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Being able to correctly tension a fan belt is a skill that will stay with them always!

“They’re all like that sir?”

So if they were more virile they should be able to pump the flat tyre up with sperm? So like a fireside chat. You read the owners manual to the kids at bedtime?

Would your daughter change a flat at the roadside?

That’s all true. But it got me thinking that I’ve never seen a woman changing a wheel. I’m not criticising women, it’s not a pleasant job at the best of times even for us guys? And I wonder how much thought manufacturers put into it. Apart from a tin of magic sealer and a pump. As a side note. I remember from my youth (yonks ago) a mates mother who wouldn’t even pump her own fuel?

I noticed two cars today with the RAC changing wheels at the side of the road. Both women. Both newish cars. It’s 2022. Do car manufacturers not allow for ladies to change flats at the side of the road. Sure, I’m not saying pregnant ladies or ladies of a certain age. But both ladies I saw were In their 30s and would probably have gym membership? Even if the RAC offer a flat tyres ‘bolt on’ to their membership, who wants to wait a few hours for a man in a van? So, would your wife/girlfriend change a wheel at the roadside?

Well they’re going to be made in China now! Those ‘imperialist pigs’ in Cowley had their chance?

In other news BMW move production of electric Mini from oxford to China? Should take the load off the charging points?

Well, you say that. Many years ago, well about 20? I bought a car for my stepson at the block. Just a fiesta, nothing special. I handled the paperwork, and filled his name and address on the V5 and sent it (no electronic transfer then). I know the v5 arrived at his flat because I saw it. About 6 months later he gets flashed by a static camera and ignores the nip. He actually moved and thought that would get them off his tail. 2 months I get the nip sent to me including a little pic of him driving with his girlfriend sat next to him? But how did they get my details unless they backtracked all the previous owners until it arrived at manheim as a Gates px. I’m assuming manheim gave my account details to the police. It was never in my name? But I had to send them a sales receipt and all that nonsense to clear it up. But it was just a normal stock purchase that ran through my business. My name & address was never on the V5. I know that they report suspicious account activity to the usual agencies, DWP/HMRC etc. But I’m guessing they allow access for debt collectors/bailiffs now?

Yikes! Sounds like a ‘story car’. In this context, your mistake was registering it in your name? With debt collectors, it’s like a game of tag and now you’re ‘it’

It doesn’t help that BCA have not chosen to restart physical auctions? Unlike Manheim?

I’m guessing I’m in the older age range on this forum but If you’re retiring (67) does ncb make a lot of difference in reality. I’m nearly ‘there’ and my trade insurance are getting a bit ‘salty’ about my age now. Funny how they were ‘salty’ about me when I was 17? I wonder what would be the bigger hit, just the fact of being old or no bonus? PS: obviously, if you’re coming out of the trade at 25 with no bonus that’s a ballache!

There’s certainly a lot of YouTube experts?

I think it was more to do with a certain funeral?

Just been reading the comments on the dealer who put all his ‘black stock’ in a row. I think it’s called ‘fronting up’. But, just wondering if anyone else has done that?

We need to “take back control!”

I’ve noticed a few ‘genuine’ guys dropping into threads to offer their services. Perhaps the nice people at CDM could create a section for ‘trade’ advertisers to hawk their wares to us motor traders. Could be a convenient way for CDM to sort the wheat from the chaffe? And at least it would save us searching through old threads for their details.

True, manheim fees are on their website if you dig in a bit, but bca only show blue cards as far as I know? Not sure why the secrecy?

Have you not got a Costco account? Just off M25 at Thurrock

I think a lot of punters believe Toyotas, especially older ones, to be indestructible? They’re not!

Blimey, those were the days, before auctions put trade prices in the catalogue. Sitting in the auction cafe, rushing through the lists with CAP book. Seems like ‘light years’ ago now.

And lots of furloughed workers decided to buy them to fix up to relieve boredom?

I was playing ‘management lingo bingo’ reading through that. Can imagine what their strategy meetings were like!

High number of ‘proper’ trade advertisers too, which is interesting as none of those youtuber copart guys admit to being car dealers. It’s just for fun apparently?

I thought everyone did that!