Many thanks! Love the economist's view - should have kept going down that route at school, as the science of consumer economics has always fascinated me.Gaijiniji said:
2007/08 Z4 Coupe *CAR FOUND*
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mr wilks said:Started initially by the now folded CarCraft in Rochdale , one of the original car supermarkets , smart idea really as they were in constant need of stock so advertised to buy cars but giving under market rates but ultimate ease to the seller .
The business WBAC was then bough by BCA which effectively gives them a endless stream of vehicles :wink:
As for the OP happy to purchase a decent forum car at WBAC valuation
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Even before they were a car supermarket, they were a Lada dealer, which ties in nicely with the earlier mention of the Lada Riva. They needed some means of moving on the volume of trade-ins they were getting and launched a second hand trade-in business, originally on Molesworth Street in the centre of Rochdale, proving that old Northern adage of 'Where there's muck, there's brass..."
The second hand car business quickly outgrew the new car dealership business and they ditched Lada, much to the disgust of my then girlfriends Dad, who had to switch to a Hyundai Pony
Ah the good old days where square cars were the cheap ones. I did a stint in purchasing with a London car supermarket and would sometimes get chatting to CarCraft buyers at auction. The motor trade was a different world back then: PCPs were oddball territory. Great times.z4pilot said:The second hand car business quickly outgrew the new car dealership business and they ditched Lada, much to the disgust of my then girlfriends Dad, who had to switch to a Hyundai Pony
johndglynn said:Thanks Jamie. I will share pics and it may also be heading for a magazine feature (I have a column in BMW Car magazine) so will be some pro pics later too. Maybe we should do a double feature: "buying at the bottom end" with your new Roadster alsojamie_z4 said:
That would be awesome! I'd love that
