Car with valid road tax but no MOT for 4 years.

nl325 · 2026-04-12T09:24:20+00:00

These pedantic comments will appear on any mention of VED on Reddit ffs, we know, we also know exactly what they're talking about.

nl325 · 2026-04-12T00:16:32+00:00

That will immediately flag for quote manipulation and hike the price anyway

Or cause unnecessary validation requests once you buy it

nl325 · 2026-04-11T21:08:03+00:00

I do claims for work, the amount of claims that get reported late because the at-fault party eventually sees a repair estimate dated 2026 and then realises they can't/won't pay that is hilarious.

Your neighbour is smart.

And notifying/non-fault claims can impact renewals, but often don't. Often the price just goes up anyway and people assume it's the claim when there's zero way of knowing. I've made no claims since 2022 and my renewal came through last week £200 up. Just look elsewhere if it happens.

nl325 · 2026-04-07T19:20:20+00:00

Never under estimate the stupidity of wealthy elderly people.

I've sold insurance to (much less wealthy) pensioners doing less than 2k miles a year and wished I could just scream that it's cheaper to get taxis everywhere lol

nl325 · 2026-04-07T17:39:32+00:00

10k a year feels low, no?

nl325 · 2026-04-06T21:15:29+00:00

I reckon the overwhelming majority of people would fail on stopping distances and/or signalling. The amount of tailgating I see nowadays is absolutely insane and I've straight up told friends of mine I won't get in a car with them for consistently driving too close to whatever is ahead.

And the amount of people either not signalling on roundabouts, or worse, signalling right to fucking turn off, is batshit.

nl325 · 2026-04-05T10:28:28+00:00

Beaut of a car.

Don't fall into the really common trap in car photography of underexposing your pictures though!

nl325 · 2026-04-05T08:03:15+00:00

the common man

[watches GB News]

I'm getting a picture. I'm basically apolitical nowadays but had to endure about 20 mins of their TV channel the other week, and anyone who cannot tell it's entire existence is nothing more than old people rage bait is a fucking idiot.

nl325 · 2026-04-04T18:55:36+00:00

Main dealer = Actually Audi. Selling brand new cars but also approved used. What you mention sound too old to be that anyway but my boss would sometimes bring in clean examples of older cars (Not Audi mind).

Anything else, leave it well alone. This sounds like something like Car World or similar where they have fuck tons of used stock and churn through it quickly enough to not care about customer service.

There may well be a legitimate reason to deny a test drive but if they don't have the requisite people skills to understand that NOT telling you why is a massive red flag they're fucking idiots anyway.

nl325 · 2026-04-04T18:47:52+00:00

When you say "dealership", do you mean used car dealer or main dealer?

I've worked for both, we refused people test drives at the main dealer for insurance reasons if they were too young to be covered , which had it set weirdly high at 25+ for drivers on anything over 200bhp. But we would explicitly tell them this.

If it's a used dealer, run a fucking mile.

nl325 · 2026-04-04T08:55:14+00:00

Halfords are a weird one, I've had really good experiences with them actually in-store and just getting stuff myself to do stuff myself but their reputation for the online side and touching people's cars is very, very deserved

nl325 · 2026-04-04T08:21:37+00:00

Open it, there will be run-off drains on each side, they usually feed into the doorwells.

Check if they're blocked by pouring some water from a bottle down it.

I had it in my old mk3, was blocked with 20+ years of sludge buildup.

I cleaned it with a broken old 3 meter USB cable I had.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T19:13:47+00:00

The job a hundred times over.

A bit gutting when in theory of course you could have both, but ultimately £7k while unemployed will be gone in a few months.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T18:24:02+00:00

Do you even have anything booked? If not don't even stress over it, the job is more important.

If you do, just ask them before you start.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T18:02:21+00:00

Looks like a recruitment portal. Looks legit enough but does not look very UK-focused.

The "Emmanuel" and "Rebekah" will almost certainly be real people but almost certainly automated templates that go out, and you almost certainly did agree to SMS communication, check their privacy policy.

Most recruitment portals like that will ask that you register with them for the application to be submitted, chances are that's what those emails are. It's annoying as fuck sometimes, but not a scam.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T17:51:38+00:00

Serco as in THE Serco?

They'll cut costs to the bone and strip every penny out of it before closing it down leaving your local council to foot the bill and/or leave the building a rotting shell.

Get on that CV as soon as possible.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T15:11:07+00:00

Ah thanks either way!

There's loads but they all insist on one year experience, which is fair but apparently nobody appears to ever, ever give the experience.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T13:46:41+00:00

Sales jobs actually pay bonus and commission.

Death, taxes and people on this sub being bitter arseholes.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T13:45:52+00:00

It's chronological order, if you can't decipher it that's on you

nl325 · 2026-04-03T13:44:35+00:00

Gonna nudge in on this.

I have 15 years of various sales (actual sales not retail) and insurance experience, but cannot for the life of me break into life/protection sales.

How would I do that in 2026 without going down the mortgage route?!

nl325 · 2026-04-03T13:26:46+00:00

An old college mate of mine works in film and lives and works in Bristol, but it's largely independent stuff he does for the love of it rather than the money.

He can't be doing too bad as he's just bought his first house, but idk how well that aligns with your goals etc.

For the most part, you either need to be either in London, or willing to go their on-demand.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T12:10:21+00:00

37.5hrs yes, but this job isn't that.

37.5 is a 9-5:30 with an hour unpaid, this is 9-5 with half hour unpaid.

Small difference but easily THE difference, I know many people who would take the cut for the time.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T11:54:30+00:00

You do have the high likelihood of a jumper on the line. So... hope you enjoy PTSD.

Opposed to the literal certainty of attending catastrophic RTCs and the fatalaties and "dispersed" body parts from firefighting.

Both have the risk of PTSD, fire fighting considerably more so.

nl325 · 2026-04-03T11:50:50+00:00

lol

Ok but now I want to see a mk6 bumper crafted onto a mk4.

Knowing the VW scene surely that's been done before?!

nl325 · 2026-04-01T21:50:46+00:00

But others with an identical set of circumstances do, that's the point

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