Casper

Thanks . And of course your opinion helps and as you said earlier will always take advice I don't think you can ever know to much or not enough I've been in the trade since 1999 through different aspects did some property/ land planning to was chatting to old guy at the auction the other week who has did it 50 years and still keeps his hand in . Every day is school a school day and i still make school boy errors sometimes ..so guess in comparison to him I'm not far above the basics either lol strangely i only found the forum a few months ago though I've read the mag before my old boss subscribed to it .

Thanks for the reply . Always good to hear others ideas . And thoughts

I think i read it but though it was more to do with changing plates though i could be wrong wouldn't be the first time sorry for the repeated thread if not .. my next question was going to be any thoughts on suppliers of branded promotional items

How far do you guys and girls go with branding cars i use some key-rings a printed loop-fobs on one key and a printed plastic key ring on the other and used to used tax disc holders and change number plates to branded ones when required on newer stuff

Do you guys and girls use hanging air fresheners or use it in spray form I tend to use the fruity ones from home bargains or autoglym autosmart ones have used nielsen chemicals ones in the past the best ones i found were the jelly belly ones but those are expensive per unit also thought about some personalised ones

One of the guys I bought for wouldn't touch them and bought a lot of Audis just said they had poor engines tfsi though at one stage he bought and sold an early tt and he said it was fine not sure of the source it was one of his purchases at the time there was 3 of us 2 directors me as self employed buyer and 2 managers and various staff at the garages he owned

Or parked tight to the fence lol ( joking ) but some of the old boys on the block can tell some stories

Remember a back street painter years ago always had a gb badge for runs in tailgates he also told me before my time the vinyl roof was his friend back in the day . Can always go back and tell them you've only just noticed and would like it sorting see what they say or you could use someone else to repair don't really see or cant think what other options you have you probably should have checked it but no point crying over spilt milk as my old great auntie used to say couldn't really sell like that as it probably looks worst than it is from a customer point of view .

I like how you put it I guess we all have our good and bad times at this game and up and downs but were still here doing it so we must be doing something right .i guess you will be busy when others are quiet and vice versa

Ive a friend who mostly does vans but sells the odd car cheap pxs etc he stared off with cars but says van customers are a lot less fussy funny thing is another 2 van dealers I was talking to one at his own pitch and one at mainheim said mostly the same thing

No sure really and might be wrong here never really been involved.too much with campers more cars and vans. Though I helped a neighbour add extras to his factory camper . Though to try and help and give my advice ill give you my thoughts I guess what you could do it your price the basic van on Autotrader price up what it would cost to buy the parts to spec it out and then ad a bit on for the the work . Also have a look on eBay and gumtree etc there a few on there at minute I had a look earlier .. some nice stuff

Tango just when you said don't think cheap is tat it got me thinking to how many identical products not always motor trade related that I've seen in home bargains poundland etc only to see them at twice the price in supermarkets online etc Good idea .

I'm sure as Mark said the plate can be transferred and the 1997 car will be issued with a P or R registration which ever is appropriate thats never been issued on a non transferable basis one of my previous bosses registered his Mercedes straight from brand new to his valuable private plate then bought a new Mercedes passed the previous Mercedes to his ex wife who was still part of the company with a newly issued age related date appropriate plate back around 1999-2000 which said on the v5 notes non transferable registration

I agree with JA although we know a 100k isn't a lot on a modern car or van it will put a lot of buyers off I also agree with you TG about your money in the two cars you know what to buy and your market in your area etc my advice would be to politely offer a low ball px on the van at a price you can afford to sit on it. remind the customer that camper vans are not really your market and you may have to sit on it for a while and its probably worth more private or on eBay etc Good luck whatever the outcome

Remember advertising an old px escort on gumtree years ago had it advertised with company name as contact etc and had a guy phone up and ask if we would take a three piece suite in px

Thanks for the reply and advice funny you should mention Home bargains . Sometimes I pick up there cleaning products to mix in with the more expensive stuff in my valeting box and buy the little hanging air fresheners from there too there only 0.29 each and the fruity smelling isnt to overpowering like some of the more expensive ones I've used will pick up some tape and a set or 2 of mats next time im in never go wrong to have about the place all the best

Whats the year colour mileage etc a company i buy cars for sometimes has started to stock a few and they always seem to sell and do well

I also only use a sealey basic code reader for more complex stuff that it cant read the mobile mechanic swears by the snap on scanner with latest updates he also has has an an older launch that does up to up 2011 as a back up

Use a couple of local garages for mots and in depth repairs etc and use two mobile mechanics for servicing and repairing basic stuff I don't mind doing some little jobs on my own maybe discs and pads an oil change or a valet But mostly these days I prefer to stick to the buying and selling been doing a lot of buying lately as an agent sourcing vehicles for a couple of independent car and van dealers from bca and manheim

Thanks to you all for suggestions.. Hope you all had a good weekend ..

Thanks will have a look at Wurth . All the best

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Best wishes Lucas hope you find something soon .. may I take a moment to wish you all the best in the future .

Thanks for the reply Tom I normally do a combination of both as I find it helps the plate stay flat as I've seen them bevel out slightly over time so the tape or pads prevent this and then I stick some screws in just got me thinking today what the best way was when the guy I was fitting them for said he would prefer no screws as it looks much nicer was what he said but as you say and I also agree the screws add to security both from general driving and not fear of frost etc getting to the tape and guess it makes theft harder though I've not really heard much of that in my area .

And as you said it unfortunate but i guess they never will .