justina3

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  2. Posted

    Totally Agree with Rory each for there, there is no right or wrong what ever works for you.

     

    Seen a lot of friends pass away the last few years with cancer ect no way am i going to work myself into the ground.

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    Five holidays a year for me, why else would i put all these hours in if not to enjoy them, I think if my business is that fragile that a week away will make it crash and burn then i would be looking at doing something else. 

     

     

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    Cant see why you would risk the court route even if you win you will still have to repair the car and pay your own legal costs, loss of time stress the list kind of goes on. 

    Bet you a fiver even if you repair it next week something else will go wrong call me mystic meg but once there at this stage 9.9 times out of 10 nothing will be good enough, you will get phone call after phone call.

  6. Posted

    49 minutes ago, s and b said:

    dont buy off traders

    they will leg you

    thats traders talk for = bend you over backwards, shaft you, dump you some right lemons, off load the crap no one else wants and make you think there hot news, the list does go on but i am sure you get the picture.

     

  9. Posted

    On 6/24/2017 at 11:15 PM, Scooby who said:

    Black cars are a nightmare, getting tired of black so I am.

    Spend hours with the buffer removing scratches, power wash it numerous times between compounds. Towel dry the entire car, polish the life out of it. Wax it and stand back admiring the shine. The following day after some overnight rain there are white streaks running down from the mirrors and door handles. Grrrrrr! :-(

    white streaks sounds like a cheap rubber product that is running. 

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    Guess a lot of it depends on how much polish and what quality is put on during your first clean, if you use a good polish then you should be able to get away with a quick wipe down with a quick detailer or something like autosmart cobolt thats cheap and works well. 

    Avoid a harsh shampoo that will strip the car of any polish seen a lot of people do that over the years.

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    5 hours ago, umesh said:

    Personally I'd get the car back , check out what the issue is and HELP the customer after all does it matter if its 28 days - 32 days , its not a long time since they trusted you? Even if it costs you a CAT Just think of the goodwill and future business ... but that's just how I would deal with it Mr C.

    I say to all my customers even after the warranty has run out should something go wrong obviously it won't be covered however please let me know and if I can help in any way I'll do it , it doesn't have to be financially, can be advise / recommendation etc and that again builds customers and recommendations. 

    yep this for me also, i even arranged some mot work this week for a customer from last year and had a drink out of it and a big thank you text, that said she did get a quote for brakes from kwik fit not to hard to half there price

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    Its quite common as any forum grows, new people come on board some nice some not so nice.

    Its also hard to tell if someone is being serious or having a laugh these days thank god for smiley faces 

     

  21. Posted

    Polo 3 cylinder no doubt there shocking engines, there on ebay from £275 up if you have a local mechanic who could swap it for you i would swap the engine and go again.

     

    I have done two this year avoid them big time, the 1.4ltr engine doesnt suffer this common fault.

     

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  23. Posted

    god you know how to pick hard industries i have spent the last 5 years trying to get out of the rental market as the costs and rights now levied against a landlord is nothing short of insane. 


    If i had my time again i would be working for a big company in the city, self employed is nothing but an uphill struggle these days. 

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    Just for fun here are a few cars that sold this week over in Birmingham.

    HV56WAA - £1400 including the fee's

    KY58KZA - £1950 inc fees

    BP55BGZ - £1050 in fees

    VE55VHJ - £2100 in fees

    FD57BHV - £1100 in fees

    BK55ZVT  - £1650 in fees

    VF04TVM - £500 in fees

    C17CPL - £2450 in fees

     

     

    Sorry mate those reg's mean nothing to me and inc fees also confuses me as everyone is on different rates or do you mean those are the rates that would apply to you? 

    Its a very hard industry to get into i cant think of an easy way to learn it like say you took up mechanics or painting its a school of hard knocks.