Car Valuation websites

[centurian]

Yes this was on the national news just last week, many 2nd-hand cars have gone up in value considerably in the last few months... apparently that's never happened before IIRC.

Some cars and tend to be nearly new, but bear in mind up until recently it was hard to get even the trade price which also never happened before as long as I can remember so really they've have risen from a very bad place.

Yes, a case of the market rebalancing. People wouldn't touch old cars because it was so easy to get credit for a new one, hence the price of old cars had been pushed through the floor in recent years.

With credit now harder to get hold of, people are buying what they can afford, so the market demand is more evenly spread.

Also consumers and firms are choosing to keep old of their old cars, rather than simply buying new, so reducing supply of used cars.

Rising demand and reduced supply - Economics 101

[Bagpuss]

try http://www.sure-sell.info/

Honest John from the telegraph recommends them frequently.

It's a car auction site. If you don't want the hassle of selling to the public then this is a good option.

That's probably a good call as auction houses, especially in the south east (Ealing for example) are full of mug punters on a Saturday. Waving their What Car and Parkers in the air. Who goes to an auction with a Joe Public guide FFS?
The place is also full of very happy traders who have transported POS down from scotland and benefiting from said mugs paying silly prices for them.

[norrahe]

What car do you have norrahe? What are we talking about here? Give us something to work with.

embarassing to admit but it's a 1.9l (diesel) 130bhp multijet grande punto sporting, metallic paint, leather upholstery, alloy wheels, 57 reg with slightly over 4k on the clock.

Given me other car is much nicer and more fun to drive, this one ends up sitting on the drive, so i thought i'd get shot of it and buy summat more interesting.

[Bagpuss]

Not something you could put on pistonheads, probably worth between 6-7k, with just under 6 being a dealer offer.

[norrahe]

Not something you could put on pistonheads, probably worth between 6-7k, with just under 6 being a dealer offer.

Thought as much, though, I'd get much less from a dealer, i got offered about 6k about a year ago.

Might as well get rid of it and get summat fun.

Now what to buy next, am toying with the following:

Elise, Atom, Caterham or Abarth.

With the elise and the abarth they can manoeuver about town, the others, hmm I'd envisage some fun track days or haring around country roads.