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    I think their business model is wrong, I posted on another forum, not motor trade, and 84% said they wouldn't buy a car without seeing it. The 3 month warranty is also a joke.

    Ultimately they offer nothing new and nothing a conventional dealer doesn't offer.

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    16 hours ago, TRADE SURVIVOR said:

    We don't buy from BCA walked away around ten years ago when they introduced online handlers trying to deal us on undisclosed damages, increased fees and webuyanycar. So far we have survived and indeed prospered. Venture capital vampires only wish to dominate the market and suck the life out of independents and indeed the motor trade in general. Apparently BCA have bought an airfield to fill with cars for Cinch, control the market is there mission me thinks. Stop buying from them would be a start however, the motor trades biggest failing is that we don't stick together and when stock is so short how many would have the balls to walk away from BCA? 

    Bang on Mate

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    9 hours ago, Paul C said:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58335060

    The headline is, that new car production is down 37.6%. Perhaps now is the time for the market correction that has been building up for ages, the fact is there is (was) overproduction of cars basically flooding the market, getting people into them with big discounts and (IMHO) stupidly high amounts of finance/borrowing. With the way the world and the environment is going, less wastage and consumerism is a long term good thing. Of course it would be a big shake up for UK with so much car manufacturing based here but then there's worker shortages in many other UK industry sectors.

    I think by mid 2022 we will be back to normal, as manufactures need to spread their R&D costs across the entire production run and of course you have the costs of factories, staff etc etc. You then have reduced parts sales, which will badly affect profits. I think we will see increased prices, but don't think the days of pre reg, subsidized finance deals are over. 

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    1 hour ago, Highlinev8 said:

    Pretty standard on new cars over here that have high export potential. Check the small print on a new Land Rover or Porsche order form. Its to protect overseas main dealers from being undercut by grey imports and really has nothing to do with the Taliban.

    There is only so much they can do, I know one luxury sports car dealer in the Far East, who doesn't pay the duties, rents the car for a year to someone who wants to have it parked in his drive. He then exports them to the UK and/or Oz. 

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    Been going on for years, shouldn't happen, but it does, pulled an auctioneer off the stand around 20 years ago. I will buy if I have to through BCA, but won't sell through them, as in my opinion with webuyanycar and CINCH they are competitors, plus all I hear is negative view towards them currently. 

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    20 hours ago, TRADE SURVIVOR said:

    It is just Possible that we currently have a sport fest going on Wimbledon, football etcetera. Therefore the publics minds may be elsewhere right now, so many people also away taking the breaks they would have normally have in April/May. For now powder dry keep is our policy, by the by cheapest may not be best strategy in our opinion.   

    I would agree with this and with no quarantine for people double jammed, a lot of people with be flying off on holiday.

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    On 4/10/2021 at 5:57 PM, Mercftw said:

    Got a flood damage Porsche in and can’t start the engine 

    does anyone know how to disengage park without starting the engine 

    2019 Porsche Panamera 

    There is on a Cayenne a release in the center arm rest, you need a tool, which is in the toolkit. Google or go onto the owners club.

    Let me know how you get on, 

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    I'm not sure if I'm living in a parallel universe, but Cazoo are making a big thing about delivering a car to you. We have been doing this to customers, the small minority who wanted it, in the near 40 years I have been in the industry?

    This includes putting cars on planes and not just delivering in the home market.

    The question is are they doing a much better PR exercise than we ever did? 

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  24. Posted

    5 hours ago, metcars said:

    Man delivers ‘most’ of your order! 

    The weak link in their high tech chain is the human element. The idiot that forgot to put the fries in the bag! 

    and its usually cold when it arrives!

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  25. Posted

    Whilst Southern Canadians are notoriously inward looking, I wonder if the dreadful performance of Deliveroo will make them think?

    Yes I know workers rights had an affect on Deliveroo, but its still a disaster.

    I have a nice bottle of champers in the fridge to be opened when Cazoo IPO fails. 

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