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Ive heard that too . On the other side of the coin I've met some polish mechanics paint sprayers etc that have been some of the best I've seen especially the painter i used the guy that owns the tyre place is actually one of nicest guys ive ever met and a real hard worker

Your learn something everyday god I've bought some scrap over the years to be fair a lot of the older stuff sold at auctions is there for a reason and sometimes the newer stuff

They should stop sending letter and give the money to the nhs lol

Will they do a u turn on it if the lockdown etc and everything is over by august for taking sakes will September expire dates revert to original date if not then surely they would have just added the 6 months now to the current expiry date instead of waiting 2 days before the current mot expiry date just a thought . Although some mot stations are still open and carrying out mots three off the local ones to me are and i said i watched a guy get a mot carried out today on youtube and get a paper certificate and emissions report etc which going by the gov website has stopped due to covid the paper receipt not the mot .

You only get 1 6 month extension if you mot was or is due between 30th Mar 2020 to 30th Mar 2021 just watched a video on a youtube and the tester gave the guy an mot on car today and a paper print out etc i thought that was stopped due to the virus not the mot but the paper element of it . Basically exactly as paul has said .

It a 6 months extension.but lasts up to year . Though i was reading an article in car mechanics magazine that tht may change at short notice so effectively from the 30th mar to 30th mar 2021 all cars have an 18 month mot as it stands

Before the dvla used to issue the same number back they used to put a private plate on cars it would then come back with a complete different new reg in the 80s and 90s i remember cars getting new regs my cousin took a private reg off his car in the early 90s so did a friend both got new age related plates . but im unsure if it totally cleared the status though off a write off but my old boss said it did i only asked cause the garage owned a lot of 4 number 2 letter and 3 letter 3 number plates a vice versa but were like ax etc or avu tht kind of thing as well as irish plates my old boss told me an e reg Mercedes which had never been damaged and bought new once was given.a d reg in error and they wouldnt do anything about it saying it related to year of manufacture as it was an import .but had previously been an e reg and was bought the same day as the big bosses e reg one which he owned for years and imported both from german not sure how reliable it is but have no reason to doubt him as he wasn't the type of guy that talked bullshit

Its probably not worth it now unless really cheap or as the original poster says a daily driver a guy i worked for did really well out it for years in-fact at time he nearly got the contract from a large insurance company to buy all there salvage but someone else got it in the end . a lot of his stuff was bought from hudson kepell scratch and dent in the later years hes retired now and sold his garage infact its no longer there on the subject of cheap cars i bought a diesel vectra evans halshaw part ex from the auction for a friend for a cheap runner think it was £600 out the door but 3 years later its still going strong was father and son owned before hand and been a good car so was his previous one think that was £1200 and a again he had it 3 years

Keep them coming james

Haha my thoughts exactly

Best way isn't it there is something satisfying about driving something that cost less than than a new cars first payments .

An auld local farmer used to always say to me about himself there no one perfect but I'm as close as you will get that saying always stuck as well as one my dad says a lot or did say before dementia and Alzheimer's was work together we will achieve even more glad you got that bit of luck andy .. as you say we all need a bit sometimes

Yeah i guess it depends who is doing the assessment if they can be arsed on the day .

Its an 18 month test instead of a 12 month one if you add the 6 month extension thats his point

I remember universal salvage Northern salvage in Scotland did something similar but it was a pick up with a back that was the mobile rostrum.

Thats decent off him I've often said there a lot of good lads out there thats went down the wrong path and could be brought back up again it again if more training etc was offered even lads that didn't do well at school now are being written off if they don't get good grades they don't get to train to be a mechanic was talking to a mates brother in law he is a work shop manager thats we he was saying he interviewed a lad about 1 year and gave him a job he's been one of the best mechanic apprentices he has ever had although he has low pass marks on his grades . His big boss gave him a rollocking for hiring him as he never had the grades to which he replied if the lad had the grades he didn't think he would want to the job in the first place .

Thats it . Especially in these times .

Friend of mine bought an octavia as a non runner turns out it was a flat battery apparently copart don't try and jump start or boost them . Also if you get one watch they don't damage it on the fork lift

Well done Rory good to see the high end stuff still selling .glad to see your selling

Watch salvage rebuilds uk on youtube Rob did a good video last week on what to look out for .https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4RsefesoZis

Guess we need to sit it out and see what happens and as you say thats the other side coin from what i was saying about people not want to take finance etc but customers all think different i guess Luckily for us everyone is different which may help They will be big changes everywhere not just this trade but construction industry plant hire etc etc

Deals steals and wheels .the program was called .

Ive noticed it two with the adverts what i have noticed is if you click out and back in to it the add mostly goes away .do what you have to do james though frustrating do what you have to to keep the forum going ..

Ive always said it will help the cheaper end of the market maybe up to 3k which people can afford to buy or have savings for however paying 10k on finance might be a bit different incase we go back in to lockdown at the drop of a hat as the government has said could and might happen .. I notice zoopla saying there is going to be a drop in house prices and sales .

Yeah had a watch myself