Used Car Wars

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ZX10R NIN

27,594 posts

125 months

Sunday 19th March 2017
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Not surprised the Caralot place went skint they were clueless.

Just seen this:

The council said the business failed to accept its responsibilities in resolving complaints, publishing misleading statements and omitting vital accurate information about their vehicles.

It also said there was evidence of aggressive sales practices and digitally signing finance agreements on behalf of customers without their knowledge.




Edited by ZX10R NIN on Sunday 19th March 12:46

Morningside

24,110 posts

229 months

Monday 20th March 2017
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Sheepshanks said:
redandwhite said:
Watched the first 2 recently, love it how simple life is for non petrol heads..visit forecourt / like car / drive car / don't haggle much on price and BANG they buy...
I guess that's why there's so many threads on here about poor experiences when buying a car. Salesmen can't be bothered with a customer who might have their witts about them when someone such as those described above will be along shortly.
This is what happened when my partner lost her husband. She just wandered 10 minutes up the road and purchased car.

When we purchased her new one together she looked into all the details, features and knocked the price down, new tyres and a free main dealer service. Plus a very good trade in on her old one. Also it was not the first one she drove either.

She told me that before she was almost afraid to ask!

Moos3h

162 posts

182 months

Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Thanks for the pointer to this thread - I just watched a good few of these last night and really enjoyed them. Staged? Yes. Idiotic? Yes. Potentially damaging to all involved? Possibly but hey, it's good 'switch yer brain off' TV and it's got cars in it, what's not to like?

TallPaul

1,517 posts

258 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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Was I the only one to spot what was pretending to be lurking at the back of Caralots workshop in episode 3 (might have been 4, I watched 2 at a time). I pointed it out to the wife and even she thought it was a bit sad! I'd like to think its an in joke with the two who run it and they weren't trying to fool anyone...

JimmyConwayNW

3,064 posts

125 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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TallPaul said:
Was I the only one to spot what was pretending to be lurking at the back of Caralots workshop in episode 3 (might have been 4, I watched 2 at a time). I pointed it out to the wife and even she thought it was a bit sad! I'd like to think its an in joke with the two who run it and they weren't trying to fool anyone...
What did you spot ?

TallPaul

1,517 posts

258 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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JimmyConwayNW said:
What did you spot ?
A MK2 VW Scirocco badged up as a Delorean even had a comedy numberplate and I'm sure it had something on the back of the roof.

JimmyConwayNW

3,064 posts

125 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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TallPaul said:
A MK2 VW Scirocco badged up as a Delorean even had a comedy numberplate and I'm sure it had something on the back of the roof.
Raised quite a lot of money for charity with that on a banger fancy dress European charity.

TallPaul

1,517 posts

258 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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JimmyConwayNW said:
Raised quite a lot of money for charity with that on a banger fancy dress European charity.
Thats me shamed!

http://derbytelegraph.co.uk/future-theme-spondon-f...

nicanary

9,793 posts

146 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Watching for the first time. Did Nick have that haircut for a bet?

sattyb

109 posts

113 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Hi, just realised this programme was on tv. Just seeing if anyone else has seen it.
Having watched a couple of episode's I'm not totally convinced. The idea is good but everything seems set up for the cameras and the dealers are just irritating. Could have been much better.
What are your views?

Biker's Nemesis

38,651 posts

208 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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It looks the biggest pile of TV car related bks ever.

anonymous-user

54 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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JimmyConwayNW said:
TallPaul said:
A MK2 VW Scirocco badged up as a Delorean even had a comedy numberplate and I'm sure it had something on the back of the roof.
Raised quite a lot of money for charity with that on a banger fancy dress European charity.
Has that been like that for a while? I'm sure I saw that at a petrol station on a Nurburgring trip in 2008...

And Nurburgring keeps wanting to auto-correct as "nut burgling".

lord trumpton

7,389 posts

126 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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It's st and does the image of a used car dealer no favours at all with that collection of characters

Baz Tench

5,648 posts

190 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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I watched it last week and found it mildly amusing. I'd rather that than bloody eastenders.

Origin Unknown

2,297 posts

169 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Yet another mockumentory.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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This is funny!

nicanary

9,793 posts

146 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Could well be all play-acting. No garage I know will take that amount in cash - anti money-laundering rules. Round here it's £2k max in cash. Unless of course it's a true sale and the cash is just for the camera.

T5R+

1,225 posts

209 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Best bit of the episode - the Fiesta comment.

Matt UK

17,696 posts

200 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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lord trumpton said:
It's st and does the image of a used car dealer no favours at all with that collection of characters
Agreed.

CHARLESBERG

138 posts

102 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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I watched it last week then googled the garages to have a nosey, one of them barely exists. It had one car listed if I remember correctly.

All very odd!