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Good one Marcus ... that did make me laugh

She must be a diamond dave my dad has dementia and a very close friend who has been like a second mum/grand mum to me and i would refer to more like family and her husband died of cancer who i also thought of family it hard to sit by watch its like losing them twice me and dad were always close still are also lost a mechanic friend to cancer one of the.best guys i knew as well as best mechanics carers do a great job and deserve more recognition sometimes .. as do doctors and nurses i lost a friend who was also there for me like family a few years ago to a heart condition it actually heartbreaking to see someone like that in a position like that wish ur friend all the best mate and thank her for the work she does ..

I know its mad you would think they would look through the photos your right about the advisories i tend to find it worst on the older stuff oh its had a tyre worn in 2006 sort of thing .. The one that gets me if if you put an older car on with history remember putting a 9 year old golf on with full stamped history mostly by the two separate owners local garages and some Volkswagen up to about 5 years old cam-belt was changed for the vag men with water pump and tensioners at one of the local garages about 15k miles before a really well looked after car with receipts etc .. you have no idea the amount of calls i got asking if it was full Volkswagen history it got to stage i would answer its a 3 owner 9 year old car u have to be realistic its lucky that it has full history .. and i had actually written the above in the ad and all the other ads on the newer stuff would say full dealer or full main agent service history if it had it some people just don't read adverts I'm convinced .

At the garage i bought for We used do something similar .. on the more expensive stuff for the photos the cheaper stuff we didn't really bother on my own stuff i never bother

The a4 black editions were always good sellers .. to be fair we sold a few in our time tts as-well only had one tt stick around but think although it was cheap it was more to do with the fact it was on 96k miles on a 15 reg

Dont be to hard on yourself mate everyday is a school day . It takes a good man to admit his mistakes . It will turn out fine in the end all the best .

They reverted back to no keyless on the newer model 67 plate Gti didn't have the keyless well the ones i know off didn't one the sat nav keep freezing went to volkswagen under warranty there responce in the end was it is a common issue

Has the cam-belt been changed when was it last serviced sorry it had to be said Never known more for messers more than anything else as far as I'm aware and seem to always have sold well you know what will happen a genuine buyer will come along when you least expect it

In my Everyones opinion counts here mate a newbie or someone who has been at years after-all thats what its all about it here . Your also right you get a feel for customers and over time can tell the genuine ones .sometimes you will get people wanting to leave deposits other time some even want to pay in full other times you can tell if they say they will be back tomorrow you know they will be . Good luck wish u loads of success in the future You have the right idea bhm remember you saying before your 100 percent right when selling older stuff you have to not only access the car but also also access the customer who is going to sitting in the drivers seat of said car ..

Refund fully and move on you've said you would by the above .. next time if you know its ok say your 100 percent confident the car is fine as all your cars are workshop prepared to high standard though you will have if checked for piece of mind and that if course if she not happy you will refund the deposit minus £100 for the customer preparation package which is non refundable for you to take the car off sale as if they choose not to buy you have to prepare the car have a resanitised valet afterwards and have prep and advertising costs . Although of course she is welcome to go away and think it over but the car will remain on sale until then Although I tend to agree with you the daughter just simply didn't like the car my thinking is she wanted a brand new car or nearly new one and mum said no so daughter is making up faults with yours to get mum to change her mind in all honesty I think you have dodged a bullet there it would be back ever week with this or that wrong which of course it isn't it there just looking for there money back keep us updated hope it all works out in the end .

Cheers for that thanks will keep an eye

We run an old 207 1.6 hdi as a runabout going for parts picking cars up etc had a 1.6 307 hdi before that both did the same for the first couple of minutes from cold start the 307 had no faults although that did get a replacement egr valve over the years due to the management light coming on and the anti pollution fault and the 207 has a code logged for glow plug relay though theres no management lights etc and seems to runs fine so never investigated further .. hope you get to the bottom of it

Glad to hear mare yeah All good mate Fairly quiet during lockdown as to be expected but slowly picking up now luckily ..

As a mechanic we use says the brakes that let you know there working

Hows things Ashley how it going with covid guess like every one else things been quiet ?

Always appreciate your comments and stories trade vet ive only been in the trade since 1999 on and off with other bits and bobs in between mainly property and construction so keep them coming You too Marcus

Agree on the fitter part most deffo.. not just with JLR but also many industries ..

Same here terrible weather .Yeah All good

Some sound similar to me had a couple of quads and trial bikes etc I know mentioned the other week that even back in my day we would do similar stuff or go and play kerby etc never happens now . Hope all is well at the. Horgan house hold

Firstly sorry for your loss Thank you for the intro come across as a nice fellow. if I'm ever looking for any plates ill know who to call upon and most deffo you do. Need something to keep to keep you occupied There a good helpful bunch here sometimes we bark but never bite lol all the best

Guess it's a bit like everything else imaging swapping a modern day teenagers x box for an old Atari which back in the day was the bees knees .

Welcome John anytime always helpful

Cheers yeah it was about 3 years ago maybe more .so they must have yeah .

In fairness your right when you start to buy on a lower volume you do seem to want to over analyse and think about or maybe over think about I used to buy a lot more had the odd one with issues but due to my own health and dads health with his dementia I've scaled down a lot don't buy or make as much as i once did but still get by and don't feel i need to so much these these days if i cover overheads and get a wage I'm undecided if i should keep doing what I'm doing or if some stage to go back to the larger scale i guess time will time

Good info will keep it in mind for-future ref .