clanger
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| posted on 26/1/14 at 10:06 PM |
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Buying at "trade" car auctions
Looking to get the missus a used rep mobile. Most of the stock on Arfur Daley's forecourt and Ebay blaggers seem to be ex-lease 1 owner jobbies,
which I'm in the market for. How do you bypass the Camel Hair coat brigade and bag yourself one direct?
Do you have to be in the trade?
Any recommendations for where all these ex-lease cars can be found???
Been looking locally for a motor, and nearly all but one were ex-lease........
Most of the smaller local auction houses are supplying used crap for ferrying Pizza / Chinese take away, or illegal mini cab transport
Must be a way joe public can get a pice of the action without paying a dealers profit for the day !!!
Cheers
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morcus
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| posted on 26/1/14 at 10:15 PM |
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I think you've got to know what your doing for that kind of thing as you don't get much chance to look at them.
Not quite the same thing but don't rental companies flog off all the cars at regular intervals for a decent price? There might be leasing
companies that also do this with the old cars.
What sort of thing were you looking at and what price? If your looking one owner and only a couple of years old you might be better going for approved
used.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 26/1/14 at 10:27 PM |
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Any of these places close to you?
http://www.british-car-auctions.co.uk/buy/Useful-information/Types-of-auction/Lex-Autolease/
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 26/1/14 at 10:28 PM |
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By all means go and look but auction prices (with the premium charged to private buyers) as made it a waste of time for a while now, there will always
be the exception but auction prices for the type of car your looking at have been very strong foe a while now.
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unijacko67
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| posted on 26/1/14 at 10:29 PM |
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BCA, British car auctions, go to there site and get a list of the cars being auctioned for the day you can attend. don't forget the fees, which
the traders get a more favourable rate.
Whoops, bit slow there.....sorry.
[Edited on 26/1/14 by unijacko67]
http://www.kittenkitcar.co.uk
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loggyboy
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| posted on 26/1/14 at 11:09 PM |
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Most of the newer cars ar auction cone with limited warranties or opportunities to check them after the auction. Generally, Its only the older cars
that are sold as seen.
Mistral Motorsport
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Slimy38
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 06:45 AM |
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My friend went to the Derby car auction on one of the fleet days, he found that the prices were pretty comparable to Glass private sales rather than
the 'bargains' you used to get. And obviously no chance for test drives, proper lookovers, etc.
I've had a couple of ex-lease cars now (purely by accident, I've only found out when I've gone to see them) and they've both
been from the private owners who are selling them themselves. Typically three years old, having just done their first MOT but no longer tax
cost-effective. My first thought would be the classified ads on Ebay.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 07:35 AM |
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These days the auctions have got very greedy on the fees they charge private buyers but you can stil find good buys. Rather than ex-lease it is better
to look for low mileage older vehicles, the big dealers don't retail these but push them straight to market.
Different auction companies have different T&C. so study them carefully and be a 100% sure what level of warranty or not the car is sold under.
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― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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clanger
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 08:43 AM |
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Same feedback here......all the cars I've looked at / browsed on't web seem to be one or two owner and ex-lease. Which is what I'm
in the market for. Just hoping to cut out the middle man???
I'm hoping to pick one up direct from the lease company. Looked at the BCA sites and it looks like the lease companies have a clear out
regularly at their sites.
Yeah I know buyer beware, as at most car auctions. But most of the ex-lease cars tend to be fully serviced so better hopefully in the long run. My
current Golf was an ex-lease when I bought it 8 years ago.
Been having a few interesting conversations with car "supermarkets" recently........since when did your local car dealer become a
supermarket???................Makes me laugh. They treat you like a non car knowledge numpty, then offer to "price match" any car in the
country............How can you price match a car?, but they try and convince you 
Its not like its tin of beans which is exactly the same from Tesco's up the road..............
I'll continue my search. cheers
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fesycresy
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 09:08 AM |
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I've just bought my first car from a main dealer.
I was after a C1 for my mam, I looked on eBay, freeads, gumtree, auctions and saw mostly crap or if it was nice, it was overpriced.
Ended up buying a low mileage car from Lookers with a new ticket, service and half decent warranty (maybe!), gave the salesman a beating and had a
cracking deal. Better than most private sales.
Just caught him at the right time with loads of stock and not many sales going out the door.
Auctions weren't the place they used to be.
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nick205
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 05:35 PM |
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Still pays to buy from dealers at the end of the month IMO, they always want a sale that bit more.
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andrew
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 05:53 PM |
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auction fees
Does anybody know the different fees for one off buying and trader buying at BCA etc,, as for traders knowing what they are buying is a joke if it
looks straight and shiny thats as far as it goes some dont even look under the bonnet,,,
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PSpirine
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 06:08 PM |
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If you know what car you want, dealers aren't a bad shout to call. They will often have cars coming in after private contract hire and other
personal lease deals. Also there are a decent amount of companies (usually small) who will deal with dealers direct for fleet 36 month hire.
Keep in mind high used stock comes into dealers around registration changeover dates (March and September).
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