Sadly after over 10 years of ownership my wife has decided reluctantly to sell on her Fabia, issue I have is how do I value it ?

Parkers valuation is at 110k and I'm guessing at how the general appearance of the car would be at that milage, issue I have hers is one owner full history every mot and invoice from day one, it's in excellent condition mot'd until March 2018 and on 64k ( it's a 1.9 tdi  elegance in silver

this is not a short cut to offer it for sale I am a freedom member so will advertise it fully when I can work out a selling price

any help or feedback would be most welcome 

thanks regards Dave

A lovely example, deserves to stay in the Brisky family, it's probably worth double book but I've no idea whether you'll actually get that much for it. Hell, I'd buy it meself if you weren't on't moon.

Persuade her to keep it - looks mint

16 minutes ago, garibaldy said:

Persuade her to keep it - looks mint

 

Wimmin like shiny things, 10 years old isn't shiny any more. They simply don't see things the way we see them (and vice versa).

On 5 July 2017 at 21:35, sepulchrave said:

A lovely example, deserves to stay in the Brisky family, it's probably worth double book but I've no idea whether you'll actually get that much for it. Hell, I'd buy it meself if you weren't on't moon.

 

Thanks for you kind comments ( any idea what book is, that's what I'm hoping that a buyer/seller or the like gives me the guide price indication, which they might not want to do if they were interested in buying of course )

ps. At 60 + mpg it's not that expensive to go to Brighton!

 

 

10 hours ago, garibaldy said:

Persuade her to keep it - looks mint

 

It is in very good condition, not quite what I'd describe as mint, few stone chips on bonnet etc, headlight lenses slightly cloudy but it's right up there considering it's now 10 years old, which is why it's hard to value, Wbac.com state £1670 without viewing ( ??? ) would it be fair to assume that they are, in general offering around 60% of their perceived retail price ?

( I would love her to keep it and she is agonising about selling it on, but a deteriorating knee condition means she finds it hard to get out of conventional car seats, hence the purchase of ................am I allowed to print this a Kia Sportage, I will however say it's certainly a lot of car for your money and with the balance of 7 year warranty a bit of a no brainier )

WBAC.com are thieves, they make a silly offer, turn up waving a bundle of cash then proceed to deduct hundreds for every single imperfection they find until they've chipped you down to the point where you're so sick of the sight of them that you sell the car to them for significantly less than it's worth. You wanna know what it's actually worth? Then ask for two prices for the Kia Sportage, one with p/x, one without, take one away from the other and that's your book value.

6 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

WBAC.com are thieves, they make a silly offer, turn up waving a bundle of cash then proceed to deduct hundreds for every single imperfection they find until they've chipped you down to the point where you're so sick of the sight of them that you sell the car to them for significantly less than it's worth. You wanna know what it's actually worth? Then ask for two prices for the Kia Sportage, one with p/x, one without, take one away from the other and that's your book value.

 

Hi, I thought of that but the dealer was totally honest stating that the Fabia would not be a stock item for them and their non stock px buyer would offer " an eye watering low price " which they weren't prepared to insult the car with, I'm thinking £2400 ? what you think ?

4 minutes ago, davidwhite said:

 

Hi, I thought of that but the dealer was totally honest stating that the Fabia would not be a stock item for them and their non stock px buyer would offer " an eye watering low price " which they weren't prepared to insult the car with, I'm thinking £2400 ? what you think ?

 

Not a chance you'll get that for it, you can get Mark 2's for less. Sorry.

17 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

 

Not a chance you'll get that for it, you can get Mark 2's for less. Sorry.

 

So there lies my dilemma Parkers quote 2130 on a dealers forecourt but that's with 110k wbac are stating 1670 ( totally understand the knockdown procedure you mention the second word of my reply would be off ) assuming they find no issues and actually offer 1400 they sell on st say 1600 dealer is going to put at least 50% on so that blows Parkers quote out of the window other than with using guide low milage adjustment 

( imho and I've owned a mk11 1.9 tdi level 3 the mk1 shows the mk11 as being built to a budget with quality control by ' bean counters ' I can't comment on the mk111 but more modern Skoda's don't appear to have the build quality of earlier build models )

Edited 7 July, 20178 yr by davidwhite

You're right, but the car-buying public doesn't know or care. The mileage, condition and history will help you hold your price close to top book private sale but if you want any phone calls at all you need to keep it under £2k and emphasise that you're not interested in offers.

Thanks for the advice certainly food for thought and logical in the overall scheme of what appears to be a minefield

The problem is, as others have said, at the end of the day it's a 10 yr old car with low-ish miles. Most people wouldn't give it a second look. Like me, you know that the car is worth more than the book price quotes. Best thing to do is stick it up for sale on here and hope that someone buys it for what it really is as opposed to what the book says. 

Edited 8 July, 20178 yr by del-gti

Car now in classified cars for sale