Arnold gets another one

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Woods Garage West Calder Vauxall franchise soon to be Arnold at Livingstone

Another wee friendly helpful family garage losses out to the might of all conquering Arnold

It is getting very hard NOT to buy a car from him

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Lost franchise was phrase used

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I often wonder where a lot of his stock comes from

Looking for a Corsa for my wife dozens with Arnold all similar age mileage and price - ex Hire or courtesy cars?

Will they admit this if they are?

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You do wonder how big they need to get before monopoly is mentioned

Here in Glasgow a high percentage of dealerships are his

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HendryG said:

Well not only has Arnold Clark became a Vauxhall franchise at its Livingston former Nissan franchise taking the franchise from Woods West Calder from 1 January its also now taken over Woods themselves from today as well:


http://www.arnoldclark.com/find-a-dealer-search/we...

Yes heard that

Good in some ways I hope the guys at Woods continue the good work they do

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Funny thing about VAG is No Audi franchises for Arnold

Really does annoy that in West and beginning to be rest of Scotland very hard not to buy from Arnold if you can persuade him to sell you new a new car to your spec rather than one of his pre regs that they push you towards

He must have a faily high % of the volumne market in Scotland

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" I know people in Coatbridge who will avoid Park due to the Rangers connection" so sad but so true

West of Scotland at it's worst

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In fairness to Halleys they were there long before the Homebase

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Edited by S2red on Sunday 1st March 15:38

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Don't forget all those "Crap Sites" are all main road sites and passed by 1000s of cars daily

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Who owns the Pollockshaws site?

Just realised the one you mean bought a Renault from there when Scenic first came out Cant for life of me remember name of dealership Caledonia?

That site was one of the custom built Datsun/Nissan ones for the Octav Botnar AFG expansion in 1986? friend was involved in marketing tells some amazing stories about it

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HendryG said:

Also this acquisition now snookers me for warranty work, repairs and so on on the brand new shape Corsa I bought from Arnolds Linwood Vauxhall 2 weeks ago .

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You could try The old Woods in West Calder Still the same people despite being part of Arnold's empire

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Used to be a site dedicated to slagging AC off

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Being cynical wonder if £75 was claimed from VW

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Sadly modern cars will be replace not fix

Keep replacing the electronic boxes until problem goes away no time to fix why there is a problem

As long as they remember the "your brake pads are 60% worn" mantra to keep service department part sales up they'll be fine

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Yes that new Nissan showroom has been mentioned previously on here

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Or maybe I am mistaken saw it elsewhere :-)

http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/13847815.Ve...

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The "best" one has to be covering the high level brake light with the sticker

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Interesting AC has it down here

East Port Garage in Dunfermline have taken the plunge and have franchise up there

Good luck to Stan brave move for a small independent Garage

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Alfa dealership in Springburn alongside Fiat

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I am sure Arnold has Alfa dealership in Springburn alongside Fiat