Selling worn out cars....whats best way?
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Got a couple to shift in the near future which are past their best.
One a below average mileage, but otherwise pretty ropey. The other high mileage, 155k, interior excellent, scuffed wheels, large surface scratch, engine not the best.
Whats the best way to get rid of these days? Ebay? local rag? Autotrader? Webuyanycar?
One a below average mileage, but otherwise pretty ropey. The other high mileage, 155k, interior excellent, scuffed wheels, large surface scratch, engine not the best.
Whats the best way to get rid of these days? Ebay? local rag? Autotrader? Webuyanycar?
I've got this coming up
Want to get rid of the shed, but trade in at a dealer would seem to net £150 tops with blunt admission that they'll send it straight to the scrapper. WBAC offered me £75 (less the 74.99 fee, so £0.01) and the MOT is due in a few days.
So to sell it, it'll need an MOT and that may end up costing me dear. If it fails I think I'd seriously have to consider just getting it towed to the heap and weighing it in. Be interested to hear alternatives.
Want to get rid of the shed, but trade in at a dealer would seem to net £150 tops with blunt admission that they'll send it straight to the scrapper. WBAC offered me £75 (less the 74.99 fee, so £0.01) and the MOT is due in a few days.
So to sell it, it'll need an MOT and that may end up costing me dear. If it fails I think I'd seriously have to consider just getting it towed to the heap and weighing it in. Be interested to hear alternatives.
I Gumtree'd my girlfriend's old Fiesta, which really, was ready for the scrapyard.
I advertised it as such, but highlighted its 4 months of remaining MOT and tax. Someone bought it for £350.
Similar story with my cousin's Passat - a knackered turbo, 200k miles and wonky bodywork. Nevertheless, a Romainian fellow turned up and paid £600 for it.
Gumtree seems to be the place for cheap motors. eBay auction might work too, but have only ever used classifieds for my own cars.
Wouldn't even bother with AutoTrader. Advertised own cars on there too, and the enquiries from it were outweighed probably 5:1 by that of the eBay classifieds.
I advertised it as such, but highlighted its 4 months of remaining MOT and tax. Someone bought it for £350.
Similar story with my cousin's Passat - a knackered turbo, 200k miles and wonky bodywork. Nevertheless, a Romainian fellow turned up and paid £600 for it.
Gumtree seems to be the place for cheap motors. eBay auction might work too, but have only ever used classifieds for my own cars.
Wouldn't even bother with AutoTrader. Advertised own cars on there too, and the enquiries from it were outweighed probably 5:1 by that of the eBay classifieds.
Sold my brothers old focus for him, advert included the rubbish inside the car, the fact he crashed into 2 ditches, set fire to a arch liner, wing and tyre, fixed these with a scrap Ford Focus wheel and wing, steering rack needed replaced. Engine ran spot on though. Got £350 for it, should of really been sent the scrappys but it had 6 months mot.
Gumtree and local Facebook pages are the only places it was advertised and sold straight away to a polish couple who wanted a cheap car.
Gumtree and local Facebook pages are the only places it was advertised and sold straight away to a polish couple who wanted a cheap car.
Otispunkmeyer said:
I've got this coming up
Want to get rid of the shed, but trade in at a dealer would seem to net £150 tops with blunt admission that they'll send it straight to the scrapper. WBAC offered me £75 (less the 74.99 fee, so £0.01) and the MOT is due in a few days.
So to sell it, it'll need an MOT and that may end up costing me dear. If it fails I think I'd seriously have to consider just getting it towed to the heap and weighing it in. Be interested to hear alternatives.
I'd take it for the MOT and put it on ebay regardless. You won't get as much if it fails (stating the bl**ding obvious) but people do take MOT failures on and will bid on ebay.Want to get rid of the shed, but trade in at a dealer would seem to net £150 tops with blunt admission that they'll send it straight to the scrapper. WBAC offered me £75 (less the 74.99 fee, so £0.01) and the MOT is due in a few days.
So to sell it, it'll need an MOT and that may end up costing me dear. If it fails I think I'd seriously have to consider just getting it towed to the heap and weighing it in. Be interested to hear alternatives.
muley said:
I'd take it for the MOT and put it on ebay regardless. You won't get as much if it fails (stating the bl**ding obvious) but people do take MOT failures on and will bid on ebay.
Would you not get more selling it with a short MOT rather than a long list of MOT failure items? Some optimistic home mechanic might bid thinking they can get it through an MOT easily/cheaply........ but faced with an actual list of items that actually need replacing they might be put off?This is a good question anyway OP. I'm never quite sure how to offload nearly expired sheds - seems like they should be worth more than scrap value but at the same time don't want the hassle of selling on and having someone come back moaning.
Our old Mondeo Estate shed failed its MOT and I was quoted over £400 to fix it so I ebayed it, with the failure sheets attached for complete transparency.
I started it no reserve and got nearly £500 for it. The chap that bought it fixed it up over a weekend for a few quid apparently and I see it driving around the local town regularly.
I started it no reserve and got nearly £500 for it. The chap that bought it fixed it up over a weekend for a few quid apparently and I see it driving around the local town regularly.
For every 'I sold my w
ked Vectra for 8 million quid' story there will be 50 stories of idiots, timewasters, 'what's your best price bruv', and the inevitable 60 year old woman asking stupid questions whilst her dumb husband is shouting the questions for her, "ASK HIM IF IT'S GOT A CD PLAYER", turning up wearing tracksuit bottoms and slippers, wasting an hour of your life before going away 'to think about it'.
It would be handy if we knew what sort of cars they were.
2001 Mondeo. Take it direct to the weighbridge and collect your hundred.
2002 520i. Worth a punt on Ebay as a classified ad.
ked Vectra for 8 million quid' story there will be 50 stories of idiots, timewasters, 'what's your best price bruv', and the inevitable 60 year old woman asking stupid questions whilst her dumb husband is shouting the questions for her, "ASK HIM IF IT'S GOT A CD PLAYER", turning up wearing tracksuit bottoms and slippers, wasting an hour of your life before going away 'to think about it'.It would be handy if we knew what sort of cars they were.
2001 Mondeo. Take it direct to the weighbridge and collect your hundred.
2002 520i. Worth a punt on Ebay as a classified ad.
There's plenty of Facebook groups for cars £500 and under where things shift quite quickly. There's still the usual ones who'll offer half what you're asking with a 'will setoff now' comment, they never turn up because they dont have the money, they just like haggling for a deal and thinking they've won something.
These are the ones who then always say they were offered a car for x and it's worth y but never seemingly have the car.
Anything will sell at the right price
These are the ones who then always say they were offered a car for x and it's worth y but never seemingly have the car.
Anything will sell at the right price
i'd say gumtree is the best way, i sold my knackered old pug 106 for £250 i listed all faults and a mechanic bought it to run around in.
list them honestly and stick up at a price your happy with (or a bit abover and wait on offers). the alternative is you can contact ads in local paper wanting certain brand of cars; i got rid of my almera that way after a lorry caved in the whole side i got £220.
list them honestly and stick up at a price your happy with (or a bit abover and wait on offers). the alternative is you can contact ads in local paper wanting certain brand of cars; i got rid of my almera that way after a lorry caved in the whole side i got £220.
I sold my previous Audi A4 on ebay as Spares or Repair starting at 99p. It just about still ran and had a month's MOT on it. I listed all of the issues with it and I was just amazed at the interest it generated. Got £690 for it in the end. That was about £690 more than I was expecting!
iSore said:
It would be handy if we knew what sort of cars they were.
2002 Ka 54k miles MOT, cills welded up couple of years back, covered in scratches/scuffs, otherwise scruffy, rust starting to bubble around fuel filler.2004 A3 2.0TDI, 155k, MOT, bodywork sound bar scratch, scuffed alloys, interior leather & tidy, engine - turbo prone to overpressure frankly needs replacing.
does that help?
Personally I expect both of those to sell pretty quickly.
The Ka because it has MOT (how long?) and is dirt cheap to insure and run.
The Audi because Audi TDi basically.
Maybe do a quick repair on scratch and go over alloys with really fine wet and dry?
Just give an honest description of turbo problem but obviously don't give your opinion that it needs replacing.
The Ka because it has MOT (how long?) and is dirt cheap to insure and run.
The Audi because Audi TDi basically.
Maybe do a quick repair on scratch and go over alloys with really fine wet and dry?
Just give an honest description of turbo problem but obviously don't give your opinion that it needs replacing.
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