Pashley26

I love using a shoe horn. Putting cuff links in. Wearing a tie clip. Pressing the chronograph on my watch. Drinking Baileys and ice at Christmas. From posh glasses.

It's lasted since 1972, so I'm sure it'll last through some snow. As long as Alex doesn't drive it.

Excuse my slightly weird look. It's not every day that a designer from McLaren brings you an MP412C to play with. By far and away one of the coolest things that's happened to me for ages.

#soundlikeasalescunt

I think its good. You've got 20K cash, you could lease two cars for 7k every 3 years and give the second car back at the end, or buy the second car for about 6k with the 6k you have left in your bank. Or you could buy one car and run it for 6 years and get 6 grand back for it. Option one creates jobs and business opportunities, as well as keeps your car in warranty, MOT free and more reliable. And gets you a new car every 3 years. The other just buys you a car for 6 years.

Works both ways, if you bought a car for 20K cash and drove it for 6 years and traded it in for 6k. Its still cost you £194.44 a month simply for the use of the car. And you could have got two new cars in that time for the same payment on PCP. Who's the crack arse then.

Only three have paid cash this month for me. But that changes from brand to brand and dealer to dealer, roughly 80% finance in one way or another.

Make time I go find myself a multi storey car park when I don't have day light.

There would be a better chance of acceptance, if you experian report is less than 900.

New cars are slightly different. A new car will have to go through the manufacturers finance to get the relevant new car deals, so you'd lose any of the dealer contributions. Which isn't great Give it a go, fingers crossed for you

Sorry guys... This was sat on my cabinet. Annoying me. Today however, I just decided to go for it because the car was filthy and even though I've not been driving it much I still wasn't happy looking at it every day either. Started off with a two bucket wash, but it was so early there were no pictures of this. I then used Revalation on the entire car, and a hog hair detailing brush (I know...) to work the wheels, door shuts and trim lines. Rinsed the car, re-washed and took it for a quick spin to dry it off. Which is less than ideal, but does the job. Quick detailed it with Angelwax QED. I had no reason to polish or refine the paint further, as it was only recently done. Also, if I'm honest I didn't really feel up to it. So I put a second layer of QED on it, just to make sure it was totally clear. I keep telling people my car isn't black, it's grey. But they don't believe me. Sun came out for half an hour, so I snapped a picture to prove this. Waxed it to death, hand applied Dark Angel with my palms. Worked in for 5 minutes per panel, left to haze for 5 and polished off with a super fluffy microfiber. No real pictures, CBA you all know what my car looks like. I treated all the exterior trims with AN Gel, buffed it to a satin gloss because I've gone off shiny exterior trim now. Spritzed the tires with Elixir, then buffed them to a satin finish and reapplied to double layer it. Used Elixir on the engine bay, and all the lower dash and foot well trims. Cleaned the seats with Heaven, which is amazingly good! Now my interior has a rich leather smell, and is fresh and nice. So very happy with that. Used a fresh detailing brush to restore my steering wheel, very happy with the results. This is the best way to use a leather cleaner in a detailed area without splattering crud everywhere. With Heaven you don't really have to worry, as it's a very gentle cleaner. And it smells so nice... Detailed the interior, all nooks and cubby holes sorted. Used one of my detailing "dib dabs" as I call them to do all of the trim ends and fittings. I used AN Gel again on the sides of the seats, and the door shuts. A little goes a VERY long way with AN Gel. Did all the door shuts with QED and Autoglym HD, just because I didn't want to waste dark angel on them. Jumped in the back and cleaned all the glass, and applied H2Go to the outside as a rain repellant. ANGel'd the wiper arms. Hoovered it. Filled it up with washer fluid, checked all the levels, checked the tyre pressures. Done. - In the new year I will be taking a long drive up to Scotland to Brotek to collect a DAS rotary, be shown how to use it properly, and do lads stuff with cars. I'm storing up my Crystal Rock until it can be applied in a proper unit by a professional, and I'm sure Mark will be up for that.

Certainly would get finance. Black Horse is the best company for you, they are very flexible. If we get people declined at work we bounce straight to Black Horse, and based on what you've just said they will 100% finance you. Are you looking to buy from a dealer, or get a secured personal loan from a third party and use a private seller?

Uhhuh, ask away.

Fair observation. But that's why most salesmen have a really shite reputation. People buy from people, it's proven scientifically in large purchases. I started off with Mazda, which is a real slow burner and a very considered purchase. So you couldn't rush people, and generally older customers would buy from you because they were going to get looked after. People walk into the showroom expecting to be sold a car, with a preconcieved idea that an Arthur Daley character is going to try and pull their pants down and take them for every penny they have. Absolutely I can make people buy things they don't actually want. But I do it in a way that actually, they do want it. It's all a mind game. Which is why when I casually have a chat with people, make them laugh, get them sat down and make them a cup of tea and make them feel welcome it shocks them into listening to me. I don't do the whole pressure sales shit, it just ruins any chance of a future sale or renewal. I regularly see my customers in the supermarket, or in town and they all stop and say hello and ask me how I am. Because I have done my job properly. Being a car salesman is all about being professional, friendly and concise. Which despite my online persona is something I'm really good at. Most people lack the moral obligation to customer service to be good salesmen, and most just see is as a way to make a load of money. It's a hard job, if you care. If you don't give a shit and just run it as a short term goal then you will find it a breeze.

Yeah that's cool, nobody really knows what it's like to be a new car salesman. Unless they are one. So you've got to see the customer when they come in, and be 100% perfect from that moment on. Or you've got to take their call, diarize/appoint them and get them in. Work out what they want to buy. Work out how they want to buy it. Work out when they want to buy. Talk them into a test drive that suits their need. Often beg stealing and borrowing the right car. Appraise part exchange and price it up. You've got to agree figures and do the deal. Finance prop. Finance documents need to be signed and cross checked and proofs given. Then you've got to order the car. Phone the customer daily with an update, often for 6 weeks whilst it comes from factory. Car comes in, you have to take it from the transporter and check it in. Push lines and job cards to have it PDI'd and mechanically checked over. Push lines and job cards for valeting. Register the car, so generating a confirmation of registration and having the customer sign it. Set up 7 day insurance. Try to sell GAP insurance or paint protection, as well as mats and fuel etc. Check the car 24 hours before hand over. Invoice for the part exchange. Settle finance on the part exchange. Do V5C on part exchange. Arrange part exchange hand over checks. Hand over the car, fill out all invoicing, take the balance, confirm finance payout, introduce to the car, do a full detailed run through of the vehicle etc. Take all the PX documents. Follow up in 24 hours, then again 48 hours after that. Arrange for the PX to go to auction, forecourt or underwriter. If every deal was that straight forward it would be a dream, but in essence that is the basics of selling a new car. Obviously you have to juggle all of that with meeting new customers and selling to new customers, time wasters and brochure collectors, things going wrong and cars getting damaged, having park sensors, Bluetooth etc fitted, fueling the car, logistic delays from the manufacturer, the customer changing their mind, hitting targets for profit and registrations, as well as finance penetration and GAP and paint protection. Then bundle on the used car sale. Meet the customer. Find the right car. Test drive. Do a deal. Arrange finance. The same PX run through. Arrange cleaning. Arrange service. Arrange the hand over. Set up 7 day insurance. Go to the post office to tax it. Probably take it to the bodyshop. Take it to the petrol station to fuel it. It's a lot to take on, my new job basically sees me being a salesman, a sales manager and an administrator. So it's not the normal car salesmans job. To give you an idea of volume, I have got 32 new car registrations in this month so 32 new car hand overs and 14 used car hand overs. 46 cars, in 22 days if you say that I actually took a day off during the week.

It's fine. I'm on it, but I appreciate everyone's concerns. Work have reduced my hours, which hasn't really helped because I just want to be at work selling cars and looking after my customers. So it's stressing me out more. Not smoking has made me really aggy and not drinking is a bit weird. But otherwise I've had a full turn around with what I eat, it's all fruit and steamed veg with rice now. It's just made me really grumpy! I might go order some bits for the diesel to cheer myself up. My new quick detail kit to keep in the car, everything I need to wash, treat and protect.

I'll try not to die, it would kind of put a dampner on things. A heart attack is a serious probability at the moment though, and the doctor is just waiting on blood tests to best medicate it. I don't want to go into the specifics of money, but it's a mix of the two. New job has turned out to be immense, I've taken home last year's gross in three months. Bundle that with splitting up with an overly controlling ex girlfriend, moving 200 miles back home and not having a care in the world it's a bit of a recipe for disaster. But the down side is, I've been working so hard like 7-9pm every day for the last four months, as well as taking on the stress from selling 30 cars a month where I used to sell 5/10. Anyway, car stuff. I'm not sure I would really like an S3, I really quite like the diesel to be honest. It's just nice, and does the job, and gets me places cheaply and nicely.

I've basically been told by the doctor and the hospital that I WILL have a heart attack within weeks if I don't stop eating shit, drinking 8 cans of red bull a day and smoking 20+ a day. And stop working so stupidly hard and stressing so much. My average blood pressure exceeds 174/111 for the past two weeks. So I think Prawn is just concerned that I might get stressed out even more if I were to run out of money, not be able to pay my bills and think I've wasted it all. Stopping drinking, eating anything that isn't organic and natural, smoking excessively, coke, doing far too much work and taking everything seriously. Not amazingly cool and really quite hard. Not that I am asking for pity, at all. But that's why Prawns worried. It does now seem a little stupid, having spent all this cash recently and now being told I can't work. But ho hum, on other hand it says life is there for living. Live and learn

Basically. Just find it a bit unnecessary. Ho hum.

Just don't know why people are banging on about waxes and generally taking the piss out of me. When all I ever do is post pictures, and help others. Unless I am being abnormally touchy, I just find it a bit childish. Who cares if the wax is £8 or £8000, I bought it, I'm going to use it and I didn't for one second hint that I was in some way superior or that the wax I have bought is in any way superior. I just said I was excited about it. Don't know why any running joke seems to be at my expense. Not that it's an issue, I hardly ever post anymore for that reason.

Why IS TF full of children

Yawn. Car looks good Robin, about time you cleaned it. I know it won't last long, but it's still nice to have a clean car for the weekend.

The orange peel is almost non existent, it's only one specific picture taken on a camera phone in back lighting. It's all original paint, and it nothing a machine polish won't fix I'm planning a trip to Zaino HQ to learn how to better use a rotary, so expect that to be sorted soon. I certainly don't think this wax is going to turn my car into a show stopping finish. But I do think that I would like to try it and see why it's so highly reviewed.

Yeah I've bought a tub, I paid a bit less than £800 though. I have a plan though. It can easily be split into 20ml sample pots which can be sold for £50 a go, and 20ml is enough to do three or four cars. So I can use it, and then sell it on in mini tubs to get my cash back. If I want. Supposedly the best wax in the world. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=83466 I've ordered a special cool bag to keep it in. And this little bundle arrived for me yesterday, which was nice.

Why would you be devestated?