So very sad....

[Easy-Pd]

Webuyanycar say 2.5k for my 56 plate vrs pd diesel. Sad now, wish I hadn't looked.....

[ryan-re]

they are simply for people who are desperate to get rid asap and rip you off by a fortune. Generally give you half the value of the car. This is why they are known as weripyouoffasmuchaswecanbecauseyouaredesperatetosell.com

 

They quoted me a couple years ago £500 for a civic vti-s (one of 1200 ever made). I sold it for more than double that

[Easy-Pd]

Where can I get a rough price guide. Nearing 150k miles and want to see if I just run her into the ground , or bale out now for lower mileage....

[ed209]

they are simply for people who are desperate to get rid asap and rip you off by a fortune. Generally give you half the value of the car. This is why they are known as weripyouoffasmuchaswecanbecauseyouaredesperatetosell.com

 

They quoted me a couple years ago £500 for a civic vti-s (one of 1200 ever made). I sold it for more than double that

 

 

Not true, if your car fits the profile of the cars they want to sell at their retail sites you generally get an ok price (less than 3 yrs old focus,astra,golf etc). If it is a car they don't want they just give you a crap price knowing that you probably won't take it. If you do they are quids in anyway.

[ryan-re]

and if you have a car thats less than 3 years old why on earth would you be looking there to sell it, come on. They are out to rip off the unsuspecting and desperate public

 

As for value, only way is to look at auto trader, ebay etc etc for similar cars with similar spec and miles and see what they are selling for. Glasses guide and parkers wont be anything to go on either

Edited 14 March, 2014 by ryan-re

[ed209]

and if you have a car thats less than 3 years old why on earth would you be looking there to sell it, come on. They are out to rip off the unsuspecting and desperate public

 

As for value, only way is to look at auto trader, ebay etc etc for similar cars with similar spec and miles and see what they are selling for. Glasses guide and parkers wont be anything to go on either

 

 

because you saw a shiny new thing, you took out finance to buy it over 5 years and now you have lost your job/your wife has left you/you have a gambling habit/crack habit and you can no longer afford your car, you want rid quick. You therefore take your car to webuyanycar and get shot to raise funds.

 

Its amazing the amount of people who get serious debt to drive a car they cast really afford in order to impress their friends or neighbours.

 

to be fair they offered me 50% more than the range rover dealer did in part-ex for my snorter mondeo when i got my evoque 2 years ago.

 

I did however sell it for twice what we by any car offered within 10 minutes of listing it on ebay without the new owner even driving it!

 

Best car i ever had that! did about 40 mpg and the depreciation on it was less than the road tax i used up during the 7 months i owned it. Cost me a whole £15 in repairs.

Edited 14 March, 2014 by ed209

[Easy-Pd]

Mine is a bit more practical. 37k miles per year. Don't want to wipe out any value altogether if she is worth trading in.

[Easy-Pd]

And I want a shiny car to impress the neighbours.....

[Dazzle daz]

go on the glass's guide website and pay £3.95, it lets you input mileage and overall condition and gives you a valuation certificate as well.

[Matt2134]

parkers do an iphone app for pennies that will value your car...

[moanthebairns]

parkers isn't worth a ****, source a my mate who is a manger for Arnold clark.

 

webuyanycar aren't too bad to be honest depending on what you have

 

what ****ed me off with them was when I took my st down. it was dark and wet and the car was covered in mud and salt yet the guy "found" 3 stone chips on 3 different panels

 

he then proceeded to take off £40 a side. so by the time that was taken off and the admin fee I was down to like £2750

 

he was going to offer me £0 for my £1200 compomotives that were on it.

 

I got the car cleaned and could not for the life of me see the chips (it had just been resprayed 2 years ago)

 

phoned up and said this had another valuation from a guy who spent 30  minutes looking at it and couldn't see any faults at all. offered me the £2900 I sold it private a few days later for £3400 but was handy knowing I could get that

 

certain cars though as some have said don't fit into their criteria.

[mikey vrs]

There is a couple of cars the same as yours on autotrader for sale at a garage for £3995. One has 145k & the other 162k. 

[moanthebairns]

to be fair you have done 150,000 miles if you got £3,000 for it you've won a watch

[MartynVRS]

I'd just keep it. It's worth more to you than anyone else.

[Lady Elanore]

because you saw a shiny new thing, you took out finance to buy it over 5 years and now you have lost your job/your wife has left you/you have a gambling habit/crack habit and you can no longer afford your car, you want rid quick. You therefore take your car to webuyanycar and get shot to raise funds.

 

Its amazing the amount of people who get serious debt to drive a car they cast really afford in order to impress their friends or neighbours.

 

to be fair they offered me 50% more than the range rover dealer did in part-ex for my snorter mondeo when i got my evoque 2 years ago.

 

I did however sell it for twice what we by any car offered within 10 minutes of listing it on ebay without the new owner even driving it!

 

Best car i ever had that! did about 40 mpg and the depreciation on it was less than the road tax i used up during the 7 months i owned it. Cost me a whole £15 in repairs.

Of course if you bought the car using a HP/PCP agreement and you have paid off over half the total cost of the car, you can return it to the finance company. Good way to get out of negative equity.

[ed209]

Of course if you bought the car using a HP/PCP agreement and you have paid off over half the total cost of the car, you can return it to the finance company. Good way to get out of negative equity.

 

 

But how many people now buy a car with about £200 deposit and 60 large payments? they are in negative equity for about 4 years!

 

I simply don't do car finance, if i can't save up for what i want then i don't bother.

[Lady Elanore]

But how many people now buy a car with about £200 deposit and 60 large payments? they are in negative equity for about 4 years!

 

I simply don't do car finance, if i can't save up for what i want then i don't bother.

The incentives on PCPs can easily give you the equivalent of 0% finance as well as still being able to haggle on the price of the car. it only works on new cars, but anyone who dismisses a PCP out of hand is missing up an a good chance. Dealers don't want cash.

 

So save up, Get the PCP and pay it off with your saved cash. You will be quids in if you negotiate a good deal.

Edited 15 March, 2014 by Lady Elanore

[ed209]

The incentives on PCPs can easily give you the equivalent of 0% finance as well as still being able to haggle on the price of the car. it only works on new cars, but anyone who dismisses a PCP out of hand is missing up an a good chance. Dealers don't want cash.

 

So save up, Get the PCP and pay it off with your saved cash. You will be quids in if you negotiate a good deal.

 

Dealers want you hooked in on a pcp so you keep going back every 2/3 years and renewing it.

 

I don't want monthly payments and long term commitment, so if i pay cash, negotiate a good deal, if i get bored after a week, a month, a year i can get shot. I don't have to worry about penalty clauses, negative equity etc etc etc.

 

i rule out pcp's on the basis of my dad who bought a ford escort on one about 20 years ago - ford options i think it was called. He had the car 2 years and then couldn't afford to pay it off or get a new car, he ended up paying a higher monthly payment for a car he had already owned for 2 years.

 

Balls to that! i would rather drive a banger and not have the worry.

 

Getting a good lease deal is probably the way forward at the minute, every now and again some cracking deals come up.

Edited 15 March, 2014 by ed209

[Lady Elanore]

Dealers want you hooked in on a pcp so you keep going back every 2/3 years and renewing it.

 

I don't want monthly payments and long term commitment, so if i pay cash, negotiate a good deal, if i get bored after a week, a month, a year i can get shot. I don't have to worry about penalty clauses, negative equity etc etc etc.

 

i rule out pcp's on the basis of my dad who bought a ford escort on one about 20 years ago - ford options i think it was called. He had the car 2 years and then couldn't afford to pay it off or get a new car, he ended up paying a higher monthly payment for a car he had already owned for 2 years.

 

Balls to that! i would rather drive a banger and not have the worry.

 

Getting a good lease deal is probably the way forward at the minute, every now and again some cracking deals come up.

If he had the car for 2 years then it's very likely he would have paid over half of the total cost of the car off. He could have handed the car back. But in any case. It is not a problem for you, as you would have saved up the money anyway. Therefore you make interest whilst your saving pay the monthly payments for the new car. You possibly get a deal that means the car fiancé is less than 0% and you still get to haggle as normal on the price of the car you buy. It's cheaper, Trust me, I used to sell em

[Glynn]

Most likely part ex'ing my 56 tfsi vrs with 78k tomorrow against an insignia been getting offers of £3500 seems okish as they up on autotrader for about £4k-ish

[JB-)]

I sold my last Octavia to We WANT Any Car. Dealers were offering £4k part-ex. We want any car gave me £4400. Might have got £5k selling private but couldn't be bothered with the hassle. Saved the cost of advertising it, and kept over £100 of tax too.

[neil_f]

I find pcp deals are generally only good if you do a low mileage. Most of the deals advertised are usually based on 10k miles per annum or less. I generally do over 20k a year. Monthly payments rocket when you start increasing the mileage.

[Easy-Pd]

I did 37k last year. I think I just need to accept I will lose money on cars....

Got my eye on a lovely cls next.

[B18ERM]

My previous car was valued by them at £480. I sold it for £1700! Big difference, parkers are pretty good at value, when I went to buy my octavia vrs I checked on there to see what they are valued at so I knew I wasnt paying too much and infact I paid under the price :-)

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[ed209]

I did 37k last year. I think I just need to accept I will lose money on cars....

Got my eye on a lovely cls next.

 

 

everybody needs to accept that they will always loose money, not just you!