February 10, 2012
Car Buying Guide
Here at MTI we like to address all the issues surrounding the motor trade so here’s a piece of advice for all those thinking of buying an older used car in the near future, and by old I don’t mean a Ford Sierra or Vauxhall Cavalier but something that’s outside the manufacturer’s warranty and maybe on its second or third owner, typically … [Read more...]
I gave up driving British cars a long time ago, for a start it was hard to find any that were indeed British, and if you did they were completely and utterly useless as day to day transport, they tended to break down, a lot. When it rained there was a very good chance they would leak, a lot. Even if you did manage to get home on a cold wintery … [Read more...]
If there is one thing that has changed beyond all recognition since I started out in this business nearly thirty years ago, it’s the amount of electronic wizardry now fitted as standard to modern cars. Much of it, in my opinion is very necessary but some of it increasingly is totally unnecessary. Worse still, we don’t even have a choice. … [Read more...]
Something very strange is going on in the trade at the moment on the one hand we are hearing of nearly new car sales going through the roof and on the other, well there's tumbleweed blowing through … [Read more...]
To say that 2009 will be a tough year for the motor trade is an understatement at the very least, we can already hear the caution being expressed by franchised dealerships on new vehicle sales for the forthcoming year … [Read more...]
As years go I’ve had better. Take 2001 for instance, boy was that a good year for a case or two of Chianti, it was that drinkable I got through loads of the stuff. Then there was 2002, the town I was living in … [Read more...]
I'm feeling pretty low right now and I have been for quite some time, along with just about every other motor dealer I have the pleasure of knowing. We are going to form "The Miserable Motor Dealer Club", subscriptions … [Read more...]
Last Sunday our daughter turned seventeen, we knew it was coming, we knew she would no longer want cheesy "Happy Birthday" songs, or fluffy animals, or a pink Princess cake, or balloon parties, for us she would always be about five! … [Read more...]
Many many years ago when Mrs Thatcher ruled the world and consumers got excited if their new car came with cloth trim, I would regularly get the overnight train (dubbed the "Red eye" because it was almost impossible to sleep … [Read more...]
A very good friend of mine has been up to stay from the West Country this weekend, he knows absolutely nothing about cars, in turn, I know absolutely nothing about Football, and that’s just fine, we have an unwritten rule that neither will impose each other’s passion on the other. … [Read more...]
We all know those immortal words at the beginning of the "Star Wars" film, "Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away"................ well that just about sums up the feeling in showrooms up and down the country at present. … [Read more...]
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