Blenheim Car Sales 111 Posted December 11, 2019 Been using BCA to deliver my car for a while now ( much cheaper if you buy 2-3-4 from same site) up till now everything has been on transporter, Exactly as i wanted no speeding drivers, No issues found on the road getting worse as they continue driving them, Yesterday however i had 2 cars Driven to me from Bedford, Around 90 miles..........................Just wondered if your experiences of using BCA own transport was Driven or Transported....................... rang the BCA branch and they said its whatever the most cost effective for them and quickest for me.......................I however only thought they transported everything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arfur Dealy 823 Posted December 11, 2019 Some are driven, some are transported, some are outsourced and some are in house. It all depends on the logistics. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casper 272 Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, tradex said: This, but buying in bulk oftens get them transported in my experience. As above but Same as tradex anything.around 4 has always been transported to the various businesses I've been involved with over the years Edited December 11, 2019 by Casper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A & S 20 Posted December 11, 2019 Buy 5 to 10 at one time from BCA Bedford always transported. Buy odd ones from online they are driven. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark101 536 Posted December 11, 2019 I ONLY allow transported. I do not trust drivers not to thrash a car to within an inch of their lives. How do I know? I was a valeter at Pendragon Nissan/Isuzu and Subaru when I was 18-20 and admit that none of us respected someone's new car (brand new). Now I have grown up, I hate my former self for treating people's things in a manner that showed no respect. This was 1993 and the Subaru Legacy was my favourite car, the DP used to let me take it when I was sent to tax cars/bank runs etc. That same year, the Impreza came out too. Off topic: Funny how 200hp was such a benchmark figure back then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arfur Dealy 823 Posted December 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Mark101 said: I ONLY allow transported. I do not trust drivers not to thrash a car to within an inch of their lives. How do I know? I was a valeter at Pendragon Nissan/Isuzu and Subaru when I was 18-20 and admit that none of us respected someone's new car (brand new). Now I have grown up, I hate my former self for treating people's things in a manner that showed no respect. This was 1993 and the Subaru Legacy was my favourite car, the DP used to let me take it when I was sent to tax cars/bank runs etc. That same year, the Impreza came out too. Off topic: Funny how 200hp was such a benchmark figure back then. I get quite a few driven to me from Bristol and all the drivers are grey and in they're 60 & 70's.... But, I also remember when I started as a valeter i often got sent out to collect cars and pick up parts, too this day I don't know how I didn't manage to write one off..... Loved the XR2's XR2i, my boss had an original M635 CSI which I drove a few times..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awc1000 93 Posted December 11, 2019 think we were all a bit daft in our early employed years, i know i was, regards delivery i don't use it much but always found it was who rather than how it was delivered, not keen on drivers these days but in the last few years iv'e had a "yes iv'e got the correct ramps for that" man damage a lotus front bumper, and a twonk manage to ruin a merc by using an A-frame, with the increase in sourcing stock from a distance someone could get rich delivering cars if they had proper appraisal experience and got organised, out of interest whats everyone paying per mile ex vat? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casper 272 Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) On 12/11/2019 at 12:04 PM, Mark101 said: I ONLY allow transported. I do not trust drivers not to thrash a car to within an inch of their lives. How do I know? I was a valeter at Pendragon Nissan/Isuzu and Subaru when I was 18-20 and admit that none of us respected someone's new car (brand new). Now I have grown up, I hate my former self for treating people's things in a manner that showed no respect. This was 1993 and the Subaru Legacy was my favourite car, the DP used to let me take it when I was sent to tax cars/bank runs etc. That same year, the Impreza came out too. Off topic: Funny how 200hp was such a benchmark figure back then. On 12/11/2019 at 7:13 PM, awc1000 said: think we were all a bit daft in our early employed years, i know i was, regards delivery i don't use it much but always found it was who rather than how it was delivered, not keen on drivers these days but in the last few years iv'e had a "yes iv'e got the correct ramps for that" man damage a lotus front bumper, and a twonk manage to ruin a merc by using an A-frame, with the increase in sourcing stock from a distance someone could get rich delivering cars if they had proper appraisal experience and got organised, out of interest whats everyone paying per mile ex vat? We all were the same i know i was we had a courtesy 106 at one of my first jobs we all thought we were rally drivers lol Edited December 13, 2019 by Casper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metcars 397 Posted December 11, 2019 So, just out of interest. I'm just arranging delivery for cars from both BCA and Manheim. I messaged them both yesterday afternoon for a price for single car to North East London postcode. BCA came back in 30mins, nothing from Manheim. Today I have just received another message from BCA with a cheaper price? Still nothing from Manheim? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grantlfc81 88 Posted December 13, 2019 Get the contact details of the delivery firms and go direct with them, now I get them even cheaper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
