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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2024, 08:36:43 AM »
Probably very true Ted. When the bean counters get involved in maximising profit it's always at the expense of quality.
I remember tears ago on Top Gear Quentin Wilson was testing the then new E-Class Mercedes and he couldn't believe how the quality had nose dived from the previous model. He told the audience to save their money and buy a good quality, low milage old model.
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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2024, 08:44:09 AM »
Or a Lexus.😁😁😁
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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2024, 10:42:57 AM »
Ahh, the football manager’s LS400.

Don’t see many around now.


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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2024, 12:55:44 PM »
Ahh, the football manager’s LS400.

Don’t see many around now.
😁

And the matching sheepskin football managers overcoat!


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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2024, 04:38:47 PM »
I remember my late father and his business partner (both motor traders) wearing the classic Arthur Daly sheep skin coat - much like the Barbours - for some they never went out of fashion.
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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2024, 07:51:04 PM »
When I worked for Inchcape Mercedes  2004-2018 there were a lot of issues with build quality & reliability on the C & E class variants. If you read the Mercedes brochures they never say where the car is actually assembled/built - they talk about German Engineering etc.
I worked for Inchcape from 2016 to 2022 Ted :-)

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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2024, 07:57:49 PM »
It's a small world - which dealership?

They have just sold all the UK retailers to an American firm.
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Link to my full restoration http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,23291.0.html
This is a neat 500 restoration in the USA.
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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2024, 08:59:09 PM »
Hope the standards don’t drop, I have used Inchcape Toyota in Nottingham for years, always had good service from them.

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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2024, 09:17:08 PM »
I was talking to one of the Technicians at MB Derby a few weeks ago as, he said the new owners Group 1 Automotive had immediately spent money on upgrading and replacing the tired workshop equipment.
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Link to my full restoration http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,23291.0.html
This is a neat 500 restoration in the USA.
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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2024, 09:22:16 PM »
It's a small world - which dealership?

They have just sold all the UK retailers to an American firm.
I didn’t do any real work there Ted. I was at head office in London. I know a lot of folks in the uk business and all seem very positive about the new owners. Good news!

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Re: Another local Motorcycle firm has closed - Pidcocks (BMW dealer).
« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2024, 05:10:58 AM »
When I went to work at MB Derby it was still privately owned in 2004, it was a really nice place to work with a low staff turnover. I met Daksh Gupta when Inchcape were negociating the buy out - what a personable chap he was.
Honda CB400NA Superdream (current money puddle)
Honda CB500 K1 (second money pit)
https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,28541.0.html
Honda CB400 four super sport (first money pit)
Link to my full restoration http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,23291.0.html
This is a neat 500 restoration in the USA.
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,151576.msg1731556.html#msg1731556

 

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