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    Hi what’s everyone’s experiences with cars with no mechanical report on bca. Are they all scrappers or is there another reason they haven’t had 1 ? . I’ve found the ones with the essential check are way off anyway as if they’ve checked another car . 

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    Exactly what I’ve been told , thought he was talking out of his , was hoping someone would say that before having to take fords lol. It is a mk7 been driving myself last few days and seems fine now though gonna drive myself for a while keep an eye on it. Thanks for reply’s

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    Hi , got my traders policy 3 years ago was bout £1500 a year, broker said that was expensive because first year on a traders policy, is now £1700 on second year third year coming up . Has anyone actually had their price go down ? 

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    Hi was just wondering how much you guys are paying for repair work. I do a few jobs in the side and materials ect have all increased and was wondering what would be cheap / expensive at the moment for repairs? I’m in the north west .

  8. Posted · Edited by Lambchop

    Hi my father is currently of bad health and has 2 classic cars which were restored 25 years ago sitting in the garage that he is looking to sell. 
    1 is a 1972 MGB 

    1.8 l with 15000 miles 

    the other is a

    72 Mercedes SL 450

    done 86,000 miles

    finding it hard to get a good value on them and wondering where the best place would be to sell them , the mgb needs a little work not much and the Mercedes’ is in good condition. Any help would be appreciated. We are based in Liverpool. Tried to put pics up here but saying files too large .

     

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    Hi was thinking about starting to use a warrantywise and was wondering if anyone with some experience with these company’s could answer a few questions. Any help would be appreciated. I mainly sell cheap cars (under £3000) . If I sell a car and something goes wrong within the first month, will they automatically send it back to me or does warrantywise deal with the customer. Also if I sold a 12 month warranty and 10 months down the line there’s an issue do I still hear about it or do they deal with the customer themselves? Thanks .

  11. Posted · Edited by Lambchop

    Sorry, other side. Drivers coil spring, which also snapped anti roll bar linkage and passenger side top strut mount . Now noisey but took a while to notice as only noisey at low speeds. Fine driving to from garage but noisey while parking up .

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    Hi bought a bmw from Bca , a coil spring has been snapped in transit by the looks of it. Made claim and now got it fixed , now driving car noticed steering noise , which was also clear on bca assured. However car has now done bout 90 more miles taking it to get fixed and bringing back pitch. Sounds like strut mount prob also broke in transit . Will they accept this claim? 

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    Ye thanks for reply’s, came today from bmw Corby , seems like the front coil spring/ anti roll linkage have been snapped in transit . Says on assured report suspension ride height correct . Can I claim on this? 

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    If they are supplying  cinch makes more sense to me,  more the thought that they can basically offer what they want as most punters don’t have time to and are never going to bother selling privately. 

    Also I don’t know why they give quotes that high then chip of ? Why not just offer close to what they’ll give rather than pissing off every customer when they get there .

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    Thanks highline . Has actually come as a surprise for me how much they offer. If they are giving close to cap average for each car , surely they can’t be making much after all their costs . Maybe they’re branches are going through a shi*t ton of cars, they never look too busy to me .

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    Lol, actually interested in what I should have offered ? 2009 fiesta , think had 67000 miles had a ding drivers rear quarter few other scratches, not terrible condition prob needed a tyre . Didn’t have alloys and was the style with the vents at the front, no fog lights in light blue . I actually said £1200 would go to £1500 let me know what they offer . 

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    Never used them, I always thought that to pay rent on their locations, wages for staff, transport to and from BCA they’d need a decent margin . Thought they’d offer at least  £500 under cap clean. Assuming most go through auction  close to that don’t see where they’re making much money. I’ve always just bought at auction and sold so pretty naive when it comes to this side . 

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    Thanks, for reply’s , will try using their site but have to put an e mail address in , maybe will block after so many searches ? , had one  in yesterday Ford Fiesta 2009 65,000 miles said he was taking to we buy any car. I know cap clean is about 2600 ish so said I guessed we buy any car would offer bout 1500 and knock money off so said I’d give him 1200. Havnt heard back so maybe they offered more. Was hoping there was an app with their valuations or it was cap clean minus a percentage. 

  24. Posted · Edited by Lambchop

    Hi I currently own a carwash and sell a few cars from there. Every now and then we get customers saying they’re  about to sell their car to we buy any car ect and that’s why they’re getting them valeted. Was wondering where to find out what we buy any car are going to offer for their cars so I could buy of them instead and put up for sale . Also what checks do you usually make when customers trade in their cars ? Only looking to buy the cheapies . Any help would be much appreciated thanks .

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