Selling my car

cyber69

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My job's been at risk for the past 6 months but just been given the 'not at risk' notification so I was thinking of selling my private car now as it's been sitting on the drive unused for the past 8 months.

I have a company car and used to use my private car for business but the new company would only pay 8ppm + vat for fuel so I thought it would be best to take the company car option.

I did a valuation on motorway.co.uk a few months ago and it came in at £7,070 but just did another one yesterday and it's now £7,750. Have used car price's gone up?

Is motorway.co.uk and webuyanycar.com the way to go for getting shot of a car hassle free or am I best to advertise it privately?

It's a 17 plate Skoda octavia 1.6D sport hatch with 47k miles, £0 tax dodger.
 
cyber69 said:
Is motorway.co.uk and webuyanycar.com the way to go for getting shot of a car hassle free or am I best to advertise it privately?
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Yes to both. WBAC etc are relatively hassle free but will lowball you on price (and probably lowball a second time when you actually take it to them after the valuation). Selling privately will be a hassle but likely to get a better price. It's your call really whether you want the best price or the least hassle.
 
Hades said:
Yes to both. WBAC etc are relatively hassle free but will lowball you on price (and probably lowball a second time when you actually take it to them after the valuation). Selling privately will be a hassle but likely to get a better price. It's your call really whether you want the best price or the least hassle.
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Aren't you thinking of ditching the Evoque? Check the WBAC thread made by Gibbo page 1. Prices are sky rocketing.
 
Car like that should be relatively easy to sell. I'd stick it on AutoTrader for a few weeks at market value before resorting to loosing a grand at least at WBAC.
 
Ignore the Glass guide at the moment. Prices are all over the place.
Get a vaulation online from WBAC, then go on AutoTrader and see what other cars of the same model are up for.
 
dLockers said:
Aren't you thinking of ditching the Evoque? Check the WBAC thread made by Gibbo page 1. Prices are sky rocketing.
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It's a lease which expires in December. They wrote to me asking if I wanted to extend the lease but I think I'll just hand it back and buy something instead. I leased because I wasn't sure what car to get and a great deal came up. But I'm not keen on leasing in general.

Having said that, if prices are rocketing then it might still be cheaper to extend the lease.
 
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Rilot said:
Ignore the Glass guide at the moment. Prices are all over the place.
Get a vaulation online from WBAC, then go on AutoTrader and see what other cars of the same model are up for.
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There's only one that matches my car on autotrader and it's £9,400 but with 10k less miles on the clock. WBAC quote comes in at £7,500 before any discounts for damage.

Would that mean mine should fetch around £8,250 private sale?
 
cyber69 said:
There's only one that matches my car on autotrader and it's £9,400 but with 10k less miles on the clock. WBAC quote comes in at £7,500 before any discounts for damage.

Would that mean mine should fetch around £8,250 private sale?
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Autotrader should give you a trade in price as well as a private sale price.
 
Based on that, I'd start at somewhere between £8 and £9k. If it doesn't sell you can always drop it. I'd be looking at what WBAC + 1k at least.
 
Take the chance on WBAC and see what they give. I'd take a confirmed £7960 (less 75 quid admin fee) over mythical tyre kicker sale.
 
I got £8250 in the end from a dealer on Motorway.co.uk. WBAC quoted came in at £7600 minus any defects they found or I disclosed so probably a good £600 - £800 more than WBAC.
 
Park on side of road, poster on window with phone number. Phone rings, haggle abit when they test drive, bang its gone.
That was my experience selling about 20+ cars.

One car i was quoted £200 by WBAC. I sold it for £800 no problem, they are low ballers like the vultures who try to buy houses for peanuts
 
Only experience of selling one car privately. A 2007 Peugeot 107 with Wolfrace alloys and 15,000 miles back in June 2015. I was after a 2007 Smart Fortwo with 15,000 miles on it for £ 4500 from a dealer.

I enquired about part exchange with the dealer and they offered me £ 2000, so I advertised on FB at £ 3,000 and sold it to the first person to view it for £ 2,800.

Always expect to have your asking price to be knocked down and you’ll be fine.
 
I was pleasantly surprised when I sold my Zoe via Motorway, they quoted double WBAC, and very close to the top end of what similar private ads were up for on Autotrader.
 
dave28 said:
Park on side of road, poster on window with phone number. Phone rings, haggle abit when they test drive, bang its gone.
That was my experience selling about 20+ cars.

One car i was quoted £200 by WBAC. I sold it for £800 no problem, they are low ballers like the vultures who try to buy houses for peanuts
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They are low-ballers for the kind of sub £1000 dross you can look to sell on gumtree, but for desirable, modern, in-vogue cars they are pretty close to (if not higher than) the mark at the moment. Both my 2017 440i and the wife’s 2018 Passat GTE are currently worth more than we paid, and that’s if selling to WBAC.

On the other hand, if I were to try and offload my 2004 TT v6 to them, they’d offer around 50% of what I could get for it in a private sale.
 
What do you reckon my February 2019 Smart Fortwo 0.9 turbo prime premium cabriolet automatic with 3700 miles on the clock is worth?

I paid £ 15,000 for it brand new in February 2019 and I reckon I could ask £ 10,000 privately for it. What do WBAC and the other sites say?
 
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