Used Car Warning Cat C, Cat D, Write Offs

Hi, Sorry that I have neglected my Blog lately, it seems that when you are busy the mind tends to clear and you only Focus on the immediate tasks.

A lady and her Daughter came in to see me Yesterday, they said something that was so Bizarre that I thought I had better report it on my Blog page with a view to educating people that are as like minded as they were.

They were due to leave my premises to look at another used car that was unbelievably Cheap, I asked them a few questions and warned them that they may be going to look at a Cat C or D.

This immediately sparked a memory of a phrase that they read in the vehicle description, "Cat D" they thought that it was something to do with the (Cat)alytic Convertor, a Tragic misconception which could have cost them dearly had we not met.

If the phrase Cat C or Cat D is in the vehicle description it is a thinly disguised attempt to hide the fact that the vehicle has been written off in an accident, I will state that again for those amongst you that didn't get it the first time around, it has been "WRITTEN OFF IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT" resulting in extensive damage which the Insurance company deemed too costly to repair.

Many of these cars are sold as Salvage to anybody that has a few hundred pounds, they do a Bodgit and Scarper repair job and sell it on to YOU the unsuspecting "Billy Bunter" (Punter) Legally they don't even have to tell you unless you ask, even then they probably still wouldn't.

Often they are unscrupulous traders, "no honestly there are a few", posing as Private sellers, the story often goes along the lines that they bought it for their wife and the boot isn't big enough for the pram/shopping/wheelchair, etc, or she can't park it, or she has gone off the colour, or some other lame excuse, you've got an imagination how many can you think up in 3-5 minutes?

When you buy a car it is a large ticket price item, get a HPi check done on it YOURSELF, don't rely on the one that they produce for you, these can be cut and pasted onto a word document and altered to read anyway that they want!

If you go to my website www.acar2go.co.uk there is a link to carcheck, they will supply you with a lot of information including if the car has, 1) Mileage discrepency (5% of cars on the road have been clocked) 2) Outstanding Finance, (A staggering 24% have outstanding Finance) 3) Plate Transfer, (15% have had one or more) 4) Whether it has been written off in an accident, (4% have had a significant Insurance claim) 5) whether it has been reported Stolen, (1 in 300 are registered as Stolen)

In the words of the Great Clint Eastwood, "Do you feel Lucky"?

These statistics are very Scary, which is why you should only buy from a reputable company that has their business registered at Company House, are registered for VAT, are members of a well known Trade society such as the Federation of Small Businesses, have been practicing their trade for a number of years, are well respected and known in their local Community.

I have just realised that I have actually been describing my own Company.

Well I'll be blowed, a used car company that is honest, approachable, sells only great, reliable Good Quality used cars and does exactly what he says he would do every time without fail.

As one of my Lovely customers said once to a friend of hers, If you want it straight with no Bu****t then go and see Mark at acar2go.

Please take the above Warning Seriously as if you get caught out with a Write Off, you will have lost loads of YOUR Money, the Trade do not entertain these cars at all, they are worth about a Quarter of the Book price of normal cars, even then we don't want them!

Thanks for looking in again, hope you found this information useful.

Kind Regards.

Mark

acar2go

Aylesbury Young Enterprise Awards, acar2go

I have to give a mention about the Aylesbury Young Enterprise Awards which took place at Aylesbury College on the 30th April 2009, what a great night.

You would not believe the amount of talent that was revealed on the night.

Basically there were teams from most of the Schools in Bucks, they had to form a Company and run it as a going concern, they had to appoint a Director, Accountant, Human Resources, Purchasing Manager, etc.

They had to raise funds, (Many sold shares in their Company's) and decide on a product to take from the design floor to the Market.

They had various Focal points, such as trade shows, school assemblies/functions, local markets, etc.

It wasn't like Sir Alan in the Apprentice, the Team that makes the most Money wins and in the losing teams, one of you will get Fired!

There were some decisions to Fire people within their teams, I have to tell you that raised
Screams and Laughter in equal proportions.

There were some Great presentations throughout the evening, I picked out Four likely Winners and all four of my choices were indeed just that "Winners", I had a chat with the chap sitting next to me, he agreed with two of my choices.

As a Director of my own Company, I get invited to quite a lot of functions, I have to make all of the choices that you all got to make as a team by myself.

The big difference being that if I fail many people suffer, as like the weakest link of a chain, the poor performance of my Business will affect many others, if I fail to sell many used cars then my Valeter, mechanic, body shop, driver, parts supplier, advertising outlets and all other suppliers, etc will get less work from me, this will impact on their business and will be reflected further down the line to the links in their respective chains!

One of the Girls Groups summarised it quite well, she said, "The whole experience had given her a great insight into the Adult Employment World, Wholly different from the two weeks work experience that most schools send you out on where most of the school kids are just glorified tea boys and general Go fors!

I was very impressed with the Talent that was displayed on the evening, it is wonderful to see that we have so many aspiring young individuals that are extrovert, outgoing, witty, clever and that think outside the box.

Well done to all of you, Thank you for a very entertaining night and Good luck in all of your future endeavours.

Never mind Britains Got Talent, "Aylesbury's Got Talent".

Thanks for looking in again.

Regards

Mark Duncan

acar2go

What a Plonker!

I should fine the time to complete my Blog page as loads of people are logging on to it and like a Plonker I have let you down, Sorry!

I have just been so busy, the used car market is still in such great shape and that is allowing me to have a super time with rich pickings, I use that word loosely as I am certainly not getting rich as I sell my stock of great used cars at such tremendous prices.

A friend of mine rang me the other day to tell me something, he said that he put "acar2go" into the google search engine and right above my listing popped up "Perrys".

It would appear that they are paying for a sponsored link to "acar2go" so that every time somebody types "acar2go" into any search engine that they come up right above me.

He thought that I would be furious that they are piggy backing off my success, far from it I am flattered that Perrys think that I am such a viable competitor that they now use me to draw business to themselves.

Bearing in mind that I worked for Perrys for 10 years and I was the most successful Used car Sales Manager that they ever had;

My performance on their behalf has never been surpassed or matched since, as a Marketing tool I would certainly not have bared my neck to predators as they have, I put it down to short sighted inexperienced Suits who are not used to being at the sharp end of the Market.

On the flipside, they are quite insane if they think that this is a positive move, when people see my prices and compare them to theirs then they have will have lost whatever advantage that they thought they might gain!

Thank you Perrys for yet another Monumental Mistake, I appreciate the leg up, you would be surprised how many people have told me that they have been to your site and how happy they are that they then found me.

Right that is enough on that matter onwards and upwards.

I think it's great when somebody asks me why my cars are so cheap compared to others that they have seen in worse condition and with more mileage.

The answer is simple, I buy carefully and only then the best cars, I do not put ridiculous or unrealistic margins across them and aim to sell within 2-3 weeks Max, if I have a car for longer than 4 weeks then I dispose of it within the trade before the next book value drops.

I do not Haggle, there is a sign in my office which states that the price is the price, I am a fair man and do not want to take advantage of anybody that is why my used car prices are Fair and Reasonable.

One of my most precious customers has now referred 5 other people to me, 4 of those subsequently bought a car and I have just now signed and sent the Fourth cheque to him for £100 that is £400 he has pocketed just for being a Happy man and telling his friends and Family where to come.

If you are one of my existing Customers reading this then Please remember that when you refer somebody to me that buys a car, I will either send you a cheque for £100 or service your car for FREE.

To qualify for this Offer you must have bought a car from me or experienced my customer service in the past, that includes any of my old Customers from either Perrys, West of Thame Ford Dealer, Aylesbury Ford in Cambridge Street before it became a Supermarket, Thames Valley Ford in Slough or Evans Halshaw Vauxhall in Hemel Hempstead.

If I have served you well in the past then Please give me a call, I love seeing my old Customers and now because I work for myself I am the Boss, the buck and the Decision on the deal stops with me.

Thanks again for looking in.