Hi James. Why not make a low bid to take a profit as a parts car or scrapper. Who else will bid? It would be interesting to see if a rock bottom bid would land it. Also if you did land it it would be interesting to have a close look at it. And if you took it off the road you could be doing us all a favour!
Had a squint at the pictures on BCA - everything ahead of the A pillars looks wonky, compares with the worst lots at a US Copart! Really ought to be a breaker
This reminds me of "The horrible Alpine", a beat up old Chrysler that became a minor star in the Sunderland Echo in the mid 1980s. The dealer was brutally honest about everything that was wrong with it, it had been in a few bumps etc and was taken in as a trade. It did sell in the end, and the dealer saw hugely increased footfall as curious buyers came to see the monstrosity. Problem with this Nissan is its not nasty enough!
Before second hand car prices went nuts it would be worth a punt for £500-£750 as long as there was no dodgy welding or a ton of filler where metal should be. Over a grand? No chance, it's a car that only has use as a runaround.
11 owners ex taxi 94K miles no go, odo fraud likely. 10 owners struggling with the car, and send him away they are completely done with it, I guess. Maybe a perfect car for your mother in law 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Greetings from the Netherlands 🇾🇪🇾🇪
How would this affect your insurance premiums with a history of so many bad accidents plus the ones we don’t know about or trying to claim after an accident when the companies start probing into the cars history
Problem would be finding a panel/part that hadn't been hit or otherwise worn out through the 3 write offs and general mileage. Gotta think if this was repaired with scrap parts, the parts would already have covered loads of miles then bolted on to this crash magnet 🤣
I'd run a mile - quickly from that. that reminds me of a starship mileage Vauxhall I had in the 70s. When it failed the MOT the tester said ' There's nothing wrong that a new car couldn't put right'.
@@jamesk1806 Oh OK. Around this part of the world they require a minimum distance between the rear doors on the inside, to guarantee three can sit in comfort, and also have minimum boot dimensions, and that's just for private hire cars. Taxis have to be one of a listed range if vehicles, with full wheelchair capability.
Hi James my nephew had a focus that was written off 1 was a cat s and 2nd cat N and he wanted to buy it back. But the insurance company told him that they would not allow it to be put back on the road as it had been written off twice already. it only wanted 2 doors. the old Cat C is the new Cat S, and D is the New Cat N.
Would love to know what an HPI report says. Dodgy Cars FB page shows cars can be clear of Cat status under HPI, while in reality there are many written off cars, even through main dealers. "2019 Fiesta Lemon" is a damaged car repaired with the use of woodscrews, but cannot remember HPI status on that.
@@ChopsGarage No crossed fingers needed. You will continue onwards and upwards.. You're a genuine good man in world full of fools and villains... You might be an endangered species!
Ahh, the poor Note...went into a showroom hoping for a nice retired couple to buy it new, but it became a taxi with the worst drivers, and will possibly see out it's days as a taxi again... Feel sorry for it!
It will be probably shipped for us here in Ireland and sold for 3... 4k as "low mileage, only 95000km", they always change from miles to km as 1 per 1...
You can see damage above the A-pillar! Doesn’t look like it was fixed the last time it was written off. It needs to be broken and kept off the road. It is passed it’s best but would make a cheap run around and I truly think it doesn’t have a value about £500.
I've been watching your videos for a little while now, I'm jealous. I'm in Wisconsin, US and the used car market is a burning dumpster fire. I'm looking for a small manual car like you sell, I can't find a single thing under 10 grand that's even worth a drive out to look for. This bucket of bent bolts would be $8,000 US all day around here.
Very interesting, would not touch this vehicle with the proverbial barge pole. The 11 previous owners would set the alarm bells ringing immediately, 1 owner on average every year. Great video and presentation James.
I sold a Capri about 15 years ago to a trader and told him it had 1 careful owner. He said it was horrible and had 11 owners. I then told him again it had had ONE CAREFUL OWNER. was I wrong, the other owners were NOT careful.
I personally would not buy any small Nissan automatic at a BCA auction full stop!! those CVT Auto box's are one of most unreliable gearboxes know to man and only slightly better than Fords powershift auto gearboxes, another masterpiece of engineering worth avoiding..
6 of those keepers will have been from someone buying it as a hobby, putting it in their name, fixing it, and then selling it on to have someone elses name. This would've repeated i reckon. At the right price (very low) as a private buyer I would consider it if I needed a cheap auto runner, but for a dealer, no way.
I found it funny a dealer on ebay is trying to sell a "cityrover" for over £2000, he hasn't even got the car yet and using his ebay listing with the auction photos...cheeky
I have had a couple on register 2 or 3 times. That's why it's had so many owners, it's changed hands a lot. A mate has a 2019 seat leon fr with 18,000 miles that been cat s twice and repaired twice
I bought same car 3 years ago…..mine was a 2008 …two owner(dealer +1)…it had a genuine 5500 miles on it and was £3800…. I couldn’t grab it quick enough lol old lady owned for 10 years garage kept…no kidding it was as new as you can get….it only has 12 k on it now.
The auction guys must be really struggling for stock. This is dodgy bomb site stock or spares only. I can’t believe BCA would scrape the barrel with this - not the corporate image they really want!
I love a Nissan Note myself, flipped a few, to the point I kept one for myself about 3 weeks ago 2011 1.5 DCI top spec Tekna model. 75k miles on the clock Gave it a fresh service and only issue was needed a new fuel filter as current one was leaking and cause a start up issue For the money and the spec, these are great runners and such practice cars, odd that I could ever love a car like this but cannot help it, for some reason they are just a great drive and look decent for age. Mine is beige which is the old man's colour, but who cares lol
My car was wrote off 3 times in the 4 years I had it. The car was cursed. As soon as I paid the last payment on it I gave it away for free because I just didn't want it.
It's not a retail car that's for sure. I'd have a nibble if it was really cheap & sell it as a px to clear. I've got an old Mégane cabriolet. It's showing 8 keepers. Really I'm only the 3rd. I bought it & it's been used by my whole family. When my daughters have used it for a month or two I've always made them tax & insure it which gives it a new keeper every time. When I was trading I did occasionally point out to a potential customer that every time a car changes hands the new owner spends on it putting minor faults right & it usually gets a service. But in the case of this Nissan & the type of trader you are I think you should make a Note to avoid it.
When you said it might be 100% reliable , I’m not so sure having one of the worst auto boxes in history for reliability. I suspect that might explain a few of the owner changes ….As for me, it’s a no on so so many counts…..
If I was one of the motoring shows, say 5th Gear, who like a crash test feature, it would be interesting to buy it and crash test it in the name of research to see how it held up.
Automatic gearbox and the 1.2 DIG engine on newer cars only things to avoid. 1.6 petrol and 1.5 Diesel can't fault as manual to my knowledge. Having just watched the vid, maybe bid £300 tops as kick around James. New gearbox £7k or something stupid. Timing chain presumably?! If so could sound like gunfire. Wouldn't do planned 20 mile round trip to Co-op in that tomorrow. 😬🤔😦
The Nissan's had more hits than Cliff Richard 🤣
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Bit the right note.
I wonder if it’s been rear ended as many times😂
@@garrydiggins3181 🤭😅
@@garrydiggins3181 LOL!!!
This auction site on eBay I believe are based in reading Berkshire, I wouldn’t go near anything they try to sell !! Putting lives at risk
“One Careful Owner” ( The other 10 were reckless )
After being written off 3 times it shouldn't be allowed near the road, it should be a breaker or parts car.
I don't understand why it's still on the road,after 3 total losses 🤔
Hi James not a chance should anybody buy a car like this. Great info for people
Hi James. Why not make a low bid to take a profit as a parts car or scrapper. Who else will bid? It would be interesting to see if a rock bottom bid would land it. Also if you did land it it would be interesting to have a close look at it. And if you took it off the road you could be doing us all a favour!
Exactly my thoughts, Salvage Rebuilds had a flood damaged Berlingo that they used for a later project.
I love the Note, but would pass on that one.
Had a squint at the pictures on BCA - everything ahead of the A pillars looks wonky, compares with the worst lots at a US Copart! Really ought to be a breaker
Found your channel yesterday and already binged watched so many videos. Great to see a honest car dealer! A rarity!
Welcome aboard!
You’re a “chopper” now 🤪
@@snakychip my mrs has called me worse when she’s asleep 😂
Dont buy trouble has always been my motto!!! I would not touch it !!
One to walk away from...... Seems like it might have a jinx on it....
would i buy that car you ask? I will answer with this..."Where did i leave my 20ft barge pole?"
This reminds me of "The horrible Alpine", a beat up old Chrysler that became a minor star in the Sunderland Echo in the mid 1980s. The dealer was brutally honest about everything that was wrong with it, it had been in a few bumps etc and was taken in as a trade. It did sell in the end, and the dealer saw hugely increased footfall as curious buyers came to see the monstrosity.
Problem with this Nissan is its not nasty enough!
It's a breaker for parts, and that's if there's anything of value, rare or worth saving for later... It'll cost you to scrap it when your done!!!
Lovely Jubbly video to show what shady cars are out there. I wouldn't touch, it belonged in the scrappers years ago.
Its nice to listen to you explaining things like this.
8 careful owners other 3 couldn’t give a flying fish.
No chance at all, and the guide price is ridiculous.
When they say we buy any car, they're not lying. 😃😂😅😄😃😂😅😄😃😂😅
That's a red flag... It's only fit for breaking for spare parts....
How can they even auction it?!
Well its legal just not good lol
Before second hand car prices went nuts it would be worth a punt for £500-£750 as long as there was no dodgy welding or a ton of filler where metal should be.
Over a grand? No chance, it's a car that only has use as a runaround.
Or banger racing 🙈
@@daveyravey1966 Think it already has been!
@@NHSEE 😂
do you know how much this vehicle made in auction please let us know
How much did it sale for?
11 owners ex taxi 94K miles no go, odo fraud likely.
10 owners struggling with the car, and send him away they are completely done with it, I guess.
Maybe a perfect car for your mother in law 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇾🇪🇾🇪
Your internet takes me back to my teenage years of dial up waiting for the Frankie Vaughan to load!! That Note is deffo one to pass by.
lol!!!
If the careful lady owner cliche wasn't enough then 11 careful lady owners might be 😂
Looking at it from another angle.. Its quite a strong car to be still standing let alone driving after going through all that... Hats off to Nissan
How would this affect your insurance premiums with a history of so many bad accidents plus the ones we don’t know about or trying to claim after an accident when the companies start probing into the cars history
I wouldn't take it if you gave it to me! Would you be able to get it insured?
I wonder how much it went for.
Howler the fact it is an ex taxi would raise the red flag no chance of buying it 😅
I’m in the “no way in hell” camp.
I wouldn’t feel safe if it’s been written off 3 times I wouldn’t buy this at any price I wouldn’t take it even if I was paid to
Would not touch with several barge poles tied together!
I'd buy it to have as a parts car for other Notes if you are buying them regularly or to have as a courtesy car.
Problem would be finding a panel/part that hadn't been hit or otherwise worn out through the 3 write offs and general mileage. Gotta think if this was repaired with scrap parts, the parts would already have covered loads of miles then bolted on to this crash magnet 🤣
Nothing courteous about that car lol
Barge poll , no chance lol and i suspect the mileage is wrong, i find it hard to believe it's "only" got 94k and has been a taxi!
How long would you put up with the stick from the passengers though, bet it wasn't an Uber lol
I'd run a mile - quickly from that. that reminds me of a starship mileage Vauxhall I had in the 70s. When it failed the MOT the tester said ' There's nothing wrong that a new car couldn't put right'.
Most councils only permit cars over a certain size to be licenced as taxis, and I would be surprised that a Note would qualify.
I've seen Nissan Leafs as taxi. I think a lot of councils just require 4 doors and a boot. 😂
@@jamesk1806 Oh OK. Around this part of the world they require a minimum distance between the rear doors on the inside, to guarantee three can sit in comfort, and also have minimum boot dimensions, and that's just for private hire cars.
Taxis have to be one of a listed range if vehicles, with full wheelchair capability.
@@chrispop99 London for example has Nissan Leafs as Private Hire thru Bolt etc.
Couldn't find a bargepole long enough
lol
What is the location of this car as I have seen others advertised in the same building/setting?. Nope, wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole 😄
Its a generic background BCA use for images so all those you see have been advertised with the Auction house picture
No chance. Wouldnt touch it with a barge pole. What did it sell for james? That would be interesting.
Running shoes needed for that, to run away quick.
Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Got trouble written all over it has that one.
Not every car at the auction is junk, but every junk car is at the auction. Here’s a good example 😜
Yep lol
Hi James my nephew had a focus that was written off 1 was a cat s and 2nd cat N and he wanted to buy it back. But the insurance company told him that they would not allow it to be put back on the road as it had been written off twice already. it only wanted 2 doors. the old Cat C is the new Cat S, and D is the New Cat N.
Well at least it wasn't a dog. 😃😂😁😅😄😃😂😁😅😄😃
Would love to know what an HPI report says. Dodgy Cars FB page shows cars can be clear of Cat status under HPI, while in reality there are many written off cars, even through main dealers. "2019 Fiesta Lemon" is a damaged car repaired with the use of woodscrews, but cannot remember HPI status on that.
Plenty of notes knocking about would give wide berth
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@@ChopsGarage No crossed fingers needed. You will continue onwards and upwards..
You're a genuine good man in world full of fools and villains... You might be an endangered species!
98000 miles and it was a taxi , low miles for a taxi , I'd question that James
Ahh, the poor Note...went into a showroom hoping for a nice retired couple to buy it new, but it became a taxi with the worst drivers, and will possibly see out it's days as a taxi again... Feel sorry for it!
Wouldn’t touch it unless it was only for spare parts ie engine gearbox
I agree with you it couldn’t any worse I would not buy it it sell on
It will be probably shipped for us here in Ireland and sold for 3... 4k as "low mileage, only 95000km", they always change from miles to km as 1 per 1...
No chance would I buy that mate stay well clear 👍
Agreed
You can see damage above the A-pillar! Doesn’t look like it was fixed the last time it was written off. It needs to be broken and kept off the road. It is passed it’s best but would make a cheap run around and I truly think it doesn’t have a value about £500.
I've been watching your videos for a little while now, I'm jealous. I'm in Wisconsin, US and the used car market is a burning dumpster fire. I'm looking for a small manual car like you sell, I can't find a single thing under 10 grand that's even worth a drive out to look for. This bucket of bent bolts would be $8,000 US all day around here.
Think the best thing for that car is to be a parts car.
Hi James would you not use carvertical to do checks on these motors
Very interesting, would not touch this vehicle with the proverbial barge pole. The 11 previous owners would set the alarm bells ringing immediately, 1 owner on average every year. Great video and presentation James.
I sold a Capri about 15 years ago to a trader and told him it had 1 careful owner. He said it was horrible and had 11 owners. I then told him again it had had ONE CAREFUL OWNER. was I wrong, the other owners were NOT careful.
If look at MOT history, 2017 accident somewhere between May and December and really wasn't repaired properly.
HELL NO! run for the hills!
lol agreed
No way James. The Note for free would be a liability !
Nearly choked on my coffee when you scrolled down. The amount of owners. WOW!
Okay wow I didn't expect it to get worse. That is absolutely unbelievable. Ex taxi and 3 write-offs. That shouldn't be allowed
The dodgy BCA Nissan note worth only buying for banger racing! Or in the Bin!
Definitely not worth buying at any price. A real dog as we used to say!
Total loss 2015, ‘17 & 18, A dead loss 2022! Well served James 👍
lol absolutely!
Avoid at all costs! 😳
I personally would not buy any small Nissan automatic at a BCA auction full stop!! those CVT Auto box's are one of most unreliable gearboxes know to man and only slightly better than Fords powershift auto gearboxes, another masterpiece of engineering worth avoiding..
Yes hear this allot
This shape, E11, Note didn't have a CVT transmission. It's a conventional 4 speed with overdrive.
And not only but VW don't shift gears ( when there warm )
@@merlynsamazz1812 DSG gear boxes don’t age well, had a TT cost me £4k to sort out…
I definitely go near that note wouldn't put my family in that if I got it for nothing. X3 written off taxi NO THANKS lol
The fact that it is a Nissan CVT of a certain age and mileage is all you need to know to treat it as a scrapper...
My thoughts too, and probably explains the high number of owners.
It's not a CVT it is a four speed auto.
Master of understatement "At this point it doesn't have an awful lot going for it" LOL I almost choked on my beer!
This Nissan Note is like someone with a bunch of serious criminal records but somehow dodged prison and also being in their 11th marriage.
In 2018 mot Front subframe has slight play. And front bumper insecure in last 3 mot's
6 of those keepers will have been from someone buying it as a hobby, putting it in their name, fixing it, and then selling it on to have someone elses name. This would've repeated i reckon. At the right price (very low) as a private buyer I would consider it if I needed a cheap auto runner, but for a dealer, no way.
Exactly
It would be a no from me. Thank for the ongoing great content, happy new year.
Can you let us know how much it sells for ?
I found it funny a dealer on ebay is trying to sell a "cityrover" for over £2000, he hasn't even got the car yet and using his ebay listing with the auction photos...cheeky
All City Rovers belong in a Scrapyard , there truly Terrible
Yep they had a line at rover just filling the dents b4 they ground the rust off
@@merlynsamazz1812 City Rovers were Actually a Tata Indian car with Rover Badge
With that history I might have a go at £50 only.
I have had a couple on register 2 or 3 times. That's why it's had so many owners, it's changed hands a lot.
A mate has a 2019 seat leon fr with 18,000 miles that been cat s twice and repaired twice
I bought same car 3 years ago…..mine was a 2008 …two owner(dealer +1)…it had a genuine 5500 miles on it and was £3800…. I couldn’t grab it quick enough lol old lady owned for 10 years garage kept…no kidding it was as new as you can get….it only has 12 k on it now.
Great watch as usual. I thought my car was rough, but this puts it in a new shiny light. Brilliant!
Glad you liked it!
Deffo a SWC (Steer Well Clear)!
The auction guys must be really struggling for stock. This is dodgy bomb site stock or spares only. I can’t believe BCA would scrape the barrel with this - not the corporate image they really want!
I love a Nissan Note myself, flipped a few, to the point I kept one for myself about 3 weeks ago
2011 1.5 DCI top spec Tekna model.
75k miles on the clock
Gave it a fresh service and only issue was needed a new fuel filter as current one was leaking and cause a start up issue
For the money and the spec, these are great runners and such practice cars, odd that I could ever love a car like this but cannot help it, for some reason they are just a great drive and look decent for age.
Mine is beige which is the old man's colour, but who cares lol
My car was wrote off 3 times in the 4 years I had it. The car was cursed. As soon as I paid the last payment on it I gave it away for free because I just didn't want it.
Cat’s That explains the number of owners … if a garage offers a car when the public has left theirs / curtesy car …. Otherwise avoid
It's not a retail car that's for sure. I'd have a nibble if it was really cheap & sell it as a px to clear. I've got an old Mégane cabriolet. It's showing 8 keepers. Really I'm only the 3rd. I bought it & it's been used by my whole family. When my daughters have used it for a month or two I've always made them tax & insure it which gives it a new keeper every time.
When I was trading I did occasionally point out to a potential customer that every time a car changes hands the new owner spends on it putting minor faults right & it usually gets a service. But in the case of this Nissan & the type of trader you are I think you should make a Note to avoid it.
When you said it might be 100% reliable , I’m not so sure having one of the worst auto boxes in history for reliability. I suspect that might explain a few of the owner changes ….As for me, it’s a no on so so many counts…..
Everything is screaming 😱 RUN AWAY!! I might just be tempted if it was being given away 😁
This has had more "quick flips" than you have. Flogged more than a dead horse
lol yes for sure
I'm a fan of Cat cars but I wouldn't buy that for any money.
Agreed
You couldn't pay me to take that car 😂
Interesting to see as a dealer you get CAP prices that the private buyer doesn't see, I just bid up to 80% of retail price as a guide.
If I was one of the motoring shows, say 5th Gear, who like a crash test feature, it would be interesting to buy it and crash test it in the name of research to see how it held up.
Great idea
Wouldn’t buy to retail, but good for a parts car, but all of us in the trade know it will still make stupid money
It's a farm yard run around £150
Automatic gearbox and the 1.2 DIG engine on newer cars only things to avoid. 1.6 petrol and 1.5 Diesel can't fault as manual to my knowledge. Having just watched the vid, maybe bid £300 tops as kick around James. New gearbox £7k or something stupid. Timing chain presumably?! If so could sound like gunfire. Wouldn't do planned 20 mile round trip to Co-op in that tomorrow. 😬🤔😦
Trust me you won't believe it