Selling a car privately

kebrosnan

In the process of finding my next car and more than likely will try to sell my current motor privately. Its a 02 Skoda Oct vRS with 85k on the clock, in excellent condition generally given its age, just passed its NCT, mechanicaly no issues.

There are a few cosmetic things on the car, a few light scratches on the drivers side, front headlights look slightly cloudy on the inside and some of the crome on the handbreak buttom has broken off.

Question is should I get all of these fixed before trying to sell it or given what it is and what it is worth, leave them there? Does a car look more honest when there are a few small things to be fixed rather than everything looking perfect but then how might that effect the price? I could offer the prospective buyer that I would get them fixed and use it as a selling point?

Really just wondering what you all think?

pat58

You will prob get mixed opinions weather yes or no, What you have to remember it is eight years old and would expect to have a few little marks , I prob look a lot more honest to leave as is ,;) Just give it a good clean and wash.

Drummerboy08

I would invest in some compound, good polish and an electric buffer. If the scratches are light they should polish out, or at least most of it should.

Buff up the whole car. I'd see if there is a cheap fix for the handbrake button. Other wise I wouldnt bother.

kebrosnan

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

I would invest in some compound, good polish and an electric buffer. If the scratches are light they should polish out, or at least most of it should.

Buff up the whole car. I'd see if there is a cheap fix for the handbrake button. Other wise I wouldnt bother.

Will definitely have it washed and cleaned for any viewings, normally keep it that way. Might look into a polish that covers over light scratches.

As for the handbrake button, have looked around and I have to buy a handbrake lever to get around that one. They are very rare second hand so would have to buy one new so talking in excess of 200 notes from a main dealer for that. Under the crome is white plastic so not the best looking but probably not worth the cost either.

JabbaTheHut

I'd leave well enough alone. Chances are, it'd cost you more to get those things fixed than what extra you'd get for the car for having them done. As Drummerboy08 says, give it a good polishing, and no more. Good luck with the sale.