Anybody in the car trade?

[OZZYMC]

What way are things over there? It has not been so quiet since 99.
Petrol went up yesterday 8cent,Road tax up 4% and new car purchase price up 1/2%. It is dire,the recession is truely hitting us and they say its only the start of it. Second car prices are dropping like stones it will cost twice as much to change next year so people will not change. Completly depressing!!!!!

[hally]

yep very quiet at our dealership!

[paul spence]

i was talking to my mate last week hes a 2nd hand car dealer just a small plot,he said this time last year he was selling 2/3 cars a week,now hes lucky if he sells one a month!
just had a call from work another 48 jobs to go,due to the lack of sales at nissan!!!!!

[hally]

bad news all round!

[spellersarc]

dont woory..

its been quite for the last few months ,but we are still a month in hand with work, and it is def getting busier now, i think people are getting used to it and realize you cant sulk forever, and if your buying its never been as good.. keep yer chin up it will ease up it has here any way

[Mark M]

i make car tyres for pirelli. we are currently the only tyre factory in the pirelli group still running 7 days a week . italy,spain & turkey on short time.
we normally make 14000 tyres a day, they have just reduced our output to 8000 tyres a day. complete overtime ban, and some workers down to 32hrs per week, instead of 40 or 48. giving us an extended break over christmas ( un-paid) . think we may go to a short week if things dont start picking up soon.
with new car sales at a low, new tyres not needed either.

[OZZYMC]

Had about ten people in today. Either they had odd ball stuff(sanyong,chevrolet,renault) or they owed thousands more than the car was worth.Then if someone is ok and you try for finance not a hope. We are brasing ourselves for another year of it.But hopefully it wont take that long.

[paul spence]

. think we may go to a short week if things dont start picking up soon.
with new car sales at a low, new tyres not needed either.

our place is already on a 4 day week(well they are and the playboy from monday)

[Chesney]

we've gone quiet here, Isuzu pickups sell ok, subaru and ssangyong is about dead. I run the workshop with 4 techs, most days looking for work in the afternoon, not good but ya gotta keep smilin

[RUDDY]

yep very quiet at our dealership!

I heard the phone never stops son .....

[68 Bullit]

No different over here either, Car sales down the toilet. We make Trade show Cases and touring cases for bands, one of our biggest customers is Hewlett Packard, last year we built about 80 big cases for them, this year 2 , but George Bush tells us we are not in Recession just a period of economic slow down. mmmmmm

[Banishit]

our local Ford dealership seems to be doing a roaring trade in the New Fiesta, nothing else mind, but a whole load have gone through in the last few weeks

[docscars]

sales very quiet car sales like house sales rubbish

[paul mann]

very quiet at our vw dealership to all we get in the workshop is warranty work which is crap,i might have to dust me hgv 2 licence off & try a bit of driving on the weekend if it gets any worse

[oldskooljoe]

I work at a main Audi dealership,doing my apprenticeship Tech...we are always busy to be honest,but we are a small place compared to some in the country,If we were alot bigger,I think it would his us aswell There is no short of work in the workshop always busy,And i think it is alright in sales aswell

People must love there Audi's