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Car advice please

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  • AdrianHi
    AdrianHi Posts: 2,228 Forumite
    ineedinfo wrote: »
    Thanks for that, dont have any spare money so cant afford 2 or 3 grand for a new car hence my earlier question.

    i think it might be a good idea to just sell it on Ebay?

    Rick
    I think if you put an honest advert on ebay for the Vectra and let it go for whatever you can get you stand a good chance of getting a buyer. There are people around who will pick up cars for just a few hundred, spend a bit on them and run them for a while.
    Really doubt you will get your money back if you have to pay out for repairs to get through MOT.
    If £50-£60 fee for MOT is all you need to spend to MOT it, would be worth doing.
  • vansboy
    vansboy Posts: 6,483 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    ineedinfo wrote: »
    Thanks VB i am aware of the rules for driving a car without tax or mot. i think i will most liklely sell it on ebay pickup only. do you think that would be a good idea?

    Yes, e bay lets you be very precise, on how you want to get rid of it!!

    VB
  • ineedinfo
    ineedinfo Posts: 27 Forumite
    Thanks you two.

    i think i will put it on ebay an maybe put a small reserve on it. as long as people know it has no mot or tax then it should sell.
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