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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Mr Savage on 15 October 2013, 06:06
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Just out of curiosity what did you guys all do with your old motor? Sell it privately, at a dealer or part chopped it in?
If you sold it privately where did you advertise it?
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Part exed. Depends on the car you have and what it is worth. Most people prefer the reassurance of a dealer when they're dropping more than £10k, and easy access to finance - not so convenient on a private sale. P/xing a non-VAG car at a VW dealership will usually mean getting less than at the marque's native dealership. For me getting shot of a 2 year old VW Scirocco, it seemed far easier to p/x, and given the amount I got for it, It would've been hard to beat it in a private sale.
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Piston Heads for me ,sold a Golf R mk6 £27K , sold in 2 days ,mind it was a great spec , and took some time
presenting it ,doing nice location Pics ,and well written AD .
Had a dealer Offer but took the discount ,and got a retail for mine ,saving about £3K .
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Sold privately through contacts on here :wink: :smiley:
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I tend to keep my cars for a long time, so they are cheap enough to easily sell privately. I will always buy my new car first having negotiated a better discount due to not having a px, then as I have the new car to drive around in, there is not too much of a rush to sell the old one, therefore potentially having to drop the price too much. It works out as a much better all round deal as you rarely get a good discount as well as a good px price from the dealer.
I've sold them all off the drive, without having to pay for adverts and often within a few days, so I can keep the old car insured whilst making use of the dealers 7 day insurance on the new one.
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My 2004 audi a3 sline was advertised privately on autotrader and pistonheads. Sold within days of going up after autotrader cocked up the number in the advert.
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My p/x opened right up due to the wait being about 9 weeks longer than expected. The fixed p/x for my car wouldn’t have been beaten privately – some non-VW dealerships were selling Sciroccos just like mine via ebay motors for around what I got in p/x.
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My p/x opened right up due to the wait being about 9 weeks longer than expected. The fixed p/x for my car wouldn’t have been beaten privately – some non-VW dealerships were selling Sciroccos just like mine via ebay motors for around what I got in p/x.
But was that at the expense of a discount off the new car? If you got a top px value as well as your negotiated discount, you did very well.
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I didn’t do so well on the new car discount. No-one was offering meaningful discount in the last week of March, when I ordered the car – the brokers weren’t even advertising any discount at that point. It was only from mid April that these were starting to come through. I thought it would be a good 6 months after the initial buzz of the new GTI and GTD that these discounts were going to start to open up (as I had seen with the new Audi A3).
I got about £1000 off the car in lieu of a very modest discount and freebies, that seemed good at point of ordering considering other local dealers were looking to give no freebies and £500 less on my p/x. The difference between the lower end p/x value* and what I got was about £2200, so I consider myself about £3200 up (equivalent to some of the better discounts seen here). It would’ve been more like £2400 up if I had got my car when my dad got his.
* almost no-one achieves high p/x AND a top whack 10/11% discount at a dealer – they usually rob Peter to pay Paul on that score.
If your car could be considered more desirable than is the norm because it has a high extras value or is something a bit special like ED35 / Pirelli edition etc then I can see you getting more via the forums in a private sale than a dealer will p/x you. For my slightly rarer than average (but still relatively common) 170TDI Scirocco GT, I couldn’t see the specialised demand for it in a private sale.
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I listed mine on my FaceBook profile, sold it within 24 hours, cash in hand for 3k more than the p/x value!
My JCW Mini was a great car, so much fun to drive! Here's a picture of it.
(http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg639/thefpvadventures/DSC_003921_zpsdbd6ef1b.jpg) (http://s1247.photobucket.com/user/thefpvadventures/media/DSC_003921_zpsdbd6ef1b.jpg.html)
J
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Mine's for sale here! http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=259719.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=259719.0)
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To my brother....for top whack ;)
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I did a trade in and i'm so glad I did as its still sitting on the forecourt 4 weeks later. Its a minter of a Scirocco to and they have it listed for 1k more than they gave me...
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Sold my previous Golf GT on Pistonheads. Sold really quickly with no hassle.
Will be putting my Scirocco on Pistonheads again. God willing it sells quickly.
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Got a webuyanycar.com quote and then decided they were going to shaft me (i.e. I turn up expecting to do the deal and they find reasons to reduce the offer knowing I'll be under pressure to accept it).
Then looked into p/x with VW (and then BMW) or selling back to my original Ford dealer.
Finally offered it to my sister and my Dad. My Dad wanted it.
This was great for me because without middle men the price was good for both of us, and also because it was no hassle as my Dad was willing to pay a few days in advance so funds could clear for the new car without my being carless for a few days. The downside to selling to someone you know is if something goes wrong with the car I'm going to feel responsible, but we both know the history and I handed it over with a full tank, 12 months MOT and tax and a good clean inside and out so he's pretty happy.
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Got a webuyanycar.com quote and then decided they were going to shaft me (i.e. I turn up expecting to do the deal and they find reasons to reduce the offer knowing I'll be under pressure to accept it).
Then looked into p/x with VW (and then BMW) or selling back to my original Ford dealer.
Finally offered it to my sister and my Dad. My Dad wanted it.
This was great for me because without middle men the price was good for both of us, and also because it was no hassle as my Dad was willing to pay a few days in advance so funds could clear for the new car without my being carless for a few days. The downside to selling to someone you know is if something goes wrong with the car I'm going to feel responsible, but we both know the history and I handed it over with a full tank, 12 months MOT and tax and a good clean inside and out so he's pretty happy.
was it a focus st you had :undecided:
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was it a focus st you had :undecided:
Nah, was a Fiesta mk7 (Zetec S, not ST).
Getting in a more powerful car was very liberating!
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was it a focus st you had :undecided:
Nah, was a Fiesta mk7 (Zetec S, not ST).
Getting in a more powerful car was very liberating!
ah must have been another mk7 owner :wink: an i bet it was jumping from the fiesta to a gti