andymc1973

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  1. No I just don't want you to fall into the many traps I did
  2. do not encourage credit cards, google section 75, mate you need to start with bangers
  3. mate, you're running before you can walk
  4. 3K on a BMW 320si, refund then new timing chain and then sold again and the engine imploded and another refund and sold as spares/repair on ebay, it still haunts me now as the plate was cloned and i get regular calls from the police, it was last seen on fire somewhere on the borders, the cloned car not the piece of shit I had
  5. seem as any other trade site really
  6. he will run your part ex's through his work shop????? Mate you're getting the shit
  7. why would a service sort an EGR error (devils advocate), you could knock £500 and the punters rights are exactly the same, I once knocked £250 off to do a timing belt service, guess what they didn't do and guess what happened, cost me an engine
  8. with all due respect I'd be astounded if there wasn't several traders in a big VW chain who take all the swoppers
  9. tried ebay and its a nightmare, without sending racist its always someone who doesnt have English as their first language and didnt realise they've bid or the cars too far away, high time ebay penalised these people and charged the card they have on file, auction is always a nightmare...
  10. car is at the auction, what happens with is i get a build up of problem cars and cant see the wood for the trees
  11. it gets to the point where you wonder when to call it a day on some cars
  12. well it passed the emissions side of the mot although i wasnt there when testing
  13. so anyhoo, got the car running after fitting the cat and no issues, it has been tested and the bloody light had came back on, the computer is pointing to the O2 sensor but they both look new, any cheap ideas before i give it to the auction, its not linked to low fuel is it?
  14. true, im at the stage i cant even watch top gear or whatever they call it now
  15. i found with the ebay the money off brigade where still in the majority
  16. the vendors in a lot of cases are iffy, simple as
  17. i have, have you "came out" again x
  18. thought you must be on holiday as you're not answering/taking texts, all one way this friendship, take take take (flounces out of the room)
  19. in all fairness a lot of my cars came from the same group and i could phone the guy directly who looked after them, that helped a lot
  20. just like the clowns up my way who say allow £200 for anything missed
  21. i had to recover a car last week, he said HGF, turns out he'd put water in and not tightened the cap, denied it of course, tosser
  22. as i said previously i was getting around 200 cars a year through DA, all within 60 miles of Newcastle. the quality and volume hass dropped off dramatically of late
  23. they give too much for these trade ins and try to get us to pay
  24. i pay £50 at wilsons, a lot more at manheim
  25. i was under the impression the fees are tiny for the big players