I am selling my 2.5 yr old Golf GTi as I am getting a Company Car. I have had it up on PistonHeads, S1 Cars and Road Record (I am in Glasgow) for a week, but apart form an early call from a dealer, no interest. Price is about right, reasonable mileage, great condition, good pics up etc etc. Should I bit the bullet and pay the £40 for Autotrader or are there better alternatives ?

Thanks

ebay

I have just bought a 07 GTI (picking up next sat) and I think yours is priced really well. If I was after a 5 door I would have given you a shout.

I wouldnt ebay it yet, id keep with piston heads and all the free sites. Just bear in mind its coming up to xmas and I think normal people will prob start buying in Jan.

thanks for that – I think the time of year certainly is a factor right enough. cheers

Pistonheads or Ebay, Autotrader will be more of a pain in the a**e than you can ever imagine

Autotrader still has the most potential buyers looking at the website. Don't know how many people still get the magazine but there must still be a lot. Depends how keen you are to sell – £40 and having it gone in a week has to be better than plugging away for a month or two on the free options. Likewise dipping just below the £13k mark would get some more interest.

As said, rubbish time of year to try to sell a car – everyone's thinking about other things.

+1 Pistonheads & Autotrader combination

Pistonheads is full of people that like to have an opinion, but don't like to flash the cash.
If your serious about selling your car get it on Autotrader.

Smart car dude 8)

thanks all – have dropped the price to just under 13K and will get it up on autotrader too I think

Stick it on the classifides here. You might be surprised!

Only ever sold 1 car privately (usually trade them in) and that was in Autotrader. It went in under 2 weeks and I didn't get any time wasters.

Definitely autotrader over ebay as prices are better (higher) that way. November is the worst month of the year to sell (prices lowest due to less customers) with things improving slowly over dec/jan and getting back to normal around feb.

Peter – I put it on the classifieds the other week -)

Just stuck it on Autotrader

many thanks all

http://www.clubgti.co.uk

Have a classifieds section…there are also plenty of other VW GTI clubs where adverts are free.

http://www.edition38.co.uk
etc.

update -)

I put it on Autotrader Monday, gotta call last night from a guy who saw it on their website, sold at good price, met guy at bank this morning, cash paid into my account, job done. Phew…

Aye, sometimes autotrader is the best choice & it's not that expensive if it gets the car shifted pronto. 🙂

Paid twice to sell a car via autotrader and never worked, however keeping it spick and span with a few good signs in windows, and the right price always did. If people see it looking clean when you are out and about you never know? its always worked for me.

PS price is about right, however credit crunch and xmas will slow intrest down, plus some dealers will take silly money for cars at the middle/higher end of used car market, for example a well known garage in Glasgow ran by a guy called Arnold sold my brother a 1 year old passat sport estate TDi (170bhp version) with extras, mint with 9k miles… at less than £12K!!! cost new… around 22k!

Stick it in autotrader, £40 to sell a £13,000 car is a drop in the ocean.