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  2. Posted

    14 hours ago, car dealer london said:

    Hi, thanks for your response.

    Yes the guidelines indicate you must display them on the exterior and the original plates must be displayed. Tricky one, however if there are any London based dealers with experience let me know!

    Our 'great' mayor has no interest in businesses or vehicles. I am considering moving, but it's a big undertaking when your life, properties/assets are London based, unfortunately not a case of get up and go!

    Plus, don’t be surprised if these punitive ‘extra taxes’ aren’t applied nationwide at some point. I’ve noticed other cities picking ‘low emission zones’ (keep this to yourself but they do actually work). Punishing end users for the mistakes of industry seems to be the way forward for government. Motorists are a cash cow, and ‘ANPR zoning’ is a good, cost effective income generator for cash strapped local councils. 

    So be warned, Its not just a London thing, it’s spreading like a cancer?

     

  3. Posted

    On 10/8/2021 at 4:42 PM, the old novice said:

    ...........,, got notification this morning that the aggregate  suppliers are putting a cubic metre of concrete by £11.00 in April  2022 to cover the fuel uplift........

    Just as well you can now grow your own concrete?

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    4 hours ago, the old novice said:

    100% agree.Spend a bit of time on you tube searching for photography tutorials.I much prefer a  digital camera, then a quick photo edit to crop the pic, play around slightly with the colour, contrast and sharpness but not enough to make them look false. Takes me about 30 mins from taking a load of pics or getting them on the advert. Most cameras will come with easy to use photo editing software that even i find easy to use.That said i know of traders that get great results with a camera on the iphone but i've got fingers like cows udders so digi camera works for me.

    I’m a keen amateur photographer anyway. But as you say it’s easy for anyone to get excellent results with a little effort.

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    14 hours ago, Bmx Bandits said:

    And don’t think we’ll even be able to buy pasta.

     

    There is a really good article here -  https://www.cittimagazine.co.uk/comment/fuel-shortages-could-the-uk-switch-to-e10-petrol-be-the-underlying-cause.html   about the fuel shortage and it being to do with the role out of E10 rather than driver shortages - they state that the tanker driver numbers have not changed markedly between August and September. (It’s written by a couple of University professors so is a little heavy going compared to a broadsheet). It’s also definitely not spam… not that you will be able to buy that soon either :lol:

    Its not heavy going, it’s just stating the obvious? I’m surprised they needed a university professor to tell us that HGV drivers need better incentivising? But, hardly surprising from a magazine that services the logistics industry?

  8. Posted

    On 10/4/2021 at 2:32 PM, BIGNIT said:

    Funny you should say that, I sold a car to a HGV driver yesterday and he says there's no shortage of drivers.

    So the reports of a massive industry wide shortage of HGV drivers is untrue?

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    22 hours ago, HuwD said:

    Makes you think there's a motive for a lack of fuel for the average user in order to convert to the wonderful world of 100 mile range and electric. Especially when you read story on front page

    The only motivation issue is the lack of it from foreign HGV drivers to deliver our fuel?

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    37 minutes ago, CRW said:

    I think this scenario sums it up.  Phoned a private seller with a Fiat 500, nice late model with 6k miles.  He was asking £8150.  It was a bit over book but we need stock.  Car is still available he says, but may not be for much longer.  He had tried WBAC who bid him £8k, then dropped to £7800.  However, since he had paid to advertise it on AT, they had upped their offer from £7800 to £8500.  So the reality was that I couldn't buy the car that was for sale at £8150 in AT, even for the advertised price, let alone have a discussion on price. Every time I see that tosser Schofield or that goofy berk Rylan on the tv adverts I'd happily throw the remote through the screen.

    Yeah I understand completely. The price volatility affects all of us? I wonder how niche markets have been affected, Supercars, RS/ST etc?

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    1 hour ago, Lakeside said:

    This is another thing we was thinking the other day aswell….

    We watched a grade 3, 09 plate focus, Capping clean at £1375 fetch £2900 at bca last week. With fee’s and prep you’d be looking at probably £3500 providing there’s nothing serious wrong with it. You’d have to retail that at £4000+ to be even worth it.

    I would be shitting myself that prices might slump back if I had a site full stock like that!

  19. Posted · Edited by metcars

    58 minutes ago, BHM said:

    I think that time is now (at least in the sub £5K market). Punters are buying because they HAVE to (their car’s fucked, written-off or the MOT tester has condemned it). 

    It seems to me that EVERYONE knows secondhand prices are up & at the lower levels a man with £2-3K in his pocket soon realises that he’s now in the position of looking at cars that would have been £1-2K pre-Covid. Every week I get punters on the phone thinking they’ve got the whip hand, I pity them if they get the same response elsewhere as they get here.

    Ultimately it’s a market & the market determines prices.

     

    Again, I wonder what it’s like for guys that source stock from private sellers?

    but you’re spot on with the bottom end of the market. The prices at the block can be insane for old shutters? Where’s  the profit? I’m guessing it’s the fault of these youtubers making millions from ‘flipping cars’ that are creating an influx of newbies?

  21. Posted

    1 hour ago, CRW said:

    Run a pitch with 20-25 units in the £4-£10k bracket. Don't buy from auction.  Currently have 7 cars and haven't bought anything for a month. Been doing this for nearly 20 years now and have never known a period like it.  

    Just out of interest what’s the difficulty. Poor quality, availability or over optimistic vendors? 

  22. Posted

    1 hour ago, MarkTVS said:

    We were a serious auction buyer but now only about 20% of our stock is from auction due to prices. We are getting a lot more stuff privately and from other contacts which although more time consuming means there is usually decent profit in the metal.

    So you’re paying sensible prices for stock? I’m guessing even private sellers have noticed prices are volatile?

  23. Posted · Edited by metcars

    On 9/2/2021 at 1:09 PM, beenaroundtheblock said:

    The admin should sort it out in all honesty, other forums seem to be able to manage it.

    Let’s not be hasty, I’m still pondering the bitcoin ‘opportunity’ and I do need help with that report that’s due?:unsure:

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