Selling a second hand car!

[islander]

Picking people's brains if that's okay?

I am looking to sell the wife's car, and have generally traded cars in for the last god knows how many years! Where is the best place to sell a small family car worth about £5k these days?

[petrolpat]

Always worth a punt on PH classifieds, members can post for free.

[rehab71]

Auto Trader has more hits then any other car sales website.

[nick1275]

Not in the same price range but the mrs old car was gone of the driveway within 30 mins of advertising on gumtree

[islander]

Piston heads appears to £10, any one know how much gum tree and auto trader are?

[Ki3r]

Gumtree is free, unsure about Auto Trader.

[Save Ferris]

islander said:

Piston heads appears to £10, any one know how much gum tree and auto trader are?

You will be entitled to free adverts here. It's based on how long you've been a member, Oh and Gumtree is free!

[Vince70]

I sold my smart roadster on here a few years back for £5900 within a couple of days, but I guess a lot is down to the type of car etc.
I've also bought a few motors on eBay but then again I hear their are quite a few time wasters on eBay plus if you auction the car it can cost a few quid in fees

[R36vw]

Sold a car in Feb....PH was a tender for a month. Ebay is about 15 for a classified ad. As for autotrader a whopping 36quid for only 2 weeks! I sold through the PH ad in the end. Autotrader was not suitable as the car was quite specific...but saying that I sold the missus pug307 on autotrader last year..sold in 12hrs! If you price it keenly it'll go quick. Price it close to dealer prices it may take a while.i. Good luck and watch out for the chancer and scam texts.

[zed4]

I hate selling cars! I sell boats all day everyday and I love it, but I really hate selling cars.

My friend has recently taken his car to a local specialist to put up for sale on SOR. Seems a good option to me. No hassle at all.

[Paul.B]

Although I never used them, 'We Buy Any bla bla' actually gave me sensible valuations on the last 2 cars I sold. It was only the fact I would rather sell to a used buyer that little bit cheaper that stopped me using them. Ended up taking their valuation and using it as my minimum on Fleabay.

Good luck

[R36vw]

We buy any blar.com......I put my r36 estate into it out of curiosity...they offered £6850!!!! ...I got offered 12500 cash by a dealer ..part ex was glass guide £12870 sold private for 13100.....not sure whether it priced as a standard passat but the difference was outrageous.

[Paul.B]

They got within £750 on my E61 520d Touring to what I got selling it SOR through a specialist. I'm not saying they are for everyone and the more 'left field' a car is the further they seem to be from the real world. They offered me £225 on my 306 Rallye that sold for £1,700 odd on Ebay. But for run of the mill everyday stuff they may be worth a couple of minutes on their website.

Edited by Paul.B on Monday 22 April 22:17

[islander]

We buy any blar made a reasonable offer when I put all the details in, it was about £750 under the price independent companies are advertising similar cars for, so not too bad, but I guess the appointment may be another round of negotiations from them! I guess I may be able to get a few hundred quid more if they pay that price, but may not be worth it for all the time and hassle of selling privately!

[Paul.B]

Sorry mate - I've never reached the appointment stage. Although a guy at work went that route and said it was hassle free having given an accurate description. Let us know if you do go that way.

[Vince70]

You could always try the bargain basement thread on here if the car is cheap enough,
I put my parents car on there it was sold within minutes,