Selling car - but no interest!

fatboyonadiet

Cheers, mine is the Twist model, parkers says £3,400 - £4,400 depending on condition

vikingaero

I agree that price is the problem. For £5k you're not too far financially from nearly new superminis. On that basis I would rather spend a grand or two extra on a 6 month old Corsa/Fiesta with warranty rather than a 4 year old MOTable car.

iolanthe07

Things are pretty dire at the moment. There is so much out there and the fact that there is no interest indicates that you're asking too much for it.

mluton

Here's one Im a member of

www.vwaudiforum.co.uk

Hintza

fatboyonadiet wrote: »

Cheers, mine is the Twist model, parkers says £3,400 - £4,400 depending on condition

Glass's agree with that valuation.

Volkswagen Polo Twist
1.4TD Diesel 3-door Hatchback
5 Speed Manual Front Wheel Drive
Year: 2005 05
Mileage: 50,000




Part-exchange Price:
Excellent condition:
£4420
Average condition:
£4030
Below average condition:
£3540

BUT

You have answered your own question your car is probably +/- £1,000 too expensive. And remember all figures quoted here are historical and prices could be down another 10% in the intervening period.

The question is how desperate are you to sell? Can you trade it in?

If I was buying I would be looking at the lower figure I have quoted here and perhaps raising my offer for a particularly good clean example.

redux

cut the price a bit, and something ending in 999 looks a bit contrived to me, like a car dealer window sticker, how about £4300 to start

I was quite surprised: we spent £1.20 to put a postcard in the local shop window for a month - an older cheaper car admittedly but low mileage, £1900 or offer - it went in 3 days and there were 2 more calls before I got back to the shop to remove the card

fatboyonadiet

Thanks all, guess I'll have to bite the bullet and drop the price, the sooner I can get rid the better really, I'd rather not part-ex it because we can do with one car for now.

I know eBay is half price listing so might try that on the weekend and putting it up on a postcard in the local shop.

hartcjhart

try these most are free

http://uk.freeads.net/
http://www.classifieds.co.uk/
http://kent.gumtree.com/ go to your local gumtree
http://www.localads.co.uk
http://used-cars-vans.vivastreet.co.uk/cars-sale-buy
http://www.preloved.co.uk/index.cfm?... acs=c7a5ad61
http://www.adtrader.co.uk/postcode_splash.php

Phlik

Watch cars listed on eBay (auction not classified). Find a few the same age and spec as yours and see what they go for. That's your price.

Phlik

passatrider

I'd list it for £4300 ono and see where that takes you. If you get £4000 for it then I think you should take the money and run!