Full finding service

For this service I currently charge a flat fee of £650.  I initially ask for £150 up front to get me actively looking for you and then you pay the balance of £500 when you have purchased a car.  You tell me your maximum budget that you want to spend and give me a brief outline of the specification that you require, favourite interior, exterior colours, engine size and any optional extras etc. I will then start searching and personally telephone owners of potential cars and talk to them at length about their cars gathering as much information about it as possible.  Once I have a good feeling about a car and the owner I will then invest my time to go and look at the car.  I will only recommend a car to you if I am happy with the inspection of it and it is a car I would want to buy myself.  If I get any negativity about the car I will walk away and treat it as a wasted journey.  I will look at as many cars as possible for you to find that perfect vehicle and finally I will come up with a short list of potentials.  This may take a few weeks but hopefully the perfect example that ticks all the boxes will be among that short list. Once you have decided on a car then I will begin to negotiate a price for the car on your behalf.  I will do my best to get the car as cheap as possible and will aim to get you into a car of the best quality for your specified budget.

Being involved full time in the second hand TVR market I have a lot of experience of what the cars are currently worth and what they are selling for and will make sure you pay a fair price.  As with many adverts there is a huge range of prices for similar cars but its not until you look at them in the flesh that you realise that there are varying conditions, reasons for the sale and varying levels of desirability to determine their true value.  I take out the emotional part of purchasing any vehicle as the car is not going to end up in my garage and so it is my job to get you the best car for the best price.

Before committing to buy a car some customers may need to go and see it, this is not a problem if you want to make 2 journeys.  A lot of the time due to the long distances involved many customers rely on my full verbal description and opinion of the car along with digital photos that I take so as only 1 journey is necessary to purchase the vehicle.

Inspection only service

If you have found a car yourself or through a dealer and you want a professional unbiased opinion on the condition of the car then I can provide an inspection only service for you. My minimum charge for this service is £200 up to a radius of 50 miles from my home in Lincolnshire.  The most I have charged for this service is £300 to inspect a car in Edinburgh, so please give me a call and I can give you a quote for the location of your choice. 

I carry out a full independent inspection, valuation, test drive and produce a written report giving you my unbiased opinion of the car you are looking to buy.  With every car that I inspect or find for a customer I carry out a full HPI Check for peace of mind for myself and you the customer ensuring the car has no bad history (stolen or written off) or any outstanding finance.

My inspection charge is comparable to that of the AA or RAC and the big advantage is that I have far more experience in the TVR world having owned, maintained, found and inspected many TVRs.

With all cars that I find or inspect for customers I keep all details and digital photos on file.  This is for future reference and could possibly help re-sell the vehicle for you if you decide to sell it, especially if the car has been looked after and maintained to the high standards I expect of the cars that I look for and would recommend to my future customers.

Rob Ingleby