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  1. Posted · Edited by Casper

    22 minutes ago, tradegirl said:

    Thank you so much for the replies, everyone! I will look at the different machines and get things together. As it stands, the BMW is going back as they've done a crap job generally. I think they've even sprayed the exhaust pipe when painting the back bumper, unless black BMWs now come with a shiny black laquered exhaust :rolleyes:. It actually looks good in black though haha. Time to switch bodyshops, as this was their last chance.

    I've been watching a few videos, and a lot use clays bars before going into the polishing process. Not sure how important that is. But I'll get my tools first, and update you! Thank you!!

    Remember and put special edition with colour coded exhaust in the advert .. :lol:

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  4. Posted · Edited by Casper

    1 hour ago, Rory RSC said:

    Eveyrwheres pretty much the same. Bring back Shotts independent fees or SMA. 

    Iain irvine jnr  is decent guy so was his father who sadly passed away last year they would go out there way to help you. When it was shotts . In fairness i don't think mainheim is the same since Iain left in all honesty the customer service isn't the same and also a lot of staff leaving etc..when i last attended... Sma was good too 

    I think one of the problems we all face is the market is much more limited now than say ten years ago with bca and mainheim being the main auctions sources with a few online 

    Kevin was good too always was and is helpfully from shotts to sma to.bca

    Both shotts - mainheim and sma had loads of nice staff over the years 

    Been to Wilson auctions they are ok too I've found in the past .

    intercity motor auctions  in glasgow and perth blast from the past now spent many a sunday there sitting through junk to get the car you wanted .only for it to start up and the dashboard would be like Blackpool illuminations the joys 

     

     

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  6. Posted · Edited by Casper

    31 minutes ago, MarkTVS said:

    The car has had a private reg put on it within the last few months, how would dvla do this if the car isn’t meant to be on the road? 

    Interesting wonder if its like tony said and maybe something   To do with a cat been put on the plate  .keep us posted 

    was reading up on the subject and like other have said its not illegal or wasn't in 2010 to put a cat b back on the road it was only the recommended insurance cat tht b was break only  its seems reading on other forums etc a few have been put back on the road in previous years and a new v5 log book issued though not sure about present .

    never really thought about it till this post although would be good to get to the bottom off it out of interest .   

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    7 minutes ago, Fatboy said:

    Loving this thread, great to see motor trade banter is still alive and kicking.

    David Horgan ,large 4x4,s have been considered but warranting Range Rovers scares me ! Used to be fairly safe with the Landcruisers, Hilux, 4 tracks etc  but not so sure now.  Back in the day even had a Shorrocks supercharged Range Rover 3.5 with a body kit and alloys that made it look like a Suzuki bigfoot jeep.....tasteful!. After the novelty had warn off  was wedged with it for ages but funnily enough managed to unload it to a trader outside Belmont Auctions in the end.

    Off to the pub now for large chilli and chips and a few guinness.......you dont get a body like this without feeding it!

    Enjoy your evening 

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    Just now, David Horgan said:

    More wax on wax off at lunch time Casper :lol:

    Thats it david or cut it down to 1 pie instead of my usual 2 with a cream cake lol was actually going to ask you earlier how you were getting on hope all is well . 

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    4 minutes ago, Mark101 said:

    And when you have one puncture, you get a run of punctures then go 10 years without one.

    I had a nail one tread to the left of centre (huge tyres) and (desperate), I took it to Formula 1 Tyres (multinational), who said that they cannot guarantee a repair because it is too close to the edge.

    Me, shut up mate, we're in the same game - here's £20, fix it and lose the invoice.  Tyre was on +7mm.

     

    Happened to a neighbour with a battery multi chain they fitted it 6 months earlier and said it needed a new one he said no .just got it changed for him last week some 8 years later .. 

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    29 minutes ago, tradegirl said:

    I've never come across a Cat B on the road. Never come across one for sale, only ever C and D.

    Cat B as far as I know has always been breaker only, and these days you need to provide a certificate of destruction for it.

    But I don't know what was happening in 2010.

    On a slightly different note I sold a discovery in 2009 to a breaker for parts and he gave me a certificate  Of destruction back then .remember reading a magazine article about some using a loop hole to put cat bs back on the road guess thats the one Jason mentioned ..  

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    6 minutes ago, David Ayers said:

    I have seen Cat Bs advertised before on EBay. Last one a Ferrari.

    Casper is correct Cat Bs SHOULDN’T be put back on the road.

    But that is just the ABI code. There is no law. Although I believe since they stopped doing VIC checks DVLA will no longer issue V5s to newly repaired A and B category cars.

    I think I read somewhere that flood damaged cars would get Cat B although I may be wrong.

     

     

    Your correct Some do David think it is dependent on water intake and how long they have been submerged in water etc  

  21. Posted · Edited by Casper

    11 minutes ago, MattR said:

    I sold these from new. They came out on a 53 (just) and though the mk5 shape runs to 2008, this style of GT finished in 2006/7, and was replaced by the gt sport model. Sorry to sound geeky, the gt sport will have 17" alloys ( those are 16") and a different grille. Absolutely no way is that a picture of a 2008 car.

    This 100% Tony keep us posted how you get on