trouble selling!!!

[lsharp]

my partner has been trying to sell his car for months now and has had no luck. we have put it on all websites, newspapers, ebay autotrader etc but nothing. noone seems interested. can anyone help?????

[Prangy]

lower the price... harsh but its the only way you will sell...


Desperate times. Nobody wants to spend.

[daniela31]

Have you checked out a price guide?
Are you asking too much?

Have a look at what price other cars similar to yours are going for.

:-)

[Panic Button]

Stick it in an auction.

You won't get much, but at least you will be shot of it.

[JonnyBoy12]

Yes, I can recommend a car auction. If you put it in without reserve then it will surely sell. I sold mine for about a third of what I paid for it 2 years earlier, and I had spent loads on it as well, more than the price of the car initially.

[lsharp]

what car auctions that?

[kjc]

Have a look in your local paper. there should be a car auction close too you somewhere.

[Panic Button]

Try Googling or Yell.com to find auction sites.

[Cockney_si]

Please specify make model colour age how many doors etc and then I can understand a bit more about the car.

[lsharp]

its a vauxhall astra 2 litre turbo 2002. only five hundred were made. good condition just that mileage is rather high at 90000. paid 4800 for it bout 4 months ago but need to sell asap been offered cars but insurance is still too high

[tombrandy]

you paid way over the top for it.

[Ethel]

Is it the convertible, with the contrast roof and built in satnav and bluetooth?

[terambulan]

car auctions:

http://www.carandvanauctions.co.uk/

[lsharp]

well thats what it was valued at at the time. there is only five hundred about remember and no it is not convertible with the bluetooth etc it is a vauxhall astra sri 2 litre turbo not coupe

[redcrx]

petrol or diesel?

[redcrx]

it doesnt really matter if there were onyl 500 if it was just a special edition really.

[lsharp]

petrol

[Ethel]

This is a 2 litre Astra Turbo 2002 - it is a convertible

http://lancs.gumtree.com/lancs/74/26356574.htm l


The fact there was only 500 made means the insurance is going to be higher and spares harder to find (hence the higher insurance premiums). That is one fact that makes it hard to sell in the current climate.

If you advertise it at the proper price it will sell. 90,000 miles for a petrol engine is high - 60000 miles is average milage for a car that age.

[lsharp]

so how much would you consider it to be then.? the car was a company car that is why the mileage is so high

[redcrx]

�4500 for one with 71k on clock.
duel fuel though and DVD player and an "excellent" condition

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/ VAUXHALL+ASTRA/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-6 4-67-103-133-146-236,N-43-50-231-240-429496663 5-4294966969/advert.action?R=200838318859965&d istance=235&postcode=ne1+1aa&channel=CARS&make =VAUXHALL&model=ASTRA&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mile age=100000

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/ VAUXHALL+ASTRA/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-6 4-67-103-133-146-236,N-43-50-231-240-429496663 5-4294966969/search.action

[Cockney_si]

Has the car got a service history with it?
If so then this will ease people's worries about mileage.

Trouble is with the petrol prices being so high you will be hard pushed to sell a car with this type of engine and in this size range.

You may be better off trying to advertise it in one of the car mags like Max power or something I'm sure someone out there will want it.