Selling a clapped out car (update: happy ending)

jackr5

Depends if you can be bothered. If you can't and want rid of it just take the £250 and be done with it.

bigjl

Join up to a Volvo owners forum or Retro Rides.

Describe it fully with all faults disclosed.

At least there is a chance the car will be given a new lease of life, or broken for parts!

Ebe_Scrooge

Another vote for eBay, or actually Gumtree can be pretty good as you tend to get only "local" people looking at their local section. Just be careful of the inevitable scammers ( "I'll take the car then transfer the money to your account afterwards" ), but there are a lot of genuine people ( myself included ) who buy and sell on there.


As others have said, so long as you're totally honest in describing the known faults, any buyer will have absolutely no comeback whatsoever, and odds on you'll get a reasonable price for it from someone that wants it for spares, or else an enthusiast who is looking for a "fixer-upper".

Stigy

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Another vote for eBay, or actually Gumtree can be pretty good as you tend to get only "local" people looking at their local section. Just be careful of the inevitable scammers ( "I'll take the car then transfer the money to your account afterwards" ), but there are a lot of genuine people ( myself included ) who buy and sell on there.


As others have said, so long as you're totally honest in describing the known faults, any buyer will have absolutely no comeback whatsoever, and odds on you'll get a reasonable price for it from someone that wants it for spares, or else an enthusiast who is looking for a "fixer-upper".

A couple of downsides to selling on eBay is that it's not free, and if auctioning a car, attracts a lot of people who bid and fail to make contact.

You can be less descriptive from the outset at a free ad site such as Gumtree as people tend to view the car before making their decision. Of course eBay can be the same, but only if you list it as a Classified Ad or sometimes a Buy It Now.

bigjl

Which is why owners forums are a good idea.

Price it right and somebody will come for it, even if it is just going to be a parts car.

Herzlos

Did you ask how much the dealer would give you off to not take it? He'll probably have to pay to dispose of it.

I was once offered about £400 extra to not do the trade in, because they really didn't want it

racing_blue

Thanks all for the ideas. The old car died (my hunch was right) which made the decision easier, I just needed rid ASAP.

Here's what I did:

1. Went out and bought a new car for cash from a dealer up the road. Drove it home.
2. Followed Google to https://www.cartakeback.com and was offered £60 for the dead one.
3. Was going to take that, but the next day, typed the same details in and was offered £125 (?) Click click, a truck came and towed my car away.
4. But not before I removed the spare wheel and jack because I'm a tightwad, sold on Ebay for £60

For general interest / info. The service from the site mentioned was very slick, I'm sure there are others too.

bigadaj

Ŵelll many people would be prepared to pay for a happy ending.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Hope you bought the same car again, considering the neglect and abuse it had the thing did well to last as long as it has.