Motorway vs WeBuyAnyCar
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Sold 2 cars through motorway, due to value and age I got their premium service, which is free.
Basically you take a load of pics, send them on WhatsApp and they run essentially a 1 day auction with their panel of approved buyers.
Both times I got the "true price" I was offered in their website. Both times I got a fair chunk more than wbac offered
Only hassle was that the first dealer expected me to drop the car off with them, the second (which was 200 miles away) collected within 3 days
Basically you take a load of pics, send them on WhatsApp and they run essentially a 1 day auction with their panel of approved buyers.
Both times I got the "true price" I was offered in their website. Both times I got a fair chunk more than wbac offered
Only hassle was that the first dealer expected me to drop the car off with them, the second (which was 200 miles away) collected within 3 days
I'm midway through a sale with Motorway...I've never used one of these WBAC-type setups so no point of ref. I am tentatively expecting however, that my proverbial pants will be pulled down on the final offer after inspection so let's see...
A family member have used WBAC and they got better than expected for their car but the car in qu was a good spec, popular model and in v good nick with full main dealer history so to be expected.
A family member have used WBAC and they got better than expected for their car but the car in qu was a good spec, popular model and in v good nick with full main dealer history so to be expected.
Edited by VR99 on Wednesday 3rd March 19:54
Try Wizzle
https://www.wizzle.co.uk
Lets you list options, I sold a high spec fiat 500 within 10 mins.
https://www.wizzle.co.uk
Lets you list options, I sold a high spec fiat 500 within 10 mins.
Landscape changed a bit since thread was last alive, but Motorway still the best of the bunch I think. Cazoo are good (friends have sold with them), but the price I was quoted online from them was pretty poor.
Wizzle looks out of action, so feels a toss up between WeBuy and Motorway still. I like Motorway's car valuation tracking tool - https://motorway.co.uk/car-value-tracker < pretty useful if you want to value and hold until ready to sell!
Wizzle looks out of action, so feels a toss up between WeBuy and Motorway still. I like Motorway's car valuation tracking tool - https://motorway.co.uk/car-value-tracker < pretty useful if you want to value and hold until ready to sell!
Motorway seem to be over-valueing now.
Tried selling a 2018, low mileage, Fiat 500 last week. Motorway valuation and suggested price was £600 over WBAC. It went live for 2 days, no bids.
Ended up trading it in at the WBAC price. Mentioned it to the dealer. He said he'd seen our car come up on Motorway, was tempted, but passed at the suggested price. He had bid on 6 other cars that day, had 2 low bids accepted, both around 5% below valuation.
Either Motorway are pricing high to attract sellers, or dealers are just going by the WBAC price
Tried selling a 2018, low mileage, Fiat 500 last week. Motorway valuation and suggested price was £600 over WBAC. It went live for 2 days, no bids.
Ended up trading it in at the WBAC price. Mentioned it to the dealer. He said he'd seen our car come up on Motorway, was tempted, but passed at the suggested price. He had bid on 6 other cars that day, had 2 low bids accepted, both around 5% below valuation.
Either Motorway are pricing high to attract sellers, or dealers are just going by the WBAC price
I put in details fo a Porsche Boxster 986 i'm selling into Motorway, they gave me a value I think is on the low side so didn't follow it up but they are now hounding me with emails and messages asking me to list my car, upload images etc, they also called me yesterday but my mobile displayed the caller details and i didn't answer.
I might load some pics up tomorrow to see how it progresses forwards.
I might load some pics up tomorrow to see how it progresses forwards.
I recently sold a car for an elderly relative who has gone into a nursing home, a Kia Picanto 3sp auto, absolutely horrible thing to drive but that's not relevant.
He paid £12500 for it in Nov 2019 so 3 and a bit years old and it only had 1700 miles due to his increasing infirmity but he still had it serviced annually.
Motorway valued it at £11400 and WBAC £10600. I just didn't believe Motorway would pay that, it seemed like going to 3 estate agents to sell a house, signing up with the one who valued it highest who then totally fail to sell it at that value!
So went with WBAC who paid what they said they would, hard not to given it's barely used condition but I still wonder if the agent who inspected it got a severe telling off from her manager for not knocking the price down a few hundred over imaginary stone chips or something!
He paid £12500 for it in Nov 2019 so 3 and a bit years old and it only had 1700 miles due to his increasing infirmity but he still had it serviced annually.
Motorway valued it at £11400 and WBAC £10600. I just didn't believe Motorway would pay that, it seemed like going to 3 estate agents to sell a house, signing up with the one who valued it highest who then totally fail to sell it at that value!
So went with WBAC who paid what they said they would, hard not to given it's barely used condition but I still wonder if the agent who inspected it got a severe telling off from her manager for not knocking the price down a few hundred over imaginary stone chips or something!
Derek182 said:
I recently sold a car for an elderly relative who has gone into a nursing home, a Kia Picanto 3sp auto, absolutely horrible thing to drive but that's not relevant.
He paid £12500 for it in Nov 2019 so 3 and a bit years old and it only had 1700 miles due to his increasing infirmity but he still had it serviced annually.
Motorway valued it at £11400 and WBAC £10600. I just didn't believe Motorway would pay that, it seemed like going to 3 estate agents to sell a house, signing up with the one who valued it highest who then totally fail to sell it at that value!
So went with WBAC who paid what they said they would, hard not to given it's barely used condition but I still wonder if the agent who inspected it got a severe telling off from her manager for not knocking the price down a few hundred over imaginary stone chips or something!
These sites use an algorithm based on CAP and Glasses trade guides with WBAC also using their live auction data. He paid £12500 for it in Nov 2019 so 3 and a bit years old and it only had 1700 miles due to his increasing infirmity but he still had it serviced annually.
Motorway valued it at £11400 and WBAC £10600. I just didn't believe Motorway would pay that, it seemed like going to 3 estate agents to sell a house, signing up with the one who valued it highest who then totally fail to sell it at that value!
So went with WBAC who paid what they said they would, hard not to given it's barely used condition but I still wonder if the agent who inspected it got a severe telling off from her manager for not knocking the price down a few hundred over imaginary stone chips or something!
The difference is WBAC are using their own money to take the risk, Carwow and Motorway only act as an auction house but from experience do achieve much higher prices as they are cutting out a link in the chain.
With both Carwow and Motorway you do not have to take their sale price. As a buyer I can bid on a car, even over reserve (the price you get offered) the seller still has to approve the sale.
Derek182 said:
I recently sold a car for an elderly relative who has gone into a nursing home, a Kia Picanto 3sp auto, absolutely horrible thing to drive but that's not relevant.
He paid £12500 for it in Nov 2019 so 3 and a bit years old and it only had 1700 miles due to his increasing infirmity but he still had it serviced annually.
Motorway valued it at £11400 and WBAC £10600. I just didn't believe Motorway would pay that, it seemed like going to 3 estate agents to sell a house, signing up with the one who valued it highest who then totally fail to sell it at that value!
So went with WBAC who paid what they said they would, hard not to given it's barely used condition but I still wonder if the agent who inspected it got a severe telling off from her manager for not knocking the price down a few hundred over imaginary stone chips or something!
What a foolish thing to do. You didn’t believe so you just didn’t try. He paid £12500 for it in Nov 2019 so 3 and a bit years old and it only had 1700 miles due to his increasing infirmity but he still had it serviced annually.
Motorway valued it at £11400 and WBAC £10600. I just didn't believe Motorway would pay that, it seemed like going to 3 estate agents to sell a house, signing up with the one who valued it highest who then totally fail to sell it at that value!
So went with WBAC who paid what they said they would, hard not to given it's barely used condition but I still wonder if the agent who inspected it got a severe telling off from her manager for not knocking the price down a few hundred over imaginary stone chips or something!
Sold via motorway my BMW 4 series. WBAC had quoted 9k, (which I thought was terrible). then a week later 8.5k. On the sale day, said it was worth 7.5k due to ‘condition’. Knocked down by the rep who must have had some reason to lower the price, must have thought I was desperate to sell. Told them to get stuffed.
Motorway auction saw it sold for 12.5k. bid price.
£300 was knocked off for condition issue on inspection at pick up ( broken glass in vanity mirror).
The motorway deal was the smoothest, simplest and most agreeable dealing I’ve ever had with the motor trade when selling a car. Nothing else has come close to it. Money was in my bank account immediately. Unlike WBAC that wanted a fee for immediate settlement.
Another vote for motorway. Their estimate for my Mercedes estate was just below 17k which was marginally higher than WBAC. At the end of the bidding process the bid was 17,151 which seemed very fair. The app was very easy to use, the follow up communication was excellent and the whole process was painless and quick.
I got the impression that some of the motorway buyers were more picky than others. My buyer was Sytner group and the collection driver said that they were reasonable buyers that aren’t searching for reasons to lower their price.
I got the impression that some of the motorway buyers were more picky than others. My buyer was Sytner group and the collection driver said that they were reasonable buyers that aren’t searching for reasons to lower their price.
My Motorway experience was a pain. Sold it for a good price to a Jaguar indie who then couldn't be contacted (which car dealers never answer the phone ?). I told them to offer it to the second highest bidder which they did but they didn't come through either. Put it on CarWow, got a similar price and was collected from me by a JLR main dealer 250 miles away with no quibbles. 3 weeks later I got a call from the original Motorway indie hoping to close the deal !
My only experience of WBAC was trying to sell my TVR Tuscan through them - seemed a decent price, I was in a bit of hurry and it was winter. They didn't have the (most popular) regular 4.0 listed on the model options, only the 3.6, 4.0S and a 4.0R which is a model that doesn't exist. I picked the R as that seemed closest but as the V5 didn't say R on it they wouldn't complete the deal. The location agreed it was all a bit nuts but computer said no so they couldn't force it through. Seemed to be an error on the Parker database.
My only experience of WBAC was trying to sell my TVR Tuscan through them - seemed a decent price, I was in a bit of hurry and it was winter. They didn't have the (most popular) regular 4.0 listed on the model options, only the 3.6, 4.0S and a 4.0R which is a model that doesn't exist. I picked the R as that seemed closest but as the V5 didn't say R on it they wouldn't complete the deal. The location agreed it was all a bit nuts but computer said no so they couldn't force it through. Seemed to be an error on the Parker database.
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