Best way to sell a car?

[NinaDefoe]

I’ve looked at Autotrader, Motorway, WeBuyAnyCar etc. and I’m not sure what is the best way to go.

I have a car sitting on my drive. 10 years old, ave mileage, drives great BUT, if I was keeping it, I’d have some some minor work done.

It’s a great car and the dealer ads on Auto trader put it at 5-6K.
BUT, as I say, it’s not perfect.
I’d take the Motorway/WeBuyAnyCar valuation (3K) ifI knew it wasn’t going to be slashed further.

WWYD?

BarbaraofSeville

In the nicest possible way, you're inventing problems.

I know.
I would never con anyone and want people to know exactly what they’re buying.
On the other hand, I don’t want some shit thinking that they con me - I don’t want to just ‘give it away’.

I’ve had the car since it was a year old. It was a garage car before I had it. I got it when it had around 8,000 miles.
It has 89,000 now.

I overthink things and need to stop.

@BarbaraofSeville

^This is what I want to avoid. I’m trying to avoid dealing with scammers^

You can tell a lot from how someone will be from their initial contact. A genuine buyer will ask questions in sentences in their messages or ask for a phone number so they can chat. Scammers tend to write in text speak, make low offers without seeing the car or offer to swap the car for something ridiculous like a quad bike.

On the matter of payment, no need to insist on actual cash. Just get them to pay by bank transfer on their phone. That's what we've done for any sales and purchases in the last few years.

Thank you! 😊👍🏻

@AlisonDonut

The best way for me would be to sell at a low price which I’m happy to do

Why a low price? Surely you want the best price?

Honestly this place at the moment is full of strange threads.

If you want a low price, why are you dithering about the best place to sell? Just sell it to the lowest bidder on ebay who will then also take a huge amount of the sale price. Or give it away?

@AlisonDonut More like strange posters i.e. you. Others are able to come to an understanding of what OP meant.

And it's classic of people on MN to come to massive assumptions and assume they do everything right and others must do everything wrong. I've never tried to sell a car with bald tyres🙄

@NinaDefoe

Re. Cam belt... I’m assuming it will need replacing soon. Most cars that age have had it done once so I’m guessing it is due!

Does it have a chain rather than a belt. My 2013 Hyundai i10 has one. It lasts the life of the car.

I think a belt!
When I last took it in for an MOT the man as at the garage said that would likely be the next job.
It isn’t written on the MOT advisory notes, he was just telling me what he thought.

I've sold in motorway and it was incredibly straightforward and easy. We got a great place pretty much at the initial quote.
The car essentially goes into an dealer auction. And you set the lowest price you are prepared to accept.

Also just sold with Motorway this week.
Very straight forward. We got over the price they stated too.

It cut out the stress of tyre kickers & stupid offers

Your a private seller, don't put in the advert cambelt due soon. Just get all the history you have and sell it as it is.

@Essentialgarage

Your a private seller, don't put in the advert cambelt due soon. Just get all the history you have and sell it as it is.

What about 'sold as seen'? Does that sound dodgy?

Just come across this thread as I will be wanting to sell a car shortly - seems choice is ebay, gumtree or autotrader but whats the best way of being paid - car is likely to be £5000ish. As others have said cash is best but will someone literally hand over £5000 or whatever the sale price in 20 and 10 notes? Not sure I would be happy carrying around that kind of money myself!

When I sold my car-before-the-last-one, I contacted WBAC and Evans Halshaw.

EH on-line valuation was much better than WBAC. I booked an appointment at EH for Saturday and the next WBAC was on the Tuesday.

Went to EH and after about fifteen/twenty minutes the quoted value was confirmed. Walked away without my car.

I contacted WBAC straightaway to cancel my appointment, told them car was sold.

I STILL had several phone calls and emails over the next week or so, wanting to see if they could see my car (that I didn't own anymore).