Advice on selling a car with a known fault
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What is the best way to sell a car that has a known fault?
It has low compression pressure in one cylinder, sometimes leading to hesitation and jerky acceleration.
The car is old so I can’t be bothered to fix it. I don't want to be dishonest and palm it off without being up front, which due to its intermittent nature, might not be obvious. There aren't any check lights on etc.
It has low compression pressure in one cylinder, sometimes leading to hesitation and jerky acceleration.
The car is old so I can’t be bothered to fix it. I don't want to be dishonest and palm it off without being up front, which due to its intermittent nature, might not be obvious. There aren't any check lights on etc.
Edited by wyson on Friday 20th January 01:11
I'd be up front about it. If it's old and relatively cheap then people won't expect it to be perfect. It's one thing not mentioning a known fault in an advert, quite another when a prospective buyer is standing in front of you and asks directly if there is anything you know about. Moral dilemma time.
I'd mention it in the advert, and tell any buyers who come view it. otherwise you're asking for a whole world of pain later down the line.
I'd be fuming if i bought a car advertised as no faults only to discover one of the cylinders has low compression. its not the kind of thing a buyer can easily check when viewing.
I'd be fuming if i bought a car advertised as no faults only to discover one of the cylinders has low compression. its not the kind of thing a buyer can easily check when viewing.
Moodyman1 said:
The fault is only known to you. Depends how well you sleep at night. Just saying.
Don't really want to get into this, but no one else has picked it up so.....f
k off you selfish, dishonest wker.Or, preferably, shake yourself off and join the rest of us as decent people. The door is open.
Advertise it honestly, keep a copy of the advert, sleep soundly.
I once distance-bought a new car and offered a shed in part-ex that was really only fit for scrapping.
I went into great details as to its myriad faults, dealer still gave me 500 quid for it, and his retiree delivery driver made it all the way back from Reading to Edinburgh in in, "great little car", according to him!
I once distance-bought a new car and offered a shed in part-ex that was really only fit for scrapping.
I went into great details as to its myriad faults, dealer still gave me 500 quid for it, and his retiree delivery driver made it all the way back from Reading to Edinburgh in in, "great little car", according to him!
Bennet said:
Moodyman1 said:
The fault is only known to you. Depends how well you sleep at night. Just saying.
Don't really want to get into this, but no one else has picked it up so.....f
k off you selfish, dishonest wker.Or, preferably, shake yourself off and join the rest of us as decent people. The door is open.
SeekerOfTruthAndPies said:
Bennet said:
Moodyman1 said:
The fault is only known to you. Depends how well you sleep at night. Just saying.
Don't really want to get into this, but no one else has picked it up so.....f
k off you selfish, dishonest wker.Or, preferably, shake yourself off and join the rest of us as decent people. The door is open.
WBAC was quoting £2.7k, once I put all the cosmetic issues in, stone chips and scratches etc. about £2k. Wasn’t an option for the cylinder issue the nearest was something like rough running engine that shaved off another £1k. So might get £1k from them.
Seen similar cars on sale on Autotrader for about £3.6k.
Will start looking into what people have said in this thread in the coming days, thanks all, but this looks like a project car or a punt for someone willing to pay a few hundred quid, hoping the issue is on the cheaper end of the scale to fix.
Seen similar cars on sale on Autotrader for about £3.6k.
Will start looking into what people have said in this thread in the coming days, thanks all, but this looks like a project car or a punt for someone willing to pay a few hundred quid, hoping the issue is on the cheaper end of the scale to fix.
Edited by wyson on Sunday 22 January 18:58
wyson said:
WBAC was quoting £2.7k, once I put all the cosmetic issues in, stone chips and scratches etc. about £2k.
Seen similar on sale on Autotrader for about £3.6k.
Wasn’t an option for putting in other issues, but can’t see the car making that much because the engine fix prices the mechanics are quoting are between £1.5k and £3k depending on the severity of the problem.
Will start looking into what people have said in this thread in the coming days, thanks all, but this looks like a project car or a punt for someone willing to pay a few hundred quid, hoping the issue is on the cheaper end of the scale to fix.
Why don't you WBAC it, hopefully the issue won't rear its head when you are there and they will give you far more for it that if selling for spares or repair etc?Seen similar on sale on Autotrader for about £3.6k.
Wasn’t an option for putting in other issues, but can’t see the car making that much because the engine fix prices the mechanics are quoting are between £1.5k and £3k depending on the severity of the problem.
Will start looking into what people have said in this thread in the coming days, thanks all, but this looks like a project car or a punt for someone willing to pay a few hundred quid, hoping the issue is on the cheaper end of the scale to fix.
Edited by wyson on Saturday 21st January 13:41
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