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Title: sadly she has to go
Post by: shadwell1981 on 06 November 2011, 22:35:47
 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
the time has come (so the wife says) for use to go down to two cars.

i dont have enough posts to use for sale on the forum so cant offer it here.

has anyone used the we buy a car company?

is it realy that good?

ebay is an option but i have to remove the cherished plate first. oh i love the dvla!

what is the market like at the moment or shal i try and convince her we need two cars.

plus baby number three does not help!
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 06 November 2011, 22:42:39
Man up and tell her Shadwell!!  :y
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Lazydocker on 06 November 2011, 22:48:48
Do not use "we buy any car" unless you're happy with scrap value or less for it ;) chuck it on Autotrader if you have to part ways :y
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: albitz on 06 November 2011, 22:50:47
Agreed. Stay well clear of webuyanycar.coN  ;)
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: millwall on 06 November 2011, 23:05:56
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
the time has come (so the wife says) for use to go down to two cars.

i dont have enough posts to use for sale on the forum so cant offer it here.

has anyone used the we buy a car company?

is it realy that good?

ebay is an option but i have to remove the cherished plate first. oh i love the dvla!

what is the market like at the moment or shal i try and convince her we need two cars.

plus baby number three does not help!
or go down to 0 wife problem sorted ;D :y
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 06 November 2011, 23:25:37
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
the time has come (so the wife says) for use to go down to two cars.

i dont have enough posts to use for sale on the forum so cant offer it here.

has anyone used the we buy a car company?

is it realy that good?

ebay is an option but i have to remove the cherished plate first. oh i love the dvla!

what is the market like at the moment or shal i try and convince her we need two cars.

plus baby number three does not help!

'Old on Shadwell, seems like you and your beloved are in agreement you only need two cars!!  :y  Dunno what the other cars are but fight for The Mig...  :y :y :y  Especially with 3 bambinos....  ;)
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Osprey on 06 November 2011, 23:52:00
Others on here have said they offer a low price then, when you take the car in, invent reasons to drop their offer even further. 

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=39265.msg601025#msg601025 (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=39265.msg601025#msg601025)

If it's a petrol V6 the price will be low anyway - fuel costs I guess. 

 :(

Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 07 November 2011, 00:03:32
definatley we buy any car should be last resort they offer a good price to get you down the valuation centre then rip your car to bits etc
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Vamps on 07 November 2011, 00:28:03
Sister in Law recently used 'we buy any van' or something of that sort, when we heard what they had offered we all said take it, and she did within 24 hours, she got about 3 or 4 times what we said it was worth, needles to say she was more that happy and went off and bought a 4x4 :D :D :D

She lost her last 4x4 because she left it running in the severe cold to warm it up and it was stolen, last winter, and insurance have refused to pay out >:( >:(
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Lazydocker on 07 November 2011, 00:31:12
She lost her last 4x4 because she left it running in the severe cold to warm it up and it was stolen, last winter, and insurance have refused to pay out >:( >:(
She was lucky not to be charged for "Quitting" (I think)  ;)

I have been looking into security ideas because the van needs to be left running whilst I'm working at the back ::)
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: aaronjb on 07 November 2011, 00:32:44
I have been looking into security ideas because the van needs to be left running whilst I'm working at the back ::)

Rottweiler in the passenger seat? ;) (And yes, I thought it was an offence to leave a vehicle running unattended..)

Though didn't the police have some gizmo for doing just that - you take the keys out, car continues running, but if you try to drive off (presumably hooked to the handbrake or neutral switch) without putting the keys back in it cuts out?
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 November 2011, 07:12:52
She lost her last 4x4 because she left it running in the severe cold to warm it up and it was stolen, last winter, and insurance have refused to pay out >:( >:(
She was lucky not to be charged for "Quitting" (I think)  ;)

I have been looking into security ideas because the van needs to be left running whilst I'm working at the back ::)


Something like this one P;

http://www.secure-idle.com/


http://www.secure-idle.com/images/Secure%20Idle%20Brochure.pdf

Although you may still run into trouble leaving the vehicle running - I'm not sure if exemption can be sought for 'non-emergency' vehicles.
Title: Re: sadly she has to go
Post by: Lazydocker on 07 November 2011, 08:21:42
Yep, been looking at run lock devices. Fortunately recovery vehicles (which it it classed as) carry an exemption anyway, or they certainly used to.

Unfortunately it's not just securing the vehicle against theft I'm looking for. I want the cab secured as it contains sat Nav, card machine, job sheets, etc, etc. Can't lock the doors with the back doors open so I'll be reduced to flicking the catch across on the rear door to fool the CL. If the doors are locked I'm not so worried about run lock as I'll be working at the rear of it anyway :y