Car Auctions

...to, have a budget and car type in mind which you need to stick to 100 percent. The times Ive followed by heart instead of my wallet are the ones that have ended me in trouble. Remember the cars in auctions are there for a reason. They are normally company cars with one owner and FSH (Full Service History) and these tend to be the best if they have been well looked after and driven. Dont touch it if they have parking dents, scuffy interiors etc as ...
...auction from people in the car trade. These cars tend to have problems therefore they cannot sell them in the garages.They hope that no one will see the problem or it wont be found until the car is driven. Cars that I always look for are ex police cars or ex private hire that have just come of fleet. Police cars are always well serviced and no expense is spared. However you will have to put right things like body dents/holes as well as a lot of ...

bazza1603 24.02.2001 · Read full review
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...your time with back street car auctions - go for the big boys like BCA and NCA. British Car Auctions (formerly ADT) is the biggest car auction chain in the country, and National Car Auctions is next in line. I've bought cars at both of these, as well as back street auctions, and have gained from the experience. Let's run through a few points. Back Street Auctions: These are the places where you find very few modern cars, they're mainly bangers ...
...common to see the same car go through three times in the same session - the original owner ended up buying it first time whilst attempting to push the bids. Third time round it will be sold or withdrawn because if the owner wins the bidding this time he will have to pay the commission. The bidding is often slow, trying to pump the last fiver out of every sale, and this slows the auction down considerably. The Big Boys: These are professionally ...

petehall 23.01.2001 · Read full review
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...talking about going to a car auction. I went to my first car auction in 1976, with my husband-to-be. We took an S-type Jaguar to sell and it sold for what seemed like an incredible amount of money. It got an unreliable, old heap off our hands and we were hooked on car auctions from then on. Nearly thirty years later we're still using the same auction, mainly to sell cars, but we have bought a few bargains. We've also made one or two very bad choices, ...
...the auction begins, watch the car drivers carefully. For a start, you'll be able to work out which order the cars are selling in. It doesn't always follow the lot numbers so don't get caught in the toilet or at the burger van when a driver unlocks and tries to start a car you're interested in. You can learn a lot from this point onwards. Not from the drivers, who probably play Poker a lot, as their facial expressions won't give anything away, but ...

Marans 10.12.2005 · Read full review
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...hall is, why is this car here? There can be a number of reasons. 1) A lot of cars come direct from leasing companies who generally only keep cars for 3 to 5 years. These can be great buys because a registered dealer will have serviced them on the dot, and the car will have been maintained regardless of cost. The only things to look out for here are worn interiors and poor paintwork/accident damage. 2) Quite a lot of part exchange cars are put through ...
...Someone who services a car a month or two before sale has usually looked after it. 3) Dealer lemons. These are the cars that have been difficult to sell for some reason. They have sat on some dealer's forecourt for some months without interest. This can be for a number of reasons, but they are best left well alone. Personally I only ever buy a car at auction if it is "Sold with no major mechanical faults". This basically means the auction has had ...

commendablechris 17.03.2001 · Read full review
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...the auctions to buy a car was when I was 14 and I was looking for a project to work on, I bought a Citroen AX, it was an MOT failure but still had six months tax. I paid £60 for the car, drove it home, spent a month or so tidying it up, got it through an MOT, with the help of my dad, and sold it, taxed and MOT'd for £450. I made a good profit on that car because I went early to the auction and spent a couple of hours looking through the cars with ...
...my heart set on. I went to the auctions and was prepared to spend £2000 on the citroen and I was shocked when I got it for only £60. I would recommend the auctions to people from all walks of life, looking for a good quality, cheap car. I would recommend you go to the auction at least 1 hour before the bidding starts and study the cars well, if you do this you wont be ripped of and end up with a cheap and nasty car. ...

colin16 12.08.2000 · Read full review
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Ive been useing my local car auctions for several years,and would like to share my knowledge with you.Firstly dont buy on your first visit,take a look around you see what everyone else is doing.Dont panic buy,if a car you fancy goes above what you,ve decided its worth,dont bid any higher.Take a mechanic with you if you can,if not be very wary of the car that everyone crowds around,these people are in the know and could be spouting wrong info.You ...

YSTALYFERA 07.07.2000 · Read full review
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I've never actually bought a car at auction, but I've been to loads, and will one day. My top tip would be to go there early on the day of the sale, when the car drives into the ring, you will only have a few minutes at the most to assess it. If you go early you can view the cars at leisure, and get an idea what you are interested in. Daylight is also more likely to reveal dodgy bodywork poor spraying etc. Often it is little things that you can use ...
...spare etc chances are the car has been well looked after. Cars where the boot is full of rubbish, or the spare has just been chucked back in, and not put in the wheel well properly are likely to be sheds. Generally the best cars to go for are those from dealers as trade ins which are too old for them to sell themselves. ...

gshughes 19.12.2000 · Read full review
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...They are the top Police Car auction in the country and have sales twice a week - Tuesday and Thursday evenings. They are helpful and polite and you can view what's in whenever you like. They also have companies they sell for, and the range of vehicles is great - a recent sale had lots of Toyotas and they sell at very reasonable prices. Take a mechanic or someone who knows about the soft spots on particular cars, get there early to check the car ...
...you want to pay. Bear in mind what you'd pay at a garage, and what the "market rate" is for such a car, and you'll be quids in without doubt. Just don't get carried away with the fun of bidding! And remember, there are always lots of cars going through - they reckon at about 200 per week minimum - so if you don't get it the first time around - it might come through again or maybe something better may come through. Remember - garages often buy from ...

Angelama 17.08.2000 · Read full review
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...auctions to buy a second car runaround, been 3 times now just to view and get some ideas of price and quality! nearly made my first purchase today, BUT and here's a top tip!! look through all the paper work on older cars, i managed to find the previous owners mobile No, so i rang him whilst viewing the car to get an idea of why the car was in auction, luckily for me he was available and told me in that i should walk away from his ex car as it was ...
...I had gave this car a thoughror check over as best i could before ringing him and it all seemed spot on , started fine no clues as to duff engine ect ect but with no test drive available i would have had no way of knowing that it would give me problems that it had!! this was on a Y reg Audi A4 1.8t 88k superbe condition, and i would have bid on it had i not made that phone call!!!!! A CLOSE SHAVE! ...

BIGSABO 16.01.2009 · Read full review
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...but you can buy a car for as little as a fiver at the end of the day if you buy a car of a for cort where do you think it came from you might as well pocket the savings yourself and ditch the middle man. THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR Is there a bidders fee. Does the car have tax and mot How much petrol does it have.(ive been caught out with this 4 times) Is it sold as seen. ...

brambridge 05.01.2005 · Read full review
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