Years ago had we a customer come into showroom at 1755 for 3 weeks in a row kicking tyres. Salesman on duty got fed up and locked him in and drove away. Had to be let out by petrol pump attendant. Never seen him again. 😀
Nice video Lea a fine gentleman not getting your hair off about the damage of the car he probably did not know he had done it but got a sale well done by being kind god works in different ways 😊
I can almost see the title for the next video... 'Spice Man on bike, brings a suitcase full of jelly babies as deposit for a car he crashed his bike into' 😂
Just a thought, could the lad on the bike who fell off be a type 1 diabetic, who was suffering a hypo-glycemic attack ? The symptoms of a " hypo " are very similar to being drunk/stoned. My wife has been type 1 since she was 26 ( 62 now ), and always carries Jelly Babies in case of emergencies ... high sugar content that releases quickly into the system ..
My younger brother is exactly the same, type 1, carries jelly babies and you're right, if you didn't know and saw that scenario that Lee explains, your guess would be smacked up, such a shame that drugs are that prevelant nowadays.
Actually that Astra for a “57” is very clean, so it’s a pity about the etc work. “Man on bike” is like a soap opera 😂. What a nice guy that bought the damaged car is, persistent but nice 😂.
My opinion on the Asta H would be to get a drink out of it because most folk want a small auto, not one that does mid 20's to the gallon so it coud sit for a long while rather than a few C1's or i10's that turn over quickly using that space.
O, we had a faulty batch ... " did i not say " ....Trust no one 😮/ if there was,nt so much uneccessary , not needed crap in todays cars...ther,ed be less problams
Talking about DOA stuff, I had a call to a solicitor's office on the South Circular, that spread both sides of the junction, where the road goes up to Putney Bridge. The fault was a terrible smell when a Kyocera 3500 was printing. I tested it and couldn't find anything wrong, so I ordered an EHT card whch has a silicon gel covering the components, I thought maybe one of the parts was overheating. I fitted it, still the same I couldn't make it fail. I wasn't the first to see this printer, so support went up there to pick it up and take it to the workshop. Again no smell at all, until they put the other paper. 100gsm Conqueror, that solicitors use for posh purposes. The receptionist went rushing into the loo to vomit. the rear doors and front door were left open for 20 minis with all the staff out in the car park waiting for the smell to disappear. It was RANK ! A phone call with the batch number of the paper was made, and the guy apologised. "Yes, he said, someone was sick in the vat while making that batch !" Lesson learned :)
I used to work for an IT company as a field service engineer. Was called by my MD to attend an priority call by a company who urgently needed their lazer printer issue resolved. As it was quarter end and they needed important docs printed. When i arrived there was one office guy to let me in, he sheepishly showed me to the printer. Within 5mins I could see the problem, an a4 page folded like a fan in the fuser unit. When i unraveled the page, there she was in all her glory, miss June double D with legs akimbo. The guy waited for all the office staff to leave and was printing off some spanky pictures for personal use 😆 That was before smart phones. I would have loved to see his office PC search history
Get the Astra H retailed spend your the time sorting it, the car looked mint particularly the Engine bay, reminded me of my old 58 plate Astra Elite 1.9cdti , which in the 5 years or so was a brilliant car even the same colour only problem I had ever was egr valves , I'm a foundry metrology technician but a dabhand at replacing egr valves. The baffoon who was of his head I always thought when I see someone on spice they look like they think they are a statue just stood dead still. The motor you said not in your normal price bracket bet you have bought the later MK2 , 13 plate onwards Range Rover Sport , hell of a lot of car now for the money but as someone who worked for Landrover if I had the money would I buy 1 no . As ever brilliant video from the best pound for pound down to earth RUclips car dealer Lee sorry forgot your surname mate.
most of the time you end up replacing lights with condensation in, although sometimes you get lucky and some silly sod has not put the bulb cover back in 🤣
Wish you were up here in bonny Scotland, you have a few well-priced cars my son has his eye on! Funny story about the cash for crash man - think you were due some luck after the other week's tax bill etc.
Did the clock spring on my Rio, then the gear linkage went, whole dash had to come out to fix, hopefully handle and clock spring is all you have to do with that one.. nice vid thanks
Hi! Bought and old Volvo 240 about 20 years ago , test drove it and was happy, slam the door shut and oops , forgot the keys inside....ok no problem...got the seller, and told him..do you have the spare keys? And he pointed at the dashboard inside!...I felt a little bad....Then i thought , I´ll try with my old car keys....fiddled with it for a minute or so..and unlooked it! Seller looked at me a bit funny...But I got me a "new" car!!!
I like your videos, but I can't believe to state of your garage - there is junk and sh*t everywhere, more like a breakers yard than a car sales pitch. .... If I walked in there, I think I would turn around and walk straight back out again. ... You really need to smarten the place up in my opinion.
Another good vid, thanks.... As a man who works on ambulances, I can verify that that kind of thing happens all the time with the likes of jelly baby man.
Just out of curiosity, how does it work with the car's mileage when you swap an engine? Does the car's mileage stay the same or not? Sorry for probably a silly question, but was just wondering 🤔
Bloody hell lee you attract them all don't you😂😂the bloke probably bought the car as he probably thought your colleague would kill him if he didn't 🙈🤣personally on the astra if you can trade out and make up small profit out of it for doing nothing I would do that,good to see you busy still,cheers lee👊👍
He may of been on drugs but an alternative could be he's a diabetic and his sugars crashed hence why he was eating jelly babies? People having a hypoglycaemia attack can appear drunk or on drugs due to strange behaviour. Just stating an alternative as my partner is a paramedic and she said a lot of diabetics who feel the sugars crash eat sweets for fast sugar release
What’s with the metro we can see in the middle of. Do you have a bargain basement or cars that you don’t want to retail and what do you normally do with
Does a lot of prep for cheap cars. Last time I bought a car the ad said fully serviced, but they didn't even change the break fluid and wanted me to pay for the timing belt. What is the death corner? That boxy VW that was on the pitch and wouldn't sell, what model was that, save me looking back over old videos.
cant wait on your new vids mate. i used to turn a shilling back in the 70s with cortinas marinas escorts mk1 tempted to dabble again mate lol maybe to old now lol
Hi Lee. Loving your RUclips vids. I much prefer real down to earth real life RUclips channels. Superb. I had no hesitation in subscribing pretty much after I saw your first vid. I am particularly interested in your new series of looking at specific cars as of you first one the Aygo. I have a couple of questions that I'd welcome advice on. We have two cars and the one I am referring to is our 2012 Ford Fiesta Edge 1.4. i noted the coolant bottles liquid was a bit below minimum and so decided to top it up. When I unscrewed the cap the middle part separated and remained in the bottle. I have looked online and it appears this is not uncommon with Fords. There is a lot of vids online but I'd welcome your thoughts and advice. Would it be safe to use WD40 to spray around the stuck piece and then try and remove it with a couple of screwdrivers? By the way I am not touching it until I've bought a new cap. Also, should I top it up to the MIN or MAX marker? Thank you in anticipation of your reply, Paul.
Personally I would replace the coolant bottle and cap, if your able to get the cap out then great but they do have a habit of cracking the bottles on fords in general so I would always recommend replacement. You can pick them up new on ebay for very little money with a new cap included. when fitting a new bottle you will loose some water naturally, top up with fresh coolant between min and max. start the car with the cap off and allow it to run up to temp and the heaters blowing warm. Once this has been achieved turn the engine off leave for 5 mins with the cap still off, this allows any air to escape and water will also drop slightly. Then top up to just below max and replace the coolant lid.
@@carukchannel Hi Lee, thank you for such a swift reply. I'll keep a copy of your reply. I did see how the cap and bottle/cap were quite plentiful on eBay. Fortunately we are not totally dependent on the Fiesta in that we also have a 2015 Seat Leon. However, when one of the cars has an issue then I always get it sorted swiftly. I have to say my car knowledge and confidence is quite basic in that I can check and top up the engine oil, and the water bottle. In general would you ay that changing the coolant bottle would be something a non-mechanic could do and without specialist knowledge or tools?
Hi Li. Jesus Christ, this could only happen to you bro, seriously this is crazy, lol. Lee, I like that Mini Cooper R59. Clean Astra, for a 2007, but it's far from right. That's a beautiful car, that Picanto. Great video Lee, chat soon 👍 👌🇮🇪
Absolutely brilliant. Love your videos! I wouldn't hesitate buying a car from you, mind you, I'd try not to smash it up before I bought I picked it up!!🤣🤣👍
Love your channel you always try your best to save these cars and not scrap any. High peak autos has just scrapped a lot of cars where you would of done them up sold them and you would of deffo made a profit on them
Woman with suitcase, man on bike and now man buys car he damaged! Seriously, it sounds like a Billy Conolly routine. Highly entertaining!
No need to be a James hunt mucker
So funny you've had the best three people you could get. 😂😂😂
I like the stories about bizarre customers.. it's like a car lot soap opera..
Please clean your office windows, go on, you know they would look so much better
The interior walls need a tidy too. 👍
Something tells me this possibly was a church going Nigerian, got a good conscience and he therefore bought the car.
I drove a cab around the Manchester and Salford area for 35 years…Human beings are strange creatures 😁
You remind me of Peter Kay. Love child perhaps?
Enjoy all 👍👍
cash for crash man and a man on bike
Will be a funny chrismas once you can look back on those stories you would not have believed to happen.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Rubbing things up turned out *Spicy*
What happened to man on bike who buys a car….. did he buy it🤷♂️
I always love your videos, Lee 😅😅🇮🇪
@phillipthebigj8971 yes he did buy it but didn't come on his bike to collect it...👍🏻
another funny story the woman with the suitcase was hilarious
What vid was this must have missed it
To be honest Lee you do have some strange events going on at your car pitch.
You certainly seem to be getting your fair share of absolute characters amongst your customer base.
Years ago had we a customer come into showroom at 1755 for 3 weeks in a row kicking tyres. Salesman on duty got fed up and locked him in and drove away. Had to be let out by petrol pump attendant. Never seen him again. 😀
Nice video Lea a fine gentleman not getting your hair off about the damage of the car he probably did not know he had done it but got a sale well done by being kind god works in different ways 😊
Sound like the norm for Crewe Cheshire England 🤣
I don't remember it being this wild when I was a child growing up here 🤣
@carukchannel
Yeah but the Teachers back then actually taught students with knowledge
Today's Teachers just Copy&Paste.
You need a live stream with all that goes on!
So Man On Bike still doesn't buy cars, man on bike does donkey work for the boss. Man on bike keeps his hand his pocket... Or cycle shorts 😅
I can almost see the title for the next video... 'Spice Man on bike, brings a suitcase full of jelly babies as deposit for a car he crashed his bike into' 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
But did he decide to buy the EVL registration Mini.😂😂
Such a great channel! So addictive!
It's like an episode of the X files...😂
Where do you find these customers 😂🤣 your not having much luck are you lately
The mini's reg number is EVL - evil 😲 maybe that's why no one comes back? 😂
Just a thought, could the lad on the bike who fell off be a type 1 diabetic, who was suffering a hypo-glycemic attack ? The symptoms of a " hypo " are very similar to being drunk/stoned. My wife has been type 1 since she was 26 ( 62 now ), and always carries Jelly Babies in case of emergencies ... high sugar content that releases quickly into the system ..
My younger brother is exactly the same, type 1, carries jelly babies and you're right, if you didn't know and saw that scenario that Lee explains, your guess would be smacked up, such a shame that drugs are that prevelant nowadays.
Love the videos, I'd put some CCTV on the lot if I were you, could be entertaining?
Actually that Astra for a “57” is very clean, so it’s a pity about the etc work. “Man on bike” is like a soap opera 😂. What a nice guy that bought the damaged car is, persistent but nice 😂.
It follows on nicely from the 'Lady with the Suitcase.'
@@billybonds4449Ironically the man on a bike ended up in the suitcase. 😂😂😂
My opinion on the Asta H would be to get a drink out of it because most folk want a small auto, not one that does mid 20's to the gallon so it coud sit for a long while rather than a few C1's or i10's that turn over quickly using that space.
Glad to see the metro is still about
There are some strange people about ! Excellent as always , thanks .
£2495....hope you gave him a discount as it was damaged. 🤣
Not a shilling 👍😁
Another brilliant video Lee, you could make a sitcom with all that drama 😀 👍
O, we had a faulty batch ... " did i not say " ....Trust no one 😮/ if there was,nt so much uneccessary , not needed crap in todays cars...ther,ed be less problams
Nice
That was a classic Lee... comedy gold👍
still offering £500 for the kia with damage ?
Talking about DOA stuff, I had a call to a solicitor's office on the South Circular, that spread both sides of the junction, where the road goes up to Putney Bridge. The fault was a terrible smell when a Kyocera 3500 was printing. I tested it and couldn't find anything wrong, so I ordered an EHT card whch has a silicon gel covering the components, I thought maybe one of the parts was overheating. I fitted it, still the same I couldn't make it fail. I wasn't the first to see this printer, so support went up there to pick it up and take it to the workshop. Again no smell at all, until they put the other paper. 100gsm Conqueror, that solicitors use for posh purposes. The receptionist went rushing into the loo to vomit. the rear doors and front door were left open for 20 minis with all the staff out in the car park waiting for the smell to disappear. It was RANK ! A phone call with the batch number of the paper was made, and the guy apologised. "Yes, he said, someone was sick in the vat while making that batch !" Lesson learned :)
😂😂😂😂😂
I used to work for an IT company as a field service engineer. Was called by my MD to attend an priority call by a company who urgently needed their lazer printer issue resolved. As it was quarter end and they needed important docs printed. When i arrived there was one office guy to let me in, he sheepishly showed me to the printer. Within 5mins I could see the problem, an a4 page folded like a fan in the fuser unit. When i unraveled the page, there she was in all her glory, miss June double D with legs akimbo. The guy waited for all the office staff to leave and was printing off some spanky pictures for personal use 😆 That was before smart phones. I would have loved to see his office PC search history
Brilliant. Again. Makes me smile cheers
I wouldn’t touch the Vauxhall as a retail sale. They’re just not reliable, guaranteed to have the customer back in a few months.
Had an older Meriva, worst car I’ve ever had and I had a Marina..
You should be on the stage with all the funny happenings gos I am sat here laughing.
Time to sell bags of Bertie Bassets!
Not an area to buy cars 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No just joking
Glad you are doing well, well deserved as you are honest and help your customers.
Much appreciated
love this channel, good sense of humour
Thanks madsniper
How could he have damaged the car. There was plenty of room. Is he fit to drive? Some people need to retake their driving test.
Proper mechanic.
You’re sure you’re not in the twilight zone 😂
Get the Astra H retailed spend your the time sorting it, the car looked mint particularly the Engine bay, reminded me of my old 58 plate Astra Elite 1.9cdti , which in the 5 years or so was a brilliant car even the same colour only problem I had ever was egr valves , I'm a foundry metrology technician but a dabhand at replacing egr valves. The baffoon who was of his head I always thought when I see someone on spice they look like they think they are a statue just stood dead still. The motor you said not in your normal price bracket bet you have bought the later MK2 , 13 plate onwards Range Rover Sport , hell of a lot of car now for the money but as someone who worked for Landrover if I had the money would I buy 1 no . As ever brilliant video from the best pound for pound down to earth RUclips car dealer Lee sorry forgot your surname mate.
You couldn't write it, could you?!!!
It’s certainly all happening there! Boy oh boy! 😊
Only if man and women turned up on tandem that would be something
Enjoy all your videos but I notice you have two Renault scenic but never hear you mention them or what you think of them .
I cover them in a video I am currently editing 👍😁
Kia Rio is a good car though cheapest ive seen are up for £2 grand on autoshite i mean Auto trader lol
Welcome to West Street 😂
Great video especially the jelly babies and would it balls!!!!
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I've got a question, how would you deal with a retail car where the headlight unit had very heavy condensation inside it??
most of the time you end up replacing lights with condensation in, although sometimes you get lucky and some silly sod has not put the bulb cover back in 🤣
Sounds to me the man didn’t want to pay for the insurance claim
Maybe 😂👍
Wish you were up here in bonny Scotland, you have a few well-priced cars my son has his eye on! Funny story about the cash for crash man - think you were due some luck after the other week's tax bill etc.
😂😂 that is one of your best ones yet. Life is full of surprises. Spiceman will be back next week and buy a Mini no doubt. Enjoy the rest of your week.
He was on a bike (until he fell off it) so you never know 🤣
@@carukchannel You'll have to take him on the test drive yourself - your employee insurance can't possibly cover your staff taking spice guy out.
@carukchannel 😂😂😂👍👍👍As we say in Liverpool you couldn't make it up if you tried.
Thanks for the good laugh 😂😂👍👍
Did the clock spring on my Rio, then the gear linkage went, whole dash had to come out to fix, hopefully handle and clock spring is all you have to do with that one.. nice vid thanks
Life certainly isn't boring for you.
Hi! Bought and old Volvo 240 about 20 years ago , test drove it and was happy, slam the door shut and oops , forgot the keys inside....ok no problem...got the seller, and told him..do you have the spare keys? And he pointed at the dashboard inside!...I felt a little bad....Then i thought , I´ll try with my old car keys....fiddled with it for a minute or so..and unlooked it! Seller looked at me a bit funny...But I got me a "new" car!!!
Sounds like he was worried about the insurance claim.😉
I like your videos, but I can't believe to state of your garage - there is junk and sh*t everywhere, more like a breakers yard than a car sales pitch. .... If I walked in there, I think I would turn around and walk straight back out again. ... You really need to smarten the place up in my opinion.
Your a excellent and funny man
That is so funny, almost as funny as that lady who you had a problem giving her her money back. That had me laughing.
Another good vid, thanks.... As a man who works on ambulances, I can verify that that kind of thing happens all the time with the likes of jelly baby man.
Just out of curiosity, how does it work with the car's mileage when you swap an engine? Does the car's mileage stay the same or not? Sorry for probably a silly question, but was just wondering 🤔
Please may we have a 'funny stories from the pitch' video Lee? It sounds like you have quite a few.
Bloody hell lee you attract them all don't you😂😂the bloke probably bought the car as he probably thought your colleague would kill him if he didn't 🙈🤣personally on the astra if you can trade out and make up small profit out of it for doing nothing I would do that,good to see you busy still,cheers lee👊👍
I had a 1.8 auto Astra as a loan car, it drank fuel like there was no tomorrow, it was really bad!!
Bloody hell Lee, you give Billy Connolly a run for his money 😂 Kia rio looks well, shame about the prep but at least it's sorted 👍
He may of been on drugs but an alternative could be he's a diabetic and his sugars crashed hence why he was eating jelly babies? People having a hypoglycaemia attack can appear drunk or on drugs due to strange behaviour. Just stating an alternative as my partner is a paramedic and she said a lot of diabetics who feel the sugars crash eat sweets for fast sugar release
if you stick with Japanese stock you can have longer holidays 🤣
5:06 wow i don't remember the last time i saw one of those Rover Metros! Thought they'd have all rusted away by now heh
Another tale of a the car pitch im howling 😂😂😂
Thanks stephen 👍😁
Very entertaining! You have a great channel.
Thank you very much!
It's like Corrie this 🤣🤣
Only these are real characters and not wooden.
I know this isn’t much to do with the cars, but buy some paint for the garage and the office and paint them 🤣
RUclips Dramas coming soon "Pitch Street" "The Real Car Traders Wives of Cheshire" "Two Pint Sized Cars and a Packet of Clips" "Carside"
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What products do you use too clean up paint work & the black bumper?..
You need to get cctv installed you could show use the footage with benny hill music playing 😀
What’s with the metro we can see in the middle of. Do you have a bargain basement or cars that you don’t want to retail and what do you normally do with
“Would it turn up in 5 minutes? - would it balls” 😂😂😁
What an episode, great actual story lines in selling cars, brilliant.
That cars a proper bumper car !! Good sale though 😮😮
Great customer service Lee. Carry on the good work
Excellent, entertaining educational and amusing in one hit!
Does a lot of prep for cheap cars. Last time I bought a car the ad said fully serviced, but they didn't even change the break fluid and wanted me to pay for the timing belt.
What is the death corner?
That boxy VW that was on the pitch and wouldn't sell, what model was that, save me looking back over old videos.
Blue one? It was a Skoda Roomster
@@mjcamp01 Thanks, was it a Skoda! No wonder I couldn't find a VW like it, although don't they make the same cars?
@@markm-ci6rj VW caddy maxi
@@mjcamp01 Thanks, your reply greatly appraciated!
Bloody funny as f**ck !,😂😂excellent 🎉
😂😂😂😂
All these interesting events makes for great videos
Mad as Brookside LOL
Wont be long before a body turns up buried under the yellow Fiat 500 that seems to have taken root there.
More like Open All Hours. Really funny customers.
cant wait on your new vids mate. i used to turn a shilling back in the 70s with cortinas marinas escorts mk1 tempted to dabble again mate lol maybe to old now lol
Thanks robert
Don’t skip the ads 👍🏼
Well that's one way to sell a car faf mate ..fantastic 😂😂
Hi Lee. Loving your RUclips vids. I much prefer real down to earth real life RUclips channels. Superb. I had no hesitation in subscribing pretty much after I saw your first vid. I am particularly interested in your new series of looking at specific cars as of you first one the Aygo. I have a couple of questions that I'd welcome advice on. We have two cars and the one I am referring to is our 2012 Ford Fiesta Edge 1.4. i noted the coolant bottles liquid was a bit below minimum and so decided to top it up. When I unscrewed the cap the middle part separated and remained in the bottle. I have looked online and it appears this is not uncommon with Fords. There is a lot of vids online but I'd welcome your thoughts and advice. Would it be safe to use WD40 to spray around the stuck piece and then try and remove it with a couple of screwdrivers? By the way I am not touching it until I've bought a new cap. Also, should I top it up to the MIN or MAX marker? Thank you in anticipation of your reply, Paul.
Personally I would replace the coolant bottle and cap, if your able to get the cap out then great but they do have a habit of cracking the bottles on fords in general so I would always recommend replacement. You can pick them up new on ebay for very little money with a new cap included. when fitting a new bottle you will loose some water naturally, top up with fresh coolant between min and max. start the car with the cap off and allow it to run up to temp and the heaters blowing warm. Once this has been achieved turn the engine off leave for 5 mins with the cap still off, this allows any air to escape and water will also drop slightly. Then top up to just below max and replace the coolant lid.
@@carukchannel Hi Lee, thank you for such a swift reply. I'll keep a copy of your reply. I did see how the cap and bottle/cap were quite plentiful on eBay. Fortunately we are not totally dependent on the Fiesta in that we also have a 2015 Seat Leon. However, when one of the cars has an issue then I always get it sorted swiftly. I have to say my car knowledge and confidence is quite basic in that I can check and top up the engine oil, and the water bottle. In general would you ay that changing the coolant bottle would be something a non-mechanic could do and without specialist knowledge or tools?
Seam like a nice lad cars are cheap enough in this age .
Hi Li. Jesus Christ, this could only happen to you bro, seriously this is crazy, lol. Lee, I like that Mini Cooper R59. Clean Astra, for a 2007, but it's far from right. That's a beautiful car, that Picanto. Great video Lee, chat soon 👍 👌🇮🇪
thuse engines are a fiat which are rubbish
You should write a book… man bumps cars and buys it could be related to suitcase woman and man on bike… maybe they’ve been on the jelly babies too!
Its all go pal, keeps it interesting!
Absolutely brilliant. Love your videos! I wouldn't hesitate buying a car from you, mind you, I'd try not to smash it up before I bought I picked it up!!🤣🤣👍
Love your channel you always try your best to save these cars and not scrap any. High peak autos has just scrapped a lot of cars where you would of done them up sold them and you would of deffo made a profit on them