2007 Nissan X-Trail Columbia DCi - collected in Allendale
Called out to a Nissan X-Trail Columbia DCi that had been sitting so long it was more green than silver. No battery in the car at all, tyres flat. We brought our own battery, got it started on the drive, and had the paperwork done at the kitchen table before the kettle had boiled twice. Rural Allendale address, not the sort of job a branch-based buyer turns up for.
Allendale is maybe a 25-minute drive out of Hexham. Properly rural, the kind of address where a "drive to our branch" request from a national buyer is a non-starter. The X-Trail had been sat long enough that the moss had taken over. More green than silver by the time we got there. No battery in the car at all, and both front tyres were flat.
We brought our own battery. Fitted it on the drive, turned the key, and it started. Diesel, manual 6-speed, a proper X-Trail Columbia DCi from the generation a lot of rural Northumberland still runs because they're indestructible, they'll tow a trailer, and they cope with snow that actually is snow. Even after months of sitting in the Allendale weather, the engine fired and ran.
Drove it onto the transporter, went back inside, signed the V5C new keeper section at the kitchen table, notified the DVLA there and then on the phone, and left a signed paper receipt. Payment cleared before we'd left the drive.
If your car has been sitting, no battery, flat tyres, covered in moss, SORN, "I'm not sure if it'll even start", it makes zero difference to us. We buy problem cars routinely and we bring whatever we need to get them moving. No surcharges, no "specialist collection" fees, no "we'll come back when it's running" runaround.
Rural address? That's where we live. Get your valuation.
