andy-c
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My sister is looking to buy her first car. She has £2500 cash, toying with the idea of buying at a car auction.
Any advice re pros and cons 
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Gaz
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Dont dealers send the cars that they cannot sell to them?
But i am told you can grab some sweet bargins
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Marc
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Walk round the entire place first and look at all the paper work for any car your'e interested in. If its pushed in to the auction area it doesn't run!!!
Theyr'e mainly full of sheds but if you look you can find some decent cars.
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p4uls corsa
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ive bought lots of cars from auctions main thing is u have a good look around the cars before u bid
and dont bid too early wait till bidding is stopping
remember there is commision on top of final price ranges from £20 up depending on price of car and what auction u go to
u should get a pretty new car for 2500 from an auction i got a 3 year old 106 for 2200 to give u an idea of what u can get
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Marc
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Walk round the entire place first and look at all the paper work for any car your'e interested in. If its pushed in to the auction area it doesn't run!!!
Theyr'e mainly full of sheds but if you look you can find some decent cars.
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p4uls corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Gaz
Dont dealers send the cars that they cannot sell to them?
But i am told you can grab some sweet bargins
not true dealers that deal in new cars send there part xs and lots of cars are repos from finance companys
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andy-c
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Yeh she's been told its the place to go with ready cash 
I've heard that most of the 'better' cars are snapped up by dealers tho
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p4uls corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Walk round the entire place first and look at all the paper work for any car your'e interested in. If its pushed in to the auction area it doesn't run!!!
Theyr'e mainly full of sheds but if you look you can find some decent cars.
u cant see the paperwork u can only look around the car and ask what it has with it v5 mot or any history they will do hpis on all cars and will say in the auction if its on the v car reg
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p4uls corsa
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Originally posted by andy-c
Yeh she's been told its the place to go with ready cash
I've heard that most of the 'better' cars are snapped up by dealers tho
just dont rush into the first car u see and listen to what the auctioneer says about the car
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Marc
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Sometimes its on display in windscreen or drivers seat.
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J100RSA
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you lot realie dont know what your talking about do you!!
i buy lots from the auction its best to go through the day when you dont get the joe public in prices are cheaper through the day you will pick up a bargain dont go by parker as that is utter shite need to be going by glasses guide for best prices you can evern get stuff with warrenty if you look properly
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p4uls corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by J100RSA
you lot realie dont know what your talking about do you!!
i buy lots from the auction its best to go through the day when you dont get the joe public in prices are cheaper through the day you will pick up a bargain dont go by parker as that is utter shite need to be going by glasses guide for best prices you can evern get stuff with warrenty if you look properly
depends on the price range you have for a car,as most day sales are usually for more expensive cars £3000 upwards and the cheapos £5-£3000 are saved for the night sale as there is a lot more people there.
and warranty very rarely gets offered on old cars.
i noticed your from westyorkshire,which auctions do u go to? i tend to go to premier a lot.
[Edited on 21-05-2006 by p4uls corsa]
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Little Vik
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Choose your auction carefully, there are some where dealers (my work included) send the crap there. But others are ex fleet and for £2500 you will get a 53/54 plate ford ka. Or an older corsa.
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Ry_B
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My mate's bought two cars from there, both been fine and bargains!
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J100RSA
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yea i go to premier better class of car there some time motor auctuions and brighouse for bmw and jag sales
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andy-c
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Thanks for the advice guys I'll pass it on  think Central Car Auctions are the only car auctioneers in our area
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SpearmintJay
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good job i spotted this thread, i actually work for manheim car auctions in leicester, and i can tell you that 99% of cars that are sold at auction are ex fleet cars...or more simply company cars, the vast majority of them are sound with FSH, some have tax and have genuinely been looked after, now the bad thing about them is that they are quite high milege, we dont normally sell anything older than 01 plate now, but as there company cars alot of it is motorway miles, but for example.....
01 plate 1.8 ford focus ghia, FSH, 98k miles, expect to pay around 3000 - 3500
there are bargains to be had its just knowing what you want and how much you want to pay for it
now another problem is that the cars are sold as seen, so if u do buy it and then find that theres a problem, then you cant go back to the auctions and expext to get it fixed...basically u dont get any form of warrenty, where as u buy from a garage you might get a few months warrenty.
but to be honest i wouldnt have any problems buying from an auction, but just make sure you stick to your limits of how much you want to pay, and if miss out on a car dont worry cuz theres plenty more to go through, dont buy on instinct wait it out untill you find the best car you can, and get there as early as you can so that you have time to have a good scout about the place and look at all the cars
and one more thing only go to one of the major auction companys, British Car Auctions, or who i work for Manheim Europe - who are actually the worlds leading car auction company, plus theres 19 sites across england so there should be one near you....
www.manheim.com
hope i havent droned on to much but just want to tell you what i know from my experience in working in this area!!
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Jodi_the_g
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quote:
Originally posted by p4uls corsa
quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Walk round the entire place first and look at all the paper work for any car your'e interested in. If its pushed in to the auction area it doesn't run!!!
Theyr'e mainly full of sheds but if you look you can find some decent cars.
u cant see the paperwork u can only look around the car and ask what it has with it v5 mot or any history they will do hpis on all cars and will say in the auction if its on the v car reg
Depends on the auction house, one near me if you go the day before you can have a look and get the keys to start it up look inside etc.
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Gavin_G
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Different days have different lots. Some days are finance cars/ pxs / fleet cars etc...
I went with my dad once and we stumbled into an auction hall full of repossesed cars....with fully decked out M3's, Porsche 911's, Mercs, Bentleys etc... Very impressive
All cared for prime examples, just their owners couldn't keep up the payments!
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Gavin_G
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quote:
Originally posted by SpearmintJay
good job i spotted this thread, i actually work for manheim car auctions in leicester, and i can tell you that 99% of cars that are sold at auction are ex fleet cars...or more simply company cars, the vast majority of them are sound with FSH, some have tax and have genuinely been looked after, now the bad thing about them is that they are quite high milege, we dont normally sell anything older than 01 plate now, but as there company cars alot of it is motorway miles, but for example.....
01 plate 1.8 ford focus ghia, FSH, 98k miles, expect to pay around 3000 - 3500
there are bargains to be had its just knowing what you want and how much you want to pay for it
now another problem is that the cars are sold as seen, so if u do buy it and then find that theres a problem, then you cant go back to the auctions and expext to get it fixed...basically u dont get any form of warrenty, where as u buy from a garage you might get a few months warrenty.
but to be honest i wouldnt have any problems buying from an auction, but just make sure you stick to your limits of how much you want to pay, and if miss out on a car dont worry cuz theres plenty more to go through, dont buy on instinct wait it out untill you find the best car you can, and get there as early as you can so that you have time to have a good scout about the place and look at all the cars
and one more thing only go to one of the major auction companys, British Car Auctions, or who i work for Manheim Europe - who are actually the worlds leading car auction company, plus theres 19 sites across england so there should be one near you....
www.manheim.com
hope i havent droned on to much but just want to tell you what i know from my experience in working in this area!!
Spot on advice, I've bought two cars from your auctions! Both turned out to be bargains
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