It's me

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  1. dont panic remember an even newer log book came out a few months back go back to customer explain situation ask them if they are willing for you to tax it and possibly pay the £25 fee at a local tax post office to get them on the road
  2. very unusual judge says get a choice of 3 independent assessors willing to give their verdict on the car does this mean like an independent dekra assessor or just a garage technician/mot tester willing to give a report chose very carefully who you chose as you do not know what strings this customer might be able to pull use much diligence in why they picked the ones they do its good so far dont lose the ace now concentrate on getting the right result
  3. can i say, im miffed you havent come back and told us you were going to court so we could advise you further before the day you really need to make this so called tech answerable in court or have put to the court beforehand you wanted an independant inspection (its too late now and in my case i was denied anyway) regarding the future for anyone reading you really need to lay down thick on your invoice that they are buying a s/h car have been on a test drive and have nothing to report,get them to sign it and also make sure ANY car you retail has a proper pdi with records /a new mot/ and also the customer signs all this paperwork keep it all together because if you dont and you need it its sods law somethings gone missing i keep all copies of everything on paper (i use lots of ink) but it means if any electronic device crashes i can go to my home to my cellar and pull everything out then when you go to court you can show you used all due diligence and that the car was fit for purpose and commensurate with age there will be was and always will be minor leaks debonding of components at 10 years plus i think you are going to lose but the judge will not give the full amount but maybe 50% of the claim please use someone like lawgistics in future if you cannot mount a watertight defence its basically 10 months of hell if you fight these cases on your own with no help from people like lawgistics
  4. they are the only ones i like thing is, is he offering one of those bags from aldi with 10 spogs in or a proper family bag that you feel sick after eating them all? rover/ no idea
  5. you could just see he was sat there in his shorts too,well done, but we still make mistakes of course,i hate the arm stretching puffing on cigs brigade in bands of 3 but when they cant fault your product you can win them round sell the car and have great men talk before they go
  6. ive said it before you need to sit down with no distractions and give yourself a plan for at least the next 12 months with clear aims more importantly as has been suggested if i was you i would be considering specialising in a product that people want rather than what you think might sell if you do well with insurance write offs then keep to them,if theyve fallen out of favour because of cat s or more likely because the prices dont reflect the true damage anymore just stop buying them my business has morphed more times in 35 years than i care to think about and im going to need to start again within the next 18 months as my specialisation product is coming to an end its a challenge i always enjoy a challenge this is why i do the job
  7. you would have to be off your nuts to want to be the proud owner of an french automatic diesel astra live the dream.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  8. you should be looking to sell on your strengths not weakness's ie established since 1999 family run we care the best stock available bar non we aim for 100% customer satisfaction 3 month warranty included in every sale
  9. to be fair i can highly recommend a brand new auction in john o groats its only been open a few weeks so lovely and quiet i highly recommend the journey up
  10. hi lucky 13 can i have rice with mine please
  11. austin a55's are not that big you know
  12. a knock sensor is a glorified microphone so have you replaced the broken one with a proper part ie dealer or eqiv was the data seen, live data or just that it was showing working on some generic machine its highly possible its a wiring issue never worked on these, think they is huggli anyway 99/100 when i hear specialists say -----------------its your ecu guv------------------------------ i just despair...................
  13. check the lease before committing take a million photos before signing
  14. wife repairs any i get uses material from under seat usually invisible mending should be a pre requisite of joining the motor trade or this forum far more important than a vat number ive contacted the mods
  15. most hotels will have basic tarmac down for light goods vehicles, we certainly don't want your monstrosity parked out front next to the geraniums and smoking area thank you very much next................................
  16. well i wont do that because you have no idea who might buy the car if pads are only fit for such a low mileage im just saying because before you go legal this could be construed as you not doing a pdi properly i feel your pain with the damage possibly caused but we all know customers dont care so really i would have got the car off him because in court he could argue he needed a car and a discourtious one wasnt offered im not flaming im just saying
  17. this concerns me are you saying your inspection flagged pads low but still offered the car for sale but reduced the price so customer could fit or have fitted replacement pads
  18. who is this dylan bloke i believe he had a hit in 1966 or somethink AT arr yes i remember them they had their 'periods' in the 80/90/20's just like yellow pages
  19. selling old police cars is so last century uber cars is the new scam
  20. At least he didn't die with the meter running
  21. I think he does. I bought a job lot of it probably 20 odd years ago,found some bottles of it the other week,I moved them and the bottomfell out of one of them so some plastics do decay I bought them for stuff like burgundy red Ford's and stuff it really was colour in a bottle, no idea how the cars looked weeks down the line in other people's hands though
  22. Brilliant stuff My pus filled boils are now healed I recommend it my friends all big time Is that ok uncle Tom?