Highlinev8

Hi Guys, I have a collection of mini scanners and old laptops with assorted diagnostic programs on them. Was thinking of upgrading to a good machine that can cover most cars. Any recommendations for something that covers most basics and doesnt need a degree to use ? I am leaning towards the Autel 808-908 range but theres a lot of choice. I understand none of these replace my mechanic but are a handy tool to have in the shed, anyone got any experience ?

Sale channel is just how the car is getting sold Auction Buy now Bid now Its not that complicated. You'll have to travel to an auction centre to look at rates but if you are on a blue card it will cost retail rates.

Photograph the listing before you bid on a bca car. Photograph or record the sale if possible. Download assured and condition reports. Photograph auction sheet in 'Your Purchases' post purchase. Notify them immediately if a car arrives missing a spare key/service book/V5. Dont just email claims notify the auction and cc in auction manager and sales staff as well. If I buy a car with a spare key and it doesnt arrive then they are ordering me a new one or giving me the go ahead to get one organised. I can stomach the hassle of getting a new key coded. Theres no such thing as insurance that pays out easily so you have to get the facts to back your case and be persistent until you get satisfaction. On the baldy tyres, an insurance company could argue that you are sending them a random picture of another car. Pull out your phone take a 30 second video, full view of the car and reg "This is KK19OOO, purchased from BCA yesterday with an assured report stating 5-6mm across both front tyres". Get a close up and use a tyre depth gauge if you have one to then show the car that arrived as only 2-3mm as stated.

You can log in to bca multiple times with the one login so you and your staff can log on at the same time and bid on different sales without affecting each other. Manheim will only allow one log in per account so if someone logged on you would be bounced out.

Yeah, if theres any markers on the mechanical report they wont deliver. I've even had them refuse a one year old car because the tpms light was on(they did deliver after they pumped the tyre) However I've had over ten year olds delivered because there was no report to flag any faults. They are offering really good rates on 3 cars transported together. However if it suits them they are still doing singles. Like I said ring them and they might fit it in, they have done several for me. I'm currently using BCA only if I have to but they seem to be over the initial rush and are improving. Movex has been really bad but last week I filled three deliveries off them. Paid 20-30% more than pre-covid but thats fine I just want my cars so you could try them. Worst case scenario is send your owns guys up with plates but even with pre-confirmed bookings they have had to stand in lines for over two hours so thats something I wont do again.

just ring them and see if they will take the booking. It really depends on the branch but I have had several single deliveries in the last month and a couple that were over 100K

If your delivery agent is vat registered and giving you invoices with a seperate vat element ie Delivery £100 Plus Vat @20% = £120 total. Then you should be claiming the vat back.

Not sure I understand what the problem is. You got outbid at £6200 but still had 12 seconds to bang in 6300+ if you wanted it. You do realise with an online auction 3-5 bids can come in at the same time, hence the big jump, funnily enough that tends to happen with about 12 seconds to go.

Register a free Erwin.audi account and you can access the digital service history. https://erwin.audi.com/erwin/showHome.do

That sounds about right. They are selling all round them and still have a skeleton staff working. Transport crew in particular dont know whats happening.

Be careful with BCA at the moment, it taking them ages to deliver anything.

Your customer is misinformed. The only instance when a car would require a COC to register in the south is on a brand new car thats been imported from outside the EU(ie Singapore) Co2 and NoX are clearly listed on a UK V5. Thats all VRO will require from him. In my experience from when I did import from Japan is that Manufacturers dont like giving out COCs so it will be difficult and unnecessary.

Looking for L4 H3 Transits. Also would buy Crafters or Sprinters. Must be very clean. PM me stuff or send me a list please. I'm thinking on top of the free money floating about, BCA have been trying to get all their account holders switched over to buy online. I'm an account holder a long time and I remember it used to be difficult to get a live online login. Sounds like anyone with a Blue card is on it now.

Spend a bit of time going back and forth to the unit before you sign up to anything. Places can look great at first or second inspection but you need to see what the unit is like in general use. You could have a neighbour loading and unloading pallets opposite you all day. Parking spaces etc, does it look like different units on the estate are taking up every available spot or is there a bit of overfill available to park a few part ex's ? Basically drop back and forth a few times and see if its the sort of place you would be willing to buy from.

I agree and I understand the difficulties, However DVLA deciding to effectively shut there doors for three months is inefficient and a major barrier to our trade. Points the way to more of this being done digitally rather than physical V5s.

Same boat, waiting three months for a V5. Cant ring Swansea, only taking keyworker enquiries, send an email and get an automated non reply with a reference number that means nothing. I wont buy any car without a physical V5 now but its pretty shit from DVLA. Should be someway they can keep the service running even if people are working from home.

You got a great result then. I've been waiting for contact from Barclays for over a month. Multiple calls/emails etc.......crickets. My relationship with my bank is currently strained to put it mildly.

Your Aldi must be better at enforcing the rules. My Aldi is like a moshpit at an Iron Maiden gig !

Where have you seen this ? I dont see any notice of physical opening coming from the big auction groups.

A 17 plate car with two services @12 and 17K is a full history car so dont let anyone tell you the price is affected. Particularly a little Polo thats a very desireable part-ex.

I had a load of V5s to follow from BCA. Manchester,Measham and Nottingham have been available on phone and email and have now forwarded on all the missing books. Blackbushe are the only ones that haven't been on the ball. I still expect them to send them on eventually but I've re-applied just in case.

Aston Barclay are the only auction thats had some reasonable stock for sale and as you say its been selling well under cap which is where it should be. BCA are doing a spring clean of there yards and trying to get rid of grade 3/4 stock. The couple of sales they have had with fresh stuff that I would be interested in buying they are still trying to get close to cap clean. Cap needs to bite the bullet and slash their values because the market is waiting for them. Suprised you had trouble with Aston Barclay, I've always found them good to deal with, maybe try them again. For the record I have a BCA platinum account and only buy about one a month off Aston Barclay and Aston Barclays fees are slightly cheaper than BCA.

As far as I remember about half the cars on cartotrade was motorway stock being offered by some dealer. One of the reasons why I didn't renew my subscription, I don't trust the general public and I certainly don't trust their ability to self appraise a used car. Auctions are going to struggle to re open in the way they used to operate. Its not going to be feasible to drive hundreds of cars through a hall for example. Some of the Manheim Mercedes sales and BCA BMW sales(Bruntingthorpe and Brighouse ?) leave the cars in the halls unlocked. If they can do that and make the sales registered/invited dealers only then that will work for me. Not sure how they are going the run the old and out of warranty stock though. They will definitely have to up the inspection game, some kid walking around dirty cars doing an ipad appraisal is just not going to get the job done.

I think its more like the three times the auction fee that Joe public pays compared to a dealers gold/platinum card

If BCA or Manhem refused to let Joe Public in for the moment then you would have 15/20 dealers. Ideally they could restrict it to Gold Level and above. If they had a pre approved invite system, For example if I saw an auction where there were multiple targets then I could ask for an invite. That would cut out all the browsers and suit and tie trade group buyers who have just turned up because they have to prove they are working.