Winner anounced

Thank you, Thank you for all your kind reviews in the 14 days of love competition, we have jet again been voted the most loved Business in Buckingham.

We love what we do and i think it shows, but to us it becomes very worth while when we recieve such great testimonials that we come in first in this yearly event.

Evacuate Flood Warning

Yes we were on flood alert again last week in Buckingham , and probably will be again soon, which is a headache, as we made a big mistake a couple of months ago, James and Jeff ordered their new car stock in for March, the biggest new registration month of the year and then, big mistake, I ordered as well.

We pride ourselves on not making mistakes normally.  We get great customer satisfaction scores from Ford questionnaires for example, we don’t get much wrong.
This one mistake is causing me a big headache. So when we were on flood alert at Buckingham we had to find a friendly farmer to let us store some cars on their farm to keep our cars from getting extra wet.

I Need to clear some space quickly!

Last week I asked James and Jeff to get some of these cars sold and gone and to be fair they did a great job.  If you were one of those lucky customers I hope they didn’t appear too desperate.  I know the deals were excellent as we needed the room, but we still have too many cars.

So can you help? Ford are offering an extra £500 off any Eco boost engine cars as a test drive bonus this month, and this is on top of everything else already on offer,

Jeff gave £2500 off a Fiesta with this on Friday

I am not going to try and list all the deals or I will be here all day, but all I will say is that I have spoken to two customers in the last week who were amazed that the new car they have bought is cheaper  a month, than the one they have part exchanged.

So please if you are considering changing your car this year, come and take a look now, as you won’t find a better time to do it, and if you’re not, why not?  Your motoring costs may just go down.

Buckingham Ladies Hockey 2nds

Great to report that the Buckingham Ladies Hocey 2nds are having another fantastic season.

As they reached the halfway mark in the season before Christmas they remained unbeaten in the league.

This is now our second season sponsoring the 2nds and they just seem to go from strength to strength.

Good luck for the rest of the season, although the way you are playing i don't believe luck comes into it.

Buckingham Christmas parade

James "Lazy Rudolf" Emmett from our showroom, being a lazy reindeer driven about by Neil "Santa" Tuckett of Tuckett brothers Ford Model T Specialists.

Followed by the Fiesta that is currently in Buckingham Garden Centre for our joint competition to win this very car (or one just like it) if you go into Buckingham Garden Centre it is free to enter, competition closes December 20th,.

Good luck

We are trying our hardest to give two cars away

This car is sitting in Buckingham Garden centre, and is the prize if you can find Santa’s missing reindeer; we have even left you a clue on the entry form at the garden centre.

As you know we like to keep things local, and just like the garden centre we employ a lot of local people, putting our money back in to the local economy as important to us both, as looking after local customers to the best of our abilities.

We have joined in this promotion, in an attempt to keep it local and are both giving away some extra special gifts before Christmas, If you come into either of our branches before Christmas you will be given a voucher for the other company (even if you come in for a free winter check), and could win some great prizes, but the amazing thing is there is a prize every time.

In the showroom at both dealerships we have a second car to win, we have a stack of presents under our Christmas trees, all you have to do is guess correctly there value, its not that hard as we have given you a hint to them when you come in, If you test drive or buy a car before 20th December you will have multiple attempts to win this great Fiesta worth over £10.000.


Are you missing our Facebook competitions, we have given away some great prizes, and announced some great promotions on Facebook this year, if you don’t want to miss out go and like our pages there, and if you don’t use Facebook ask you children or a member of the family that does to do it for you, and they can make you aware when we are having a mad moment and giving it all away.

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Guest Blogger looses his choons

"The digital radio changeover has caused concern ever since the UK Government announced the plan to switch off all analogue radio bandwidths in the Digital Economy Act of 2010. So...
DAB radio, is it the future? Crackle free, hiss free and on the ascent, is DAB radio right for you? The audio equivalent of TV's Freeview it gives bright crisp sound and access to additional stations.
But is it for you? Check out my handy dandy "5 reasons to install a DAB radio in your dashboard" guide!

1) The full Digital Radio switcheroo is planned to happen in approximately two years; all new cars must be digitally enabled by the switch so if you have an older analogue FM/MW/AM radio you may no longer be able to nod along to your fave choons.

2) Sound quality is clearer than FM, AM or MW radio, or there's simply no reception. Meaning you only get the stations that are providing the best signals. No more hiss and splutter and DJs sounding like they're broadcasting from beneath the Atlantic. It won't stop the cheesy jokes and smug tone though!

3) Is this familiar? "Oh who's this? Whassername? You know she did, lahhh dah, deee dah..." well with DAB radios you can forget not knowing who is playing. DAB radios show you what song is playing and who the artist is. So no more fumbling for your phone trying to get an internet signal to try and get Shazam to work.

4) "Internet Radio will be here soon", yes smartphones can get Internet Radio, but with patchy 3G coverage DAB radio offers more sustained signal across a wider area. If you have ever travelled into London on the Portsmouth to Waterloo line you'll know this. It's the 21st century and you can barely keep a normal mobile phone signal let alone a data connection and stream radio.

5) Some aftermarket DAB car radios also have iPod adaptors, and a host of modern features not found on older analogue FM receiver units. So you get an upgrade, an iPhone docking/charging station and maybe something super cool like USB connectivity to play MP3s direct from your memory stick. Some DABs even come with a screen and SatNav and Bluetooth.

I've had one, thought it was great and totally miss it now, I'm sure the oik who ripped it skilfully from my dashboard would agree with the above 5 points. If you want to take advantage of DAB and get your hands on a DAB Radio legally, then call Buckingham Ford and see if your car is compatible, and get a price call 01280 308037 or visit http://www.buckinghamford.co.uk/dab_radio.php

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Great news for the UK

Well September is over and great news for the UK Economy, registration figures of new cars in the UK is carrying on with its upward trend, as a whole the up 12% on last year.

This can only be seen as a positive move, along with new house builds these are two of the strongest signs that the UK has at last recovered from its recession.

You may be aware house building is very much on the up locally with over 1400 new homes being built around Buckingham, new supermarkets moving to the area and in Bicester over 1700 new homes going up the area is certainly doing its fair share.

We have seen increases in New car sales throughout

this year, this being heightened by some of the amazing new models we have had like the New Fiesta and Focus all equipped with the great new 1.0 Ecoboost engine returning great miles per gallon with nil road fund licence.

I hope we will be able to show you personaly, some of the great new innovations from Ford.