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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

Along the lines of other forums, would it be prudent to make the General dealer chat section only visible after you've signed in to the website. I personally argued against a private members section, but I've noticed a thread running on here that really shouldn't be on an open forum and where the poster doesn't qualify for the 'secret' club?

It's not what I was expecting. Assuming that it's not been 'edited' by OP. In my experience of dealing with the legal profession, letter writing is an art. They are usually 'anal' about detail, I think it's module 101 when studying for a law degree. If I represented lawgistics I would be concerned that a letter like this was being shown as an example of the standard of my work? Just my opinion...

Yes, I agree. There's no conclusion?

Tried marriage twice, never worked for me

Probably a bit off topic by a few years back I had a Ka that came with bills for new lower arms/ARB bushes top mounts the lot. On a test drive there was a heavy metallic knock drivers side. Everyone had a look at it. Eventually it was diagnosed as driveshaft/diff and the box came out. Still the same. Until someone noticed whoever did up the lower arms on the drivers side hadn't 'fully' tighten them up. Must have been about 1mm of gap. Hated that car

Yes, very true. There's a car for everybody and not everyone wants a BMW/Mercedes/Audi

No offence, just an observation. The problem is that the picture is 'over exposed' and the contrast is iffy; and a little out of focus. This is down to your camera. The bright sky against the black car is too much for your camera to process. Your roof, screen and bonnet have "blown out". Just a small observation. Don't use a cluttered background, all those houses in the distance, keep it simple. I often use my local country park. Watch reflections, it looks bad if you cast a shadow on a photo or you can see the reflection of a bus stop!. Also, watch the road surface, it sounds a small thing but that patchy tarmac doesn't look nice. Nice car by the way, those three door Astra's are smoking hot at the moment. They seem to be appealing to a certain group of young guys.

You can talk! I thought with all the premier league footballers that live in Cheshire you'd be choked with white RRs?

Yes, photoshop, but photography is a hobby of mine so a little 'enhancing' is just fun. You'd be surprised at just how playing with contrast/brightness can improve a photo massively.

Does colour matter with these things?

Not my usual thing. An early one, 2005 5dr Urban with 105k. Full history and a new clutch. It will be 12yrs old in a few weeks, do buyers of these 'city cars' like them slightly newer?

Umesh is the man!

Just out of interest, what sort of vehicle age range?

Testing tow bar electrics is a good start, but yes I agree. You do some awful contraptions being towed about, usually in auction car parks. Plant trailers being used to transport cars etc