It's me

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  1. a non service in 32,000 miles would have me rejecting
  2. the six weekly checks are there for a very good reason a friend of mine used to be a transport manager for a few companies till corporate manslaughter reared its head on things like the rail crash in the lake district vosa are very tough now and theres no way you will get away for long without an operaters licence a tacho thats checked and signed off and a service schedule you really dont want to go there i got rid of my 7.5 ton er years ago when it was free recovery tax and a ministry test was my decision or exempted if i wished, just remember if its exempted and you are involved in a fatality then porridge is coming way out? a decent pickup a proper brenderup type trailer and some driving lessons on reversing or pay someone else and keep copies of everything moved
  3. if you want the cheapest fix try a couple of cans of injector cleaner from pages and give it a good italian tune then take it to the bloke with a brick but only half a clue
  4. gutted i made real good use of this as you could do a full mot check of everything prior to buying the fact that the mot station came upas well was gold to me oh well i have responded to the dvsa though
  5. ask him by how much it devalues it preferably wear a red nose and very large shoes as he tells you and for his sake lets hope his doors don't fall off signed coco
  6. if you go on liveleak like i do you would learn that karma always comes to those that create problems going to jail because of criminal damage is madnes move on learn from the experiance and grow strong from it
  7. if they are legit you need to act fast get the landlord to specify part of the car park that is for your use only and NOT for customers a yellow line will suffice or chain get landlord to put it in writing this is not public land on this designated to you space put in the window of each car that these are on designated private property as assigned by the landlord if you dont then they come back with clamps then the recovery truck, they are usually are contracted via dvla thus they need to look for business every day like leeches.its approx £250 per car to get them back and trade insurance isnt accepted ,after a battle they might waive these charges but its easier to keep the right side of the law hth
  8. this i started by buying cars out of an add i ran in the papers 'cars wanted' i bought them gave them a quick wash and brush up and blocked them the same day even then cash flow was always a problem where you bought a real nice sweety but had to let another trader buy it personally having all your eggs in 3 cars to me is madness i would rather have 6 at least seeing as you have the room cant give you an answer other than walk before you jump get rid of these cars you have to get cashflow back sit down rewrite your business plan and start again you know you can do it youve proved it carry on seriously
  9. yah for that kinda money i would sit in my ma baker chair all night with mar shotgun looking for critters lookin far trouble
  10. you wouldn't bid without perusing so he's just a waste of space next...........
  11. walking stick dents on the sill and sputum on the binnacle
  12. you will understand when you get to our age you can feel its going to go tits in your waters
  13. indeed and to even consider sending it to uncharted waters where anything can happen is a recipe for a headache, ok if its a limited edition model with pink frillies then it might be the only buyer in the country for it but in that case dont buy it in the first place unless the profit is huge and you have the time and space to keep looking at the THING ive always picked up from my nearest town and have a high success rate but iF they cant meet me half way then im a black eyed pee
  14. but they never were personally i would learn from the experience and comply
  15. if you even went to the lengths this customer asked you just know in the future they are going to take a liberty with you i like to think they go elsewhere and get their pants proper pulled down by a shark who would sign his mother away and then he moves on to the next pitch in town as they do
  16. sold some of the cars i paid too much for and thats all you can do a £1 profit is better than a £1 lost
  17. it should be in the crusher 1600 auto paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  18. ah what memories what memories later in that same year.............
  19. A packet of extra strong mints is cheaper than having the leccy fire on but you have to suck each mint for half an hour to make one packet last a day on painting the floor do not buy off passing paint sellers ive got some do diddly in the back of me van as it usually doesnt dry as they dont give you the hardener for it if painting floor depending on thickness it can easily take 5 days to dry and dont do what i once did and paint myself into the wrong corner
  20. good post my only caveat is always give them a drive first no matter how mint,i had one last week all ready and on the pdi test drive the clutch slipped