CRW 73 Posted May 7, 2019 Hello. I have been reading the forum posts for a few months now and thought I'd better register and introduce myself. I run a small site down here in sunny Cornwall and have been trading for the last 13 years. I set up at 22 years old with virtually no experience, learned the hard way, made some belting errors along the way and haven't made my millions yet, nor do I expect to! I carry around 20 vehicles in the £4-£8k bracket and make a reasonable living from it. I don't employ any staff, but share a site with a decent garage and have a great indy mechanic just down the road so have a nice little set-up really. Anyway, that's enough boring stuff about me, just thought I would check-in, say hello and hopefully contribute something useful to somebody else in the future! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark101 536 Posted May 7, 2019 Welcome CRW Cominf from where I guess diesel is very much alive still? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRW 73 Posted May 7, 2019 Its having quite an effect down here aswell really. 2/3rds of my stock used to be diesel, but only have 3 diesels here on the pitch now, a Nissan Note I sold and took back in p/ex, a Polo I sold in January and bought back yesterday because the customer died and a CR-V which I still find good demand for. Problem is I really dislike all the small turbo petrols, 1.0 ecoboosts, 1.2 TSi etc, so tend to push customers towards the older tech in the 1.6 Zetecs or the 1.4 non turbo VW engines. I just try to avoid come-backs by not selling the highly strung new engines but eventually I am going to be forced to! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justina3 518 Posted May 7, 2019 Welcome makes a nice change not to bombarded with how do i sell 150 cars a year posts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRW 73 Posted May 7, 2019 To be fair, those kind of posts were annoying me even as a non member! I probably started with a few big ideas, but you learn pretty quickly to be more realistic. Quite happy to sell 80+ nice cars a year, pay my bills and live here in Cornwall. Has worked ok so far! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark101 536 Posted May 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, DPF said: Welcome Cwr^_^ Nice one DPF DFP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRW 73 Posted May 7, 2019 Don't worry DPF, CRW Cars has been known to come out as "crap cars" with predictive texting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EPV 631 Posted May 7, 2019 Welcome, nice intro, look forward to your contribution round here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave2302 387 Posted May 7, 2019 Hi and welcome from the sunny NW Heilan Hame, a pleasant change from the usual shit noob posts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trade vet 704 Posted May 7, 2019 Hi CRW Sounds like you have the job sorted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRW 73 Posted May 7, 2019 Oh I wish. Today has been ok, could almost convince myself. However, an 830 mile round trip planned for tomorrow to pick up 2 cars and I probably will think stacking shelves would be a much better option. That's the joy of living down here, everywhere is a long way from Cornwall! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arfur Dealy 823 Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) Welcome CRW great introduction. Are you anywhere near Indian Queens? I mainly stock diesel, I haven’t even considered buying anything else... Edited May 8, 2019 by Arfur Dealy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave2302 387 Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, CRW said: That's the joy of living down here, everywhere is a long way from Cornwall! Try living in NW Highlands, I recently drove 1400 mile round trip to pick up an E Class, if I'd driven another 10 miles I'd have been on a Ferry to Francais Was it worth it ............... Hell Yeah, an overnighter drive, a few hours work and £75 parts to fix it, guy had given up as no one else who tried could fix it, I paid pennies for the 2011 E Wagon Edited May 8, 2019 by Dave2302 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRW 73 Posted May 9, 2019 On 08/05/2019 at 6:12 AM, Arfur Dealy said: Welcome CRW great introduction. Are you anywhere near Indian Queens? I mainly stock diesel, I haven’t even considered buying anything else... No, im right down the end of Cornwall, a few miles outside of Penzance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
