Car selling for best price?

[Carpix__uk]

Apologies if this is the wrong part of the forum.

I haven’t had to sell a car before (used my mums car til I had a car of my own for 14 years then some twerp went into me and wrote it off, so I got a little pay out which went towards a pre-reg car. Now the time has come to sell my pre-reg car to get something more suited to my needs (which I should have done when buying my last car but anyone said buy newish and you’ll be fine - too much tech for my liking). The pre-reg car is a corsa 1.2 turbo premium SRI 69 plate. This decision was based off having a similar model as a courtesy car for a week or so. Loved it so bought one.

Anywho, the car is as you’d expect for its small age except on thing. The mileage. It has had a new wet belt recently, so the buyer won’t haven’t to worry about much. Passed both it’s MOT’s. Serviced regularly (though maybe a little off considering the mileage I do). Average mileage verses my actual mileage in considerations: I will be knocking about a grand off what I’d have tried to sell it if average.

What is the best selling situation to get the best price poss and where people actually bother to buy from? Should I sell to a dealer? Sell privately on auto trader and the like? Should I consider (gulp) fb marketplace? Can I px a higher value car than the car I’d be buying, is that a thing?

Would you say online car valuations are in the right ball park generally, or are they kind, or are they a bit mean?

[Belle427]

Autotrader will suggest a price if you start an advert but its better to just do a search for the car and judge values.
Personally id put up with Facebook and try there as its free, Autotrader is quite expensive and ive never had any success there but it is probably the best platform.
Ebay maybe but id probably not bother there personally.
Worth checking wbac, motorway etc first for prices too.

[Truckosaurus]

The Corsa seems like the sort of car that a dealer would want to sell, so you might get a decent enough price from somewhere like Motorway without the hassle of trying to sell it privately.

[ChocolateFrog]

I'm sure if you try to PX a more expensive car for a cheaper car they'll absolutely rinse you on the cost to change.

Is the car serviced correctly or not? You seem pretty vague on that.

Least hassle will be Motorway/WBAC and take the money to get the best deal on a new car.

[Carpix__uk]

Yeah. I’ll give fb market place a whirl, and I don’t really want to be spending money on advertising if I can help it, as there’s no guarantees either way. I’ll see how that goes and take it from there - for that direction. Think I’ll avoid eBay for now.

Yeah I’ll also give the likes of motorway and WBAC valuations a whirl and see what they say. Because I would rather not have hassle, but also want best price. So I’m willing to not just lump it and leave it but also don’t want to still be selling it in months time.

Yeah I assumed the PX situation would be a bit of a rinsing. But didn’t know if that assumption would be right. But seems so.

I’ve serviced it 3 times I think, I had it in my head I’d had it serviced 4 times, but turns out it was one less than I thought. But I could have done with getting it serviced 5 times with the mileage, but it has been well maintained other than that and is only 4 years old now. I didn’t realise I was going to be doing so much mileage, and didn’t realise it was going to be quite a permanent change. I used to do 5k miles a year. And now I’m around 5 times that. So the high mileage situation has all been new to me. But now I know what I need to be keeping an eye on, and got my services all logged so I can be a bit more conscious over these things.

Edited by Carpix__uk on Wednesday 28th February 12:09

[georgeyboy12345]

Just use it as a part ex for your new car surely? By far the least hassle.

[Carpix__uk]

georgeyboy12345 said:

Just use it as a part ex for your new car surely? By far the least hassle.

But I’m buying a cheaper car than what my car is worth. I want some extra cash freed up, I want a car that doesn’t rely on too much tech, and a car I’m not too precious about considering single lane tracks, branches wacking the car, and such. So I don’t *think* it works tooo well PX-ing my higher priced car to a lower priced car?

[Dimebars]

Carpix__uk said:

But I’m buying a cheaper car than what my car is worth. I want some extra cash freed up, I want a car that doesn’t rely on too much tech, and a car I’m not too precious about considering single lane tracks, branches wacking the car, and such. So I don’t *think* it works tooo well PX-ing my higher priced car to a lower priced car?

Why?

The value of your car isn't affected by the value of what you're buying

[Jamescrs]

Try using Motorway i've had a good experience with them and my colleague has also just used them an got more than she expected so worth a go.

[Carpix__uk]

Dimebars said:

Carpix__uk said:

But I’m buying a cheaper car than what my car is worth. I want some extra cash freed up, I want a car that doesn’t rely on too much tech, and a car I’m not too precious about considering single lane tracks, branches wacking the car, and such. So I don’t *think* it works tooo well PX-ing my higher priced car to a lower priced car?

Why?

The value of your car isn't affected by the value of what you're buying

So I can of them, say nearly £10k for their say 3k car and get a decent amount back? Actually, thinking about it, it might do them a favour. Getting a nearly 10k for £3k stock and them ending up with a more modern piece of stock that they may make more of a profit on. Hmm.

[Carpix__uk]

Jamescrs said:

Try using Motorway i've had a good experience with them and my colleague has also just used them an got more than she expected so worth a go.

Oh that sounds decent. Illl have to give them a whirl to see what they’d offer.

[skywalker001]

You will get more selling it privately, use auto trader, its a one of payment and you can sell it faster than Facebook,

[ChocolateFrog]

Dimebars said:

Carpix__uk said:

But I’m buying a cheaper car than what my car is worth. I want some extra cash freed up, I want a car that doesn’t rely on too much tech, and a car I’m not too precious about considering single lane tracks, branches wacking the car, and such. So I don’t *think* it works tooo well PX-ing my higher priced car to a lower priced car?

Why?

The value of your car isn't affected by the value of what you're buying

In practice it absolutely will be.

[georgeyboy12345]

ah ok, didn't read your first post properly.

If it were me I'd take the small financial hit and go through a car buying service that gives you the best price, like wbac, motorway, etc.
Far less aggro that dealing with the idiot general public

[Carpix__uk]

Does anyone know if the PX situ for this is a thing or if it’s not really a thing coz I’d get rinsed? So, getting rid of a car that is more than double the cost of the next car I will have. (Should I get from a dealer rather than private.)

Otherwise, to save hassle and considering I’m already looking for my next car, I’ll take a bit of a financial hit and sell with WBAC because of the private sale hassle.

Are WBAC and motorway the best options and best experiences people have had?

[Truckosaurus]

If the car being part-exed is something the dealer wants to sell then they'll offer a decent price - the fact that it might be worth more than the 'new' car shouldn't matter - think of them as two separate transactions.

The might have been a time when trading down might make the dealer think you were more likely to accept a poor offer, but if you know what sort of figure WBAC and/or Motorway would offer then you have a starting point.

Same with private selling - compare the WBAC offer with what private sales seem to be going for (but you never know if people get their asking price).

It might be worth the hassle for the extra £500-1000-2000-whatever for a private sale depending on your circumstances.