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Practical guides for UK independent dealers: AutoTrader, VAT margin scheme, and how MYDEALERSHIPVIEW fits your forecourt.
Common MOT Advisories That Quietly Kill a Sale (and How Cheap They Are to Fix First)
DVSA's advisory category exists precisely so a car can pass without every minor finding needing immediate repair. That doesn't mean every advisory is commercially harmless.
Read articleSelling a Car with a DPF or GPF Warning Light: What to Check, Clean and Regen Before It Goes on the Forecourt
A DPF or GPF warning light on a part-exchange or trade-in doesn't have to mean writing the car off as a wholesale-only unit. It also shouldn't mean listing it and hoping the light goes off on a longer test drive before a buyer notices. There's a proper process for working out what's actually wrong and whether it's fixable before the car goes anywhere near the forecourt, and it takes minutes, not a workshop booking.
Read articleAre People Buying Fewer Cars? What August's Numbers Actually Show
New car registrations rose 13.7% in August and used transactions grew too, but diesel and petrol demand fell sharply. What's actually shifting, and why.
Read articleWhen Should a Dealer Retail a Part Exchange vs Trade It
deciding whether to retail or wholesale it are two different decisions. A practical framework for the second one
Read articleHow to Calculate the True Profit on a Used Car
The holding cost, prep spend and admin share most dealers leave out, and how to see the real number sooner.
Read articleWhy Most Dealership Complaint Responses Fail (It's Rarely the Law)
Most losing complaint responses had a defensible legal position. What actually sinks them: tone, timing, missing evidence and unintended admissions.
Read articleWhat a Cheap DMS-and-Website Bundle Actually Gets You, and Why We Don't Build to That Price
lowest-cost DMS and website bundles are usually view-only, generic and built to be hard to leave, and why MYDEALERSHIPVIEW prices differently.
Read articleHow to Move From One DMS to Another Without Losing Your Data
What has to survive a DMS migration, what to check in a provider's process before you commit, and what to verify yourself before switching off the old system.
Read articleWhat Happens When Your Dealership Runs on Five Different Systems?
Stock in a spreadsheet, leads in WhatsApp, invoices elsewhere: the real cost of running a dealership on disconnected systems, told through how it fails.
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