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Even 60 days is long enough to bankrupt a small business with one large customer.

As for shipping bits halfway around the globe, well, that's always been a fools errand. If every component was made in Europe they wouldn't have half the problem.

Simple option is, get on with doing to planning and setup.

Buy the car
Pay the bills
Sort the tax bills etc

But just say break all.

You ask for advice, and people freely give it based on the information provided.

However, if you act on that advice and are doing something nefarious, those who gave that advice in good faith can indirectly become complicit in whatever you're up to.

Feel free to ask for advice, but is it that unreasonable for people* to raise questions so that if they chose to give that advice it's with transparency?

All you had to say about PP is that they've been irritating by way of their policies and left it there.

Likewise the business venture, "I need a vehicle that will do xyz? And am dithering between using the Omega or buying/leasing something newer. What do you guys recommend?

*Be that individuals or companies. If bunch of random car enthusiasts get suspicious then you don't need to be a genius to see how dodgy it might look to a regulated company.

Simple option is, get on with doing to planning and setup.

Buy the car
Pay the bills
Sort the tax bills etc

But just say break all.

And a company the size of JLR probably has 180 day credit terms.

I suspect they don't.  I suspect with their larger suppliers, it will be a maximum of 60 days, but most suppliers might be 30 days from shipping to PO payment...

Its possible some very larger suppliers, particularly if shipping form far east, might actually send goods for JLR (or a local logistics firm) to store in a midland warehouse, and then pay as they use them, due to nature of JIT and logistics of getting stuff moved around the seas, particularly with the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa being a bit no-go...

Rules on banking by big brother have become a joke, seems they question everything, I tried to pay over £1000 into the bank and got the 3rd degree where I got it from.

Well, financial institutions have to swallow the cost if a customer is scammed, and reimburse the customer unless it can be proved complete negligence.

So I repeat, given what you've said about the payments, PP did the right thing.  If you don't like PP, fine, I don't either - I think they are a right bunch of self-abusers - you are free to use other institutions for transferring money.  But any of the regulated ones would have raised a flag for that sort of transaction history.

Finished all the welding on the rear end of the Omega. tidied everything up with the angle grinder, painted Hammerite rust preventer primer over the top, then coated liberally with spray on underseal.
As Webby the Bear used to say - A grinder and paint can make a welder what he aint, so all in all , the jobs a goodun.
Now on to the purely cosmetic jobs, if the weather allows.
Also got an exhaust blow on the off side, from right at the front, when first starting the engine.
Either manifold to downpipe or manifold gasket.
We shall see, when I get around to doing the job.

Now off to take the Tortoise for a walk around the garden.
No rest for the wicked, eh ? 

They only get paid for orders that they fulfill. And a company the size of JLR probably has 180 day credit terms.

You do you babes... But

It's just another flag, you ask for advice and only give vague snippets... And the snippets don't add up.

For example: I am starting a business and need a suitable vehicle...

- What type of business? As that directly affects the choices... ie a Fiesta Van isn't going to cut it if you need 8 seats...

Well, it might involve driving 4 hours on a motorway every weeks.

 

I understand about being reticent, particularly with a new venture etc. but all the vagueries add up to alot of suspicion.

it depends on how you are with a soldering iron .and wether you are able /confident in removing the internal circuit board from it .on the last 3 ive seen its always been an issue with the actual board rather than any components on it .the board is double sided and the interconnections can swell and go bad due to age and the heat that the cluster gets subject to.
a replacement cluster assembly (if in good order )will sort it but you are limited to finding one with the correct mileage on it (if it bothers you )or swapping the pcb from it to yours .

Rules on banking by big brother have become a joke, seems they question everything, I tried to pay over £1000 into the bank and got the 3rd degree where I got it from.