New car sales rose to a record high for September this year, always a traditionally strong month for car sales, but this was mainly driven by companies investing in fleet buying and also people purchasing the new number 66 plate. A total of 469,696 new cars were registered last month which was a rise of 1.6% from the previous year. The most popular car turned out to be the Ford Fiesta.
However the overall figures showed that sales to private motorists fell for the sixth month in a row which is a very worrying trend for the car industry. The only positive feature has been the ongoing high number of fleet sales with the figure climbing 7.3% year on year in September. 

This must be countered by the fact that 2015 saw extraordinarily high levels of car sales, but even so the fact that sales have dropped 6 months in a row seems to show that consumers are wary and concerned about the economy and the impact Brexit will have on it in the near and long term future.

Samuel Tombs, who is chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said that: “Car manufacturers also are beginning to raise prices in response to sterling’s depreciation,” 

“In addition, much of the pent-up demand from households that put off car purchases during the recession also has now been satiated.

“As such, with growth in households’ real incomes set to slow sharply, as inflation revives and firms pause on hiring, and loan rates now at a floor, we expect [private] car sales to continue to fall over the next year.”

You can read more on the above story if you go to the BBC News website at the following link: Car Sales Rise In September But The Overall Trend Is Down

There is of course still a great deal of congestion on the roads of our towns and cities which is leading to an increasing number of prangs and dents on vehicles. If you have suffered a dent on yours recently why not ring us here at Dent Magnet to get it sorted out and looking back to its best. You don`t even have to bring it to us, we can fix it on your driveway! Just give us a call on 0800 083 5270, we are looking forward to hearing from you.

Hello and welcome to another blog post here at Dent Magnet, the company who can remove dents from your vehicle in double quick time at a more than affordable price. Today we thought we would share with you a story we saw the other day in the Gazette Live. It was about a Teesside man who had been fighting with another man and taken out his frustration on his next door neighbours Citroen Picasso.
Luckily the neighbours spotted what he was doing and went out to have words with the man whose name was Watson Foster. They argued, police were called and he was later arrested whilst driving in his car.

Large Bill To Repair The Car Dents

It turned out that Foster had previous convictions and was in fact in breach of a suspended prison sentence given for dangerous driving which involved a police chase. The judge decided against activating the suspended sentence but he did receive a hefty bill for his loss of temper.

We were interested in this story when we saw the repair bill for the damage to the car. He was ordered to pay the sum of £1,417 to repair the dents in the vehicle. As he was on a relatively low wage he was ordered to pay back the sum at a rate of £50 a week. He also was given a 6 months community order, five extra days of rehabilitation activities and ordered to pay £200 towards the prosecution costs. 

Paintless Dent Repair Service

Now we don`t know how badly the car was dented but £1,417 is a hefty amount to pay to repair some dents to a car. They probably could have saved Mr Foster a great deal of money if they had pointed the car in the direction of us here at Dent Magnet!

Our method of paintless dent repair gets the best results and can also be done very quickly, and as the car does not have to go into a body repair garage it can save you a whole lot of money.

By the way if you want to read the full article you can go to the Gazette Live at the following link: Man Dents Neighbours Car After Fight

But if you get a dent in your car you know where to come to get it fixed, we can even fix it on your driveway! Just give us a call on 0800 083 5270.

Hello and welcome to our blog here at Dent Magnet. We are near Ballymoney, Co Antrim in Northern Ireland and today we just want to give you a rundown of our services and what we can do for you. By the way we are happy to travel out to customers within a 40 mile radius of our base here in Ballymoney so we cover quite a large area, if in any doubt just give us a call.

Unfortunately we live in a very fast paced world which can be fun and exciting, but there are also pitfalls to this type of lifestyle. Everyone is in a hurry and racing from A to B and if this involves driving then the inevitable collisions occur.

Minor Car Dents

Thankfully most accidents on the road are of the minor variety where the only real damage done is to a vehicle rather than any damage to a human being. This is of course not always the case but the vast majority just involve a car or van getting a scrape on its side or a dent in its bumper or a damaged car door. 

If your vehicle has just got a ding, dent or bump on it this is where our services come in. We can fix these type of problems in double quick time for you. With our innovative repair tools we are able to remove a car dent on a car at the side of a road or on a parking lot, which means you don’t need to bring your car to us to repair it, we can actually come to you. 

Quick & Efficient Car Dent Removal

As well as being a quick service (it normally takes us less than an hour to remove a dent from a car) the fact that we can do the job quickly and efficiently means it won’t cost you the earth for our services, we are very reasonable indeed. 

Paintless Dent Repair

Our repair service is a paintless dent repair service and once we have finished you will have to be extremely eagle eyed to see that there has ever been a dent in your car. We bring your car back to its best and you will be delighted with the results we are absolutely certain.

For more details on our service or to book us please give us a call for a chat on our freephone number which is 0800 083 5270

Hello and welcome to our blog here at Dent Magnet, the Northern Ireland service that uses innovative techniques to remove your car dents in double quick time at a price that you can afford to pay. Today in our blog we are looking at lease cars and the issue of dents on them.

The Advantages Of Leasing A Car

Car leasing is becoming more and more popular with a great many people, not only for people who have businesses and put it down as a business expense, but to the average person in the street. Leasing a car can be a way of getting to drive a brand new car without having to pay out a large sum of money upfront or be tied into a long term loan deal. You normally lease a car for one or two years and at the end of this term you either send the car back to the lease company or sometimes you can buy the car from the company if you wish to do so.

Dents On Your Lease Car

There can be a problem though if you decide to send the car back to the lease company when it is not in pristine condition. If you have had a car for a year or two of course it is very difficult to keep it in near perfect condition, particularly the body of the car. However careful you are on the road you still often get issues with the odd scratch and scrape here and there, along with maybe a dent that someone has kindly left on your car as they have been reversing out of a car park. 

When the car gets checked over by the lease company they will find any flaws in the bodywork and have it repaired and then send the bill to you. These bills can often be astronomical so it is always better to have any dents sorted out before you send it back to the lease company, which is where we come in.

Paintless Dent Repair Service

We can remove any small dents from your lease car using a paintless dent repair method. This form of paintless dent repair leaves the car looking like new once more. We can provide a mobile dent repair service so that you can call us out to your home and we can repair your car there, rather than having to bring the car to us. For more information on our services please give us a call on 0800 083 5270