Motorway - we can't sell your car

lincroft1710

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82013964#Comment_82013964

I do say, because if that car had a decent length MOT it would have probably sold. Unless it is an undesirable model e.g. known engine problems, wrong colour, not suitable as first car for teenager, expensive to insure.

Private sale is probably your only option if you want decent money. If you're getting no interest, then I suggest one (or more) of the above is the reason. MOT you can fix, others, you just have to take the hit Try advertising on paid for sites, rather than just the free ones

Dealer, auction, WBAC, less money but car is gone and no comeback (except perhaps auction, as some auctions give a very short period where purchaser can return car if undeclared faults are found)

Arunmor

OP so you now have a car with a 5 month MOT that you are worried will not get through an MOT without spending £xxx's. What is wrong with it? Buyers want a car that they can run for 12 months and if it fails its next MOT badly they can scrap and repeat the process. Just now it is just above spares or repairs territory. You can moan all you want but to find a buyer the pricing region you want get an MOT done.

What car is it and what year?

B0bbyEwing

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014058#Comment_82014058

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014259#Comment_82014259

Little confused by WKS's post.

As Paul says, their quote is based on the info I've given.

If I don't tweak anything then the online price will be a lot more than £970. Well, "lot" might be stretching it but it'll be more. I've tweaked everything to be as accurate as possible based on the questions they ask (example: their default is 6 months+ of MOT but I changed this to 3-5 months, plus other things that needed to be changed to be more accurate than default).

Not sure why anyone would be expecting a 14 year old car to be factory fresh. Who on earth buys a car, stores it in a garage, maintains it so that there's zero rust anywhere on it, just to then hand it over to someone like WBAC in a hope to not get knocked down on an online quote?

Answer: absolutely nobody.

WellKnownSid

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014700#Comment_82014700

Those are the rules by which they play. Your choice to play by the rules - but the point is a simple one - the figure you are quoted online is guaranteed to be unobtainable for older cars.