any thoughts on car auctions?

Ted_Hutchinson

I've used BCA Motability sales
and
Manheim Select vendor Motability and found it a fairly easy process. Like Frank my last was still in Warrenty so when I did have a problem (trivial light on Auto box kept flashing) the local Peugeot garage fixed it free. Saved me a packet and meant when I sold it I could afford to take a bit of hit as clearly if you buy at less than bottom book and sell/part exchange for trade in price you've only lost the minimum depreciation. Whereas if you buy at Dealer Retail and sell at bottom book or trade in price you've lost a lot more.

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eBay Motors UK as that will give you an idea of the going rate for what you are after.

I've bought a couple for my daughter as well and both her cars one was written off and the other stolen were paid out by the insurance company and she was paid by the insurance company more than I had actually paid at auction so although she had the hassle it didn't actually mean she'd lost cash.

The point Frank makes about most being customers being dealers shouldn't put you off. They don't seem to mind the odd private person there. What did bother me when watching the bidding on some very high mileage vehicles in the end of lease sale prior to the Motability one was the extremely high mileages on some very newish cars. I've been round a few car display showrooms/forecourts and never seen mileages such as those on second hand cars. Those dealers buying cars with those really high mileages must be clocking them or they'd never sell them at a reasonable price.