Raidernation Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 The car or the wee flag?Sure as f**k wasnae the fleg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I hope it's a 5 litre V8?[emoji106][emoji30] no 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 How strict are the car hire places when it comes to enforcing the "1/2/3 years license" thing? Most likely going to be trying to hire something the next time I am home and have only had the license since February, so will be under the 1 year that Sixt have on their website. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Think I'm going to go with Webuyanycar to get rid of mine. I take it the best option is to admit f**k all on the website and let them find any scratches, bumps etc they want to find. I have a fixed price in mind and if they don't give me it I'm happy just to drive off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 hour ago, MixuFruit said: Pretty strict. I just don't think they'll give you the keys. Expected that might be the case but was hoping Covid had rattled their bottom line and they were willing to be a little less choosy about it as a result. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ross. said: Expected that might be the case but was hoping Covid had rattled their bottom line and they were willing to be a little less choosy about it as a result. You could check this lot out, could be a prohibitive insurance surcharge, I know nothing about them. https://indigocarhire.co.uk/blog/news/car-hire-new-drivers/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, welshbairn said: You could check this lot out, could be a prohibitive insurance surcharge, I know nothing about them. https://indigocarhire.co.uk/blog/news/car-hire-new-drivers/ Sent them an email, will see what they come back with. All dependent on the UK removing Switzerland from the quarantine list, and Switzerland not putting the UK back on it. Might end up well over the normal qualifying period before I get back! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Think I'm going to go with Webuyanycar to get rid of mine. I take it the best option is to admit f**k all on the website and let them find any scratches, bumps etc they want to find. I have a fixed price in mind and if they don't give me it I'm happy just to drive off I know there's a thread on here dedicated to how bad they are but I recently sold my car to Arnold Clark and couldn't fault them on it.They gave a much better price than WBAC and I was in and out within half an hour. The only thing they picked up on was the 2 front tyres - legal depth is 1.6mm but Arnold Clark say they won't sell a car with any less than 3mm of tread. Basically, my tyres had more than 1.6mm of tread but less then 3mm. They took about £150 off their online valuation but it worked out at less than the price of 2 tyres so I wasn't going to argue as I still got a very decent price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 AC are offering me 3 k p/e online and WBAC 4k. So even if WBAC took off a grand it's still better than AC. That's before they have seen the state of it too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 If your not happy with the deductions they’re taking off the original offer, haggle with them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 4 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Think I'm going to go with Webuyanycar to get rid of mine. I take it the best option is to admit f**k all on the website and let them find any scratches, bumps etc they want to find. I have a fixed price in mind and if they don't give me it I'm happy just to drive off Absolutely the opposite is true in my experience. Declare every ding and fault on the online form and they’ll keep the offer respectable to reel you in. Once you’re on the lot they’ll absolutely decimate the price for every new and undeclared thing they find. I think they work on the premise that by the time you’ve ended up on site you’ve mentally committed to just ditching the car. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.i Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Check out Scotland's Car Buyer; part of Eastern Western Group too.Was reading on a motoring site a couple of folk having to wait longer than the advertised 4 days to get their cash from WBAC; car sold on and advertised by the new dealer in the time it took. You can pay a fee to get your money quicker though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 12 hours ago, mac.i said: Was reading on a motoring site ^^^ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.i Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 ^^^ [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 21 hours ago, mac.i said: You can pay a fee to get your money quicker though That makes them even bigger kuntz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Just recently got myself a 2005 diesel engine Nissan X-Trail. It’s my first diesel car. Anyone got any tips on things to keep on top of to look after it? I’ll probably get an oil change done in the near future, get anti freeze coolant in it for winter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Just recently got myself a 2005 diesel engine Nissan X-Trail. It’s my first diesel car. Anyone got any tips on things to keep on top of to look after it? I’ll probably get an oil change done in the near future, get anti freeze coolant in it for winter. All I know is that you need to give it a blast down a dual carriageway every so often to get the diesel particulate filter up to temperature and working properly. Edited September 16, 2020 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 51 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Just recently got myself a 2005 diesel engine Nissan X-Trail. It’s my first diesel car. Anyone got any tips on things to keep on top of to look after it? I’ll probably get an oil change done in the near future, get anti freeze coolant in it for winter. Check the interval for changing the timing belt (40,000K comes to mind) any time I've had it done I've asked to have the water pump replaced at the same time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, jamamafegan said: Just recently got myself a 2005 diesel engine Nissan X-Trail. It’s my first diesel car. Anyone got any tips on things to keep on top of to look after it? I’ll probably get an oil change done in the near future, get anti freeze coolant in it for winter. 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: All I know is that you need to give it a blast down a dual carriageway every so often to get the diesel particulate filter up to temperature and working properly. ^^^ This is what I came on to say. Better to make gunning it down the motorway a semi-regular thing too so the car never gets to that tell-tale drop in power. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 8 hours ago, jamamafegan said: Just recently got myself a 2005 diesel engine Nissan X-Trail. It’s my first diesel car. Anyone got any tips on things to keep on top of to look after it? I’ll probably get an oil change done in the near future, get anti freeze coolant in it for winter. Thought a 2005 was a bit early for a dpf and indeed it seems it has neither a dpf nor a timing belt: https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/askhj/answer/41929/does-my-nissan-x-trail-have-a-dpf-and-dual-mass-flywheel-and-is-it-likely-to-give-problems- Think the dual mass flywheel would have given out before now if it was a problem . Will probably trundle on forever with regular oil changes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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