Best way to sell my car

"best" is a wide term. Best for what criteria ? quickest ? highest value ?

Personally, I absolutely hate the process of selling a car privately on facebook / autotrader. Endless time wasters, people who will tell you they're going to come look at it, make you stay in for them only not to turn up, rude people who just don't know how to have social interactions with people, people trying to con / scam you. This is more prevalent at this end of the market selling a car for 4 figure sums.

My "best" method is just to see which of the car trade in services like webuyanycar, motorway etc.. and just take whichevery one will give you the most. Quick, easy and usually relatively hassle free if the car is in good condition and you've not lied to them (or yourself) about how good the condition is.

Gets you less than selling privately, but the lack of hassle makes it infinitely better for me, and makes agreeing a deal when buying a car a lot easier when buying your new one with no trade in.
 
Fr0dders said:
"best" is a wide term. Best for what criteria ? quickest ? highest value ?
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A good combination of all of the above.

Personally, I absolutely hate the process of selling a car privately on facebook / autotrader. Endless time wasters, people who will tell you they're going to come look at it, make you stay in for them only not to turn up, rude people who just don't know how to have social interactions with people, people trying to con / scam you. This is more prevalent at this end of the market selling a car for 4 figure sums.

My "best" method is just to see which of the car trade in services like webuyanycar, motorway etc.. and just take whichevery one will give you the most. Quick, easy and usually relatively hassle free if the car is in good condition and you've not lied to them (or yourself) about how good the condition is.

Gets you less than selling privately, but the lack of hassle makes it infinitely better for me, and makes agreeing a deal when buying a car a lot easier when buying your new one with no trade in.
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Yeah the issue is that WBAC is only £1200. Whilst I think £3k is probably optimistic, that is what others are asking for similar car. Several years ago this would have been a £1.5 to £2k car but the used market has changed hasn't it. I think £2.5k is reasonable which is way more than WBAC are offering.
 
Did you decide how/where to sell it ? or waiting until MG5 has arrived.

In the same situation and debating where I should take photos, whilst I wouldn't put house number in the background, doing so against my garage doors seems genuine,
which genuine locals would recognise.
Being very up front on what may need fixing for next MOT is also a dilemma.
 
jpaul said:
Did you decide how/where to sell it ? or waiting until MG5 has arrived.

In the same situation and debating where I should take photos, whilst I wouldn't put house number in the background, doing so against my garage doors seems genuine,
which genuine locals would recognise.
Being very up front on what may need fixing for next MOT is also a dilemma.
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I advertised it on FB marketplace and gumtree, got not a single message. It's currently sat on my driveway still taxed and insured.
 
That's ominous not even derisory offers - was composing an add for gumtree myself.

having had an inspection (mechanic said use fb) for upcoming Dec MOT my older bm will fail on emissions - not sure I want to put money into it, with a couple of other issues on horizon,
so will somehow need to declare that/those (possibly ccv valve system never changed)

There's probably £1K in the delta between private & p/x pricing, the costs of having tax&insurance for 2 cars running will eat into that.
Had got some quotes from Aviva on adding the newer car as a 2nd car -
logistics of doing this - modifying old insurance and transferring NCD to newer car, or initially setting up new car with zero NCD ? and then cancelling older car when it is sold, former approach is probably best.
 
Having just looked at FB for first time ever (I trust my mechanics advice) - don't see why it should be any less trusted, seems exclusively private sales,
not sure why fb suggests it reports km for odomoter/buyer distance, or can't successfully give me only cars within a set distance - 40 odd bmw listed last week within 5km seems excessive , in the sticks.
(but ebay often screws distance up too)

e: prepared my first fb add - do the images in preview always look poor compared to what will appear in published add ? the uploaded images were slr 4000x3000s and look fine
 
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FB add had some replies - which seem to fall into the category
people who break rwd bmws for drifting, as shown by their sold articles history
people looking for a genuine project car, their sales history&photos show that
random people in unknown locations saying - is it sold or making low take it away now offers.

Questions on fb use
For legit ones not sure is it best to initially have a meeting away from home, but if they are genuinely keen to see ASAP would probably meet at home address
Don't seem to be able to have personal/private notes with a conversation (like this person lives miles away are they serious) ? was that the notes functionality removed in 22 ?

e: Has Autotrader just messed up it's interface ? the filter options are now in a horizontal bar pinned at the top of window, with the filter as a pull down menu (the sidebar has gone)
 
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Can you make facebook voice calls with car puchasers on marketplace ... or do you need to mutually make one another friends first

Handing out your phone number on gb marketplace seems to be deprecated but a call would seem to be secure
(wasn't able to install burner app or 2line app - that only seems to eork in usa)
 
jpaul said:
FB add had some replies - which seem to fall into the category
people who break rwd bmws for drifting, as shown by their sold articles history
people looking for a genuine project car, their sales history&photos show that
random people in unknown locations saying - is it sold or making low take it away now offers.

Questions on fb use
For legit ones not sure is it best to initially have a meeting away from home, but if they are genuinely keen to see ASAP would probably meet at home address
Don't seem to be able to have personal/private notes with a conversation (like this person lives miles away are they serious) ? was that the notes functionality removed in 22 ?

e: Has Autotrader just messed up it's interface ? the filter options are now in a horizontal bar pinned at the top of window, with the filter as a pull down menu (the sidebar has gone)
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I noticed this on autotrader the other day, dreadful isn't it!
 
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