Car sale advice needed

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I have a 2ltr Volvo V40 16 plate that I need to sell due to rearranging our couple of cars anticipating our daughter passing her test and needing something smaller to insure her on.

What would you recommend be the best method of selling it to get maximum value?
 
Dealers are offering good prices atm quick and hassle free. You could go private but that could take weeks.
Recently sold my Mrs' car and Evans Halshaw gave the best price and honoured it when they saw the car.
 
Get a valuation on Motorway, pretty accurate to be fair. Then it’s private sale or dealer for exchange. I had a great experience with Cazoo on PX for a replacement used vehicle.
 
Thanks both. I did wonder about dealers, but I wondered if they are motivated when I’m not buying another car with them or buying a car but trading down so will make a profit
 
Ive sold a few cars - old and new - on webuyanycar and found they paid a good price without all the hassle of having private buyers/timewasters
 
Maximum value to me means most cash , so that's private sale . However it's easy these days to compare a simple sale say to WeBuy... as they will give you a quote online. Then it's up to you to see if the difference is worth putting in the effort for. Private sale V40 16's on autotrader are asking 10k to 12.5k depending on the spec ,mileage and service history but use that site and pick the cars closest to yours to determine what your private asking price would be then take off couple of hundred for the usual haggle. Then compare what WeBuy want to offer
 
I sold a car through Motorway, the initial bit is hassle free but when they turn up to pick it up the buyers can try and knock the price down. I met the guy at redcar train station and he tried it on. Told him to go to the pub on station road to keep warm cos the train back was half an hour away. Funny enough I got my money and no more discussion.

Our Mam had a similar thing when she sold hers as well, stand your ground on the price when they turn up
 
My mate has just sold his car through carwow the dealers bid against each other he managed to get 2k more than the px offered and more than webuyanycar and motor way
 
I've used Motorway and Cazoo, both without any issues.
Last car was a Volvo V40 2017 plate Diesel and Cazoo were the best price offered by anyone. Took it to their drop off place in Bishop Auckland (I think it was). Whole deal and money in bank completed within 10 minutes.
 
Merrykoala said:
I sold a car through Motorway, the initial bit is hassle free but when they turn up to pick it up the buyers can try and knock the price down. I met the guy at redcar train station and he tried it on. Told him to go to the pub on station road to keep warm cos the train back was half an hour away. Funny enough I got my money and no more discussion.

Our Mam had a similar thing when she sold hers as well, stand your ground on the price when they turn up
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Same thing happened to me a few years back when we as selling a Corsa as we didn't need it anymore. Got chatting to the guy whilst he "inspected" the outside of the car and he'd travelled all the way from Birmingham on the train and then walked the 30 minute walk from the train to my then house.
Tried to knock £600 off of the price I was quoted and I told him thanks but no thanks I'll sell it privately. He jumped onto his phone for 2 minutes and then gave me the full quoted price there and then through a bank transfer.
Don't take any crap off of them OP.
 
Depends on the condition of your car. I had a 2013 Micra with just a month left on its MOT with 2 pages of advisories - it was a month from being a write off because it was certainly not going to pass its MOT without a lot of work, and the dealership still offered 2 grand for it without even looking at the condition of the car - I think they were just desperate to sell one of their new cars.
 
If someone has over 7 year old and over 70,000 miles its best the sell it with a long MOT is one piece of advice.

The market for second hand is strong at present, because new production has been low since Covid and still is. People are waiting around 6 months for some ordinary models.

The manufacturers have closed down some production facilities for ICE vehicles, they say they struggle to find workers. struggle to get parts, its costing them more to ship and maintain an efficient global network. Some other cost of production have been shoting up like energy. All has made a brand new car a very expensive purchase.

Demand has increased as countries some out of covid, but some people still prefer to travel in their own transport than use public transport because of covid.

I got a similar range of prices offered for my older high mileage car (from Cinch and two franchised dealers). In the end I part-exed with a local well established reputable dealer as its most convenient option. They offered me a good deal on the car I was buying. They are there to support any after sales queries I have, such as how does this work etc?
 
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Brian Marwood said:
Selling your car is like making love to a beautiful woman. Just get it out there and wait for some interest.
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Selling your car is like making love to a beautiful woman, it's embarrassing if you start crying afterwards.

Meh, you do better.
 
Sold mine to Coulby webuyanycar, Amir was more than fair with the condition and gave me more than I originally thought they would after hearing the horror stories. I had heard horror stories of how they go really low, I probably could of got more from Motorway but we're talking £200/300 so for a quick sale I was happy to get it over and done with. I am planning on selling another car to them when my new one turns up just to save any hassle
 
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