For sale is my Y reg (Y76 UOP) skoda fabia 1.4 16V comfort (100bhp version)

Tax until 31^st May 2014, MOT until May 31^st 2014 too.

In excellent working order and has had LOTS of the consumables changed under my ownership. PLEASE READ ON!

Location: Leicester, LE2.

Price: £800

Photos: http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/ollie_cb/library/skoda%20fabia

Mileage: 122875

 

Details:

Everything is as standard apart from a different CD player.

 

I bought the car in Nov 2011 and have changed the following:

 

New head lights approx 4 months ago for £70 (old ones were very hazy)

 

Doors sealed due to the usual leaks so this is a bone dry car!

 

Driver’s side door carrier changed last year (£50)

 

Coolant temp sensor changed due to lumpy idle.

 

EGR valve cleaned LAST WEEK at a cost of £112 (included diagnostic as this had triggered engine warning light)

 

New catalytic converter (£220 on 10^th May 2013 – photo of invoice)

 

New clutch (£225 on 17^th March 2012 @100,463 miles – photo of invoice)

 

New cam belt, tensioners, water pump (£260 on 29^th July 2013 @118,650 miles – photo of invoice)

 

2 new tyres @ approx 110k miles.. cannot find invoice at the moment but tread can be seen from photos

 

2 new rear springs replaced in May this year before MOT. Thanks to help from peter3197 on here.

 

New rear pads and discs @ approx 110k miles but cannot find invoice.

 

Front poly-bushes changed at same time as near side wheel bearing at approx 115k miles

 

I have also replaced the off side front wheel arch lining as it had a hole in it when i bought the car!

 

So as you can see, anything that wears out over time has been replaced. Car runs really well and DOES NOT drink oil like some examples with the same engine. I barely have to top up between oil changes which have been every 6k miles since i bought the car. (10w40 fully synthetic oil used)

 

Only small issues are:

Dents in bonnet and off side arch thanks to debris from a car crash next to me (lucky escape!)

Alloys a bit scuffed thanks to mum (see photos....alloys not mum!)

Front seats a bit water stained – like that since i bought. They need removing and shampooing but i have never bothered

Air con doesn’t work. Hasn’t since i bought the car. No idea what the issue is!

The car pulls slightly to one side. When I had the two front tyres changed, I had them aligned too which I thought would solve the problem. Same with the front bushes and wheel bearing. I explained the car pulled after all this being done and the garage said that it’s nothing to worry about since it drives perfectly after having all this done

 

Any questions please ask. As you can see, i am very honest and just want a quick sale. I’ve spent loads on the car since ownership. My reason for sale is that I am going to buy something a little sportier now i’m nearly 22.

 

As I find more invoices, I will add them to the album. I have a whole stack of invoices that were given to me when i bought the car too.

 

OK so I'm picking up my new car next Wednesday or Friday. I can trade this skoda in for £400 plus 110 refund on tax = £510.

 

If anyone on here is interested but thinks £800 is too high, please let me know! 

 

Or if anyone thinks i need to provide more information or has any tips, please tell me.

 

Thanks.

reduced to £700

final reduction:

£650. Half a tank of petrol in it and all that tax and ticket.... what am i doing wrong?!

Can you ping me some pics

Have a mate interested

[email protected]

I've messaged you.

 

Just to be clear to everyone, I will be part exchanging this on Friday lunch time for £400 + £110 return on my tax,

 

So time is running out a little now!

 

My car is located in leicester. I'm driving to Lowestoft for midday Friday to pick up the new car.

Thanks got your email sorry me being a dufus

final reduction:

£650. Half a tank of petrol in it and all that tax and ticket.... what am i doing wrong?!

Openly admitting that you're going to make £140 extra profit probably.

I haven't got an issue with that, but some probably have.

 

All seems reasonably priced to me, but many want the world with added extras for even that sort of money unfortunately

 

It's a bit like on Wheeler Dealers when Mike Brewer openly and gloatingly admits that he's made a big fat juicy profit of £2000 after he's 'stitched' a punter up and refused to lower his asking price.

I always cringe at that point, and always wonder what the poor sod that bought it must be thinking of Brewer when he realises just how much he's squeezed out of them.

 

Could all be staged of course, but you get my drift.

 

Sheeple generally speaking don't like to see or hear about anyone making money out of them

Edited 7 November, 201312 yr by Mr Ree

Hi Mr Ree,

 

You're incorrect though.

 

If I was to sell my car for £510 here in Leicester, I would still need to get the train to Lowestoft. I need to leave at a "peak" time so the train ticket alone costs £60.

 

 

Therefore that's a "profit" of £80. That in itself is a completely ridiculous concept. I haven't come across ANYONE who expects to pay the same for a used car in a private sale as its part exchange value. Hence why in any second hand car valuation book, the guide prices for a second hand private sale and p/ex are in different columns.

The only difference on this occasion is that I have actually written on this thread how much I have been offered p/ex value.

 

 

As for you answering the question in the first place, perhaps a rhetorical question doesn't come across on the internet?

 

 

Agreed with you about "sheeple" though. I'm sure someone will be very happy to pay 1k+ when this ends up on a forecourt somewhere.

 

May as well lock this thread as it clearly isn't going to sell.

 

What a shame though. I have been completely honest and thought I had priced it well. Maybe next time I will have to write a less detailed description.

 

 

Edited to add:

just read that back and it sounds like i'm having a go at you! not at all, just don't think that "making a profit" was the correct phrasing

oh well, new car tomorrow!

Edited 7 November, 201312 yr by ollie j123

Sorry, fellah. No offence intended, just trying to imagine what goes through fellow sheeples minds, and you're correct, someone will end up paying nearly a grand for that on a forecourt.

Did you ever try ebay btw. The cheaper stuff really does seems to sell on there quite nicely in my experience, probably due to a wide audience actively looking for something in your catergory?

 

Good luck whatever you decide on anyway.

What you getting btw?

I only knew I was getting a new car over the weekend and thought this would be the best place to sell my car.

 

I thought the 100bhp 1.4 16v was quite desirable on here but perhaps not even more disappointing bearing in mind this is one that doesn't drink oil unlike plenty of others. It runs absolutely perfectly -  again, why it's a shame I will be p/ex-ing.

 

I just wanted it to go to the right person which is why I put it on here as like-minded people will know all the idiosyncrasies such as the leaking doors which have been resolved on my car,  new headlights on mine as the old ones cloud up etc.

 

I digress... I definitely agree with you, ebay would have been good for selling a cheap car like this but as time was very limited, I decided on putting it on here and unfortunately it didn't pay off.

Perhaps I should have put it on ebay in tandem. Hindsight is a wonderful thing though.

 

As for what's replacing it, an 07 reg Seat Leon Cupra. Very excited I have to say! 

this can now be locked please. car was p/exed today.

You are able to lock it yourself mate

No mod required for that

thanks damo