Selling my car (no insurance, no tax, battery dead)

sj999

marlot wrote: »

It might be worth getting a local garage to collect it, do an MOT and drop it back. If they use trade plates you don't need to worry about tax and insurance - and the car will sell for more with a new MOT.

Sounds like the bast plan, MOT will make it a lot easier to sell.

rorylando45

Just a quick update for anyone who is interested...I bought a new battery for £53 and it started fine. I then had it MOTd and it needed a few repairs, total bill came to £295 :O

So I'm now £308 in the hole, and eBay selling fees will be about £30 I think. So I'm gonna need to get about £500 for it for this to have all been worthwhile!

coinxoperated

Whats the Year / Mileage on it?

rorylando45

Year 2000, mileage 70k which isn't too bad?

londonTiger

very few ppl will trust a car with no tax and no battery, so you limit your market reach substantially, makes it aweful for sites like ebay where you need a few people really interested to drive up the bid price.

no tax means it's a nightmare buying and getting taxed before the dreaded parking attendant comes and slaps a fine on, or God forbid a police scanner detects you and gives you an automatic fine, so few people will take a chance.

faulty battery means the the car doesn;t start, many buyers will think, youre just saying the battery is faulty when in fact there are probably heaps of issues, so they think the car is worthless.

at the very least buy a second hand battery from someone else parting their punto.

dont buy a brand new one, it's pointless for a car you're intending to sell off. just buy a used battery that's good for the inspection and a few weeks post sale.

paddedjohn

londonTiger wrote: »

very few ppl will trust a car with no tax and no battery, so you limit your market reach substantially, makes it aweful for sites like ebay where you need a few people really interested to drive up the bid price.

no tax means it's a nightmare buying and getting taxed before the dreaded parking attendant comes and slaps a fine on, or God forbid a police scanner detects you and gives you an automatic fine, so few people will take a chance.

faulty battery means the the car doesn;t start, many buyers will think, youre just saying the battery is faulty when in fact there are probably heaps of issues, so they think the car is worthless.

at the very least buy a second hand battery from someone else parting their punto.

dont buy a brand new one, it's pointless for a car you're intending to sell off. just buy a used battery that's good for the inspection and a few weeks post sale.

Have you actually read the thread? See post 13 for an update;)

BlueC

rorylando45 wrote: »

Just a quick update for anyone who is interested...I bought a new battery for £53 and it started fine. I then had it MOTd and it needed a few repairs, total bill came to £295 :O

So I'm now £308 in the hole, and eBay selling fees will be about £30 I think. So I'm gonna need to get about £500 for it for this to have all been worthwhile!

It still won't be worthwhile because you'd have easily got £300 for it on eBay as a non-starter for scrap/spares/repair. I've sold a battered old fiesta with a blown head gasket for more than that. That said, by making it road worthy you'll have increased your potential market somewhat, so selling it should be easier.

Hopefully you'll get £600+ for it.

Tilt

rorylando45 wrote: »

Just a quick update for anyone who is interested...I bought a new battery for £53 and it started fine. I then had it MOTd and it needed a few repairs, total bill came to £295 :O

So I'm now £308 in the hole, and eBay selling fees will be about £30 I think. So I'm gonna need to get about £500 for it for this to have all been worthwhile!

Punto's in decent condition of that age with a full MOT are fetching around £1k depending on which version you have.

Rolandtheroadie

Tilt wrote: »

Punto's in decent condition of that age with a full MOT are fetching around £1k depending on which version you have.

Not according to ebay completed listings, top one was £700.

Tilt

scotsman4th wrote: »

Not according to ebay completed listings, top one was £700.

Take a look on Auto Trader... there's about 10 pages of them on there for £1k and above similar age/mileage to the OPs.