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I don't think so either though most of the stuff still under warrant though arval has some good stuff which has been one driver company lease cars . The Nissan quashai looks ok could probably do ok but it's probably still a bit high to achieve good profit in my opinion but I think it would achieve that at bca etc although you would have to declare it as ex rental so would prefer a 1 private owner

I agree with your pricing as I said about £5400 is my value I meant it still probably cheaper at £6700 than a main dealer for a private buyer who was keeping the car . It's retail money though for an independent car dealer They all have similar sites now I' guess they will be one selling all the stuff with scuffs etc if you look hard enough it seems to just be the cleaner stuff on there . arval do something as do Hudson kappel scratch and dent but they sell salvage for the hire companies

My parents had one years ago since about 10 months they bought it unseen to order it and supposed to be ex manufacturer factory car being sent up till the book came back europcar to be fair it was an ok car in the 6 years they owned it never needed anything major apart from the usual wear and tear brakes tyres servicing etc probably had it been sold as europcar they would never have bought it i had a look at the website its not that cheap and i wouldn't pay close to £6700 for a 66 plate Astra I see the car about £5400 tops mean realistically what could you sell for unless of course your asking to buy it as your own car .

A lot of valid points there And I agree though a lot of the guys I've worked for over the years now have managers running the business whilst they get rewards from it holidays to Spain etc 6 times a year or still have there car sales but went in a different direction and set up other companies doing different stuff like renting houses out etc don't get me wrong they do deserve it having being fully hands on for years . Still hands on but being rewarded for there hard work how Another thing to bear in mind is some people will now be saving for Christmas at this time of year and making there old car do them with those on monthly pay only got 3 or 4 wages left . I've seen a mad rush in late January earlier February before

I agree Mark as long as your ticking over .. I guess It's like I said in an earlier post grant it swings and roundabounds some will be quiet and some will be busy like yourself Always good to hear the people n here doing well all the best hope it continues .. There's an mot station like that here problem is there is only one mot tester and mechanic really it has the capacity for two he's one of the better mechanics I know the old guy that owns it had a few strokes and other health problems nice old fellow the garage is attached to a petrol station shop I've never understood why in his mid 70s he doesn't slow down a bit lease out the workshop mot station and keep the petrol station shop for a bit of income .for him and his wife

I don't think it just the motortrade either . Ticking away but not run out out the door . From what you hear down the pub or around town . I know a joiner drinks in or local on a Friday a good one got all his work word of mouth no facebook internet website or anything for over 10 years was booked for months in advance a fortnight ago was the first time he had to advertise his business in the paper looking for work .

It's all in the link Mark101 put up looks like the full package is about £420 a year ..

It's good practice I do it own my cars by a local garage put 12 months on everything My friends who owns two dealerships and mot station a few hours away from me which is why I use the local one does this I bought a Land Rover with 11 months test by a garage local to the previous owner for him one day he couldn't make the auction and put a full 12 months on it regardless as part of his pdi

Or put 6 airfreshners in it old guy I knew bought a car from a main dealer when the smell of them wore off it stank of dog he ended up selling it cause his family hated it

Thanks for the info Rory .

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Have a look at autoshine Blackpool on YouTube he has a video on there about car with odour he recommends that autobrite enzyme cleaner worth a try for a tenner that's the one he uses in the video but he says the auto smart one is good also

I normally stick a sticker on and the polly pocket and write the reg on with a sharpie eyes are not what they used to be lol I'll have a look at that myself Mark thanks

As Ja says just a Microsoft spread sheet and get some ring binders and poly pockets and get a pocket for each cars mot certificate v5 etc and just write the reg on it with a sticker or one of those label printers ,

You can get the fog machine from ebay and liquid with different scents for about £62 would be useful for other cars my local car wash uses them it it makes the car smell lovely 123598207206 is the item number and you get a bottle of scent with it would be useful for other cars I've used the air con bombs which I thought were ok for the money £9.49 the item number is 142847355524 worth a try Also a lot of Valeters use and recommend enzyme cleaner cause it creates its own good bacterias because they say shampoo makes it worst creating moisture apparently the good bacteria eats the bad is the science off spray it in and dry it off with wet vac or towel It's about a tenner of ebay item number 230706307739 hope this helps good luck .

Nice to know Im not the only one .

Great news and thanks for the update love to here a cheap repair success story .its always better when you think your heading for tht expensive fix .. wishing you a quick sale with it now ..

I dropped 2 twenty's in a petrol station forecourt one day was going to tax a car and the £40 still haunts me dropped a fiver on day at the mot station too. i put lotto hot picks on for years didn't put on over the years and they came up lost about 3k or just under but you don't miss what you never had ..

I think we all have or ups and downs As some say there having record months others say there quiet some say neither busy or quiet I guess its swings and rounds about . Some one may want a car you have and you could sell it ten times over and others at an another time may have cars like that At times everyone you speak to is not massively busy with sales other times they can't get the stock for love nor money and everyone is fighting over bca and mainheim grade 3s My advice hang on in there nacman it's tough at the top ... as a good friend and mechanic used to say to me who I worked under at the time he was workshop manager but is sadly no longer with us and had his life cut short by cancer He would say to me every morning it's tough at top kid .. to which my reply was always it's worst at the bottom

Bet you felt let down by the bank and kicked yourself for a while afterwards . We have all been in situations when we do just that .

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that's probably where the clio was . you do get some right ones don't you the I used to be a mechanic but now I work in Asda know it all types thanks for the Isle of Man thing I'll know in the future

No I get what your saying some times things just happen like that sell 6 good ones get 2 bad ones as a mate of mine says it is what it is .

I was going to ask if it was a different mini JA .?