Rory RSC

I think if you are passionate about those type of cars then hopefully that will come off in the way you deal with customers and the enthusiasm will shine through. I like the sporty stuff and do quite well off the hot hatch type cars like the Focus ST's, Astra VXR's, Golf GTi's etc. Recently had a few nice BMW Coupes which have flown out and certainly have a strong demand. I think nice desirable sporty stuff combined with a few 4x4's or with potential to move into the 4x4 and prestige market gives great scope for growth.

Another busy Saturday here with 5 sold which has taken us to 23 for the month so far.I have not had a minute.

Think I have only ever had 1. Ugly cars. I find that the meriva, c-max, ford fusion and those type of oddball cars are always rubbish and I cant shift them. Plus the only way you can compete on cars like that is to compete on price because they are run of the mill and ten a penny.

Same happened to us with a 330ci coupe this week - Advertised Tuesday 3pm driving away Wednesday evening. Great news. Nice to have met the legendary Umesh yesterday, you can pop down more often, managed to get the customers sold to so must have brought me some good luck.

5 Today just me selling mad busy not had a minute!!! Nicely spaced not all turning up at the same time done some chunky (for me) cars.

Do you ever have problems with the auto gearboxes? Auto boxes tend to worry me a bit unless its on a bmw after having had a couple of dsg problems in the early days. Are ford boxes troublesome?

yes its a scam. emailed us asking to buy a car. Ignore it or have some fun with it.

A door wiring loom and a central locking ecu which was located under the steering wheel area cured the problem for us. I have also just set him off moaning as he remembered what a horrendous job it was to work on

Let me ask our mechanic later today or first thing in morning. We have had something very similar on an 06 plate astra SRI diesel recently and iirc there is a central locking ecu that was the culprit. Ill give you an update James.

6 in 3 days cracking start. Sold my most expensive car to date on Monday aswell new shape Astra VXR GTC. That was one test drive I will never forget for all the wrong reasons....

Had a right stampede at our place, could'nt move for punters. Anyway work shops now busy for the next couple of weeks with warranty returns ;) so hopefully I can sell some cars

Well spotted Detective Jamslug. That is such a twattish thing to do absolute scumbag.

We have done a couple of the 1.5dci clios - non turbo iirc and I know my business partners sister has one - other than routine maintenance never needed a thing and barely uses any juice.

Well done Jim Reid at the Car Dealer Awards. Also Umesh good on you for getting some great recognition, well done. Really happy with my own business being awarded 'highly commended' newcomer against some really tough competition in the class. Hope the night was a good one I am sure there will be some sore heads today

Sell loads of Ford diesels and don't tend to have any massive problems. 2.0tdci in the Mondeo is a cracking engine and great selling car.

Why not get a mondeo or similar for that mileage ?

Share that on car sales memes on facebook. Thats classic. Not the way to go about it for a customer at all.

I make it 35 for the Month in total all gone out. Pretty pleased with that for the amount of people saying 'they are quiet' we have kept things moving and coming in and out. Finally made the switch to a new warranty company today who are going to administer policies for us and hopefully save us lining warranty wises pockets.

Are they not making more from issuing fines to the untaxed vehicles?

Good luck to all those attending and good luck getting those Awards. I notice Jim Reid and Umesh are in the running so best of luck to the both of you. Anyone going? I won't personally be attending Monday nights is the auctions for me and I think its time to bring out the long johns and thermals as it was freezing last week for me.

Visia and Acenta say for example an 07/57 car on around 60k 1.6 petrol will be cheap in book and easy to shift. I bought a couple of slightly higher mileage ones and got lumbered for a bit and didnt see much profit. Be picky with mileage. They should all have a good history as well nearly all I have seen have had mostly main dealer stamps. Good cars, not masses of prep appeal to the school run mums and families. 1.6 Models are very slow to drive though - I remember thinking one was broken when I hit motorway speed but they are all like that.

Petrol 1.6 qashqais are very good sellers for me. N tec models are popular. Only issue we have had is they all sound very squeeky on start up so new fan belt does the trick.

I have got a cracking deal on a timeshare it will be perfect for you.....

If they then google the dealership would they not just search my dealership name then where I am on the front page of google?

I agree with you and your research prompted my post. I am keen to see the effectiveness of this and see what can be done to enhance any aspect of the business. I personally think I would not go to google and type in 'BMW X6 cheshire' to find a car - but if a lot of people are I don't want to be the dealer missing a trick.