hi all,
As title, I need some advice on getting rid of a Polo. It's a 2007 Automatic, ok condition but due to a few issues a few years ago we've used it less and less, and practically not at all over lockdown. MOT came up recently and we were quoted ~£500 to replace the alternator and a few other bits, with total fixes - potential advisories - coming up at around £1200 (although looking around at other garages it's closer to £700-800, probably a lot cheaper if a mechanic or some who knows what they're doing gets the parts second hand).
We'd rather just get rid of it tbh, and had a few garages tell us to stick it online for ~£600 (now SORN'ed, no MOT) but I'm not sure where lol.
So...as I don't know much (well, anything) about selling cars I'm after some thoughts on -
- does £700 sound about right as a starting point? The car seems to be valued £1500-1700 if everything was well, and I don't want to pitch it too high given all the issues but also don't want to be too low (since the price might be haggled down anyway so want to make sure there's 'buffer')
- Is Facebook worth using? Not sure how the test drive would work given social distancing, and more importantly the lack of MOT etc (!) but the good thing is that there's a new battery and it still turns on
Would appreciate any pointers or advice, I know this is probably basic stuff but hey, everyone's a novice until, well, they're not
thanks
As title, I need some advice on getting rid of a Polo. It's a 2007 Automatic, ok condition but due to a few issues a few years ago we've used it less and less, and practically not at all over lockdown. MOT came up recently and we were quoted ~£500 to replace the alternator and a few other bits, with total fixes - potential advisories - coming up at around £1200 (although looking around at other garages it's closer to £700-800, probably a lot cheaper if a mechanic or some who knows what they're doing gets the parts second hand).
We'd rather just get rid of it tbh, and had a few garages tell us to stick it online for ~£600 (now SORN'ed, no MOT) but I'm not sure where lol.
So...as I don't know much (well, anything) about selling cars I'm after some thoughts on -
- does £700 sound about right as a starting point? The car seems to be valued £1500-1700 if everything was well, and I don't want to pitch it too high given all the issues but also don't want to be too low (since the price might be haggled down anyway so want to make sure there's 'buffer')
- Is Facebook worth using? Not sure how the test drive would work given social distancing, and more importantly the lack of MOT etc (!) but the good thing is that there's a new battery and it still turns on
Would appreciate any pointers or advice, I know this is probably basic stuff but hey, everyone's a novice until, well, they're not
thanks