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The Car thread

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The Bear

The Bear

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21 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Anyone know the best places to get a value for my car?

 

Looking to get a new one soon and will likely trade mine in against what I get so want to make sure I get good value for it

Motorway. Dealers will make offers for your car and you can take whichever one you want.

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Soar Fox

Soar Fox

Posted
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8 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Motorway. Dealers will make offers for your car and you can take whichever one you want.

I used motorway, when the dealer turned up he then offered £1000 less than his winning bid. It’s good idea of selling your car but it favours the dealers more than the seller. 

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tom27111

tom27111

Posted
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1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

Anyone know the best places to get a value for my car?

 

Looking to get a new one soon and will likely trade mine in against what I get so want to make sure I get good value for it

 

Depends what you're trading in. If the garage you're buying from will retail your old car, they'll probably pay you a decent price for it. They'll make their money by selling it.

 

If they won't retail it, as others have said, Motorway are pretty decent.

 

You'll always get more by selling it privately, but can you be bothered to do that? If you do go down that route, give me a shout and I'll send you an HPI check to show your car is clear of everything. 

 

What are you buying? 

 

Edit...to get a good idea what you should get for it, the WBAC website usually quote pretty accurate. You won't get that from them, but it's a good estimating tool.

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Wymsey

Wymsey

Posted
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1 minute ago, Tuna said:

Don't they have a £300 admin fee?

Admittedly, am not sure.

But heard they're quite decent.

Never used them, personally.

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Izzy

Izzy

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Just tried a few of these valuation sites to compare what mines worth for a laugh. Here's what I got back:

 

Arnold Clark £6700 lol

WBAC £7920 :unsure:

Motorway £8960 ;)

Autotrader £9650 :)

 

Prices all over the gaff

tom27111

tom27111

Posted
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2 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Just tried a few of these valuation sites to compare what mines worth for a laugh. Here's what I got back:

 

Arnold Clark £6700 lol

WBAC £7920 :unsure:

Motorway £8960 ;)

Autotrader £9650 :)

 

Prices all over the gaff

 

They mainly use the same valuing tool, but will use different price ranges in that.

 

Average, Clean, Trade, Retail...

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moore_94

moore_94

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54 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

Depends what you're trading in. If the garage you're buying from will retail your old car, they'll probably pay you a decent price for it. They'll make their money by selling it.

 

If they won't retail it, as others have said, Motorway are pretty decent.

 

You'll always get more by selling it privately, but can you be bothered to do that? If you do go down that route, give me a shout and I'll send you an HPI check to show your car is clear of everything. 

 

What are you buying? 

 

Edit...to get a good idea what you should get for it, the WBAC website usually quote pretty accurate. You won't get that from them, but it's a good estimating tool.

2017 Fiat Tipo - Went through Motorway earlier today and it gave about £3700 and WBAC comes out around the same

 

Has some scuffed alloys though so expecting offers less than that, but at least it looks like that can be a starting point

 

Mostly been looking at Ford Focus - annoyingly found the exact kind of one I wanted last weekend and in the 20 mintues between me calling to see if it was still avaialble and turning up to see they had sold it (whether it was true it was available at the time I rang I don't know)

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tom27111

tom27111

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Out of interest, has anyone ever had a new car quote from Carwow and actually managed to get that deal?

 

There's a particular Nissan dealer in the West Midlands (plus others around the country) that quote ridiculously low prices, like 18% off the list price of a new car, which means they're losing a significant amount of money.

 

I posed as a customer and they offered me the same deal. When I called up to confirm, they said they couldn't get anywhere near that and what was the quote reference. They then told me it must be wrong! Plus, they didn't even have the cars.

 

I've had numerous customers call me up and ask if I can match it. So I ask them to phone the garage to confirm and ask when they can collect the car.

 

Then I tell the customer to call me back and I'll beat their real quote and tell them what colours I've got them in for immediate delivery lol

 

I don't know how they get away with it.

tom27111

tom27111

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7 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

2017 Fiat Tipo - Went through Motorway earlier today and it gave about £3700 and WBAC comes out around the same

 

Has some scuffed alloys though so expecting offers less than that, but at least it looks like that can be a starting point

 

Mostly been looking at Ford Focus - annoyingly found the exact kind of one I wanted last weekend and in the 20 mintues between me calling to see if it was still avaialble and turning up to see they had sold it (whether it was true it was available at the time I rang I don't know)

 

Should be about what you're looking at then if both are saying the same. I'd definitely edge towards Motorway, I believe you can put a reserve on it, so maybe £3800 would be a good idea, you can always accept the highest offer under the reserve. 

 

Nobody will be that fussed about having to refurb the alloys, it's commonplace and cheap to do.

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Wymsey

Wymsey

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This sounds a silly question, so apologies..

 

I need a V5C number to take a off a private numberplate, a 11-digit one apparently.

 

Where can I find it?

 

I've got a registration certificate with my private number plate on it.

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tom27111

tom27111

Posted
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3 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

This sounds a silly question, so apologies..

 

I need a V5C number to take a off a private numberplate, a 11-digit one apparently.

 

Where can I find it?

 

I've got a registration certificate with my private number plate on it.

 

Your V5. Also known as your logbook.

 

Looks like this...

 

 

V5C-Log-book.jpg

Wymsey

Wymsey

Posted
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1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

 

Your V5. Also known as your logbook.

 

Looks like this...

 

 

V5C-Log-book.jpg

Thanks. 

So, is the V5C number the Document Reference Number?

tom27111

tom27111

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Just now, Wymsey said:

Thanks. 

So, is the V5C number the Document Reference Number?

Should be in this white box, I think. It's printed in a few places on the document.

 

 

Screenshot_20240609_192736_Chrome.jpg

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FoyleFox

FoyleFox

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, tom27111 said:

Pro tip: Always take a picture of your V5, that 11 digit number comes in handy.

And driving licence and your passport. 

ozleicester

ozleicester

Posted
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2 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

And driving licence and your passport. 

...and always store them in the cloud :ph34r:

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tom27111

tom27111

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55 minutes ago, kenny said:

Just bought a brand new Nissan Leaf for £17k with a list price of £32k.

 

Thanks @tom27111 for the tip off!

 

I mean, you were meant to buy it from me, but you're welcome, I guess lol

 

What did you get and where from? 

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kenny

kenny

Posted
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15 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

I mean, you were meant to buy it from me, but you're welcome, I guess lol

 

What did you get and where from? 

Marshalls in Leicester. 

 

Their pre-registered cars are silly cheap. We only went for a test drive so I could then buy a used one for £12-14k if it worked out.

 

You had sold yours remember!! :P

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Milo

Milo

Posted
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16 hours ago, Wymsey said:

I've got a registration certificate with my private number plate on it.

Ooh, get you..!! 
 

WYMS 1?

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