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- Hi guys in this video we visit my local car auction site as we try to go and buy some cheap motors and pick up my latest purchase from the previous sale.
filmed Xmas, December 2022
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To say you only got a hand full of video's out at the moment.the quality is very high . keep working at it and think this you tube channel is going somewhere good we need the next a down to earth Quentin Wilson on you tube and could be you
Thanks graham, keeping trying to improve every time and keep buying new bits of tech. its strange for me as until recently my only mobile phone i had was an old nokia 3310 🤣🤣never been to tech minded
He is a copy of high peak autos channel
The way he does most his videos are exactly the same
I like it tho
@@kells77 That has been mentioned before, to be fair there is not really any other way of looking round a car and test driving it, so there will be similarities. I try to do a little more workshop coverage and trying my hand at other content such as this auction video to diversify a little away from HP and chops garage
@@carukchannel gonna be honest
Your better
Other guy can come across a bit of a goon
Your not a goon 👊🏻😎
@@kells77 🤣🤣🤣that made me chuckle 👍👍👍
You should go with your gut, take a chance, loosing out in cars for the sake of 25-100 pound
that rav 4 identical to mine i paid 950 mines very well kept just had brand new uprated clutch
I enjoyed that Lee. Succinct and to the point 10/10. Maybe it will pick up again after Xmas.
Hope so grumpy, thanks for watching
Jeez. Auction prices are what you'd expect for private sale prices.
Yes and i suspect in jan they will go up even more, always been difficult to buy in January even before covid
Lee unlucky this time. Will await the Fiesta video. Merry Christmas 👍👍👍
Just finished part 1 of the fiesta video will be editing it this week and release in the coming days, also got some more part exchanges in so trying to film some content on them when I get chance, thanks for watching Gary
Still making silly money. Might be better trying to pick up stock through the classified cheaper.
Lot traders are just doing just that, lucky for me I am just still getting enough from other dealers up the chain taking in part exchanges that sell on to me, but I can see this drying up as they are not getting the px's in they once were.
Perfect car for a Bristol taxi driver. The Required colour by the council “Bristol blue” and the car most drivers drive 😉
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Hi There, can the public now go to car auctions or is it still just the trade only? cheers
You can attend the auction there was a few private punters in today when I attended aston barclay, 2 forms of id and your away 👍👍
Audi is for sale at £2,500. Bit strong for a CAT N write off with 10 owners.
Wow, good find, I was thinking it be worth £1700 ono cat N (D) was nice thing but limited market for cat cars
@@carukchannel I learned that myself. Oddly it was far easier to sell CAT cars I bought damaged and repaired myself, than it was to sell one I bought categorised and repaired by someone else 3 years prior. I suppose I'm very picky, and I hate to blow my own trumpet here, but the cars when finished had 95% perfect panel gaps etc and the best I could do on paint.
Must take some determination not to " just bid another £50" and stick to your pre auction max and not get bitten by the bidding rush.
sometimes bryan it can get the better of you and you go one more, I used to be auctioneer so that helps me rein in a little and not to get to excited with bidding atmosphere
@@carukchannelalso sometimes that extra £50 can take you into another indemnity category & charge you even more 😅
@@pauld7861 Very true, I have a decent structure at this auction house but one more bid at £500 can see the fees double as you rightly say.
Government wants to get rid of old cars ..doesn't look like it the way their selling at the hawkys
Agree, they were flying out
North West car auction
Thank you Lee for sharing that . Can anyone go to the auction?
Yes it is open to the public, you need to register and bring two forms of ID but you can visit and bid, you need to take into account the buyers fees which you can ask for in branch, the fees are higher for private customers over trade. Currently cars are very expensive but in years gone buy there has been some real bargains at this sale, even for private customers to pick up a cheap car
Lee, great insights. Had a mate here in Germany collecting cheep RHD cars in the UK. Got funny looks but told me no problem driving them.
No dealer only cheep character. Don't ask his girlfriend.
Interesting video , thanks . As a regular wage earner always a bit in awe of how small dealers make a living with all the hassle of sourcing stock , selling at a profit and people's high expectations of a perfect car for low money . Just bought a used car ourselves. Wife saying it's overpriced, got some marks on it , trying to explain to her it's a used car and the dealer has to eat as well ! Subscribed 👍
Yes I know what you mean, trying to get cars fixed and on budget is a challenge for us in the market we deal in (sub £3k) but we have been doing it so long now and with the workshop and garage background it helps to squeeze some profit out of some motors. Thanks for watching
Genuinely wish everyone was as realistic as you mate
@@pauld7861 if you can do the fixing your self like I can then you can make better money as you don't need to pay labour costs 👍👍👍
@@flippingcarsrepairs exactly mate I am a trader but not mechanically inclined so I give the engine as best a check I can whilst at auction than have my fingers and toes crossed 🤞🏻 😅
@@pauld7861 I notice alot are not mechanically minded and do realy well just source it out but cost of labour is stupid. Its all ways good to do as many checks as possible the downside is you can never test drive them so once you buy it and drive down the road you find out there's no 3rd gear or something happened a few times with me 🤦♂️🤦♂️do you trade from home or have a nice pitch thanks for replying 😁
Prees heath was always a good selling auction clean straight motors do mega money there
Are they open to the general public?
You can attend the auction there was a few private punters in today when I attended aston barclay, 2 forms of id and your away
I spent 30 years at the auctions waiting hours for the cars you like the look of. Used to be addicted to going but don't miss it not been in 10 years, the transit van was a crazy price,
Was expensive that van your right
That was as auctiony as I could have ever imagined
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First.
Thanks for being first to watch MB 😁😁
Cheers Lee.
another good video well made and of most importance "interesting"and enjoyable in fact all of your videos have been good
Thanks roger, kind words 👍👍
Just found this video/ channel
New sub👍😀
Cheers Chippy, thanks for watching
Just shows the lack of supply pushes up the prices.
Very true 👍👍
remember when i first went to car auctions in the 1970s virtually no public were there, just dealers and friends of dealers, joe public wasn't interested in them, they thought auctions were for scrappers, Asians would turn up looking for bargains for cash-n-carry runs and that was about it, the bidding started low and there were some great bargains to have on category cars especially, people were scared of anything that the insurance had paid out on, then in the 1980s it just totally switched and they were full of joe Bloggs public, everyone was an expert on second hand cars and the prices rocket. Facebook-marketplace has better bargains now than our local car auctions,
I would say over the last 10 years the private customers have been pushed back out again, its mostly trade now but the fees have played a large part in that, very expensive for private punters but still some money to be saved over retail. I do get the odd thing private but i do still rely on the auctions and part ex's from other dealers mostly. Thanks for watching Sick6 👍
Is this open to international students, or is there a place you could recommend for me to buy a car. I am in Cardiff, and my budget is £500
I used to visit auctions years ago ''90's'' and do a bit of buying & selling, few mates got me into it but from what I now understand from watching a few channels on here is these days you require an appointment, is that right ?
The 2nd hand car market just now is completely bonkers mental, I was searching for a car just before Covid when prices were ok / standard, these days the car market has took the same direction as the housing market with people paying way over market value, I've looked at thousands of cars online along with a few local dealers and it's crazy how things have changed, so many cars that are 10 years or older with over 100k on the clock priced up at really silly unrealistic money, I thought the bubble would burst last year but if anything it's got worse.
Even the days of haggling seems now gone, a local dealer to me had a 10 year old Audi A4 in the showroom a few months back, I went in to get some details on the car as I was interested, from memory they wanted 12k for it, ZERO haggling! it was take it or leave it, I looked into some of the cars history and it had 5 precious owners and had 81k on the clock, thing is it was gone a few days after my enquiry on it.
Also considered a ford focus ST estate that was up in Aberdeen, I wasn't mad on the colour but it looked worth a view, the dealer had it marked up at 13k and I sent him a msg asking if there was any room movement on the price before we made the journey, one word reply.....................NO!
Bring back Arthur Daley or the days when Mike Brewer said .....................Hold out Your hand! and had a deal with someone standing with good old fashioned CASH!
the auctions i got to you do not need a appointment thats a new one on me, some auctions ask you to register with 2 forms of id but thats pretty standard these days to prevent money laundering. as for dealers not haggling on price the margins in cars these days is small i have dealer friends who have around 600 profit in a car but will sell say 10 a week, others may have 1k in a car but sell 4 a week. the rules on liability has changed greatly since the 90s a dealer can be liable for a car upto 6 months, small margin and long potential liabilty means most will not haggle on prices.
@@carukchannel It's defo changed a lot since the 90's as back then anyone could just walk in and buy.
I was reading last night that Central Car auctions in Glasgow is traders only now and I went there a lot years back.
I visited Glasgow and Shotts and sometimes it was even possible to buy from Shotts and put the car through Glasgow a few weeks later and make a nice profit.
99% Of the time back then Id buy and then drive the car away before the auction had ended, I had no reason for staying and would drive into a local garage and remove the window stickers lol.
Did get stung a few times but that's all part of learning.
Bought a big Rover Fastback one night it looked stunning, paid £800 for it and on the way home the auto box was badly playing up, mechanic mate said it was goosed but I still sold it ''as seen'' for £1400 about 2 weeks later.
Good times back then, simpler!
How to auction prices compare now?
little more expensive but they have come down a little since January high
Found your channel the weekend. Binged all the vids, great stuff. Good to see you're getting subs & views this early. QQ: selling cheaper, older cars, do you get much come back from customers complaining if things break a few months down the line?
To be honest no, we have had maybe 4 cars in all the years where I have had to refund, sometimes the customer was just a nightmare and expectations on a £600 for example car were to high and its easy to refund and sell to someone else. we do get customers who may get a small fault it happens to all dealers regardless of price point they are selling, if your just polite and helpful 99% of time you can sort it. It helps for me we have a workshop and mechanical knowledge so it doesn't cost the earth when say a customers coil spring breaks randomly for example in warranty
@@carukchannel probably a testament to how well you prepare cars 👍 looking forward to more vids
Looking to buy my first car. Would you recommend going to auctions? Car prices are inflated the last year and almost a scam sometimes on FB marketplace.
auctions can be a decent place to buy a cheap car, if your going to buy say a 2k car then a auction could be a good start. for cheaper cars you need to be very careful as you could find yourself on the wrong side of the car that could be fit for scrap yard or too expensive to repair. Take someone with you with some mechanical experience is also a good idea
Great video, new subscriber.
Thanks dane,
Stumbled across your video by accident.So glad i did.Reminds me of the good old days going to BCA in Brighouse,Leeds and Manchester.Where are you based?
Based in Cheshire, I never really went to the manchester auctions although I did go to stoodleys a few times. thanks for watching Safdar 👍
Thumbs up for the free breakfast. But thanks for taking us with you, Lee. Fascinating look into UK car auctions. 👍
Thanks glad you enjoyed it, the breakfast and soup were a blessing in -5 weather 😁
far better prices on autotrader and gumtree with no fees and you can drive them, auctions have gone crazy, these are 15 to 16 year old cars and past their best 2010 and newer a better bet
I have always dealt in the cheaper end and its served me well, its not the age so much that concerns me of buying vehicles (within reason) There are alot of dealers now turning to private punters to buy from but you just cannot get the numbers needed to restock a busy car pitch. Thanks for watching michael and the comment 👍👍👍
Thank again.great inside life of car trader.
Thanks for watching MM 👍👍
Thanks for taking me along. It was my local and I got most of my cars there. I never had a bad one, fees are too steep $213.00 on a $600.00 car back in 2017. It was good entertainment! and yes it was pounds not dollars but my keyboard only has $. Cheers Jim in NZ.
Hi jim, thanks for watching it all varies now on what tariff your on to work out the fees, on 600 I would pay cicra 159 fees
@@carukchannel First Renault 19 i got for one hundred and forty back in 2003 was forty quid. Its less for dealers. Thats in the days before Aston Barkley, I forgot the old guys name but he was cool.
@@jimgardner9044 I remember the old prees well, lots of bargains. I cant remember the owners name it will come to me. Renault 19 was a great car by the way
@@jimgardner9044 I think he was called ken
Should have had a bid on that cat D Audi,cat D means nothing really on an 07 plate
it was cheap in hindsight paddy, missed one there
Wher is this auction
this auction was in shropshire, but aston barclay hold auctions all over the uk
Where are you based
Cheshire paul
Really enjoyed that
Thanks patrick , will keep them coming
Great video mate
Thanks steve 👍👍
Great mate, enjoyed that - be good to go to view more in the future. Small petrol engine cars in demand
Hi tony, i am off this weekend to the final sale of the year it should be a good one and more cars to buy (bigger sale). I will be doing more auction content in the new year and going to other auction houses. Small petrol engines are crazy prices Tony, stick a automatic box in a small engine car and its pure Gold 🤣
You've got a new subscriber. Cheers Lee
Thanks for subbing bassicuk
Great Video Mate! Keep up the hard work!
Thanks glitch
Went to an auction once and saw a dealer bidding on his own car. After he jacked the price up he dropped out. Risky business. Did the auctioneer know what was going on? Bet he knew all the traders there so it seemed possible.
The auctioneers change alot between sites its rare you get the same one at this auction site to be fair,
Do you need a membership
no you need register on the day to bid
We're is ir
Another great video Lee 👍
thanks 2 wheel, 👍
As a dealer, going to an auction open to the public must be a real pain as they are prepared to pay almost retail! Here in South Australia, some of the auction houses run 'dealer only' auctions. You can only bid if you hold a second hand car dealer's licence so at least you are only bidding against other dealers who need to make a buck....
To be fair most in the UK are dealer only this one does let private in but there is not many that attend so its not a massive issue to be fair. thanks for watching Tim
I understand that you need to make a Buck, but we the general public also need to save a buck considering the rise of inflation.
You dodged a bullet with the first 2. That 107 is pure scrap which is why it’s been sent there.
Thank you for this, nice clear content
Many thanks 👍👍
2:43 9:49 that a4 looks a nice car, though the fact its a cat d would put me off
it put me off also i was not sure how to judge its value, hindsight i would of bought it
@@carukchannel also can be very expensive, my dad had a 2008 a6 avant c6 which all the electrics failed on it which done the same mileage as this a4
Same Situation in Inda..New Delhi Car Auctions...You want to buy but you can't..Always outbid by some body else
would love to know whats being sold in indian car auctions, sandeep. what would £500 buy you ?
@Car UK You can get 2009 Chevrolet Spark, 2007 Suzuki WagonR, not much choice due to government policies about cars age. Diesel car-10 years and Gasoline cars 15 years age.
Yes mate, awesome content, keep up the work
Thanks David 👍👍
5500 for a 13 antara? Say just short of 7 with fees unless that’s done no miles and very clean there’s no way that’d fetch enough to make a profit when being sold surely.
is alot chris your right, this would be around 5800 out the door, seems too much for me even with the mileage
Not a lucky day on Bidding but really enjoyed this video and the live in the Auction. Really good content and would love to see more of this 👍
Thanks glen, I intend to do a one visit a month to the auctions all being well
@@carukchannel I think that would make great content for us and very interesting. Glad you held your head and didn't bid over at "Brewster's 😂" and loose your back-side. Although that Black Audi looked tempting
@@gleng6812 Apparently the Audi is up at £2500! For a Cat D car with 10 owners, that's very, very strong. Mind you, these days, he might just get it. Eventually.
@@matthewgodwin3050 that's Brewster's money mate and very spiteful. Although we don't know what he has had to spend on it after fees and any unknown repairs to make it saleable
@@gleng6812 What does Brewster's mean? Haven't heard the term before, and I used to be in the trade. A very long time ago mind.
Great talent there! Continue
Thanks Spot, have a great Christmas
@@carukchannel you're a natural 👍🏻
I used to love going to the car auction with my dad but sadly it closed down (Mosley rd birmingham )
alot of the smaller car auctions have been swallowed up by the big firms or closed sadly. thanks for watching beast
You really ought to come to an agreement with Aston Barclay so that you don't have to film covertly. It's good advertising for them.
I will ask the question soon, to be fair we have a decent relationship with that branch, great team that work there. I wanted to see first how this video was received as trying to push the new content and ideas. Thanks for watching 👍
That Audi was a cheap car
It was to be fair, looking back I should of bid on that, at £1k that would of been around £1180 out the door with the fees, so still a decent potential margin, looks 1700-1800 in the current market even with the cat N marker
what does the cat D mean fell great channel
Hi brian, Cat D means its been in a accident at some point where the owner has claimed against a insurance company who have assessed it and written the car off. Cat D (now called Cat N) means non structural or light damage, most of the time insurance companies will write off a old vehicle over 10 years old and under a particular value as its not financial viable for them to repair, (even if its 50% of its value to repair they will normally still write it off). they can still be driven on the road as long as a Mot test is carried out following the write off or repair etc.
@@carukchannel thanks for your reply so there ok to buy is the cat S the one's to stay away from thanks Brian
It just goes to show even at auction used car prices have risen in the last year.
Yes and they don't look like coming down anytime soon either 😒
Excellent vlog Lee, thanks for that. Small cars and vans still punching above their weight in the auction arena but I didn't see that rav4 going for that sort of money especially with no MOT on it. Keep up the great vlogs and have a great Christmas you and yours.
Hi alastair, yes it did surprise me that one, to be fair it was very very clean but still £1k + fees and No mot was eye watering. Thanks for watching again and have a great Christmas too
Have to say just finished watching watching all your videos your like a cross between a professional car reviewer and and top notch car trader which definitely stands out looking forward to more content. Im calling it this time next year 200k subscribes. Merry Christmas
Wow some kind words, there zombie, I defo do not put myself in the professional car reviewer category, I have been trading a long time mind so you do build up a lot of knowledge on cars, some of it useless 🤣Many thanks for the comment and for watching the content.
The metro video i thought was very informative and the delivery of information was spot on
They look like old sheds!!!
Muck and money 😉
Was at Chelmsford car auction where I dropped off a car, and they were very busy
I still struggle with values of car as I’m still locked into pre covid prices, with inflation so high can’t see prices dropping
Great vid and find them very joy able and educating to watch
Thanks parvin, never been to chelmsford branch, used to visit the castle Donnington before covid, we did well out of there for 18 months then it went a little dry for us. alot of the Essex boys buy online from the northern branches and ship them down as the cars are little more expensive your way. On prices, I am slowly coming out of pre covid prices but I know what you mean, still cant get my head around paying £450 for a 08 in average condition fiesta with 150k stuck up it 😁
I used to buy all my stock straight from the main dealers Glad i am retired now auctions are far to expensive
Buying direct is the best way, unfortunately for some, alot of the main agents have been sucked into the auction chains, thanks for watching Kenny
@@carukchannel Is there any money to be made these days?
You win some you lose some mate. Roll on the next auction. Cheers for posting this
Yes, Will try again next sale thanks for watching Phil
Shame about the silly music
Its Christmas brad 🤣 to be fair the start of the video was mute so had to put something in or would just looked strange 40 seconds of mute. thanks for watching anyhow
@@carukchannel I know but it’s annoying AF and when your not supposed to be on your phone it makes for harder viewing
Was better later in the vid where your taking
Good content
Where u from u sound local to me ( I’m in leeds / Dewsbury area
@@kells77 shouldn't be on your phone 🤣🤣 Thanks for viewing anyhow and the feedback, I am from Cheshire, we are based in a small town called Winsford but originally from crewe. Your about 65 miles away
@@carukchannel haha I know can’t resist watching
I know the area your in mate
Great to see a live Auction. Not so great were the prices on many of the vehicles being sold. No wonder why I am struggling to find a low (ish) mileage hatchback for her daily commute to Warrington. See you in the next one. 👍👍
Hi Norman, thanks for watching. Yes if your in the market for a small car currently its like fasted finger first trying to buy anything. As soon as its listed for sale it just flys out. I will be doing a lot more auction videos going forward 👍👍
Try Chops Garage channel.
@@brianbickle7395 great channel
@@brianbickle7395 Hi. Have been a subscriber of Chops for a long while. If i lived in Devon. No problem. 👍
Love the video. Aston Barclay not far from me. Keep up the good work
Thanks barry,
Very interesting video! Still some stubbornly high prices in spite of COL crisis. It seems the budget end of the market prices are rising as newer regs fall in second hand value.
Yes its not a great time to be buying a cheap car if your old vehicle has given up. cant see it getting any better anytime soon either Joe, the sub 3k market in particular has not come down imo since January 21
Crazy money for some of them motors,great channel fella your gonna do well I reckon 👍
Thanks s coyle, yes some crazy money being paid for metal
Brilliant video again Lee really enjoyed it seeing from your perspective
Used to always buy my cars at auction, but am I right in assuming auctions are trade only now ???
Some auctions are closed shop, Aston barclay is not one of them. Don't get me wrong its majority trade, and they get different fee structures but private punters can still buy and attend. some Id, register and your away. Thanks for watching Steve 👍
@@carukchannel ok brilliant thanks for the info