Car valuation...

Experiment626

How do I find out the value of my car if it's older than a P plate, i've tried the parkers site and if you're car is older than a P, you have to pay for a valuation and it's my understanding that the OR uses parkers as a guide for valuation.

I tried the What Car website and it doesn't have my actual model on there.

The car cost me £190 back in march, it's dented all over, quite beat up, scratched alloys and such as it was used as a daily back and forth car to a building site, it also has a wing thats a different colour to the rest of the body so i'm sure it would be worth much less than any actual valuation. Drivers seat is also coming lose, brakes are on their way out too, but it's a lovely little thing, lol!

Conor_3

It's worth scrap. I'd not be worrying about losing it.

Experiment626

Cheers guys, I did manage to find a valuation eventually and it came up as £695 in good condition, parkers may be different, but considering the condition the car is in, i'd say it's worth even less than I paid. It's an M reg vauxhall corsa 1.5D btw.

Just found a minute chip in the windscreen too, lol

Experiment626

blind-as-a-bat wrote: »

I think id be more woried about the brakes myself:eek: :rotfl:

Well they do work, just have to push really really hard and change down gears like crazy...:p ...but !!!!!! it, beggars can't be choosers, I stopped caring about having a nice car a long time ago!

mrtg0525

Experiment626 wrote: »

The car cost me £190 back in march

I'd say that if you've got a receipt for that, why not that take as proof of value? Cheap cars are notoriously hard to value as the bottom's pretty much fallen out of that market.

Experiment626

mrtg0525 wrote: »

I'd say that if you've got a receipt for that, why not that take as proof of value? Cheap cars are notoriously hard to value as the bottom's pretty much fallen out of that market.

No receipt i'm afraid, my gf's dad sorted it out for me as a favour from a guy he works with, i'm sure that if called/written to that the guy would be happy to clarify what I paid..would this be good enough?

fermi

mrtg0525 wrote: »

I'd say that if you've got a receipt for that, why not that take as proof of value? Cheap cars are notoriously hard to value as the bottom's pretty much fallen out of that market.

Yep. The value of any car in that price bracket is whatever the hell you can get for it.;)

That was the last time a value was placed upon it.

As always with cars, make sure you have prepared your case as to why you should be allowed to keep it. Although cars of this value are not routinely claimed by the OR it is also not unknown, so be prepared to fight your corner if you want to keep it.

Experiment626 wrote: »

No receipt i'm afraid, my gf's dad sorted it out for me as a favour from a guy he works with, i'm sure that if called/written to that the guy would be happy to clarify what I paid..would this be good enough?

I expect that would be fine. I'm sure the OR will be looking for an excuse not to go to the hassle of recovering it anyway.

Experiment626

fermi wrote: »

As always with cars, make sure you have prepared your case as to why you should be allowed to keep it. Although cars of this value are not routinely claimed by the OR it is also not unknown, so be prepared to fight your corner if you want to keep it.

I've been thinking about this a fair bit and as i'll be primarily doing agency work here and there for the first few weeks/months that i'll need a car to get to places at short notice, if I get a call at 7am asking me to be somewhere at 8am, it's a bit of a pain working out bus/trains routes even if they are on time for a change, he he!

mrtg0525

If you're doing agency work is there any way to get a letter from the/an agency you're working with to show that having your own transport is a requirement?

fermi

Experiment626 wrote: »

I've been thinking about this a fair bit and as i'll be primarily doing agency work here and there for the first few weeks/months that i'll need a car to get to places at short notice, if I get a call at 7am asking me to be somewhere at 8am, it's a bit of a pain working out bus/trains routes even if they are on time for a change, he he!

Sounds fair enough to me. The onus is on you to make your case to the OR in your interview.

As I said, as long as your OR isn't a pain (most aren't) they will probably be glad of an excuse not to have to go to all the hassle and paperwork of claiming a car of this value.

Experiment626

mrtg0525 wrote: »

If you're doing agency work is there any way to get a letter from the/an agency you're working with to show that having your own transport is a requirement?

This is probably a good idea, i'm not 100% that I will be doing agency work yet, but i'm going to be open to getting pretty much any work I can as soon as I move.