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[DodgyBastard]

  On 09/12/2019 at 12:44, wuvvum said:

What's all this selling chod for more than you paid for it malarkey? 
 
(More to the point, how do I get in on that game?)

It's quite simple, find cars that people want and sell them for a little bit more than you paid for them.

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[wuvvum]

It's the first bit that I struggle with.  I tend to find that cars I want are not the same as cars "people" want.  It seems that I am not "people".  By the time I have worked out what "people" want, everyone else has worked it out too and prices have already gone silly.

[DodgyBastard]

  On 09/12/2019 at 12:59, wuvvum said:

It's the first bit that I struggle with.  I tend to find that cars I want are not the same as cars "people" want.  It seems that I am not "people".  By the time I have worked out what "people" want, everyone else has worked it out too and prices have already gone silly.

I never know what people want either but when I end up with a car that someone out there wants to give good money for I'll usually let it go.


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[Six-cylinder]

If only you could teach me how to part with cars then I could buy more!

[Mrs6C]

  On 09/12/2019 at 17:05, Six-cylinder said:

If only you could teach me how to part with cars then I could buy more!

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Hands off my cars!!!

[cort1977]

  On 09/12/2019 at 12:44, wuvvum said:

What's all this selling chod for more than you paid for it malarkey? 

 

(More to the point, how do I get in on that game?)

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Was exactly my question as well.  

You should start offering seminars and training on how to autoshite properly like those 'I made a million in property and you can too' shysters.  Admittedly the market for such a thing is probably limited to a few strange people on this site.

 

 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

  On 08/12/2019 at 22:19, DodgyBastard said:

39 cars this year, must be a new personal record!

You've had more in a year than I've had in 18 years of driving

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[dome]

You're doing well buying and selling shite.

I usually go mainstream when I try to make some cash. Safer bet but driving an Octavia or an Auris isn't exactly exciting. 

[captain_70s]

  On 09/12/2019 at 18:36, cort1977 said:

Was exactly my question as well.  

You should start offering seminars and training on how to autoshite properly like those 'I made a million in property and you can too' shysters.  Admittedly the market for such a thing is probably limited to a few strange people on this site.

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My educated guess as to the theory of flipping cars like a Dodgy Bastard (tm).

 

1 - Buy an car for cheaps, no faffing about wondering about whether you should or not, please note that said car is probably at the far end of the known universe and it's advert consists of one upside down photo of a phone screen showing a photo of half the car and a description of "good car".

2 - Get your new purchase home and admire it amongst your fleet of other hideous shitters.

3 - Bung it up for sale in a few places with a half decent description at a price of more than you paid.

4 - Wait, safe in the knowledge that you don't actually need to get rid of the car, so it can just sit about until some lunatic wants to buy it.

[egg]

What I like about DB's tat life is that cos he can weld, it opens up a whole field of (particularly 80's chod) that us indoor dwelling softie southerner types have to pass on...

Having said that, you've had a lot of post millennial junk this year too.

[DodgyBastard]

  On 09/12/2019 at 19:33, captain_70s said:

My educated guess as to the theory of flipping cars like a Dodgy Bastard (tm).

 

1 - Buy an car for cheaps, no faffing about wondering about whether you should or not, please note that said car is probably at the far end of the known universe and it's advert consists of one upside down photo of a phone screen showing a photo of half the car and a description of "good car".

2 - Get your new purchase home and admire it amongst your fleet of other hideous shitters.

3 - Bung it up for sale in a few places with a half decent description at a price of more than you paid.

4 - Wait, safe in the knowledge that you don't actually need to get rid of the car, so it can just sit about until some lunatic wants to buy it.

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This^^^ Exactly this.

Then when you gain the reputation as someone who will buy any old shit other people will start offering stuff regularly.

[DodgyBastard]

RJC_2782 by srblythe, on Flickr

RJC_2785 by srblythe, on Flickr

I took the 740 home tonight, it drives fine and seems to have a bit of power. I'm going to take it to work for the rest of the week and see how I like it.

[Six-cylinder]

  On 09/12/2019 at 21:00, DodgyBastard said:

RJC_2782 by srblythe, on Flickr

RJC_2785 by srblythe, on Flickr

I took the 740 home tonight, it drives fine and seems to have a bit of power. I'm going to take it to work for the rest of the week and see how I like it.

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I probably sold this new, I certainly was at Squire Furneaux Volvo Aylesbury when it was sold new.

I had two new Volvos in that reg run, first was G48 PUD in Aug 1989 a blue green met 240GL estate and the second was G68 PUD an Arctic blue 440 Turbo

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 09/12/2019 at 12:59, wuvvum said:

It's the first bit that I struggle with.  I tend to find that cars I want are not the same as cars "people" want.  It seems that I am not "people".  By the time I have worked out what "people" want, everyone else has worked it out too and prices have already gone silly.

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You are I.

 

@DodgyBastard My head still hurts from your list of cars you've owned in the last twelve months. I wonder what became of that gold 323?

[Lacquer Peel]

  On 09/12/2019 at 21:16, Six-cylinder said:

I probably sold this new, I certainly was at Squire Furneaux Volvo Aylesbury when it was sold new.

I had two new Volvos in that reg run, first was G48 PUD in Aug 1989 a blue green met 240GL estate and the second was G68 PUD an Arctic blue 440 Turbo

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Did Squire Furneaux sell a lot of Volvos? Quite a few are on 'UD' plates including my S70. I have seen one with the amusing north of the border 'FUD' plate. 

[TrabbieRonnie]

Something about that Saab, never owned one...  bloody love the front hinged bonnet on them!  

Actually more appealing being a four-door too somehow, must be getting old.

[TrabbieRonnie]

  On 09/12/2019 at 20:27, DodgyBastard said:

Then when you gain the reputation as someone who will buy any old shit other people will start offering stuff regularly.

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This happened to me when I bought the Trab, near instantly got offered and purchased another one (currently waiting it's turn in the garage), and soon after that the matching caravan.  Then a guy locally was selling off three Trabis in various sorry states, made a good offer but was declined... so came very close to owning five!  

[Six-cylinder]

  On 09/12/2019 at 21:30, Lacquer Peel said:

Did Squire Furneaux sell a lot of Volvos? Quite a few are on 'UD' plates including my S70. I have seen one with the amusing north of the border 'FUD' plate. 

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Yes, but my boss said not enough!

In Sep 1990 I had a Volvo 440 Turbo H263 FUD. I left June 1991 to work for a Vauxhall dealer.

[DodgyBastard]

  On 09/12/2019 at 21:41, TrabbieRonnie said:

Something about that Saab, never owned one...  bloody love the front hinged bonnet on them!  
Actually more appealing being a four-door too somehow, must be getting old.

I'm probably going to sell it shortly, it's a little bit too nice for me to ruin.

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[Christine]

The cabriolet visa you welded up ,it's  mot is due  on the 13th ... 

[DodgyBastard]

  On 10/12/2019 at 10:49, Christine said:

The cabriolet visa you welded up ,it's  mot is due  on the 13th ... 

Interesting, I wonder if I'll receive a phone call about it soon...

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[Christine]

Swap for a Felicia ! 

[DodgyBastard]

  On 10/12/2019 at 16:12, Christine said:

Swap for a Felicia ! 

It really is a car I have no desire to own. I think the felicia will be easier to get rid of and won't smell as bad inside...

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[DodgyBastard]

Fleet reduction is going a little bit better, I've potentially sold a couple of cars today. Someone left a deposit on the Saab and didn't haggle on the £1800 asking price, the Ka should be going for £650 on Sunday.
That'll be a profit of £2150 roughly...
Nice.

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[The Moog]

You will be able to upgrade from a house to a castle soon if you keep this up

[Sir Snipes]

Hey DB I think you missed one off your list. Didn't you have a big ish Hyundai or Kia thing before the diesel Sierra? I remember liking what ever it was only for it to be replaced by the Sierra (Which I hated lol).

[DodgyBastard]

  On 14/12/2019 at 08:33, Sir Snipes said:

Hey DB I think you missed one off your list. Didn't you have a big ish Hyundai or Kia thing before the diesel Sierra? I remember liking what ever it was only for it to be replaced by the Sierra (Which I hated lol).

I did have the xg30 but it was right at the end of December.

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[DodgyBastard]

Car number 40 is a beauty... Got to end the year on a high...

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[Cheezey]

I think James May had a very similar car as his first car. 
My dad had a 1.9 one of these and had a headache with the carb. He followed it up with an Ascona B 2.0 which he stuck a Weber on. 

How roadworthy is this one?
 

[DodgyBastard]

It needs work, barely runs and no brakes but for the age of it, it's pretty good. It hasn't been roadworthy for a number of years.

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