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Advice when listing car for sale

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mds2424 · 24/07/2025 11:06

Hi bit of advice please!

I'm in the process of selling my car (10yr old Mercedes) on the online platform Motorway. (Used by car dealers to purchase vehicles). It's in great condition aside from the front passenger tyre has what I suspect to be a slow puncture as needs inflating every couple of days.

If I was to declare this would anyone know or have experience in terms of how much the valuation would potentially go down by?

The warning light indicating low pressure goes off when the tyre is at the correct pressure so could I go down the route of ensuring it is as it should be when the dealer collects & been driven away...

Any suggestions or advice greatly appreciated!

Thanks

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Tryingtokeepgoing · 24/07/2025 15:15

Well a new tyre is unlikely to be more than a couple of hundred pounds, so if they reduce the value by more than that then just replace it. Or, spend £10 on a can of that tyre inflation foam for repairing punctures, squirt it into the tyre, inflate the tyre and then forget about the problem... ;)

WonderingWanda · 24/07/2025 15:39

Just replace the tyre, don't drive on a slow puncture, you could end up with a blowout and much more costly damage.

InveterateWineDrinker · 24/07/2025 17:16

Last slow puncture I had was repaired for about £30

reenon · 29/07/2025 19:19

Get it repaired. Some of the dealer's drivers have to drive 100s of miles back to the dealer. As a PP says, there could be a blow out.

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