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I've always had good luck with estate cars, even better if they were automatic, but last few I've had were slow to move on. Are they starting to go out of fashion? Why have an estate car when a MPV does it all?

I suppose after a month, its not a case of him just being late collecting his car but that he's parked illegally?

He probably thinks, like a supermarket, there's more than one of each on 'the shelf!'. ie you buy five or six the same?

I wouldn't have minded if it was agreed beforehand, I would have told them to move it somewhere else. Originally it was "back tomorrow to pick up" but one day turned into two etc. I messaged them every day and every day was a different excuse. I must admit I was starting to think about getting a forklift.

My phones never off. I was taking calls on Christmas day?

Just wondering what you guys have experienced as I've recently had a customer pay for a car in full and then not collect it for nearly a week? It started after doing the deal as, "we'll pick it up tomorrow", and that continued every day for nearly a week. Various excuses were offered, but as they had paid in full and they had the docs, keys the lot I couldn't even move the thing up the road. I think I'll have to take a tip from the auctions and apply storage fees after 3 days?.

Same for me. In fact I was told by a manager that I was "at work" when I woke up! Although I do remember back in the day about "smoke breaks" and how sympathetically smokers were treated. The "smokers" would work at least an hour less than the rest of us per day, especially when the management were smokers too! While we are on the subject of timekeeping, I remember when banks opened at 9am sharp. Not 9:02am or 9:04am. It might seem petty but 9:00am is 9:00am. They used to be able to manage it. And opening at 10:00am on wednesdays because of "staff training!" Come on!

No, he came today. It's paid for and he's picking it up in the morning

I'm eating my Christmas dinner and the phone rings. Guy needs car urgently but no buses or tubes and he cant get to me. He was too far away to go pick him up and he's going to try and get to me tomorrow but even though I've sold cars on Christmas eve i've never sold one on Christmas day, yet! Today was close!

I can't believe anyone would spend £3.5M on that thing? But ...? Although it will probably be bought a 'youtuber', and then we'll have to endure endless boring videos of these 'trust fund kids' "downshifting" and gurning while driving through tunnels

Good pic. In focus, correctly exposed, nicely contrasting backgound, no 'odd' reflections, wet ground under the car!

Poor Frank being 'ripped off' by the dodgy car dealer, typical. You know they buy those cars cheap because they're all clocked/wrecks and sell them for 100 times what they cost. It's about time something was done about them. I hope Frank gets his money back and compensation for the massive inconvenience!

Funny how just the mention of Steel Seal on most motoring forums starts WW3!

On the subject of 'additives'. Other than Wynns upper cylinder lubricant (works a treat for noisy hydraulic lifters), has anyone had any success with anything else. I was very surprised to find my local Ford main dealer selling some of those snake oil type additives, one that supposedly cures leaking oil seals, and another similar to Steel Seal for curing leaking headgaskets. I asked the parts guy if Ford recommended those additives, unsurprisingly no reply?

You mean Gangsta' glass!

Weird one this but we've just got this Astra in and when its warmed up you get the ocassional smell of 'weed'. I'm starting to think there's some hidden in here somewhere. I'm guessing if I were pulled over it would take a lot of explaining at the side of the road?

High miles are hard work without service history, plus punters think you're desperate to sell 'because' its got legs?

Andy Has a failed instrument cluster been accurately diagnosed as the fault? If not you need to get the car 'plugged in'

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201603232255780?advertising-location=at_cars&make=FERRARI&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&sort=price-desc&radius=1500&postcode=ig62ln&page=1 Just imagine advertising a car for £3.5M and the pictures are out of focus?

We're probably all going to disagree, but in my opinion Car Auctions can be an expensive way out of anything; weigh in transport, sold commission, entry fees, unsold cars. Personally, I prefer Ebay, but with an "honest" description. Bidders seem to love broken cars and fixer 'uppers and I've always managed to move stuff on. Interestingly I don't sell any of my stock on there, just my 'mistakes' I appreciate Ebay has its own issues, nothing is perfect.

Ironically, no special requirements to qualify for a subscription to Car Dealer Magazine, but then "dodgy dealers" probably can't read

Plug the car in and check for error codes? Could be ECU not the 'cluster' itself?

I didn't agree with the 'secret club' and debated against it, but I do think the 'general discussion' section should be hidden without signing in. I like to think that other motor traders can find help or assistance on this forum from the Car Dealer Magazine "collective", even though they might have just started up, we were all newbies once after all! I've met some really nice guys on this forum that are hugely intelligent and successful, and good for them, but sadly there are also a few guys that appear to be unwilling to contribute and view anyone other than their 'clique' with paranoid suspicion and derision? Shame?

Only because they can so easily find the dealer posts on google