Selling 'expensive' car privately

**FatLazyContractor** · 24 February 2016, 15:53

Here

HTH

**seanraaron** · 24 February 2016, 15:54

What's the insurance like on it - might be better to have it stolen and pay the outstanding?

**meanttobeworking** · 24 February 2016, 15:57

Blimey they weren't kidding when they said 'All hope abandon ye who enter here'.

**seanraaron** · 24 February 2016, 16:06

Stick around you might get some actual advice, but during the day it's often bored people.

**DimPrawn** · 24 February 2016, 16:08

Finance aspect would put a lot of private buyers off.

You'd get calls from traders and chancers offering 1/2 market value for quick sale, willing to take on the hassle.

**northernladuk** · 24 February 2016, 16:08

Originally posted by seanraaron View Post

Stick around you might get some actual advice, but during the day it's often bored people.

Does anyone remember LucidDemetia? Is Sean LucidD??
I can't remember if their opting styles are the same.

**SueEllen** · 24 February 2016, 16:10

Originally posted by meanttobeworking View Post

Blimey they weren't kidding when they said 'All hope abandon ye who enter here'.

Everyone I know who has tried it has found it a lot of hassle.

Remember everyone who test drives your car needs to be insured and it's up to you to check. And that's after you dealt with the time wasters and scammers.

**Troll** · 24 February 2016, 16:13

Dunno what make / model you got but there are certain Eastern Europeans who will cut it in half, get it in a trailer to the continent and then sell it for parts

Big ticket BMW's are especially popular

HTH

**The_Equalizer** · 24 February 2016, 16:14

Originally posted by meanttobeworking View Post

Does anyone have any experience selling a £30k+ car privately? Does anyone do it? Tempted to put an ad on Autotrader (there are loads of others on there but no idea if any of them sell) but suspect most calls will be from scammers, and also wonder if potential buyers put off by needing to clear outstanding finance (I know there are 3rd party ESCROW services out there) and getting their own finance could be troublesome too.

Sold an E-Type Jaguar back in 2011 and the experience was generally okay. I did it via eBay, mainly because I could write a good description, add many images (hosted on my own website) and it gave it plenty of exposure. I would go with your gut feeling when you get enquiries. I did get a number of time wasters and a couple of traders with low bids. Payment was via banker's draft and I did a good nose about on the internet to check the buyer out.

Selling 'expensive' car privately