Selling my car. No patience

honestly only a mug would buy your car tbh.
the first thing any sane person would do is look at autotrader's own valuation and it's not good looking for your car
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if i were looking for a Q2 it would be a hard pass with the seller asking 25% over valuation. screams to me that the seller would be an entitled ahole and difficult to deal with
 
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dirtychinchilla said:
Why would I sell a £20k for £16k.
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The problem is that it's not really a £20k car, unless you're a franchised Audi dealer.

Used car values have plummeted recently, we've seen a significant correction to used prices after the inflated Covid / chip shortage era.

Install the Autotrader price tracker for Chrome and have a skim through some of the cars you might be competing with that have been advertised a while - you'll frequently see dealership cars with list prices dropping by thousands upon thousands over the last 3 to 6 months.

Edit - if yours is the grey one with the reg @tamzzy posted above, there's a few other things that I'd say work against you a bit, from "huh that's odd" to extremely petty but questionable on a top priced car.

You say 10 months MOT left, it shows as due in June, which is not 10 months away. Confusing.

Ad text says £20.5k, ad price shows £19,995.

You mention here (but not in the advert now?) that you bought the car in Dec 18 and it's listed as a 1 owner car... But TotalCarCheck free check shows first registered June 2019 and last V5C issued in May 2021. Potentially odd and implies 2 owners at first glance.

Take the air freshener out, just makes it looks like the car might smell, not ideal on a car asking top money.

(if that's not yours, ignore all the above :p)
 
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Autotrader price tracker will tell you what you already suspect - right now a lot of people are tight on money and aren't splashing their cash on expensive new cars or houses. Right now it's a buyers market, not a sellers one. Combine the rush in car prices with the parts shortages during COVID, with the surge in car prices as lots of people spent money on stupid **** during COVID lockdown like cars where cars were one of the few hobbies you could actually do during lockdown and with the current increase in living costs and people generally being short for money ... it doesn't make a sellers market.

If you can't afford to go less than 20k as your bottom line - and dealers are selling similar examples at 1k to 2k less than that. I think you just have to face up to the fact that you're not in a position to change car yet until you get some more money. Get a valuation from one of the bar buyers everybody has suggested above - and work out how much extra you need with that valuation, or look at something cheaper.

Truth hurts, and maybe you don't want to hear it right now - but the thread is full of good advice. Happy hunting.
 
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Minstadave said:
None of that has any real value if I'm honest and doesn't beat a dealer warranty.
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+1, agreed.

Positive emotions on the sellers side in valuing their vehicle for a sale hold no sway with buyers, particularly since used car prices have been dropping month on month since around October 2023.
Most buyers considering the purchase of a £20K car will have done their research on mileage, MOT and service history, forecourt retail prices etc.

If dealers are offering the same spec car at the same price as a private seller the dealer will get the sale most of the time due to after sales backup.
If you wish to sell the car privately and quickly you will need to be very attractive to buyers on pricing to pull them away from a dealer purchase.
 
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tamzzy said:
honestly only a mug would buy your car tbh
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Values the car the same way as a used B550 motherboard, thinks it's worth way more than it actually is.
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Used car prices are trending downward, but as others have said try Motorway, Arnold Clark and Carwow then you'll know how much you'd get in the real world idea
 
Ahh, the old 'A Dealer is selling a car like mine for £18k so that's what my car is worth' fallacy. As Fox has said, when a Dealer has a similar car, with warranty and dealer consumer rights for less, no one is going to even consider looking at your car. It gives the impression 'Look darling, the car is up for sale like I said I would do, here's the ad on Autotrader' knowing it'll never sell at that price.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
In the back of my mind is that this car has been treated perfectly. Aside from this potential disc replacement, which is maybe £250, it has had everything done needed when needed, nothing has ever gone wrong with it, it has never remotely let me down etc. so whoever might buy it would be getting something absolutely solid, which is invaluable. It's not 100% perfect cosmetically, but it's not far off. I'd rather buy something reliable than beautiful.
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A buyer won't know this until they view it. If, as others are saying, it is 25% over market value then it won't ever get looked at. Unfortunately (for sellers) the market has changed and it is on the way down.
 
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dirtychinchilla said:
Mmm well I guess we’ll see on that front. Hopefully people see it as slightly more negotiable being from a private seller. Also, my perception is that as I’ve had it from new, I know about literally everything that’s happened to the car (nothing), which you’d never get from a dealer.
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I guess my point is that you could have had nothing but trouble with it since new and it's been a nightmare but you're clearly never going to say that in the advert, everyone will say it's been great with no hassle.
 
Kenai said:
Edit - if yours is the grey one with the reg @tamzzy posted above
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yes it is, i just took the post below and chucked the numbers into autotrader valuation, which is my point that anyone splashing out that much money would do something this basic...if not more like HPI/experian autocheck etc
within the first 2mins the car would automatically be ruled out

HangTime said:
I'm assuming it's this one? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202401245855748
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dirtychinchilla said:
That's the one :) I took that stuff out of the description as per Skilid's suggestions.
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Journey said:
Values the car the same way as a used B550 motherboard, thinks it's worth way more than it actually is.
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:cry: i had to look at the old posts to get the joke lol
 
You've also got this to contend with now that you've advertised it and moved the price - anyone with the extension will see how much you've been changing your mind:

AT Price Tracker​

Advertised 24/01/2024

Change-£1,505 (-7%)
28/01/2024£19,995
28/01/2024£20,495
28/01/2024£20,500
25/01/2024£21,500
 
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