Trying to sell my S4 avant - no takers so far... what gives?
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links to ads in the forums.Type of car V's mileage would be my guess. People are scared of slightly leggy performance cars, as the repair bills can be huge. Please don't take this as an
attack on your car, just the view of someone who sold car's for 5 years.
Also recession, isn't the best time to be selling a car that does I'd guess 20 MPG if you're lucky.
attack on your car, just the view of someone who sold car's for 5 years.
Also recession, isn't the best time to be selling a car that does I'd guess 20 MPG if you're lucky.
Book prices dont really mean anything, dealers just use it when it suits em and then ignore them completely when you are buying oddly.
If you are saying this is in line with others for sale then it depends how desperate you are to sell really... If I was you I would take some better photos as the ones you have a dark and dingy, get the car really clean and take some nice light photos, lop £500 off and be prepared to go to £4k or maybe a bit less if you are desperate.
Six months ago I bought a W reg T Sport with 80k (Saloon though) for £1700 for the missus, but an S4 should fetch more.
I would say you photos are letting it down badly though
If you are saying this is in line with others for sale then it depends how desperate you are to sell really... If I was you I would take some better photos as the ones you have a dark and dingy, get the car really clean and take some nice light photos, lop £500 off and be prepared to go to £4k or maybe a bit less if you are desperate.
Six months ago I bought a W reg T Sport with 80k (Saloon though) for £1700 for the missus, but an S4 should fetch more.
I would say you photos are letting it down badly though
I had one of these last year, sold it back in Feb, lost a whole pile of cash in depreciation, just seems the arse dropped out the value on them in the last 18 months.
On the whole you're probably going to have to take a bit of a financial kicking i'm afraid. There have been quite a lot around with lower miles, remaps, suspension upgrades, facelift versions ('99 onwards) for not too much more than you're asking.
Great cars though, really easy to drive quickly.
On the whole you're probably going to have to take a bit of a financial kicking i'm afraid. There have been quite a lot around with lower miles, remaps, suspension upgrades, facelift versions ('99 onwards) for not too much more than you're asking.
Great cars though, really easy to drive quickly.
Thanks for the info - yeh the p/ex price is about right. I'm not in a major rush to sell, and I certainly don't want to let it go for the p/ex price!!LOL!! 
I take on board the comments about the pics - it was a bad light/weather day. Had just been washed/clayed/waxed etc too
As it's going to be a nice weekend, I'll give it another going over (like every weekend!) and put up some better pics.
TBH, I'd be happy to come down a bit (I thought the whole point was to haggle
) - the percieved allure of my car is that it's totally standard (no mods at all). Something I thought would be a premium - a clean car.... Perhaps I'm wrong!!
Also, I didn't think it was over-miles though - 117K in 10 years = 11.7K per year. If anything, it's under miles!!LOL!
But thanks for the comments and advice - will post up the "new/updated" link this weekend...
Dan
I take on board the comments about the pics - it was a bad light/weather day. Had just been washed/clayed/waxed etc too
As it's going to be a nice weekend, I'll give it another going over (like every weekend!) and put up some better pics.
TBH, I'd be happy to come down a bit (I thought the whole point was to haggle
) - the percieved allure of my car is that it's totally standard (no mods at all). Something I thought would be a premium - a clean car.... Perhaps I'm wrong!! Also, I didn't think it was over-miles though - 117K in 10 years = 11.7K per year. If anything, it's under miles!!LOL!
But thanks for the comments and advice - will post up the "new/updated" link this weekend...
Dan
I had an s reg silver one and punted it away about 3/4 years ago for £7.5k.
Then it had around 85k on the clock.
They are great cars make no mistake and I would get one again BUT.
I would go for a late as model / low milage as possible, prob 2003 now and I imagine a lot of people who are enthusiastic about the 2.7t would feel the same so the early models will hang around longer.
Then it had around 85k on the clock.
They are great cars make no mistake and I would get one again BUT.
I would go for a late as model / low milage as possible, prob 2003 now and I imagine a lot of people who are enthusiastic about the 2.7t would feel the same so the early models will hang around longer.
Thankyou
No worries - I won't be putting any links It was a genuine mistake. Totally forgotten I'd put this up.
Out of interest, feel free to PM me this (or email) - I would genuinely like to know why you can't put links into posts, as the link would be for somewhere else on this site. **This is not trying be a smart a$$ or be awkward. This is a genuine ADULT question, so please read as such**
But thanks for resurrecting the post
Still no buyers though
No worries - I won't be putting any links
It was a genuine mistake. Totally forgotten I'd put this up.Out of interest, feel free to PM me this (or email) - I would genuinely like to know why you can't put links into posts, as the link would be for somewhere else on this site. **This is not trying be a smart a$$ or be awkward. This is a genuine ADULT question, so please read as such**
But thanks for resurrecting the post
Still no buyers though
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