really helpful to the trade.

     

    All the Vauxhall dealers local to use are shut completely :(

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    27 minutes ago, Halfpenny said:

    We are only 15 mins walk from a major hospital and we have quite few customers who work there. One doctor had a Ferrari 348 which he used to bring to us for a yearly service and MoT. It only did about 1000 miles a year. His daily car (which we also looked after) was a Toyota Avensis 1.8 !    The Avensis was far better built!

    There is a Ferrari on Autotrader with 85k miles, just looking at it scares me! Ticking time bomb with that mileage! 
     

    https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202002257716050?atmobcid=soc4

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    My main goal is a Lamborghini Huracan but I simply can’t afford one of them, a decent 570s with low mileage can be bought for 80/90k which with a large deposit makes it manageable on a pcp deal but a comparable lambo the cost price is around £120k which makes the monthlies slightly eye watering. 
     

    I have been researching the 570’s quite a lot and although some have issues it is the same with any supercars. We had a 5.0 V10 Gallardo in the workshop with 36k miles for oil consumption issues that needed a full rebuild which came to close to 30k which most surprisingly the warranty company paid for after 2 engineers inspections.

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    8 hours ago, Casper said:

    You r 1000 percent correct mark the other thing I find is the bad ones think there worth upwards of £15 an hour and claim there the best as you say any good skilled is well worth that or maybe a little more at times

     any time I've had staff I've always believed to look after them not even just with wages but maybe a wee bonus at Christmas a present or voucher  for the family and something as simple as a card and a cake on there birthdays go down well .actually I sometimes do the same with suppliers  

    I’m the same Casper, all my staff are like family. One of my guys my missus even makes him dinners and sends then up the road with him as he lives himself. We all get on well and all come and go and help one another out and that’s the way it should be. 
     

    With regard to the mots my own car will still be getting done on its 12 months as the gap in the history would annoy me. My car is well maintained and would pass so what’s the cost of a test fee? Wallies.

     

    ps hope you and the family are well Casper.

     

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  24. Posted

    The main issue with staffing in the automotive industry is that any good mechanic sooner or later realises working for £13/14 is pointless when they can work as an aircraft engineer and make close to double that. For such a skilled job it’s seriously underpaid.

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    Yes Mot’s won’t need done for 6 months but cars will still have faults, they will wear out tyres, brakes, service lights will come on, 

    The new Vauxhall’s for example go into limp mode if they overrun there service intervals by a decent bit. 
     

    If a car is in with us for anything we give it a quick skim over and give the customer a list of advisories if any. Some choose to do them some don’t, we don’t push sales just give advice. We have went from doing 10/15 Mot’s a week to doing about 2/3 but we are still sending out mot reminders to customers as if there car is properly maintained the actual test doesn’t cost much.

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