Motortrade expressions

[AutoshiteBoy]

Car of the week - the most margin.


Gzongenflatch

Car of the Week: Its been here 89 days.

[AutoshiteBoy]

I am sure I read a tale in Jalopy from a fella who claimed he worked on nightshift making Allegros and they ran out of the correct interiors so they put random ones in and called it a special edition.

I've got a 2004 Discovery TD5 like this.

[AutoshiteBoy]

Sold as seen - it's a scrapper

Completely illegal, although the practice is still rife. The only way you can sell the car as 'sold as seen' is to put VAT across the selling price and insist its uplifted from the premises. No test drives, nothing. Thats it. Anything else and its retailed.

[DodgeRover]

Direct from the main dealer

Via an auction house

Usual heard by me whilst trying to buy at the auction...

[Bangernomics]

I’ll go try for you with the sales manager.

I’ll go have a laugh at you with my boss whilst we extend the term by 2 months to make out we’ve beaten your payment you daft twat.


Gzongenflatch

[red5]

Some are regional I suspect. Most of mine are from workshop/ bombsite trader types..the usual suspects .

The (Starship) Enterprise
Smoker
Last seen on fire in a Belfast street
Landmark
Flu jab
Took a bath
Retail opportunity

And so on ..

[Dead_E23]

The traders I knew used to refer to burgundy as 'dustcart red' because at some point in the distant past Kent county council painted their bin lorries that colour and it remained deeply unsaleable.
Also, a stolen car was 'moody' or 'chorley'. I suspect that is more gypsy slang though.
Any auction was always referred to as 'the block' as the destination of a car, but less often as the source.

[mercrocker]

Local gypsies here used to say "chore" for nicking something, I believe it is the actual Romany term.

[Hooli]

Aye I remember the phrase 'choring stuff' from being a yoof.

[red5]

Local gypsies here used to say "chore" for nicking something, I believe it is the actual Romany term.

Same here, proper ones anyway, not the pikeys.