whats the best and easiest way to sell a Porsche?

[K321]

Hi, i am trying to help a friend to sell a Porsche. WHat is the easiest way, i have tried putting an AD on pistonheads and just get weird phone calls or stupid offers. Would a porsche garage be willing to buy the car outright even if i dont want to buy a car from them?

How do you people get rid of your Porsches?

thanks

[132]

My preference is to trade in for the exact same reasons that you have mentioned. What car is it exactly? Have you tried any specialists to see if they will sell the car SOR or purchase it outright?

[pdavison]

If he thinks he's had silly offers from people from Pistonheads wait until he hears what a Porsche dealer would offer!

My only advice is advertise on here and autotrader, prep the car well and price it competitively. Then just wait, they can take a little time to sell.

[K321]

So i should contact the specialists then?

I am also asking below market price for the car, its a 2004 2 owner Boxster S 6spd manual with low mileage but 986 spec. SHould i be contact specialist dealerships offering it? Or should i wait for another unscrupulous phone call?

i have been trying to get rid of the car for over a year now but now the car MUST go.

Edited by K321 on Thursday 9th August 14:38

[Henry-F]

(cowers as he waits for the abuse to come flooding in)

Yes dealers will buy cars outright, some will want to try and "borrow" the car which can sometimes work although has it`s downsides as well. Generally Porsche are a fairly robust car in the market place which should find a home.

There are some tips on our website as to how to go about it / what to watch out for (both selling privately and to dealers.

Things to consider when selling a car

In typical BBC fashion I`ll add we are not the only people who buy used Porsches

All the best.

Henry

edited to add (having seen which car it is) an `04 986 Boxster is a hard car to buy as the owner will have paid good money for it relatively recently, unfortunately with the advent of the 987 model and the prices of those coming down by the day as more become available, especially outside the dealer network, there does need to be a significant gap and so ultimately we usually get asked for much more money than the cars are worth.

Edited by Henry-F on Thursday 9th August 14:44

[132]

911 Virgin, Eporsche. There are so many reputable specialists. It also depends on where you are based?

Edited by 132 on Friday 10th August 10:24

[K321]

based in midlands
here is the ad
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/217392.htm

thanks for your advice and tips Henry. It just seem there are sooo many Boxsters for sale and they more or less look the same that to sell one is quite a lot of hassle.

thanks a lot for all your help..

Edited by K321 on Thursday 9th August 15:04

[LeeME3]

Phil at www.911sport.co.uk shifted my last 911 for me on SOR and I didn't do too badly out of it.

I also sold a Boxster 2.7 on eBay for top private money - even if you don't get a sale immediately from eBay or it doesn't reach your reserve it does get your car to a large audience relatively cheaply and you can put loads of photos and so on in the ad.

[K321]

what is SOR mean?

[Wanta996(Gotta)]

Well said Henry. Speaking personally i tend to use Autotrader(gives you an idea of rivals prices) and the OPC's website(lets you know the max to expect)as a guide to what they are going for and try to match if not beat the lowest priced car similar to what i am selling. Like Henry has said,the 986 Boxster is the older model yet i bet your friend paid top dollar at the time as the salesman probably threw in some "extras" as a softener.

It's similar to my local BMW garage selling a new well specced M3 at £42k when the new model is just about to be released and the mug that paid £42k will lose £10k within weeks of the new cars arrival - i guess same thing happened with the mugs that bought the 996 TTS convertible at £100K just before the 997 TT arrived.

OPC Boxster Pricing - http://ucl.porsche.de/ucl/plsql/uk/clients.show_ca...

SOR = Sold or Return, Your local prestige car dealer will advertise your car on his website and in his glossy showroom and you will agree on a price that you are happy to let the car go at and if he cant sell it then he returns it to you. Local dealer next to me has had a F355 Spider and Arena Red 996 Tip Convertible(grey interior) sitting there for 6months due to the ridiculous price the owners want before they let them go.

Edited by Wanta996(Gotta) on Thursday 9th August 15:10

Edited by Wanta996(Gotta) on Thursday 9th August 15:11

[Deutscher]

K321 said:

i have been trying to get rid of the car for over a year now

Which suggests you have been asking way over the odds.

[Kibosh]

Sorry but 3K too expensive IMO.

[K321]

the car was bought for about £34k just 2 years ago. I will look into SOR.
SO the car is 3 grand too expensive? that can't be right surely. i will check the opc classifieds too

thanks

[Kibosh]

K321 said:

the car was bought for about £34k just 2 years ago. I will look into SOR.
SO the car is 3 grand too expensive? that can't be right surely. i will check the opc classifieds too

thanks

Remember that the OPC's are expecting to make £3K profit from any deal.

A car is worth what it sells at invariably. Your friend's is not selling (like the many 100's of other continually depreciating Boxsters on the market). It's a nice car and someone is going to end up with a lot of motor. All just my opinion.

Edited by Kibosh on Thursday 9th August 15:27

[baSkey]

i'd love that! a decent spec and colour etc. in a lot of ways i prefer the look of the 986...

at the end of the day if he really does need to get shot quickly it's either sell it cheaply i.e. a couple of grand cheaper than that as said.. or 'have an accident'*..

'*obviously not suggesting this as it's a deeply immoral thing to do. but people do unfortunately.

[K321]

well the reason the car is going as the other car has had an accident and need to sell this one to buy another four seater car.

anyways, maybe will just have to sell it 2 grand cheaper if nobody buys it within a month.

[hoges11]

Easiest way to sell it is to the Indies, you may get a spread in prices so its worth asking a couple. I have got what I considered very good offers from Northways and RSJ in the past but I had a realistic view of the ball park before I asked them.

[Crimp a Length]

sold all my Porks through PH's

[Kibosh]

hoges11 said:

Easiest way to sell it is to the Indies, you may get a spread in prices so its worth asking a couple. I have got what I considered very good offers from Northways and RSJ in the past but I had a realistic view of the ball park before I asked them.

Agree completely. What's your £ instinct on this one fella?

[hoges11]

Kibosh said:

hoges11 said:

Easiest way to sell it is to the Indies, you may get a spread in prices so its worth asking a couple. I have got what I considered very good offers from Northways and RSJ in the past but I had a realistic view of the ball park before I asked them.

Agree completely. What's your £ instinct on this one fella?

I think they might go £20 to £21k if they like the car bit less if they don't.