Help! Need to sell our car!

WickedStepmother

Hello,

Although I have been a 'lurker' for many years now, I almost never post. I could do with some advice please from all the kindly souls on the forum!

I have a lovely Volvo V70 to sell. As much as I love the car, we have had to replace it with something bigger (my husband has two teenagers, I have a baby and a toddler!) But nobody seems to want to buy it.:(

- Its been on autotrader for nearly six weeks (and gumtree)
- I've checked guides like parkers or Glass'es to make sure were not being greedy
- It really is in good nick
- I've put the word out amongst family/friends
- There's a 'for sale' sign in the car window

What else do I need to do?
Is it worth spending loads extra to keep putting in classified ads in local paper/e-bay etc.

Hope somebody may have some useful advice, although I may not be able to check in until later!

motorguy

Has it a decently long MOT?

What mileage is on it?

Petrol or diesel?

Interior Trim?

Bodywork condition?

What year, etc?

If its got a long MOT and reasonable miles then your issue is price. How much have you it in for?

Also, stick it onto pistonheads.com and gumtree - both are free

WickedStepmother

MOT until April 2011, Tax Sept 2010
True, mileage is high 118,000
Petrol, estate, Yreg,
Lovely inside, bodywork v.good
On for £2,995

Thanks for thought on petrolheads, hadn't considered that.

WickedStepmother

Sorry, meant pistonheads

WickedStepmother

No joy from gumtree either

C_Mababejive

With the price of fuel rocketing, i think peeps are thinking seriously about what they drive. The V70 is a nice motor but maybe a bit slurpy for some.

motorguy

WickedStepmother wrote: »

MOT until April 2011, Tax Sept 2010
True, mileage is high 118,000
Petrol, estate, Yreg,
Lovely inside, bodywork v.good
On for £2,995

Thanks for thought on petrolheads, hadn't considered that.

whats the engine size?

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

If it isn't selling, it's too expensive.

motorguy

Too pricey I think

Heres a similar one with similar miles on autotrader from a dealer for £2250

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/ni/cars_popup.jsp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&photo=1&state=block&sort=&hassearched=Y&make=VOLVO&min_pr=75&source=0&model=V70&max_pr=&miles=1500&agerange=3&mileage=&postcode=bt667gu&variant=&bodyid=0&trim=&fuelid=0&colour=&transmissionid=0&keywords=2001&ukcarsearch_full.x=33&ukcarsearch_full.y=3&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH&start=5&distance=154&adcategory=CARS&channel=CARS&id=201017357660262

WickedStepmother

Very similar, although our is the 2.4 170bhp. Silver, cream interior.

I suppose its all very well using Parkers or Glasses or whatever, but they are only a guide afterall. And irrelevant if nobody's buying!!

I guess dropping the price is the best option (slightly galling htough) it's a lovely lovely car that I'm rather sad to part with...

no_more_cards_for_me

V70 is a lovely car and not even run in yet 118k on a volvo is absolutly nothing. The 2.4 is good for at least 250k if looked after.

Have you considered http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/

Probably the best place to try and sell it. I assume its not the 7 seater ?

Shame its not a T5 or I'd be interested as the only thing i would swap my 225bhp S60 for is a T5 V70.

Good luck.