Best places to sell cars?

woodpigeon4 · 22 Apr 2011 at 16:53

I've got a car to sell (nissan micra sport 1.6 if anyone is interested!) and before I enter the horrors of ebay I was wondering if there were any other places I could be adversiting it. I've already tried gumtree and putting ads in local shops, but not having much interest.
thanks

Disco Boy · 22 Apr 2011 at 17:00

Pistonheads and Autotrader. The former is free too.

woodpigeon4 · 22 Apr 2011 at 17:03

Disco Boy said:
Pistonheads and Autotrader. The former is free too.

Didn't think of autotrader, thanks

I've already tried pistonheads, but thanks for the suggestion anyway

Tican · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:16

Gumtree? Friday-Ad?

Jez · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:24

Pistonheads is rubbish in my experience. Autotrader is about the only worthwhile place followed by ebay. Pistonheads is growing and worth a punt for free, but think about it, how many people outside of car enthusiast circles would even have heard of it?

Autotrader is to selling cars to that which google is to web searches.

woodpigeon4 · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:28

DJ Binks said:
Gumtree? Friday-Ad?

Tried gumtree, but just submitted a post on friday-ad, thanks

Jez said:
Pistonheads is rubbish in my experience. Autotrader is about the only worthwhile place followed by ebay. Pistonheads is growing and worth a punt for free, but think about it, how many people outside of car enthusiast circles would even have heard of it?

Autotrader is to selling cars to that which google is to web searches.

Do you reckon I'd have more luck on autotrader than ebay? £10 seems quite a lot for an advert

Jez · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:30

Autotrader is more than £10? (£41 for the standard advert) But yes autotrader is the best place to sell a car by miles, the userbase is virtually everybody looking to buy a car!

andrewdodd13 · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:30

Jez said:
Pistonheads is rubbish in my experience. Autotrader is about the only worthwhile place followed by ebay. Pistonheads is growing and worth a punt for free, but think about it, how many people outside of car enthusiast circles would even have heard of it?

Autotrader is to selling cars to that which google is to web searches.

I agree with this.

If I'm selling a supercharged MX-5 on bilsteins with BBS alloys then PistonHeads, if I'm selling a Polo 1.2 (or Micra Sport 1.6) then it's got be autotrader.

woodpigeon4 · 22 Apr 2011 at 19:00

Jez said:
Autotrader is more than £10? (£41 for the standard advert) But yes autotrader is the best place to sell a car by miles, the userbase is virtually everybody looking to buy a car!

Okay thanks, I'll put an ad on there on sunday.

andrewdodd13 said:
I agree with this.

If I'm selling a supercharged MX-5 on bilsteins with BBS alloys then PistonHeads, if I'm selling a Polo 1.2 (or Micra Sport 1.6) then it's got be autotrader.

Yes, I have to admit I found it hard to believe that someone who visited a site called "pistonheads" would be interested in a micra!