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8 hours ago, justina3 said:This virus is a first for everyone no one has ever seen anything like it, for me i try to look at what went on last time in the auctions, for example first lock down BCA closed there doors and everything went on line and the prices went into outer orbit.
This time is a little unclear as to if your can open or not Wales we where told to close and that was that thankfully for only two weeks i have plenty of viewings booked for the 9th onwards already.
If prices do take a dip which i cant see i will be there waving my virtual hand in the air
We are in Wales and we 'closed'. I think we did 6 this week, including 2 walk ins.
Everyone we know was 'closed' as well, if 'closed' means being open but not making it really obvious.
We have delivered a few more than normal, but apart from that, not much is different.
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10 hours ago, have a word with the wife said:Best be up to date with Scotland restrictions for this, my friend trade plates cars / vans for one way car van hire companies all over, on thursday, he was refused entry into wales, he tried to convince them the next hirer was nhs, which didn't go down well
That seems strange, as you can travel into and out of Wales for work.
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44 minutes ago, trade vet said:Main dealer service stories are getting worse.My old pitch had a case last week where a punter had reported his Astra box had fallen out.It turned out it had and was hanging because when a new clutch had been fitted recently by a main dealer they had forgotten to tighten the bolts.About 2 years ago they had a mechanic leave for a VAG main dealer that charged £160 per hour and he told us that on Monday morning the workshop guys would get a pep talk and were given a weekly targets like 25 grand ?
I've got a big dispute with Audi at the moment, they did an emissions recall on my SQ5, the management light came on on the way home. They charged £90 diagnostic fee to tell me the adblue pressure sensor had failed. £960 + vat. The recall bulletin which I got from Audi customer services, said that the adblue consumption would increase, but the dealer has said that it is just a coincidence. I have been asking them for 2 months what they actually did to the car during the recall and they have finally admitted that they have no idea. They have said that Audi has told them that there were 11 different possible changes to the software and that mine has 'Option 2'. But Audi won't tell them it is.
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20 hours ago, have a word with the wife said:Re bounce back loan, were you trading before the 1st of March 2020 ? Was your business affected by corona ? Bb loan is 25% of last years turnover, sorry but if it was that easy everyone and his son would be registering themselves as self employed and getting cheap loans, also, there is no back log.
Good luck with your new venture.
Self employment income support scheme is different to the bounce back loans. You can claim a percentage of your profit.
The bounce back loans are meant to be 25% of the previous years turnover, but no-one is checking.
If your company was registered 28th Feb 2020, you would be eligible, but how would they calculate what 25% of your turnover was?
There are plenty of people out there who have set up a business that has never really traded and they have been granted the full £50k
I know someone who has claimed £150k as he had 3 separate businesses. Why wouldn't he?
We will all pay for it down the line....
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11 hours ago, David Horgan said:My daughter got pulled last week for NO Insurance , Plates in window , Plates on MID .
Stupid Copper said plates only cover TAX , NO they don't yes they do argument took place for 20 mins before my daughter called the bloody police from the coppers car
Can you tell this twat he doesn't know his job she said
I have no wish to start an argument, but wouldn't it be better to put the plates of the car that she was driving on the MID?
We are quite slack at updating the MID, we've only been pulled twice, once by 5 traffic cars who boxed us in on the M4 at Swindon because the car we were driving had drugs and violence markers on it and one of the lads got pulled for no insurance, couldn't get through to us to get the insurance details and the Police got bored of waiting for him becasue there was a chase going on and told him to get our their car and drove off.
One of the Coppers who pulled us on the M4, there are ANPR cameras by Leigh Delamere services, said that if we wanted to do what we wanted on the roads we should just 'fit false plates to the car and then the Police won't be able to do fuck all'. I don't know if that would stand up in court or not.
I've been overtaken by Traffic cars fitted with ANPR cameras in a car that isn't taxed, with no trade plates in that isn't on the MID and they haven't even looked at me funny.
Just lucky I guess.
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8 hours ago, metcars said:Sometimes they left a radar detector on the sun visor? Shouting at you in Japanese when drove past a Mac Donald’s! Ha!
And obviously who could forget BIMTA certificates! Lol
I had a nice tennis racket once. 'Black Ace' it was called, not sure about that.
Newspapers, which had porn halfway through, we had a Town Ace that had a tv installed, not bad in 2000.
Who didn't love a turbo timer? Not sure why they didn't catch on.
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On 7/29/2020 at 8:34 PM, metcars said:We used to sell loads of pajero’s (and yes I know what it means In Mexican or whatever). Again, fog light, speedo and radio band expander. They used fly out back then! 7 seats, dual climate and all that leather! Fun times
I used to love driving along in a LWB Exceed Pajero and staring at that wooden steering wheel that would destroy my ribs if I hit something.
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7 hours ago, justina3 said:We used to do a roaring trade on imports, a local trader used to buy blocks of 25 mx5 at a time, which we used to have to fit a fog light change some bulbs change the speedo from km to miles and fit band expanders so the radio would work in the uk, the speakers where 9 times out of ten shot so we would get a speaker sale at the same time.
Something to do with a suv test ? dont quote me on that but was along those lines.
Originally, once you had imported the car, you just needed to MOT it and then register it. For the MOT test we would just put some red plastic over the reverse light and pretend it was a fog light. The tester didn't care. You could buy an ok MX5 or Eunos Roadster as they were called for about £1200 because Sterling was strong against the yen, shipping and duty was around £700. Spend £300-£500 on prep and then knock it out for £4,995. All the old crap would get sold abroad, we couldn't buy enough of them. Mitsubishi FTOs and GTOs always sold well. The GTO buyers were usually fat middle aged men...
The UK manufacturers started complaining so they introduced the SVA test, which was just a more strict MOT test but it cost just under £200, but the testers were strict. Then they introduced something, I think it was the ESVA test and everything had to have a type approval certificate, then most people gave up.
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14 hours ago, James Baggott said:This is shocking... Please pass it on to friends in the trade
James, what I find shocking is that this chap thinks that he could have potentially lost £80k when he had the £40k payment in his bank account, so would only have lost the car.
He didn't really say that did he?
I thought that you can only apply for one Bounce Back loan, so you would struggle to perform this scam on any of the traders I know.
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21 hours ago, awc1000 said:I'm not the type to loosely accuse, iv'e got an opinion too, and it's my opinion that in recent posts you have patronised and antaganized other users on this forum and then you seem happy to go on to directly insult said users, witness your recent snipe at boycie after he pulled you on your generalisation that too many idiots were buying auction cars, it was a simple ask the result being a snide remark about him needing mental help or words to that effect, totally underhand and certainly not banter, you even told me i was a gofer, whatever that is?
regards thread content, it would be fare to say you are currently contributing little on here in the way of facts, help, or industry news,
it matters not who starts a thread, its a forum not bingo, do i want to have confrontation on here? - of course not, am i likely to take shite on the chin? - no fooking chance, am i bothered about any outcome whether that be insults or even a ban off here? - not at all.
of course people come and go on here being a forum, my point was members are leaving because of current negativity, that's a fact.
I appreciate the support here.
If I see something on here that I disagree with I will query it, I don't wish to have my mental health queried, just because I have asked someone to clarify a point.
Repeating articles that are in the Press, that are overwhelmingly negative isn't very useful.
The fact that trade prices are so high would normally suggest that there is high demand for them?
As most of us are open now, we want to get more stock, that seems sensible to me?
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1 hour ago, New year revolutions...... said:I think this doesn't require clarification so will leave your comment for the board to see
I find it strange to you stalk me at every opportunity and even at one stage called me a racist to the point I pulled the thread
if you really are in the motor trade and are suffering mental health problems there is some great help out there from a charity called ben
pm me if you need further details that you feel you cant discuss on an open forum
thank you
You are probably correct. Why would anyone think that making fun of the way Asian people speak is racist?
What was I thinking?
Thanks for the recommendation about the charity.
Can you recommend anyone in particular there? You must have a favourite.
1 hour ago, have a word with the wife said:yes
read the whole thread boycie, "quality stock" that is "fresh".......................
I was just after some clarity.
1 hour ago, Boycie said:car prices trade at the moment are a joke bolstered by too many idiots chasing too few cars
This was written, which makes no sense at all.
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15 hours ago, New year revolutions...... said:yes
very stormy seas ahead
it's all very well holding the beads and saying its gonna be on its gonna be ok
the real test is who has the nerve and the resources to see it through
car prices trade at the moment are a joke bolstered by too many idiots chasing too few cars
those that can ,hold the reins to the horse longer
Just confirming that you think that people who are trying to buy stock to sell in their newly reopened car dealerships are 'idiots'?
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1 hour ago, CRW said:Agree totally, the majority of potential customers aren't stupid and have been conditioned to the new normal by the supermarkets.
I will certainly be opening on the 1st June, I have a pitch with an office which is clearly signed no entry. I will socially distance myself outside with customers and explain that we cant discuss things in the office. I expect the majority of customers to understand and I can work around this.
As far as I see it, we were all covered by "car showrooms" during the lockdown, regardless of whether we had a showroom or a just pitch, I am not now going to spend time looking for a loophole or technicality that prevents me from opening. Be sure that if there is an extension to the SEISS (which I doubt there will be), owners of car showrooms will not be included and they will certainly not extend it to us, or make exceptions for those with just a pitch.
Everyone is welcome to their opinion, if you can afford to stay closed, do so, but having lost nearly a quarter of the year I believe its time to get this sector going again.
100% agree.
From our point of view though, we will be happy if we are the only place open, so if you think you shouldn't reopen, best not to I reckon.
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13 minutes ago, have a word with the wife said:As i say, that is exactly as i read it !
clear as mud again ! can WE SELL CARS OR NOT BORIS ?
Sorry but you're wrong, click n collect was only allowed by the government guidance at car dealers from 13 may on..........not before .
Fair enough, but that still means that everyone can open as long as the punters don't go in the 'showroom'???
And confirming what everyone else has been saying, loads of people never closed and nothing will happen to them.
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11 hours ago, Lakeside said:They were, just ignored it. They’ve sold a fair few too according to their website.
As far as I am aware, you can sell stuff remotely, the punters can come and collect the car as long as they don't go inside the premises.
The same way that Screwfix etc are working. So in reality, no-one had to close.
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6 hours ago, New year revolutions...... said:I'm really not interested in your little life stood under the rostrum thinking you are mr big buyer,you are a gofer
with your little toys and your silly little babble of friends
I've spent my life avoiding your sort
'Babble', i've never heard the expression before. I had to look it up.
I seem to recall that you are avoiding everyone at the moment????
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1 hour ago, awc1000 said:It's not the problem you think it is, nor was it last time round, granted some gems were lost in the last scrappage scheme but the bulk of the swappers were tat, exactly how it was intended.
the only loss to the franchises were the sales managers who lost their bung money off the banger traders, it was 2k gov contribution and 1k from the manufacturer, the gov money only appearing after confirmation off collection by an appointed scrap dealer, hence nothing could go missing.
the only loss to the used car trade was the lads selling and relying on sub £1k shite, and they were not that bothered anyway as the supply of that stuff is constant anyway.
if the scheme comes back it will be good news for franchises ,and good news for proper used car dealers selling decent £2-3k cars who have it hard competing with cowboys selling un-prepped sub £1500 junk.
as for the lost gems, well last time they really were few and far between, it certainly wasn't the great mint older car cull that people imagined or presumed happened, the only shock was how many folks with £200 cars who were in the market for a new motor.....
if you are worried about another scheme and your stock profile is all sub £1k sold as seen tat then you are either a busy fool or need to find a new career.
But i'm agreeing with you here. Why would you use a £2k scrappage scheme to get rid of a car that is worth more than £2k?
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On 5/18/2020 at 12:14 AM, Halfpenny said:TfL is a puppet agency of the government. It is free to do what it wants, but it only gets government funds if it does what the government wants. Hence it only got the £1.6bn bailout by agreeing to the Congestion Charge changes.
So just to clear it up, it was only able to bring in the Congestion Charge, which would gain it revenue, by getting Government funding? That makes sense.
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4 minutes ago, New year revolutions...... said:or the page will constantly crash as tyrones chain hits the screen
Could you retype this message in English please?
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5 minutes ago, New year revolutions...... said:and?
I see a question mark, but no question.
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16 hours ago, Bmx Bandits said:From the BBC News Website yesterday, “The congestion charge for people driving into central London will be reintroduced on Monday under the terms of a £1.6bn government bailout.
It follows a deal in which Transport for London (TfL) secured emergency funding to keep Tube and bus services going until September.
From 22 June, the congestion charge will also rise from £11.50 to £15.
Downing Street defended the changes saying it "only applied to a small area of central London".”
Transport For London is not run by the Government.
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1 hour ago, Paul C said:Only vaguely related, and I can't decide if the message is "we don't care about car owners" or "get in your car but not in London" but this: https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/mike-brewer-dont-penalise-motorist/192638 is a good illustration of how the government aren't suddenly going do to any U-turns resulting in a flood of consumers back into their cars.
I'm a little undecided if Mike is the best ambassador for our industry either. I've kinda never forgiven him after he did that terrible botched Golf GTI renovation on Wheeler Dealers and stuck the side stripes on upside-down!
Paul, If you are refering to the congestion charge being brought back in London, that isn't going to be anything that the Government have decided.
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3 hours ago, have a word with the wife said:So what did trading standards says when you reported the car washes ? as you are obviously concerned
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I've just read what I posted and I can't see where I said I was concerned.
I'm sure you can enlighten me.
The car washes can do what they want, it's up to them.
If you want to act like the Daily Mail sitting on here all day saying who should be doing what, you carry on.
Personally, I am going out and keeping fit, so my immune system is ready to fight off the 'deadly' virus.
I'm not sure what powers you think Trading Standards have?
It will be interesting to see if anyone gets prosecuted for 'illegal' trading while they are meant to be closed.
My local garden centre never closed, perhaps the owner will get a 5 stretch when he goes to court?
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1 hour ago, have a word with the wife said:car washes cannot be open unless part of a petrol station
see video this afternoon re wessex garage and trading standards
It's all very reasuring to tell us that car washes can't open, but they are.
Sytner Auction is selling again.
They are allowing collections.
Are you going to tell us that they shouldn't be?
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Are you saying that even if you sell a 'click and collect car' you don't allow the punters inside to do the paperwork?