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Wed 19 Dec 2001 12:53
question for car traders - andy sampson
Just for my own interest!!, For anyone taken in part x's, what is the general state of the cars you take in???, u must have some stories of real pigs people have part chopped.

No reason just for my own interest, anything interesting to tell the room!!!
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Wed 19 Dec 2001 13:49
Re: question for car traders - Paul
Used to be in trade. Yep, plenty of pigs! But the worst was agreeing a value on their car, only to find out when they picked up the new one, that the tax had gone and they'd done a deal with a mate and swapped the radio, wheels, battery, interior etc, etc.........
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Wed 19 Dec 2001 14:49
Re: question for car traders - mike harvey
Paul's spot on! They say motor traders are crooks, but I can tell you, the public try and pull worse ones. My first, back in 1978, was a Marina I took in PX against a 6 month old Ex Rental Eccort. The Marina drove suprisingly well when I tried it, but on coming in the engine and gearbox had been changed for totally knackered ones. Did I get a rocket from the sales manager! ( Also got 4 bald tyres)
The other one is the age of the car, they always tell you its the newer one for the registration No, and when you see the log book, which they have 'lost', its the older one. Its not supposed to make a difference on price!
Glad to be out of it now really.
Regards
Mike
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Wed 19 Dec 2001 15:00
Re: question for car traders - Dan J
I guess the best pxs are from the people who upgrade their car for no other reason than a new model has come out/new reg/extra cash etc. How many people out there keep a car until it becomes too troublesome and then "cut their losses", probably not servicing the car in the months running up to the time they'll get rid of it etc.

What about those who are told they have an unfixable problem on their car and offload it?

Made up example: Someone owns a V6 Mondeo which starts running rough. Garage look at all the obvious things, can find nothing wrong without a full investigation and tells punter the cats are knackered as well (1200 quid to replace on top of engine investigation). Car is M reg and garage advises punter offloads it ASAP. Punter takes car to local Ford dealer and pxs for a new/nearly new motor who gives him a good px deal on a not too close inspection of the car. Ford dealer doesn't even bother to look at the car and then flogs it to a trader who comes in and buys it.

What happens to it then? It won't pass the next MOT due to emission failure - who bears the cost, does the end trader who would've sold the car on give it a close inspection and not buy it in the first place? Or does the trader end up with it then butcher it for bits?

Someone is gonna take a hit at some point...
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Wed 19 Dec 2001 16:26
Re: question for car traders - Moosh
Quote "Made up example: Someone owns a V6 Mondeo which starts running rough"

Perhaps Mondeo owner was so anxious to trade it in, he never realised
the car he was buying was hiked up to to even the score somewhat.

Some buyers likes to feel they are getting one over on the dealer.
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Wed 19 Dec 2001 15:31
Re: question for car traders - Richard Hall
The trader gives it a good polish and puts it in the local motor auction. Either it gets bought by another trader (in which case the cycle is repeated) or a private punter, who has seen something on TV about buying bargain cars at auction, sticks his hand high in the air for his first (and last) auction purchase.
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Wed 19 Dec 2001 15:46
Re: question for car traders - Steve G
People also have a higher valuation of their car than its real value
Often hear , but parkers guide says it worth.........
Next year will be interesting especially with cost of scrapping a car likely to increase. Cars from the 80's and early 90's are worth next to nothing now so what happen to these cars ?
- Dealers wont take them as p/x
- Private buyers are taking advantage of the low interest rates and buying newer cars.
By my reckoning most of these cars will end up dumped on the roadside, stripped of all identification.
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