Beshoff Motors

noelf

Since we have a thread for Old Colonel perhaps we should have one for Beshoff's

This 2003 Mercedes SL350 has only 46000 miles FSH €9995 NCT is only to June 2017 ..

goochy

The 2008 Lhd sl350 is more of a bargain saw it in flesh and it looks really good.
Hope this thread proves popular . Whenever I get back home to dublin love bringing the old man out to howth for a spin and popping into beshoffs for a look. Very friendly. I have created a post on them in best ' if Carlsberg did used car dealers '

SmartinMartin

Something fishy about that car. A lot of chips on the paint.

goochy

At least if you can't afford a car there you can but some fish and chips off them. Though it's mad busy at w ends.

colm_mcm

Oh this again

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SmartinMartin wrote: »

Something fishy about that car. A lot of chips on the paint.

It's more a case of the salesman getting battered..:D




Gets my coat!

noelf

2002 Mazda MX-5 88512 km FSH €4995 ..

goochy

strange car for Beshoffs to sell, must be one of the cheapest ever ways into the ' Beshoff' club , saw a nice early MGF the other day , know they would not be as reliable but a lot more interesting . It was a burnt orange colour.

regarding Beshoffs , think site beside them is due for development , wonder will it effect Beshoffs ? They would struggle to find another site in area.

noelf

These guys must be car enthusiasts Goochy ..

TCP/IP

Jeremy is a decent enough chap and normally just gives you the keys if he knows you.
Only bad thing I can say about him is sometimes it takes while to get him and even longer to get him to return your calls.
Must about bought 5 cars from him over the years, always has a decent stock listing.

goochy

seems to have some foreign guy also selling cars with him.

mloc123

TCP/IP wrote: »

Jeremy is a decent enough chap and normally just gives you the keys if he knows you.
Only bad thing I can say about him is sometimes it takes while to get him and even longer to get him to return your calls.
Must about bought 5 cars from him over the years, always has a decent stock listing.

Bought an e60 5 series there a few years ago... any time I am interested in swapping cars I browse over what they have in stock. Very good service when I bought.

goochy

I like the way I can bring the old man out for a Sunday drive and get my car fix also - no problem browsing the forecourt.

tricky D

goochy wrote: »

regarding Beshoffs , think site beside them is due for development , wonder will it effect Beshoffs ? They would struggle to find another site in area.

It is though planning is stalled in the High Court and if granted they will have to move and they sure will have a tough time finding a site so suited to their market.

neris

goochy wrote: »

regarding Beshoffs , think site beside them is due for development , wonder will it effect Beshoffs ? They would struggle to find another site in area.

its also the beshoff site and the garden centre site beside. there all the one site now.

galwaytt

Bought my 911 cabrio off Jeremy too. Fair to deal with, car was presented well. No issues. ...was actually looking at his stock again this week......hmmmm

goochy

Sundays in Howth wont be the same if he has to move from there , though his premises are not his strongest point.

noelf

Took a spin over to Howth today .. scampi and chips later we had to have a look ..

goochy

i know Beshoffs stock isn't quite as exciting as normal but why did you only take pictures of hairdresser type cars ? lol

bazz26

Looks like Goochy's account has been faped by one of his kids.

goochy

come on though , Slks and boxsters are common as muck. !

bazz26

goochy wrote: »

come on though , Slks and boxsters are common as muck. !

Carzone has 16 Boxsters and 36 SLKs for sale, definately common as muck but there must be great money in hairdressing.

Tired old cliche me thinks.

Atlantic Dawn

Wonder what the future holds for them, the site they are on is approved for planning for a large apartment complex, hopefully they can locate somewhere nearby.

TCP/IP

That M4 is a beauty.

goochy

the 2016 S500 AMG coupe is a beauty , while their stock is impressive - not quite as many really interesting stuff as usual. Hard to see them being able to get anywhere close to Howth . So likely be near Airport.

dar83

goochy wrote: »

the 2016 S500 AMG coupe is a beauty , while their stock is impressive - not quite as many really interesting stuff as usual. Hard to see them being able to get anywhere close to Howth . So likely be near Airport.

Or the Tom Walsh site maybe?

goochy

no far too fancy me thinks , they are keen on priceing so will want to keep overheads low.

goochy

Galway TT , did you trade in the 911 ? see they have one for sale now - looks well.
what you buy ?

Killer K

Would I be correct in saying most of their stock would be high spec uk imports?

goochy

Seem to be a mix of Irish and UK at present . If you see in end of their ads they often say dublin reg. Assume everything else is imported.
they currently have a nice 2010 Aston rapide saloon for just under 100k, the fact it was built in Austria by steyr magna does take away from its character somewhat.

neris

dar83 wrote: »

Or the Tom Walsh site maybe?

more then likely i would think from who ive seen in and out of there a few times in last 2 or 3 weeks

goochy

they tend to operate on a low cost model and that would not suit that but suppose they could add small bit on to price of each car to cover that - security would want to be good as its near some not so great areas

Killer K

I wouldn't imagine that security would be a significant concern (not significantly more than the current location).

It is also a good location given the amount of passing traffic and prominence of the site.

noelf

1979 Mercedes S class 450 SEL 6.9 auto 71000 miles €79995..

mickdw

Called to be beshoffs recently.
Didn't like the look of the place at all. It was absolutely packed. Nowhere for customers to park, not the space for a single car on site.
I was just disappointed versus the online image they portray.
That said, even some main dealers are squashed into little sites.
I guess I'm spoiled being from the country where all good dealers are sitting on huge sites.

Duke O Smiley

mickdw wrote: »

Called to be beshoffs recently.
Didn't like the look of the place at all. It was absolutely packed. Nowhere for customers to park, not the space for a single car on site.
I was just disappointed versus the online image they portray.
That said, even some main dealers are squashed into little sites.
I guess I'm spoiled being from the country where all good dealers are sitting on huge sites.

They are moving to here apparently

https://www.google.ie/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x48670537c8a8b91f:0xd87ea47461f443ad!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4s/maps/place/tom%2Bwalsh%2Bmotors/@53.3974272,-6.1461841,3a,75y,10.15h,90t/data%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211sO-VfGDsW8A-075vmYlfVQQ*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x48670537c8a8b91f:0xd87ea47461f443ad!5stom+walsh+motors+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e2!2sO-VfGDsW8A-075vmYlfVQQ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUv8Csg8vaAhUnCcAKHcLHCJAQpx8IiAEwCg

A nicer premises but a real step down in terms of location and its prestige.

carsfan2

mickdw wrote: »

Called to be beshoffs recently.
Didn't like the look of the place at all. It was absolutely packed. Nowhere for customers to park, not the space for a single car on site.
I was just disappointed versus the online image they portray.
That said, even some main dealers are squashed into little sites.
I guess I'm spoiled being from the country where all good dealers are sitting on huge sites.

How were you treated when you were there though?
Their stock looks well presented and by most accounts they are very good to deal with.

mickdw

Ya no issue. Asked about a specific car, was given the keys to have a look. Car looked fine but spec didn't do it for me.

All the photos are taken across the road on the grounds of howth castle so there is going to be a mismatch between what it actually looks like on their premises which is a small lot. It’s going to be apartments soon anyway.

They should be able to do a lot more when they move to the old grange road motors fourcourt in Baldoyle.

Royale with Cheese

I went to view a car there maybe 18 months back that was clearly still being used as a daily driver, which they'd made no attempt to hide. It was fairly dirty, inside and out. I think there was even mud stains on the rear seats. The salesman said very little the whole time and appeared to care little about actually selling the car to me. I found the whole experience fairly odd tbh. I'd had it in my mind to see where haggling would get me (it was fairly overpriced to begin with), but after the test drive I just got the fúck out of there.

Gumbo

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

I went to view a car there maybe 18 months back that was clearly still being used as a daily driver, which they'd made no attempt to hide. It was fairly dirty, inside and out. I think there was even mud stains on the rear seats. The salesman said very little the whole time and appeared to care little about actually selling the car to me. I found the whole experience fairly odd tbh. I'd had it in my mind to see where haggling would get me (it was fairly overpriced to begin with), but after the test drive I just got the fúck out of there.

That’s because Beshoffs act as middle men. You can give them your car and they will sell it under their brand and pay you once sold. Obviously taking a lump of the price in the process.

mickdw

Well if they want to offer that, there is no point in offering an unprepared car. Surely a car owner would leave the car with them to sell and not just drop it off when there is an enquiry.
I probably would buy from them however that is mostly based on what I've learned here.... If I'd never heard of them, from what I saw on site, I would have been turning around and leaving. Cars packed into yard, a strange feeling show room that looked and felt like they were just moving in, garage workers appeared to not speak English.

noelf

2008 Mercedes SL500 only 28967 km 5.5 litre engine €29995 nct September 2019 FSH ..

Duke O Smiley

That red is shocking

colm_mcm

I love that it’s not black or silver

tcawley29

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That red is shocking

I like it

tricky D

You all better hurry up if you like it enough as it was out for a test drive yesterday.

tcawley29

tricky D wrote: »

You all better hurry up if you like it enough as it was out for a test drive yesterday.

Its a long way away from being a reality for me yet

porsche987

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That red is shocking

That interior is more shocking

tcawley29

porsche987 wrote: »

That interior is more shocking

I like that too but I'm sure it would be a disaster trying to keep it clean. Can't even keep a pair of white shoes clean more than a day

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Yeah red with a light interior...horrid. You would never catch Ferrari at that.....its lovely