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  1. metcars
    Now you've given the game away everyone will want to do it!
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    I'm told these are modern classics but I've also read that "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" Not sure how that would sit in your car collection next to your Ferrari GTO, but each to their own.
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    Just out of interest, with a 'brokering deal' who takes responsibility if there are issues down the line. Can the broker sidestep any responsibilities? Are warranties given? Who does the inspections and are they insured against the usual? If that 'Ferrari GTO' turns out to not be a matching numbers car who is liable? Vendor, broker, inspection agent, warranty? I was also under the impression that 'brokers' tend to operate in the upper price levels of classic cars/boats/planes
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    Probably slipped through the inadequate spam filter
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    Edd China certainly doesn't polish Mike's turds any more
  6. metcars
    Nothing except it has 'peaked' my interest?
  7. metcars
    Good luck with the new "area of specialisation". What's the market like for camper vans generally, and where do you source them in any quantity?
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    Just out of interest, I noticed a few MIke Brewer Motors bits going through Manheim, I wonder if anything goes through DA?
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    Gas powered cars worked fine during WWII and yes I would imagine the oil campanies have a lot to do with other technologies lack of developemnt. Probably the solution to the worlds energy crisis is locked in the safe of Mr Oil executive?
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    New hoods were always expensive, that's why they invented duck tape
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    Being of a 'certain age' I remember when MGB/TR/Spitfires were in their first flush of youth and not 'restored to pieces'. In those days most open sports cars had hood 'issues' as standard, and the hood's would leak a bit as standard. All part of the charm having a pen stuck in it while parked in a car park.
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    Wow you did well there, that's a really good price!
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    I've mentioned this before but so many of these hybrid vehicles are used to death and/or used for cabbing. I think it's going to be a difficult market to find good ones with life left in them
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    No, I think its a general trend now regardless of the area you work, and there are 'scumbags' in all walks of life (there always has been?). My mother in law ran a toy shop for many years, her shop was always full of 10yr old "time wasters"
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    Two things I've noticed, one is that early Prius have NOT aged well. Second is that all of these hybrid vehicles seem to be 'cabbed/uber'd' which will make getting good used ones a challenge
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    Is this a "worldwide" ban?
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    Nothing will change until the last drop of oil has been extracted. But oil from the middle east is a huge subject in its own right
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    That's not a burn on BCA, as in fairness, Manheim also have sites where all the old shit seems to end up (Wimbledon). I was a Manheim Northampton today for the first time in about 8yrs, I still don't know why they start at 1.30pm instead of 10.00?
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    I rarely go to BCA auctions, but as far as cheapies are concerned Bedford is a bombsite. It must be the BCA nominated site for all their problem cars
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    Dave the car dealer doesn't 'have' to use Autotrader?
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    The 'baptism of fire' for an auction car is being able to survive being driven by the Gone in 60 secs yard drivers! How much did you pay for it. Is there enough fat in it to put another box in, if it does need a box?
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    The Police now actively hunt for untaxed/unregistered cars as scumbags tend to use them as pool cars. I don't think trade plates would cover "family emergencies" or we'd all have one every day?
  23. metcars
    As above pay up. You picked the wrong place to drive an untaxed car. There are ANPR cameras from many agencies on major routes into London, that explains why you weren't clamped. If you're lucky they'll just make you pay a years tax, but if they find out you're trade you're likely to get a fine and they can fine you heavily.
  24. metcars
    As far as buying to resell, does your friends dad run as a business or hobby?
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    A lot more are appearing in AT over the years. In fact one of the questions I'm often asked is "is it a write off" so I know where they've been looking? I'm at the cheaper end of the market and there is far too much customer resistance to buying a write-off than makes it worthwhile for me. I suppose you can blame those consumer programes, although it's the same programes that encourage punters to buy from auction because apparently, there are "huge bargains" and little risk?