SC Derby

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  5. Posted

    2 minutes ago, sparky said:

    Chess you say.Very addictive. Myself and Shaun from Codeweavers who posts on here have the odd battle on the board. if your on chess.com we should have a game sometime whilst waiting for the lots to come through :)

    that's the site I used. I would need to brush up again first though :)

    It gets very addictive, I even started watching some of the pro games online.....not that I knew what was going on :)

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    Same experience with council owned units. Found a couple in Notts that would have fit the bill before I moved here, but flat out rejected for motor trade use. Wouldn't even engage in conversation...

    This was 4 years ago...one still empty and one got let about a year ago!

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    You must fight against the health check.

    Two examples - 

    Vectra about 6 years ago, customer got home from collection and phoned saying Air Con not working. We agreed them to nip it back but instead they booked it in at Main Dealer....told them pump and condenser knackered and wanted to bill us £1100. I said no way that's crazy. Eventually after endless phone calls got it back and into local specialist. 1 £37 re=gas later system was up and running fine with no leaks or anything. Crazy.

    V50 last year sold down south to the coast. Guy took it into Volvo and they said it needed £3,700 to make it good. Car had only done 45,000 approx and drove lovely. I could not convince this guy at all so in the end I gave in, went myself to collect it and drove it back to Derby 3 hours, MOT'd it next day.....passed with flying colours except for a very slightly cracked coil spring. Sold again  3 days later and the customer that bought it has since left us a glowing 5* review and his brother has had another one from us too!

    Can't give in to the main dealers, certainly never pay them. Daylight robbery.

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    59 minutes ago, Mark101 said:

    I love how you said "the best bit" as you started the engine and by chance the radio played some dramatic music :lol:

    Whoever said ratter is a genius.  Advertise it with a new ticket as a rat project at £995 - it'll go instantly IMO.  Or even a free space on AT at £1500 for a week or two.

    the music absolutely killed me lol :D

    AD what about an old skool eBay auction? You don't have to worry about anyone seeing an inflated advertised price and hopefully it will make it's true value (whatever that is...).