Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

chewmylegoff

Generali wrote: »

IMHO there is no extra security in buying from a dealer. If there was ever a 'profession' that was known for double dealing, lying and cheating it was 2nd Hand Car Salesmen.

Presumably if a dealer sells you a car that turns out to be stolen then you have at least some recourse and a chance of getting your money back whereas if you pay cash to some bloke who advertises in autotrader you do not. Plus the large national dealerships do give warranties on used cars so if there is a major defect lurking then you also have some recourse.

Not that I have ever bought a second hand car from a dealership. Mine is getting on a bit and I need to flog it and buy something less stupid and more practical, expect I will just take it back to the dealer I bought it from and part ex it for something a bit newer as they have proved to have excellent after sales service which I found rather surprising. It is based in canary wharf so perhaps they live off repeat business from annual bonuses.

purch

lemonjelly wrote: »

Your thoughts are welcome...

Get a Skoda

lostinrates

lemonjelly wrote: »

Brilliant response!:rotfl:



These half bedrooms have led to a lot of LA's & similar re-designating tiny rooms as non-bedrooms to avoid the implications of the so-called bedroom tax.

Will they accept lower council tax down grades on these sorts of down grades?


I thought years and years ago they were bringing in restrictions on what could and could not be called a room for usable purposes like minimum height etc. this would send estate agents and house sellers all over into a tizzy and owners of period properties.

Generali

Doozergirl wrote: »

I stumbled across a house for neverdespairgirl on twitter.

Kitchen is a bit [STRIKE]missing[/STRIKE] arty but I love the look of it from the outside, and other things.

http://www.themodernhouse.net/sales-list/padbury-court-london-e2/description-813/

Stone me! A 2 bed terrace for the best part of a million quid. By Brick Lane.

The world's gone mad.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Stone me! A 2 bed terrace for the best part of a million quid. By Brick Lane.

The world's gone mad.

Its very pretty. And walkable to work for fir.....

But too big.

We'd really like something the size of a garage that's freehold please, but with a parking space. A garage with pp for residential build on top would be ideal :cool:

michaels

I'm thinking the dealer is likely to give no more than a 12 month warranty where as the most inclusive aftermarket warranty from the likes of warranty direct will only be a couple of k for 3 years cover and probably less.

However I have never paid more than 5k for a car and the only time I bought a warranty (4 years cover for £480 in 2004 on a car 2.5 years old) only one thing went wrong with the car in those 4 years which cost under 200.

lemonjelly

Doing a quick search, a 3 year warranty will be just over 1k.
still a net save of 2500 (give or take a hundred...)

As it is a convertible, I'm thinking it may be worthwhile going for the warranty...

Doozergirl

If I had cash, lj, I'd go to auction. Buy a car less than three years old so that if there is anything wrong with it, it's still covered by the new car warranty and you can take it straight to a (VW?) dealer and they can sort it for free.

Then buy a new warranty when it hits the third birthday.

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

If I had cash, lj, I'd go to auction. Buy a car less than three years old so that if there is anything wrong with it, it's still covered by the new car warranty and you can take it straight to a (VW?) dealer and they can sort it for free.

I love this idea, every time its discussed I go and look at the auction sites locally and see cars I'd drive very happily.

But I'm too chicken

lostinrates

I've been googling long thin houses today to try and see what sort of floor plans there are to start getting more concrete ideas for the coach house


Its amazing how many long thin houses there are.

And, quite logically, how none of them are trying to do what I want to do, which is put something in long thin eaves for a truly claustrophobic experience. .