RR SC Vogue SE
May 2006/06
Black, Black alloys (stanadard alloys painted black - badly)
Tints (done badly)
Chrome mirror covers and side vents
Outside a bit tatty (but I have seen plenty worse) - Needed a bit of paint and good MOP
Inside OK, just needed a valet
4 owners
Some service history
200k miles
EAS Working Fine
RSE Working fine (still had the analogue TV)
Included private number plate (not a bad one)
Engine Management Light on

£6k  2006 4.2 SC
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i happened to mention to Craig about loads of FF's at BCA blackbushe on my last visit to the market there..some were pretty tasty looking..

seems like you could get a bargain at one of these auctions, thats if you dont get carried away with the bidding... ... - .- -.




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Don't forget there are hammer fees to pay too.

You can get a bargain but equally there are also some real mooses there too though......

There was a 2007 TDV8 with 85k and every panel had significant damage. Whilst it was battered it also had FSH so probably just been a workhorse.

I bought my TD6 from BCA on a total whim. It was far from perfect but I knew that when I bought it. Essentially it was a straight car, 1 owner from new who had simply part exchanged it for one of the last of run Westminsters..... 2006 4.2 SC
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200k is a lot of miles though Steve and the engine management light on as well - would have made me very nervous if I were not able to drive it…. 4.2 Supercharged Vogue SE

500 quid + buying fee makes me stop using these robbers now, the others are better _____________________________________________________
Zambezi silver Vogue Se unique

The buyer fee drops the more vehicles you buy at BCA. Starts to drop at 3+ Vehicles. Buy 3 very low price motors, sell them on and then start buying decent motors at a lower buyers fee.  Travelling around in circles again.

Wouldn't happen to have been this one that's now appeared on eBay would it?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/06-LANDROVER-RAN...2ed23bd372

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

David,

The very same! Good spot.  2006 4.2 SC
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I love the way that seller takes pics of cars in the auction... Then lists them on eblag and the general public still bid on them

Shocking... Don't know how they get away with it for so long

Well spotted David.

It will be interesting to see what the car sells for.

I'm not sure the eBay seller is getting away with anything. I've chatted to this trader many times before (I didn't realise he had won this SC on the day as I purely focused on the hammer price) he is very clearly listing the cars he sells as "spares or repair". He is also a very nice chap who says that if you win and don't want the car for any reason when you turn up then you can just walk, no pressure, no obligation. He said that the only things that really pi es him off is people who bid, win and don't show. You cant say fairer than that, can you?!

Look at the eBay feedback, there are lots of people who have decided not to go through with past transactions as the general public really don't understand just how much prep your average auction car needs. He buys around 100 to 150 cars from the auction every week so his auction fees will be minimal. His business model is all about volume, pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap. The reality is that he sells lots of cars with a tiny margin.

If I were to buy the same car from the auction as a retail punter, my auction fees would be £500+ I do appreciate that the auction companies have to keep the regular traders happy and if I'm giving them no volume why should they give me a preferential rate?

So in this case, I could bid on the car, win it, test drive it etc and if anything about it doesn't stack I could walk. Could I do that at the auction? No.

If I had won this car at BCA it would have cost me £6,500 with hammer fees.

If I bought it through this trader, I can drive it first. Will it be less than £6,500? Let's see!

I would buy from this guy, no problem. He's buying some serious volume so has a reasonable idea of what he's buying. His hammer fees are tiny and his margins are slim. You can drive the car before you part with your cash so I don't get why anyone could anyone have a problem with that..... 2006 4.2 SC
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Good point, well made Steve

It will probably sell for £7k now I've said that!

I'm incidentally not suggesting anyone bids on this particular SC. It's well used and would have the purists here in a right tizz! But I do think he has an interesting business model where you can pick up an auction car for less than buying it direct, the problem is (as I said) that I don't think the general public realise just how much prepping these traders do when retailing a car and he does no prepping at all (which he is honest about).

He also bought a Disco 3 V8 on the same day at BCA. Really clean car and according to the service book, has just been serviced which could either mean it's just had a stamp in the book or that it's had the "body off" 100k service and all the belts done. That's the joy of auctions I guess! 2006 4.2 SC
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OK, so he made good profit on the D3 V8 he bought at auction but he lost money on the FF SC. I guess he won't be the first!

So if I'd bought this SC at the auction it would have cost me £6,000 + £471 BCA fees = £6,471.