Author name: duncan.wood

With Bristol’s CAZ likely to be enforced from September 2022, now might be the time to see if your vehicle will be charged for entering it. Here is a map of the zone: View a map of Bristol’s Clean Air Zone – bristol.gov.uk You can easily check if your vehicle is CAZ-compliant and see the […]

Having run Bristol Car Consultant as a part-time job since 2014 alongside my career as a detective in both the Metropolitan and Avon & Somerset Police Forces, I have now decided to leave policing and run BCC on a full-time basis. This means I will be available to assist new and existing clients seven days

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58993851 This article clearly explains why some used cars are up to 57% more expensive than they were two years ago. Used car prices have been creeping up for months largely due to the shortage of computer chips available to car makers – hence less new cars are available, pushing people into buying nearly new

Hi all, just two recent examples of successes I have achieved for my clients in the last month, which may help you to understand what I can achieve. Buying a Jaguar, my client was offered a poor trade in on his current Range Rover.  He came to me and I advised him to sell through

I have recently helped three clients to purchase hybrid vehicles, reflecting the national move away from diesel into cleaner transport.  I also helped two of them to trade in their previous vehicles, whilst also getting an excellent deal on the overall cost to change into the new one. I helped the first one to trade

It is a difficult time for us all and the car market has been impacted by Covid 19, as have most  businesses in one way or another.  Most dealers are offering normal services from their servicing departments, although I would advise only going to see them for essential maintenance. The dealers are saying that they

To see my latest views on the Kia Stinger GTS I have owned since July 2019, see page 17 of the thread in this link:  https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=1829074&i=999999

Hi and I hope everyone is safe in these very strange times.  It’s been a quieter few months for BCC due to the pandemic, but it seems the used car market is ticking along quite nicely now.  I’m seeing clients re-evaluating their lives and buying or selling cars to reflect their new plans / way of life.

Well, these are extraordinary times for us all and I hope you are not too badly affected by the Coronavirus and lockdown here in the UK. Obviously business has slowed for BCC, but I am still getting enquiries relating the cars I have posted for sale for clients and other jobs are lined up for