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TangoVictor32
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Think you need some help.
You dont need to be doing invoices that late... You had the last 6 weeks... What the hell are you doing during the day? You're not open are you that you need to do paperwork at night?
And if you were actually doing paperwork then you should have been doing it and not having tantrums on here.
Like i said too many have you have become too negative in this little lockdown... Not good for your mental health.
Get a bike and enjoy the sunshine
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2 hours ago, MarkTVS said: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.
Nice one mate. Staff morale is key.
One garage i know, he takes the boys out twice a year - cycling and golfing.
The donated xmas chocs / drinks / prezzies get evenly split out as well.
Some of the guys have been there for 20 years.
Currently he can stay open but chose not to for staff safety.
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25 minutes ago, have a word with the wife said:The extension was NOT bought in as an emergency measure primarily so key workers can get to work.
Re b n q please read my post on key workers !
Your obviously not in the trade meeting customers first hand, by the way, MY mot will be done every 12 month !
Oh god here we go... Accusing others yet we dont know.... Everyone has their own client base.
Not every buyer is a stingy tosspot. If someone is forking out £15k for a motor they will look after it. If you're selling a £1500 banger then stick with your mr mechanic know it alls.
Some of us pick and choose who we sell to.
Some of you are later than usual... Guess this time at HMP is having a knock on effect...
Take it easy lads.
Go do a crossword
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1 hour ago, have a word with the wife said:Seems the opinion of some members is that after lockdown this 6 month extension will end ?
La la land, it is here for a good while yet, the customer you saw every year is now 18 month, the bottom arm you sold every 12 month is now 18, same with the tyre, even right down to getting a second hand cat from the breakers, hits them all............
La la land?
Mot is a health and safety check.
The last thing the govt wants is faulty cars on the road causing accidents especially in winter months... Snow ice... Shitty brakes, bald tyres?
If stores like BQ opening up which sell more rubbish than essential items, and the govt is looking to release information next week on how it will phase in businesses to open slowly, am sure the mot check will be required as soon.
Its far safer leaving your keys at the desk and someone doing a test, than standing at BQ with your weiner in your hand touching a dirty trolley to buy some plant pots!
The extension was bought in as an emergency measure primarily so key workers can get to work. The 6 months doesn't mean lockdown is removed in July and cars that got an expiry on 1st Aug got till end of Sept!
If there is a second phase of the virus then yes there might be a longer lockdown and curfews etc
Think this lockdown has done some of you in
And am sure someone that has spent a decent amount money on a motor or who is anal about service history will get an mot sooner than later. It will be the tramps who won't.
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2 minutes ago, trade vet said:The good small Indy garage repair shops will always be busy whether they do MOT’s or not.
Exactly. Who does mot only? Charge full whack at £54 and you only do one mot a day?!
Mot testing is an add on for garages.
If you're only offerint mots then you might as well herd sheep.
Only council mot stations offer this to joe public as they have to legally but they carry out their own work to their own fleet which is all funded by the council purse.
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2 hours ago, New year revolutions...... said:What?
Are you in this job?
Most people wont spend a penny on their car unless it becomes an issue for them,they will even be happy to hear a squeak or a bang if the car still drives,you Jack the car up and a road spring is about to impale a tyre wall
My mot garage has been in business doing mots since the 60,s it is properly run and employes 3 , plus one from college trainee
Pray tell where their revenue stream is going to come from in the 3 months next year I've outlined, let's assume I'm still in business and the other 2 traders who use them are too,we dont give them any work we just pay trade price on quantity for our mots
They depend on mot testing to pay their Bill's the ramps get most of their work from failure s
This garage is as straight as they come
Customers being appreciative does not pay Bill's
Sometimes I despair on here
Dont think you read my earlier post.
The pandemic doesn't mean there will be no mots in the future for cars.
Once lockdown is lifted cars will need an mot and there will be a huge backlog of cars and vans needing one. There will be plenty of work for testers.
Dont see why that is really hard to understand.
If lockdown is lifted in August am sure the govt will say cars need their mot done. Its not exactly a jail free card until November. Sooner it is lifted sooner things will go back in place. Simple as that.
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11 minutes ago, New year revolutions...... said:Hi tango
I have 2 personal cars sorned strangely they both run out of mot in this month of may
The wifes car also needs an mot this month
They are all getting extended by 6 months so will need a new mot in November
Theres basically very few mot garages open and even less mot 's being carried out now and for the last 5 weeks and until sometime in June at the current trend
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Cast yourself forward to march april may next year,what mot work are these garages going to get other than distress work?
Thank you
I don't think it will be distress work.
Consumers will be appreciative as they have been for other key workers.
On top of that if garages are selling up and the ones that are left, they will be inundated and will take on extra staff to cope with the volume of work. Govt will allow discretion to extend opening hours for example.
One thing this pandemic has shown and taught is that people need to be appreciative and have patience.
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Report the vermin.
They're not from the same household and even if they were they should not be out protesting.
They have wasted enough emergency services time in the past.
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Mots will open up sooner if idiots keep driving like nutters and causing accidents.
If they behave and vast majority of journeys are A to B for everybody then they will not open soon as.
But there will be plenty of work for MOT post lockdown as pretty much all cars will require an MOT
But this may be phased ie cars that had mot expired earlier must get it done first.
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A test is meaningless. You can test negative today and catch it tomorrow.
When lockdown is reduced, people will go crazy and infection rates will increase.
We're no new zealand where people are sensible. We had idiots treating it like a holiday in parks having picnics and going to beach.
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1 hour ago, New year revolutions...... said:Yes thanks for that but let's be honest
His mechanic should be able to get them delivered at a good price from a decent factor when times are normal within an hour usually depending where you are
It's possible hes nailed the mechanic so far down on price that mechanic has chosen to let him order the parts then when they dont fit he can charge again
To the mechanic read this
https://iaafnewsletter.co.uk/2017/05/05/customer-supplied-parts-are-you-fitting-them/
No apparently the mechanic doesn't get any discount i heard them on the phone. You get more discount as joe public with online discount codes.
2 hours ago, Lucky13 said:Ring your local parts supplier and ask them to look at the OE site from the reg. failing that they send me both options and charge for the ones I require
Problem with euro wrong parts is they always send the wrong ones and due to everything being delivery only I dont want to delay.
Also the dpf light came on the other night and i went for a run in it and it went off. I am going off guard with this lockdown
1 hour ago, Row said:I would just take a wheel off and measure them in situ, should be quite easy to see a 34mm difference without stripping further.
I would do that... But am too fat and I might not get up. Missus doesn't know how to use a jack to lift me up... She'll end up dropping the jack that's holding the car... So I'll end up under it
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Hi guys got a Jag xf and the discs need doing.
Looking at the factors sites there are two sizes - 322mm and 356mm.
How do i find out which size mine are without taking them off and measuring them? I rather buy myself and save the discount as the mechanic says he doesnt get any.
Obviously I would have rang the dealer up but they're closed.
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Cancel your contracts for your home services.
When you get put through to retentions they will give you a discount. My virgin was £53 pm. They offered me £38.
Anyways after i did this i found out if i gave my 30 day notice to cancel they would have continuously rang me up saying we will do it for £25 and cancel your cancellation.
My son moved in and virgin let him do a transfer and its on his name at £28 now.
If you stay quiet like a mouse every organisation will increase your price. You got to haggle them.
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Im with virgin. If you got home broadband with virgin you can get a discount sometimes.
I think o2 is the only with uk call centre. It might have changed.
Its good to know this as all others are based in India or Philippines. And if you got a problem good luck explaining to them when they keep repeating off a script
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2 hours ago, Highlinev8 said:Despite what you hear about Chinese phones.
A lot of people bash the Chinese yet pretty much everything is made there even the apples and Samsungs etc.
I was on a £25 sim only tarrif and for £30 i would got the p30 pro.
£25 would be the p30 and £20 for the p30 lite.
So do bear in mind some phones have variants like the p30.
TDi, SRi, V6, Premium, Luxury, e
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Huawei P30 Pro.
Epic camera.
Plus the super fast battery charging. About 1hr you get 70% and about 1hr 40 for full 100%.
They released a P40 just now. Guess that must be better.
I hate Samsungs every so often they become hot and slow. Always thought they did on purpose so you buy new phone.
Apple did admit they did slow phones down not long ago...
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4 hours ago, metcars said:+1
And when you say bosses you mean the ‘suits’ still working from home a safe distance from the factories.
Its an interesting situation because when will it ever be ‘safe’? What can the government do to make it safe for us to return to normal life? There’s no cure and no treatment, it’s all down to how strong your immune system is, if and when you catch it. Or at least for the poor souls that don’t have huge savings to live on indefinitely.
Oh yes them ones.
I also wonder how doed the US system work. If you dont have health insurance and you get the virus, do you get any treatment or not?
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JLR, Aston Martin, Vauxhall announced today they're opening up as did B&Q
Am still going to sit back and wait for the second surge of cases because there will be a lot. People will become complacent. If am wrong then am wrong.
Still a lot of people dying daily 600+ today and I think the big bosses are just concerned about £££
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14 minutes ago, New year revolutions...... said:I've been looking to renew the wifes personal insurance today,once again martin Lewis shows the internet rules
So annoying that using an auto renewal is akin to pulling your pants down in Trafalgar square
Social distancing will be prolonged but is this with the lockdown or not? I don't know.
Stick her car on your mid and drive her around unless she's a keyworker? And wait a few weeks to see if premiums drop. They surely can't increase.
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In other news, social distancing will be prolonged until a vaccine emerges at the very least.
Will be interesting to know what some of you will do.
Perhaps it's time to retire early?
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42 minutes ago, Mark101 said:I would say that road risk has reduced but theft risk has dramatically increased. All those abandoned car sites......
Very true.
We have pulled the fuses of all our cars, enveloped them. Keys at home.
Use duplicate keys all you like. Car won't turn over. Oldest trick in the book.
Or you can leave a big dog at your sife
1 minute ago, BHM said:I imagine they’ll be making hay while the sun shines & catching a few criminals. I also imagine the drug taking classes must be screaming for their fixes (surely there’s much less available?) and hopefully those scallywags delivering are being swept up whilst driving around the housing estates on a night.
Drug dealers are being caught left right and centre. They're sticking out like sore thumbs.
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46 minutes ago, New year revolutions...... said:Article here
I think well done admiral they weren't forced remember
Aye. Considering that could sat in some fat boss' "bonus" package.
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23 minutes ago, metcars said:I noticed an article online about insurance companies offering discounts due to the ‘Rona. This had crossed my mind, premiums are built on ‘risk’ and the risk has changed significantly for many of us. So, discounts all round and cheaper premiums on the way?
Most definitely yes.
As said in another post my lad had his renewal dropped by the same broker and underwriter within 6 days by £600.
Initially the broker insisted 'your risk levels are the reason the price is £100 more this year'.
But be careful, if the country opens up again in 3 weeks prices may stay a little low or might even jump up.
If lockdown is extended then they will drop more.
And it all depends on when your renewals are due.
Keep shopping around.
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20 hours ago, beenaroundtheblock said:Yes you did say your neighbour, yet you accuse me of not being able to read. You cannot even remember what you wrote. I'm surprised you were not snapped up by the SOCA.
I'm not backtracking at all. Once again attitudes like yours are why people do not respect the police. They only have to be pulled over by someone like you and their whole view of the police is tarnished. I don't have to take into account of anything you have said, the same as you don't have to take into account anything I have said. I don't like people with the attitude that you have and you obviously feel the same about me. I can live with that.
I haven't pulled anyone in nearly 3 decades. I retired at a high ranking. But obviously you won't belive that.
You deal with more management and statistics at higher rankings. I am speaking statistically. Perhaps you should look at the Mets crime area map on their website for a brief idea.
But clearly you're a retard to not listen to anyone else. It's pointless even having a discussion with a narrow minded individual who doesn't even want to listen to what the other person(s) are saying. Again it just proves my theory you have a fixated mindset and view and you think it is correct.
You're entitled to an opinion but it doesn't mean it's correct. I am talking from experience and statistics.
But good look with your typical, negative south London attitude. It will get you far Mr Grumpy.
@Boycie there is a lot of discipline action including job losses. Again this is published on force websites nowadays I believe.
Officers are scrutinised on the job.
Even getting penalty points in your personal car leads to disciplinary action. Failing to declare this at work is further disciplinary action.
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Thats because he probably bought the car on finance in the first place? But i was referring to outright purchases.
My query was due to the lockdown period. Otherwise i would have went to the dealers but they're closed?
Chinese tyres? Well they might have got fobbed off at the local garage? Because you might 'know' cars and parts doesn't mean everyone else does. I been banging on about this for a while in this forum but no one seems to get it... Not everyone knows your trade and you dont know everyone else's.
You might have cough and think you got a long term condition and a doctor, who sees this everyday, know its just a temporary cough.
Likewise you see the cheap Chinese tyres on his m3 but he doesn't have a clue on tyres because the local garage fobbed him off.
I think am going to give the forum a break for a while as too many have a fixed view on things and cannot think out of the box hence the negativity and hostility on the forum.