Has anyone been to Southampton car auctions?
 

As title, just my friend said that apparently there is a car auction down there that deal in Jap imports. Just wondering if anyone has had any experience of the place? If so do you need a deposit for entry etc?

Southampton auction
 

Hi
Yeah, it's called Motorway car auctions on gate 4 Southampton docks

MCA/LPA

I live about half an hour away and have been there loads of times. It used to be a dealer only auction but anyone can go and bid now.

There are pro's and cons but IMO buying from there is a bit of a mine field. You can sometimes get a decent car if you know what you are looking for but a lot of the time it is full of the **** that didn't/wouldn't sell at auction in Japan. I suppose 1 good thing is that if you get there early you can at least get to have a good look around the car with your own eyes and that could better than buying from a Jap auction house online.

You can certainly pick up a cheap motor but a lot of them are dogs and with what I now now I wouldn't recommend buying a car from there unless you go into with your eyes WIDE open. Saying that, some people are bound to disagree with me and they may be right. I know that a lot of people also slate Motorway. Best bet is go and have a look for yourself without bidding, see what you think.
I know of dealers who it give all the billy big bollocks about having a buying connection in Japan or say that they go on a buying trip over there every 6 months but I always see them them down the auctions buying grade 3 motors.

In my opinion it's risky

Christian

Id advise you to avoid docks auctions; the cars are sh*te.

I have seen a couple of fresh imports and i have to say some dog of cars are being imported in currently.

Either Britain gets the junk or japs don't take care of their cars well.

All of the low grade crap from the domestic auctions ends up here in docks auctions. Its spammed up to the fullest, given a haircut and sold to the gullible or traders who simply do not care.

Yep, thats pretty much it.

what so they would make a good donour car?

No. Not unless you are donating steel to Chinas economic growth...