movi-star

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............was the car any good? On past visits the cars always seem of decent quality. Im after a nearly new diesel for the mrs.

davegtt

If you think Mark and Lard are good then I dont think you'll have any issues with the quality of cars from BCA

apples24

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if you ask me overpriced and the buyers fees are rediculous

RAZ492

Totally agree, some people must be mad to pay what they do there and the auctioneers know it.

Raz.

movi-star

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Not good then!

It will be worth a look anyway. The quality of cars looked fine last time I went, even had a Blobeye Impreza there..........wonder who's driving that now??!!!

j4ckos mate

i did, it was a motabilty day at preston
i got a picasso, for around 1000 less than what it was worth,
i remember the premium being around £200.
motabilty are rock solid buys from auctions in my humble opinion

Johnny E

I've just bought an 05 van (ex Leaseplan) for £2900+vat +buyers fee came to about £3600, its full history and mint. In the auto-trader cheapest is £4300 so for me it was a good buy

There will be good and bad stories just do whats best for you..

Ian_S

Sounds like a plan, especially when you can get the cars full history in a quick call

apples24

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agree on the motability, lots of em out there and cheap too as most of em are dented lol


we used to buy em from westbury, zafiras etc as there damaged cheap as chips

Ian_S

how much do the zafiras normally go for? cant view on bca site

j4ckos mate

try Welcome - Scottish Motor Auction Group -

Adidas

Bought a car from their Enfield site, when I went to collect it they'd lost the spare set of keys, which also contained BOTH sets of keys for the locking wheel nuts

I managed to get back my buyers fees, which I spent on a decent drill bit and another set of locking nuts.

Hasn't put me off buying from them, just make sure that all the keys are present before driving off. I checked before leaving, if I hadn't they'd probably have said it was down to me

r32

I've bought two in the past, both cracking cars at a lot less than list or garage forecourt prices.

Check it over thoroughly and dont get drawn in by bidding fever where you go way past what you think its worth, its so easy at the time.

j4ckos mate

from memory zafira were around 5-6k

dont forget though being motabillty you will have to change the taxation class on the car from disabled to normal

they day we went there were 26 picassos to go at, but not so many zafiras,

you can pay and register on bca and see whats going thru.

(perhaps a group purchase of couple of thousand searches is a good idea moderator if you are listening
we could all pay via paypal).

all in all if you have your heart set on a particular model and its a mitability car you are laughing,


there was hundreds of astra's there as well, and even discoverys,
a mint 3 yeat old rover 45 went for 2800, and quite a few meagane scenics were there as well.

Recaro

My sister bought a vauxhall corsa from blackbushe car auctions 2 years ok

The car was ex-lease, had full servicing and was in excellent condition (just needed a clean)

We knew they'd be loads on the day and waited till the end when the demand was low. If I remember right she paid about £5k for a 6 month old corsa. Would have cost her £6.5k private sale.

On certain cars, you can get a very good deal.