GR86 Selling current car, any others?

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Hi All,

It's likely I will need to shift my car to make way for the GR86, I'm planning to get a few quotes, probably via toyota trade in - not sure if this would be local dealer if everything has been online so far. Does anyone have any recommendations for a painless sale?
Thinking off top of my head:
We buy any car
CarWow

Any recommendations? When I sold to we buy any car in the past, they always seem to knock 10% off the quoted e-mail price?
Cheers.
 
Depends the value and rarity I guess? Last car I sold last summer I put on Facebook sales as well as fora associated with the make and model. I got a bite within hours and sold the next day. That is if you can be bothered with selling it yourself. Try the free places first - you've nothing to lose!

I've heard lots of good things about Motorway, but not used them or any of the other online sellers.
 
grzoostuff said:
Hi All,

It's likely I will need to shift my car to make way for the GR86, I'm planning to get a few quotes, probably via toyota trade in - not sure if this would be local dealer if everything has been online so far. Does anyone have any recommendations for a painless sale?
Thinking off top of my head:
We buy any car
CarWow

Any recommendations? When I sold to we buy any car in the past, they always seem to knock 10% off the quoted e-mail price?
Cheers.
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I used Motorway to sell my Abarth 124 Spider last September. Can recommend. Obviously the selling experience will be influenced by the dealer who’s bid you accept. Your are not under obligation to accept any of the bids.
 
I used wizzle when I sold my fiesta st after my Yaris was enroute to the dealer.
Quicker than I’d thought, listed, good offer and accepted within a couple of hours. Ended up car less for six days
 
I used Carwow. Very good , got a great price , arrived to see the car on time , money in my bank immediately and gave me pretty much the price they quoted in the email.
 
I've had nothing but poor experiences with any buying company/dealer.

Quoted one price then they show up and knock you down.

I always sell via autotrader privately, it's super annoying dealing with traders and people who muck you about but with patience you always get the best price for your motor.
 
The only thing I'd say with the free places like FB is you will attract a lot of wronguns. Put my Skoda up, arguably too cheap that showed in the caliber of people messaging at 3am offing half it's value. Or swaps for clearly stolen e-bikes or dodgy cars. Attracted a lot for Birmingham and Keighley which says it all really.

I'll probably end up keeping it or at the very least doing enough to get it through one more MOT and service, then offering it to WBAC or similar but I know they'll knock me down
 
The car buying group were very good for me. Gave me a high offer, beat any other dealer/group and was no quibble over price. They cleared my finance and transferred balance before they took car, they came and picked up rather than me driving to them. Was very painless.
 
My parents recently sold one of their cars to Cazoo, I attended the hand over.
They offered more than WBA, Evans Halshaw, etc and didn't argue with the condition of the car and paid instantly once they'd walked around the car.
The car did have 12months MOT though, which might have helped in our favour.
 
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