Selling an old car with some problems

stg123

Any tips on where to sell a slightly clapped out car?

I’ve got a 14-year old Ford Galaxy that’s got a few issues with it – (speedometer is playing up, a couple of other things). Otherwise the car drives fine.

It’ll cost more than the car is worth for me to get these sorted out – so I’d like to sell it instead.

I could do a private sale but I imagine that would be lots of hassle and I don’t actually have a strong assessment of what the problems are or how much they would cost to fix.

‘We buy any car’? Something else?

marty2be2000

Webuyanycar would be the last place to sell an older car. They will buy it, but will most likely give you £50 if your lucky. I was offered that minus an admin fee for a fully working older A6.

Sell it privately and say exactly what the issues are as spares/repair and you could realise a reasonable value.

pappa_golf

gumtree , lots of info , phone only NO TXT , wittle out the idiots , takes time but you will get 3 x WBAC price


add £50 on , because every one will txt saying will you take "£x" ,


but you don,t play 30 question ping pong by txt do you?

walwyn1978

Or EBay. Same as the sensible suggestion for Gumtree though - mark it spares or repair, be very clear about the known faults, start at 99p no reserve and you'll have it shifted.

No to WBAC and variants, they won't make anything selling it on so you'll get diddly as an offer

s_b

why not just scrap the thing and save yourself all the hassles of the great unwashed hassling you

ARandomMiser

Just be very honest about the faults.

motorguy

ARandomMiser wrote: »

Just be very honest about the faults.

The problem i have with having done this in the past is you list the faults, and price i accordingly.

You then get numpties out who will offer you £xxx less than that price "because the faults need fixed" :rolleyes:

I'd personally describe it well and stick it on an ebay auction.

pothole50

Avoid gumtree too many idiots, who dont or cant read the info you put about the car, one guy even wanted me to knock off the taxi fare, so he could come and pick it up, even though I said no MOT and SORN. If you put it on Ebay decide what you want for it and put it on as a clasified ad only cost you £14.99, if you auction it and sell it, then knock £30 off the final price for fees.

pappa_golf

gumtree , make them RING you , state the mot and faults , blow the chancers off , do not answer txt messages , do not play txt ping pong


as per other postings , ensure the buyer comes before 6pm (mon-sat) and declare it sold online https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle

mwpt

Just tagging on to this thread for some advice, hope that's ok. I have (well, a friend actually) an old year 2000 Ford, which is not in working condition. It has an oil leak, battery is completely dead, so not able to start it. It was running about a year ago but was left to deteriorate. Is it worth trying to eBay the car or is this scrap material through webuyanycar? Frankly, if we can only get £50 more on eBay it isn't really worth the bother.

pappa_golf

we buy any cat = £100 if driven to them (with mot)


try ebay , but do not expect much unless you are willing to break it and sell all bits off separate




local scrap yard = about £50