It's me

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  1. tell him to do one then its a franchise my old franchise holder went to extreme lengths to show me how good the products were the guy who bought him out is a lazy guy who depends on the local town to me big boys to pay his wages i always buy off reps who are committed, i hate shoddy lazy tick box guys
  2. As far as im aware you never could put plates behind the glass i got my renewal or was it receipt from dvla saying the above ie not to cover existing plates but having read where traders have been done on sorn rules via original plate i have for the past 2 years totally covered the original plates on the car and in some cases removed front plate to accommodate my front trade plate ive never been pulled in 30 years with plates but then i always try to abide on the rear i still use a rubber mount and half cover existing number plate i take more faith in what the police do rather than what dvla say about this so my way stays on another point ive only had a dvla staff member visit my premises once to check my number plate logging paperwork but all my local factors bar andrew pages still make plates without the dvla licence,this really annoys me
  3. as much as i love sir g i have to say i used it once in the valeting machine by accident in the closed combines of the car interior and was violently poorly like a severe flu, ive never done that again ive gone back to tfr for outside cleaning due to cost,i just keep a 50/50 mix in a pressurised container for green minge under badges and manky tyres my autosmart rep only comes these days when his big boys let him down so i normally just buy off the ebay now because frankly its usually cheaper and i dont buy lots of satin blacks etc with very dear prices from his van
  4. i dont like the idea of advertising to the unwashed that the cars not fit for purpose by way of not being checked over the only way round this is to sell as no mot, repairs only, must be trailered away and get a proper receipt set up that buyer signs with all these conditions on even then you might end up with an lba
  5. are you serious/ i had this for years i thought i had a stalker with a grudge
  6. my advice is ring dvla ask if its in trade,do not depend on the web page its often wrong if its in trade consider as suggested putting v5c in new customers name and taxing in local post office if its not in trade get your £25 off to them soonest because it might still take up to 6 weeks before dvla will release v5c as they need to write to previous owner and get a reply and put you to the back of the queue,my drawer socks full of teashirts dont you know
  7. if you have legal protection on your motor trades insurance then ring them for advice,car sounds like a vauxhal
  8. i had a real bad grudge that came up on the first hit on google,this woman lost her case in court but still posted the review whilst high on wine i believe,i had to threaten the host who was based in poland that as he was in the eu and the post was defamatory and libellous i was getting my lawyers to start proceedings against him,i showed him the dismissed by the judge letter and thankfully it was removed within days,bearing in mind this case took nigh 8 months to get to court so i have no idea how much it affected my business,im still not happy at her but my only choice was high court but i cant afford that,i even considered crowd funding but its not allowed anymore either because of some quango govt dept as for autotrader threaten to close your account and do it if you have to,you pay their smelly little wages. As an aside, reviews, its getting very concerning, especially in the feedback i am now getting from customers that they have read the reviews on one of my cars (in the section where people randomly post their experiences) before turning up, now, it only needs a few bad reviews from some keyboard idiot to kill a car sale....[. ie i was going to buy a peugeot 207 but i read a review where the wheels fell off one somewhere sometime someplace as some guy posted it from his bedroom with his undercrackers round his head and he was on the 4th bottle of white something,i lost the sale by the way because my customer whom ive known for 30 years decided to walk away from the sale because of one review on one car i could go on but i think my buildings blowing down so im off
  9. i would be specialising if i was going into this market this way you can know your product,source best stock and have choice to make people travel i often look on ebay at classics and see the same old cars for sale for months and even years on end,its not for me good luck bythe way theres plenty who do it well,might see you at the nec in november
  10. part time brain surgeon and a dustman on fridays
  11. im not happy my phones been ringing all day
  12. just imagine that these people are sat at home surrounded by empty beer cans still in their jim jams well they wear them all the time to be honest and are messaging you through their brighthouse palm wotsit ,why waste wear on your finger tips with a reply? ,i always ignore derogatory offers/ remarks /or where did you get it from then./they are never buyers
  13. 2.5 terrible 3.0 lovely motors the essex ones not so keen on the later cologne ones coz they had those modern lectric stuffs on them legal stuff? give em their money back and sell it to someone who doesnt want a scrapyard teaser to do starship mileage in
  14. £3650 before the extra robs i cant believe what figures cars are attaining its pure madness,ive said it before but will say it again i will paint the bog wall magenta again before i join in this new year madness
  15. if it ran through then someones dodged it to nick it i had one this week, chevrolet ,someone blew the fuse to make it a non runner or put a booster on it to be honest though a 90 grander hundi sounds like a grenade with pin out?
  16. ford never sold a decent auto after jack regan sold his consul granada with the dodgy headgasket (ask your dad they all blew the gasket on one side,terrible engine)
  17. doesn't work soaks up the oil nor does banana skins in a diff to soak up the din not that i would know you aint seen me right anyway that viva isn't showing on dvla anymore so i can open the curtains
  18. absolutely correct i said exactly the same today having sold a landmark yesterday that i lost count of the amount of adverts it had,it was a cracker so no way was i shooting it to sell it
  19. ive got a perjoe here i bought before grimbo,just seen same car same mileage same colour do double what i paid and i thought id paid too much
  20. did he pull on the back wheels with the handbrake on looking for loose bearings they usually do
  21. It's me

    No V5?

    the problem is that not all cars are put into trade by car owners so often you will check a car and its still taxed this is obviously down to the garage taking the trade in not doing their job dvla then have to write to keeper and ask if they have the car this can take 4 weeks but usually in these cases dvla send you a letter to advise the date the new log book will be sent out if car in trade then often i get a log book within a week like this week one came that was only sent last thursday main thing is make sure you use a black pen and the v62 you download is very legible you can now again attach a v890 because even though its in your trading name it still needs sorning as its not classed as in trade be careful how you do the online form filling whenst sold too
  22. Thing is you put yourself right out for a customer eating loads of doobery only to ring them to say youve sorced exactly what they want only to get an engaged tone followed up later in the day when you finally get them to be told they bought one yesterday By all means have a go but dont buy one on the strength its already sold because customers will use it against you knowing you bought it for them and are selling it to them and they hate the idea your making a dolla ok only true in 95% of cases but last time i put myself out was last month, a known customer wanted a particiular car for particular money and i managed to fill all the boxes,what did lad say? he didnt like the colour
  23. just in case it doesnt actually get exported make sure all paperwork immaculate as it will be you as last trade owner if anything hits the fan because dvla wont get a paper trail as he gets all v5 less the already missing into trade slip i had one last year ,fortunately attention to detail saved my bottie oh and take the money
  24. my answer would still be the same car stripped without your authorisation car not able to be proved faulty at sale time what kind of garage would strip down to find a water leak rather than doing basic checks like pressure testing block testing co testing because all they can do once stripped is a skim of the head which would be difficult to confirm as faulty unless once on the bench and they see a crack or get it x rayed no way would i offer a contribution they are doing it all wrong