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  1. Posted

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33277626

    Surely it would be simple enough to fit a gadget like this to passenger cars. Regardless of whether you're a speed demon or not, and I'm guessing we are all law abiding citizens, can a case be made to at least limit all new cars to 70mph other than emergency vehicles? And for those special cases of 'track days' and 'autobhan use' (vastly overrated and not fun) a factory level software limit can be removed that invalidates insurance if caught on UK roads? That might sound harsh, but we are being force fed the idea that 'speed' is a huge problem and surely this could save vast amounts of money and resources by the police and council but still keep jobs?

    For car dealers, the potential to be an absolute nightmare to sort out?

  2. Posted

    Mechanical or bodywork? Must admit that i sometimes twiddle spanners if it saves me money. I had to put a clutch in a Fiesta a week or so back as it owed me a lot and wouldnt carry a workshop bill. I also turn my hand to bits of bodywork which I actually quite enjoy and is almost like therapy:D

  3. Posted

    ​In all fairness it does seem a lot quicker. However, if there was an option to be able to use the old site then I would, and I'm not a technophobe.

    ​Like you still can on BCA:D Although the old BCA search was in my opinion the best of all of them and still superior to their latest 'janet and john' effort

  6. Posted

    I moaned about both BCA and Manheim. The priority needs too be on the search engine. Also maximising the number of search results displayed instead of a 'janet and john' version with huge pictues of cars in case you dont know what a Mondeo looks like:rolleyes:

  10. Posted

    Yes. But in my experience these 'trade buyers' only buy for their selected 'clique' of retailers. These guys buy vast quantities of vehicles and spend telephone numbers. But, at a more realistic level most motor traders offer 'the full auction experience' for any willing to pay the fee. I have some mates who are earning a few extra quid handholding private punters through the buying process!

  11. Posted

    Cheapest way I've found is to get a car in Band A ie Zero Tax!

    Otherwise, the monthly direct debit costs a bit more but is easy to arrange and manage.

    My current 'smoker' is on DD, just out of interest, do you have to cancel the DD when the car is sold, or is that done automatically whe the new keeper bit is sent?

  12. Posted

    I've got to pick up a car for myself to use for a few months. I'm happy to register in my name etc. But what are my options regardeing ved. I assume that I can walk into the post office and buy tax in the usual 6/12 months chunks. Whereas online I can also pay be direct debit. I doubt the car will be in my possession for 3 months so direct debit seems the cheapest but bearing in mind I lose a month when I start it and again when its sold its not so attractive. Anyone found the cheapest way to do this?

  18. Posted

    The reserve price only has a bearing if the car doesn't make it's reserve. Just because it has 100 watchers doesn't mean it will make more money when it goes through. The value is determined by the bidding process.

    But I'm assuming that if the cars have been on the website for a few days prior to the sale, the vendors will know in advance of the sale what cars are popular and what ones aren't. I suppose we would have to be pretty naiive to think that these website dont provide any info for the auction houses! After all, its no big secret that large vendors arrive early before their sale, I suppose they could be talking about Golf or football, but more likely playing games with reserve prices, especially when they can view all our 'watch lists' and view counts etc.

  20. Posted

    I'm guessing that car auctions can monitor activity on their website listings. They must be able to tell what cars are attracting interest and what cars are being "watched" by users, then pass this info onto vendors to decide on reserves. With this in mind, would it be prudent to appear disinterested and not watch any vehicles, to keep the reserves prices down.

     

    Might ask for a pad and pencil for Christmas

  21. Posted

    Thing is, James, what we're really trying to do is find a loophole to enable us to run a few cars for the benefit of the business, without reducing their value by adding keepers to the V5s. So we're chucking around a few theories and ideas about how that might happen.

    What we don't want is some bod from the DVLA clocking on and slamming a door that might be a tiny bit open.

    ;)

    Seriously, bearing in mind how many years its been going on, do you 'really' think DVLA havent noticed what we're up to?

  22. Posted

    Why would you ..every car I've driven for years would come up as no current keeper, as long as it's taxed and you've registeted with the MID no problem.... If you did get a tug for a traffic offence and the copper said its not registered to you ,.. Your a trader ..what's the problem

    They're just tightening up on things. Some unscrupulous people dont bother registering cars to escape fines etc, coppers are getting wise to it, trade or not. But there's no actual legal "exclusion" for trade to drive cars with no registered keeper, just that historically police werent bothered. But with the whole system being based on their ability to track offenders details through ANPR technology its hardly surprising they get the 'ump. I remember in the old days they used to turn a blind eye to traders driving untaxed cars, look how that turned out :D

  23. Posted

    In addition, before Oct 1 this was common practice for all of the Trade and no issues have ever been had with those cars that were 'in trade' so I see no reason why that should change.

    The vehicle is being driven by a Bona Fide motor dealer, is taxed and insured. Where's the beef?

    Don't shoot the messenger! :D  The old defence of "its ok, I'm trade" doesn't stand up any more. Just as a general 'heads up', if you are driving a car thats showing no current keeper, for whatever reason, you'll get a tug. ;)