[Closed] Moving on a spares or repairs vehicle

I advertised an MOT failure on Gumtree for £450. By the time I'd got home from work 2 hours later there was already someone standing on the drive looking around it (he recognised the house in the photos!) £400 handed over and taken away, all within 5 minutes of me getting there.

I'd say that was pretty hassle free 🙂

Depends. If you just want rid then Ebay is the biggest in terms of traffic and offers least hassle as long as you describe it correctly and don't entertain any chancers. Especially if it cant be driven away.

Is it some niche classic or a POS? If the latter then a scrapyard may be the answer.

Gumtree and facebook classifieds are incredibly full of time wasting arseholes, and functionally illiterate people. But they're also the home of genuine buyers who'll pay what it's worth. Basically if you can deal with all the arseholes it's still worth it.

Ebay cuts the timewasters but you're in a big market so getting the best price is harder.

IMO it's really important to have a good description, especially with spares/repairs- people need to know what they're getting, if you leave them guessing then you'll get a guessing price. Bizarrely my old Focus got more attention as spares/repairs once the clutch went, than it did when it was a fully MOT'd driver- because people were searching for spares/repairs I guess.

As uew-r says it also depends a lot on the actual car- some have specific value.

Gave my old banger, but still under MOT to everyone's a winner

Just a thought, maybe not for you but others that view the thread

Good luck

Cheers for the responses. Most grateful.
Oh and it's a 320D

I am led to believe that ebay is a pain in the arse for selling cars as there are no consequences for people that bid and then just don't reply or carry through...depending on how many times it happens you could be weeks down the road before it goes and out of pocket quite a bit too I think as I have a feeling they don't refund fees on vehicles or something like that!?

It is a long time since I have bought or sold a car but I have watched lots of car throttle videos over the last few months and they seem keen on Facebook marketplace and gumtree for bargains.

What 320D and what's wrong with it?

2005 200k makes a noise in reverse, forward motion no problem.

Makes a noise in reverse = spares and repairs? That just sounds like selling any normal car. Declare the faults, price appropriately and crack on (dealing with the arseholes)

If it's an e46 I'd keep it and put up with the whine...it won't fail an mot for that!

I have been running my 185k 330i for the last 5.5 years with minimal issues...love it.

What body is it? If an estate I'd put it on the classifieds on here, loads of cheap cars have sold to like minded folk over the years for no cost.

Had a gearbox fail on a Granada, put it 99p auction on eBay went for 300 odd. Bloke with low loader came took it away, less hassle and more profitable than towing it to a scrapyard.

Another time I bought a non runner unseen on eBay. Found a low loader service on eBay again, they picked it up (I didn't even go round) and dropped it off at mine.

E46 estate.

If you go the Facebook route, find the appropriate owners group and share it in there, then you've got exactly your target audience and far fewer chancers. I've bought/sold 4 out of 5 last few cars (not all my own) that way

Where are you located? I know a guy that deals in BMWs for spares.

E Midlands