It's time to move on my 206 as have had to buy a bigger car for the growing family.
I can't be doing with lots of hassle but I also don't want to give it away....I've had it 15 years, and whilst it has tatty paint work, it's solid and just keeps going....only 84k on the clock...has plenty more years of bike carrying duties left and I've just spent a bit replacing the exhaust system (unbeknown I was going to be told to get rid...)
eBay at 99p? Gumtree? Webuyany car?
Gumtree and local Facebook selling pages. Give it a good scrub, take some decent photos, price it sensibly and write a factual advert. It should sell with no problems.
Where are you DT78? That could well be an ideal first car for my GF.
When selling low value cars (sub 2k) I've had the best luck sticking them on a friends land at the side of a busy local road. Paper in the window with price and useful info.
I sold my old pickup that way in the time it took me to dump it there and drive to work, and got more than I'd paid for it!
Ebay. When i had mine on gumtree i just had millions of idiots offering me buttons for it. At least with ebay i could see the feedback of the people who were contacting me and thus it sold pretty quickly with no messing about.
I've used Autotrader for all the cars I've sold including a 12 year old Fiesta with low mileage. After a wash, T-Cut and a wax, I sold it within 24 hours. It went to a young driver – his Dad called, came and checked it over and took it for a drive. I priced it at £550 expecting £500, and I got £500.
I ebayed my Ibiza when I got rid.
webuyanycar offered me £140 for it.
Previous experience with Autotrader wasn't very good.
Stuck it on ebay with 99p to start & it went for £400 - that was for a 13 year old car with 274k miles on it.
Best way to sell a car is to price it attractively.
Well priced stuff always sells quickly. Overpriced stuff hangs around for months.
Gumtree is free and you can reject/ignore dumb offers. Ebay gets good exposure and Autotrader is cheap if it's under £1500 IIRC.
Honestly written ads with good and bad points highlighted and details of work done/history always stand out well and then you know that when someone calls they're genuinely interested.
Good luck.
Gumtree here. Be honest with the condition.
Folk will give you a couple of hundred quid for it.
eBay classifieds worked for my 14 year old Accord.
Good wash and polish makes the world of difference.
Thanks will take a look at the cost of options. Currently leaning towards gum tree.
I'm based in Southampton will put up an OR for sale ad shortly in case anyone here would like it
I'd recommend not using Facebook.
One punter trying to haggle without even looking at the car.
Another asking if it had a tow bar, even though the listing didn't mention a tow bar and the many, many photos did not show a tow bar.
It's been a while for me but I stuck mine on facebook with a really good description and photos, and a start price that was exactly the scrap value and the cost of the diesel in the tank, and ended up getting more than I expected.
Gumtree is bad enough for timewasters even with low value stuff- as a car buyer every car I went to see on Gumtree was shit, and as a seller every enquiry was rubbish