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Blimey, that's going back a few years!

Am I the only one that's having issues logging on to the BCA website today. I just get 'error', or is it 'maintenance'?

I'm looking at Blackbushe on Monday, about 940 cars in total, nearly half are UKCGR stuff? You can't really choose to ignore it? I wonder how many of those 107k returned a profit, or ended up in a skip? And can someone explain in 'real' terms the difference between 'premium', 'select', 'trade' and 'no reserve'?

"shrimp boat"?

I suppose it's an app now is it?

I can get from London Stratford to Colchester Town for £8, and if I'm lucky I'm on my own and there's a toilet!

Do they still even do the printed copy?

On this subject, you can get some cheap off peak tickets if you hunt around.

Sound pretty standard, Manheim Colchester can be picky about giving you a lift (although judging by the state of the minibus I'd rather walk). And they have almost gone out of their way to make it difficult to walk out into the far reaches of the compound on that strange grey stone that that turns to mud and gets everywhere in the car!

Don't let me put you off, the more old shitters you buy from WBAC the fewer decent cars you'll compete against with me

I stopped buying CAP when the auction houses started printing the prices in the catalogues. I never found CAP/Glasses retail pricing very 'realistic' in the first place, I still don't.

My 'gut feeling' is that all that crap is there because everyone else has tried to fix it and failed.

Might be ok for the odd 'banger', but i wouldn't want to spend any real money on someones old turd. There are two buyers for this wbac stuff, private buyers who don't know any better and traders who think they'll buy a car with a fault that's easily fixed? I've heard there are diamonds in the rough but i've never found one.

Don't Blackbushe run a shuttle from the station on sale days for trade?

As advisories go, "wheeltrim missing" still takes some beating!

I would be more annoyed with myself that I hadn't bothered to check the lights before the test?

Yes, same here

Watch out you'll catch the bug, I did exactly the same thing as you and ended up keeping one for 10yrs. It lasted longer than my last marriage. Drove everywhere in it, unstoppable. Tow anything. Fetch a washing machine back from Makro and still get five people in it. Fuel consumption gets tiring though

To which you reply "no, that's fine, I'm quite happy to pop over now while they are pdi'ing the car for you, be there in 10mins". Don't forget the idea is not to go to them but to 'encourage' them to come to you? Taking a car to a punter always puts you on the 'back foot' as far as negotiation is concerned

Tell them you will pop over and 'do the paperwork/collect payment' then have car delivered?

Another good one yesterday: Wheel trim missing

The old shoguns would run on anything but the mk3 are fragile in comparison. The pumps cant be rebuilt, they can go at any time. Its their achilees heel and will write off a car. Rear camber (bolts sieze and usually explains new cheapo tyres on the rear) and chain tensioner is an issue too. I love those old shoguns. Ive had a few over the years, still in the club! Lol

The injection pumps on those are a 'ticking time bomb'

I'm still trying to calculate the 'rough split' between my new and used sales? In the words of the greatest rock song every written, "the legend of the rent was way hardcore!"

You're never alone at the block, there's always internet bidders?