iborguk Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, r1flyguy said: I happened to watch an episode of bullseye the other night… how bad do those prizes look now 🤣 (albeit they were probably awesome back then) That's one game show they could bring back https://uokhun.uk/2018/10/08/investigation-reveals-hundreds-of-abandoned-speedboats-outside-homes-of-bullseye-winners/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattman42 Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, r1flyguy said: I never knew that 😳!!! the car crash that is the 2006 reboot of Bullseye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) Wrong 'un. There was only one "super, smashing, great!" Edited July 12, 2021 by iborguk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 3:35 PM, Greenman said: Yes to those that are interested in such things the peak may have passed. I got a valuation couple of few weeks ago (just for the giggles), today has seen a drop of £1100 from that value (pretty much in line with Alank quotes above. Yep, the bubble has burst - I got another valuation on mine today, and it came back as £28,000, so 245 quid less than I paid for it. Might as well keep the car now... er... oh, hang on, I'm never going to sell it anyway, so who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattman42 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Davey P said: Yep, the bubble has burst - I got another valuation on mine today, and it came back as £28,000, so 245 quid less than I paid for it. Might as well keep the car now... er... oh, hang on, I'm never going to sell it anyway, so who cares? How deep did they plunder your wallet at the service @Davey P? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, Mattman42 said: How deep did they plunder your wallet at the service @Davey P? Not booked in until tomorrow mate. I'll post the result on my ongoing "Members Rides" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattman42 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 42 minutes ago, Davey P said: Not booked in until tomorrow mate. I'll post the result on my ongoing "Members Rides" thread. Good luck - hope its a pleasant surprise this time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBD914 v2 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) Just sold my AMG A45S to WBAC. Part exchange price against a new car £39,000. Offer from Mercedes dealer to purchase for stock £40,000, as they would retail it at £43,500 apparently. Average retail price on Autotrader £44,000 to £45,000 same age, spec and mileage. Purchased brand new one year ago for £45,000. WBAC offered £44,000, so deal was done. Cheap motoring for 12 months! God knows how they will make any money on that via the auction house! Well pleased, so I have finally gone the electric vehicle route! Edited July 22, 2021 by RBD914 v2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clivescoobydo Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, RBD914 v2 said: Well pleased, so I have finally gone the electric vehicle route! Don’t do it 😱 I’d like the UK to end up like Cuba running around in vintage ICE vehicles forever lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit_287 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Not when we’re paying £5.00 a litre of petrol and road tax is four times what it is now, we’ll be forced into an electric vehicle. Those huge 50’s yank tanks driving around Cuba have all got small capacity diesel engines fitted to them as they can’t afford to run them on gasoline. Edited July 23, 2021 by bandit_287 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTSMarky Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, bandit_287 said: Not when we’re paying £5.00 a litre of petrol and road tax is four times what it is now, we’ll be forced into an electric vehicle. It's coming. Remember how we were dubbed into diesels in the mid 90's as company car drivers and now look? My 3.0 Tdi Quattro diesel has returned >47mpg based on 65k miles to date and yet it's 37% BIK. You cannot smell a thing at the exhaust tips, Ad Blue, filters etc etc this thing is pretty good yet I'm caned with the tax and fuel price. Looking to replace and for me full electric will be a nightmare (long journeys with trailer & need an estate boot for lifestyle reasons & dump runs), so it's either opt or go PHEV which is a proper con on anything over a 10 mile journey assuming you've even bothered to charge it that is. It's a bloody gamble right now as the politicians will simply not let their motorist income stream, dry up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz05 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 @GTSMarkyI know what you mean our family X5 is great for carrying everything and it churns out great mpg, perfect for longer trips and pretty clean once warm, absolutely nothing like the cheaper 4 pot diesels once that you hold your breath around. Won't stop them banning it from every city centre in the country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTSMarky Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 12:03 AM, daz05 said: @GTSMarkyI know what you mean our family X5 is great for carrying everything and it churns out great mpg, perfect for longer trips and pretty clean once warm, absolutely nothing like the cheaper 4 pot diesels once that you hold your breath around. Won't stop them banning it from every city centre in the country. I'm more an estate car person Daz. Tried the RS4 and whilst ballistically quick not much difference to my car at normal speeds, plus we've the BGTS for that too. I need to tow and a decent range is important, so at the moment it's the V60 Polestar jobbie that's the top of my list which kind of has a bit of everything with ~30miles electric range, >400hp a tow bar and a big boot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virglas Posted July 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Bought a 20 plate m135i yesterday for £31k. For a laughing I thought I’d see what Evans Halshaw would give me for it. They have just offered £31850….Also, sold my 220d Active Tourer to them last week for £700 less than I paid them a year ago even though I’ve put £25k miles on it…..The world has gone mad….!🥴🥴🥴 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringmaster999 Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Virglas said: Bought a 20 plate m135i yesterday for £31k. For a laughing I thought I’d see what Evans Halshaw would give me for it. They have just offered £31850….Also, sold my 220d Active Tourer to them last week for £700 less than I paid them a year ago even though I’ve put £25k miles on it…..The world has gone mad….!🥴🥴🥴 I think the tide is beginning to turn. From the highest quote a mth ago WBAC quote has now gone 1k lower. Still considerably more than I paid last July but my experience is the tide is turning 👍 All pretty irrelevant anyway Edited July 29, 2021 by Ringmaster999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 1:29 PM, Davey P said: Yep, the bubble has burst - I got another valuation on mine today, and it came back as £28,000, so 245 quid less than I paid for it. Might as well keep the car now... er... oh, hang on, I'm never going to sell it anyway, so who cares? The saga continues.... today's valuation has gone up to £28,250, so 5 quid more than I paid for it - woohoo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike597 Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, Davey P said: The saga continues.... today's valuation has gone up to £28,250, so 5 quid more than I paid for it - woohoo! I'd bank it now whilst you still can 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDonald Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 37 minutes ago, Davey P said: The saga continues.... today's valuation has gone up to £28,250, so 5 quid more than I paid for it - woohoo! For that sort of money you could buy a convertible! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 This is getting silly now, I've had yet another "Hooray! Your PORSCHE CAYMAN has increased in price" email, this time it's gone up to £28,715 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaregs Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Davey P said: This is getting silly now, I've had yet another "Hooray! Your PORSCHE CAYMAN has increased in price" email, this time it's gone up to £28,715 It's raining mate, come next summer you’ll have to pay them to take it. 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Loon Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 I think part of the reason that the WBAC pricing has increased is because these days they do not just punt them down to the auction (although ones that are not really for retail quality they do no doubt) BCA who own WBAC, also own Cinch car sales (you know the ones that advertise on the TV all the time) so they can afford to give more when you trade it to WBAC as they are selling them for more at Cinch. There is a branch of WBAC round the corner from me and it is always busy these days. The other day there was a couple of year old Mustang and a 997 Carrera S been taken in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark-yorkshire Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 I got the Webuyanycar e mail yesterday saying my valuation had increased. Went online and it was £2000 more than in June ! Am now looking at seeing if an independent dealer will beat WBAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH82 Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 Damnit; mine went down £1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaregs Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 9 hours ago, mark-yorkshire said: I got the Webuyanycar e mail yesterday saying my valuation had increased. Went online and it was £2000 more than in June ! Am now looking at seeing if an independent dealer will beat WBAC. I got around £5K more from my local OPC (Who grudgingly matched the best bid I had) than WBAC offered for my 718 when I sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark-yorkshire Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 Following my increased WBAC offer I put my car on Wizzle and also contacted a few Porsche and independent dealers. Most dealers could not beat or even match the WBAC offer but I did manage to get an extra £500 from Wizzle so have agreed to let the Boxster T go. First car that I have made a decent profit on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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