Why wont my car sell ??

[bqf]

From my perspective, it's ridiculously expensive at £1900. I paid £3,150 in late summer for a 2002 Subaru Legacy Outback Estate, with 80k - full leather, two sunroofs, electric everything, full main delaer history etc etc. At this end of the market folks want an interesting car as a snotter or if it's their only car then money is a problem.

If a car won't sell, and it is straight, clean and hasn't any 'bad history', then it's priced incorrectly. Simple as.

[anonymous-user]

To be blunt, it's not a "bargain" (cash price or otherwise) if you're not getting any sniffs at £1900.

I'd imagine either side of Xmas is not a great time to be trying to sell a car at the best of times, and these are not the best of times. So if you want to shift it, be prepared to drop the price a lot.

Are there any examples of the same model with similar age/mileage showing as sold on ebay? If so, at what price?

[busta]

That's pretty much what the market is like at the moment, very quiet. It's the run up to christmas, people are spending all the money they don't have on presents.

[SEE YA]

Try selling your house like we are . The market is dead Christmas never a good time to sell a car either .


Goodluck.

Edited by SEE YA on Friday 9th December 17:13

[GregMac]

Knock £300 off?

[Soovy]

Too expensive. Sorry.

[EDLT]

Soovy said:

Too expensive. Sorry.

This is always the answer to these threads.

[Sir_Dave]

d parry said:

I have a Ford Focus 1.6 "The most popular engine size in Focus's and if i am not mistaken the Focus and Fiesta are the 2 biggest selling cars in the new and used car sector

Which means that there are 5 billion other ones also available for sale.

Unless you are cheapest, or are offering a free blowjob/fingering with the sale, you arent going to stand out in the sea of averageness that is the mundane 1.6 hatchback market.

[StormLoaded]

if you want shot of it make it a worthwhile purchase.. £1500?
if there's only a few hundred quid difference between yours and a dealership car - i would imagine alot of folk would go the dealer option for a little bit of peace of mind rather than buying private.

[craigjm]

Its probably worth about 1400-1500 in the market at this time of year. Have you had any offers?

[valiant1]

Put it like this, According to the Glasses guide on the Vauxhall website my 08 1.6 Focus trades at around £3250 - £3500. Allowing fo around 15-20% uplift for a private sale (if that!) and you'll see that everyday cars like the focus and astra are not worth much at all. With your Focus you can get a MK2 for the money you're asking.

[d parry]

valiant1 said:

Put it like this, According to the Glasses guide on the Vauxhall website my 08 1.6 Focus trades at around £3250 - £3500. Allowing fo around 15-20% uplift for a private sale (if that!) and you'll see that everyday cars like the focus and astra are not worth much at all. With your Focus you can get a MK2 for the money you're asking.

show me a link to a mk2 for less than £2000 anywhere ????????????
were i live your talking at least £3000 for a mk2 which starts on a 05 plate with less than 80,000 on the clock.

[Dracoro]

Being a 3 door won't help.

[98elise]

If nobody is calling then its too expensive, its as simple as that.

I thought my similar aged mondeo was worth about 2k, turns out they are selling for about £750-£1k.

[anonymous-user]

d parry said:

I have seen worse examples sell for what i am asking on ebay.

Look at the Completed Items listing. None of them are selling.

[sat1983]

I think the main issue here is that you can buy a focus from anywhere and everywhere. If yours is slightly too expensive and is up for sale 2 weeks before Christmas you're going to struggle.

[littleredrooster]

Daughter just sold her '02 1600 Focus for £550. Long MOT/tax but 110,000

[Jem0911]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

If I am advertising a car and I get no calls it because its too dear or the ad sucks?

[Theoldfm]

There are a couple on ebay right now:

This one is on 84k and is up for £1,795 (but not sold)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-FORD-FOCUS-CHIC-GRE...

This one on 113k but up for just £1,150

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-02-Ford-Focus-1-6-C...

I think your's is probably worth somewhere between the above, say £1,650 for a quick sale?

[SuperHangOn]

Location as well.