How to sell my car
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nicktowe

Original Poster:

46,722 posts

254 months

Monday 8th September 2008
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I really have to sell my A6 Le Mans. I have advertised it here on Pistonheads and in Autotrader, but all that got me was calls from canvassers for car selling databases.

Does anyone have any good ideas? The price is good according to Parkers and other A6 comparables.


Dracoro

9,035 posts

275 months

Monday 8th September 2008
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assuming ad all ok then you need to drop the price.

is it petrol? what engine size. anything large engined, esp petrol are in freefall at the moment,

parkers are rubbish, ignore them. go to vauxhall website and use the value my car as rhis uses glass's or cap. still out of date as values falling so fast but will give you better idea as a min price.

others advertising may not be realistic too.

do you really need to sell?

nicktowe

Original Poster:

46,722 posts

254 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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Dracoro said:
assuming ad all ok then you need to drop the price.

is it petrol? what engine size. anything large engined, esp petrol are in freefall at the moment,

parkers are rubbish, ignore them. go to vauxhall website and use the value my car as rhis uses glass's or cap. still out of date as values falling so fast but will give you better idea as a min price.

others advertising may not be realistic too.

do you really need to sell?
The price looks good to me and is in line with Glass's. Its a 3.0 diesel but has good fuel economy for a big car, gets almost 40mpg on a run. I have been made redundant and there is no work in my sector so I have to sell.

Edited by nicktowe on Tuesday 9th September 09:09

SDAudi

15 posts

217 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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Hi,

I work for an Audi dealer in the buying department if you would like to e-mail me with your contact details i would be pleased to give you a value. If it is not as much as you like then as least you will have an idea of the sort of money they are fetching and hopefully this could assist you in selling your car.

gti-ted

1,029 posts

239 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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Dracoro said:
assuming ad all ok then you need to drop the price.

is it petrol? what engine size. anything large engined, esp petrol are in freefall at the moment,

parkers are rubbish, ignore them. go to vauxhall website and use the value my car as rhis uses glass's or cap. still out of date as values falling so fast but will give you better idea as a min price.

others advertising may not be realistic too.

do you really need to sell?
Do you have a link :>)

Dracoro

9,035 posts

275 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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As I say, go onto the Vauxhall website and look for it there.

nicktowe

Original Poster:

46,722 posts

254 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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Dracoro said:
As I say, go onto the Vauxhall website and look for it there.
I did that, my car is in line with their price.

john_r

8,354 posts

301 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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You'll have to keep dropping the price until people start biting and then you'll know what it's worth.

Sorry to be blunt or break the bad news, but at the moment very little is selling, new or used, unless it's a bargain.

Was chatting to a used car dealer today who primarily sources his cars from main dealer trade-ins and he's drying up with supply! His primary supplier (a major nationwide retailer of Japanese cars) normally registers 400+ new cars in September... this year they're on track to register approximately 140!

David911RSR

1,446 posts

240 months

Tuesday 9th September 2008
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nicktowe said:
Dracoro said:
As I say, go onto the Vauxhall website and look for it there.
I did that, my car is in line with their price.
Cars of this nature are fetching approx 5k below book. Also try www.wewillbuyyourcar.co.uk for an evaluation.