749steve

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ive had my golf gti up for sale for ages now
ive had plenty of swap/px offers but i either dont want them or cant afford them
but no one has even been to look at it
i dont know what to do

rs-tuner

iTrader: (1)

i had the same prob mate bought a 306 gti6 very clean car put mot on it and tyres couldnt sell it. in the end i sold it to a mate for what it owed me

Dicko&Vacant

iTrader: (3)

nobody has the money, it took us 5mths to get rid of the LCR, its not a sellers market now imo.

Sarah

fuzzy

my mates also trying to selll a new golf gti, not 1 reply to his add.

kosman

my mate struggled to punt on a 1.6 petrol golf till i took it off his hands cheap as chips

steviecossie

The car market is on it's arse just now mate, people are struggling to keep houses so cars are a No Go

Dangerous Malcolm..

I'm struggling to buy!! I wanted to look at two cars today, an Impreza and a BMW 323 and they were both bloody sold.

749steve

iTrader: (1)

do you wanna buy my golf

smila

iTrader: (1)

im struggling to sell my mrs saxo

749steve

iTrader: (1)

the problem is my golf now stands me at £4000 and i cant shift it for £2500

Dangerous Malcolm..

Wrong wheel drive mate.

Kevin Sharp

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if you are struggling to sell your car its too dear, i put a 99v disco td5 on ebay for £1900 last sunday and it was sold within 4 hours, the buyers is also buying another 99 disco td5 off me for £2500, and i put a 1988 granada 2.9 ghia x manual mint with 37k and fsh on ebay also last sunday for £1995 and it sold within 2 days....cars are selling like fuck now chaps....at the right price

999

i think it depends on the price etc mate cars making strong money these days are hard unless there truely worthy

i put my wifes 2001 gti turbo on ebay last week for £2250 had maybe 15 calls and two people asking to come out asap, but i pulled it from there as she needs it for another few weeks, price it reasonably it will sell

foxy06

Same problem mate, although think my location is off putting to most, which is strange as i would travel length of country for right car. Plenty of pointless calls and part ex offers which im not interested in, and not a single viewing yet which i think will sell the car as its great in the flesh! Didnt think i'd ever struggle to sell a Cossie!

749steve

iTrader: (1)

just drive it backwards

Kevin Sharp

iTrader: (3)

and all the cars i sold are going 500 miles to london

steviecossie

As Kevin say's cars will sell if there advertised for the right money, if you want too much the car wont sell.

rs nuts

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just depends on what you are selling, as i have just sold my immacualte std cosworth today with in 24 hrs off advertiseing it

TIFF

EXACTLY..............

People are buying cars for good strong money if they are something a bit special.....

If it is a run of the mill car, it NEEDS to be priced very well to sell.......

Danster76

iTrader: (2)

Even old, leggy TD5's are 3999 by me...the opposite end of the country to you.

Echo above really. Special, top spec stuff will sell. Run of the mill needs to be priced keenly.

The trade aint on its arse as someone above said. Its my day job and i'm fine thanks

Kevin Sharp

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you, hit the nail on the head there mate, anything will sell...if its priced right....i recently sold a motorhome on ebay for £37500 easily...because it was 6k cheaper than any other i could find advertised.....but it took 3 weeks to shift the coont

my £1900 dicso was 175k miles and as rough as a badgers arse

C4llyT

Brother sold his X3 morning after put ad in paper, for £1700 more than he paid for it 6 months earlier

Ebonycossie4x4

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all about price...

you have done really well rsnuts to sell youre cossie that quick though...

Although it was one of a kind which must have contributed.

749steve

iTrader: (1)

well what do you lot recon its worth then?

1999 v plate
2.0 gti
3 door
89k
fsh (cambelt/water pump done)
remus stainless exhaust
v maxx coilovers

Kevin Sharp

iTrader: (3)

sorry no idea on golf prices but if you cant sell that just now within 2-3 weeks its either a dog or too expensive, look on autotrader and ask a bit more than the cheapest ones in like for like condition and you will prob sell it

dakar

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Dont want to depress you mate but my mates just sold his lasses car ,same as yours 76k history,immaculate year 2000 and sold it for 2k and he was over the moon to get that .Was a nice looking car too

749steve

iTrader: (1)

cheapest ones on trader in my area are £2000-£2200 with over 100000 miles
top end ones are £3000+
i was asking mid ground of these and the only offer i had was some chancer at £1700

rs-tuner

iTrader: (1)

its the wrong engine i think puts people off if it was a 1.8t it would have sold by now

999

a v reg gti, i would advertise @ £1795 and prob accept an offer of 1500 -1600, i would buy it in or take it in px @ £1200

749steve

iTrader: (1)

dont know why cars are so cheap near you but you would struggle to buy a good mk3 golf gti round here for £1600 so i arnt going to sell my mk4 that cheap
i would prefer to break it for parts and make my money that way

GUZZLER

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i had a few people offering silly money for the FRS, normally stating they have found one a grand cheaper but it has little mods & loads of miles...... price reflects condition & miles for me!
the motor trade isnt on its arse, traders selling secondhand cars & garage repairs are really good at the moment, if new cars are not being sold then the older car will be repaired & kept on the road!

thebigmacmoomin

Im looking to buy a car, but struggleing to find the one I want.

Andy

JayKay

As above price it right and it will sell.

Just sold my 54 plate Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Ghia X all the toys in good nick with 97k on the clock,taxed & tested loads of history had it up for 2500 quid. Apart from some chancer around the corner offering me 2k for it because it was a toss up between that and a Freelander to tow his caravan ( I told him straight to go buy the Freelander for 2k as he wouldn't be buying the Mondeo for that) I held out for another week and got what I wanted

Escy

That Golf is expensive. You got to look around to see what £2500 gets you these days, thats why you can't sell it.

I sold an 02 plate Alfa 147 2.0, 80k on the clock for £1850.

I'd have taken the offer for £1700 personally.

TIFF

WELL.................There we go......

I have just sold my BMW for what i wanted 3 days after putting it up for sale..............

Like i said, Good special cars will sell no problem......run of the mill cars you will have to price keenly

Paddy

We're selling loads at the moment and the only problem is getting decent stock to replace it.

FYI That golf books £1575 at 82k miles, trade this month.

Personally, it sounds like retail at £1999 to me as the 2.0 Gti's are about as desirable as me naked.

woodside

I too having problems buying, got the cash cant find the right car.

We want a mint SportKA - but prices are just too high and the same cars keep cropping up on the usual sites.

sellers not willing to move much on price - they see other cars for sale at dealers and think theirs is worth as much, after telling me how much they can get trade value (do they think buyers cannot check trade prices too).

(trouble is some people paid too much and want someone to bail them out - not likely to happen).

all cars will sell - just need to price it right

James

i'd love to know where these cheap cars above are being sold, a 54 plate tdci ghia x for 2.5k with under 100k miles? around here that'd be more like 4k.

i sold my sierra last week for £100 with 160k and no tax or test, i was well pleased!

JayKay

Was on Pistonheads mate eventually sold Buy it Now on eBay. Sweet motor as well in Burgandy with black heated/ventilated leather, Sony Stereo with 6 disc changer and all the usual bits.

Like has been said its just a matter of pricing it right so it sells. I only paid 2k for it when I bought it (although I did need to do a couple of bits to it)

999

i bought a 04 plate mondeo estate last week for 675 with head gasket gone, petrol though, and unluckily for me now needs an engine