Cash value of 2011 mondeo?

chickatees

Hi there,

I'm looking to sell my 2011 zetec 2.0litre mondeo hatchback. Unfortunately I'm the 3rd owner of it as it was originally registered as demo model. It's in great condition. It has 73000km on it. I am selling it for cash. Not a trade in. Any idea what reasonable cash price I should be able to get from trade or dealer. Also where is best place to sell it for cash?

Thx

MuppetCheck

Considering a new one (although lower spec and smaller engine) is 24k I'd be thinking 13-14k.

Noccy_Mondy

I'd be hovering around the 15k mark, no harm in looking for a bit more, even though that will be haggled upon. The 3 owner thing is the only downer, People seem to be discouraged by the amount of owners a car has, especially at 2 years old.

chickatees

Thanks to you both. Do you think I would get that from a dealer? I contacted a garage today and they quoted much lower than either of you mentioned any ideas where best place to get best value is? I'm based in Leinster. Thx

Noccy_Mondy

Serious? Go on Carzone and see what a dealer is selling a car similar to yours for? Look at this for example, this fella is expensive anyway, but you get the picture, and obviously they want their profit...

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Ford/Mondeo/MCA-ZETE/37113775939868550/advert?channel=CARS

chickatees

Thx noccy.

My gut told me today the value was way too low so think I will do bit more research

Noccy_Mondy

Also, what are you trading it against?

chickatees

Not trading it against anything. Contacted garage who buys cars for cash. Maybe that's why offer so low?

scwazrh

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Also, what are you trading it against?

Theres a hint in the OP's post:)

Noccy_Mondy

scwazrh wrote: »

Theres a hint in the OP's post:)

Don't judge me :P

I dunno if your trading for cash, will they try to milk you, "take it off your hands attitude" might be what their thinking of :rolleyes:

chickatees

I reckon that might be it :rolleyes: not to worry. I will try few more places. Thx

bazz26

Forget about trying to sell it to a garage. They will want to buy it cheap in order to sell it on and give a warranty with it. If you want to get the best money for it then sell it privately yourself.

Also forget about looking on carzone for ideas of prices. Carzone is mostly populated by dealers which is of no use to someone selling a car privately. Remember that carzone prices are asking prices and as most are dealer asking prices they will include room for haggling and a warranty which you will not offer. Donedeal.ie is mostly used for selling cars privately and while there can be dreamers on there, generally it will give you a better picture of what other private sellers are asking for theirs.

Just to give you an idea here is a similar one asking just over €13k:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-mondeo-2011-model-2l-tdci/5691764

chickatees

Thx Baz.

I reckon that's what I will do..... Cheers

E30i

Probably useful to stick the ad up here also if you want some pointers or feedback, people are generally v helpful.

Regards

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Selling it to a cash for cars place means that you are deducting their profit margin from the price that you will get.

Stick her up on DoneDeal and post the ad here. You should realise 13-14k from the sale, a bit less if you want it sold ASAP

bazz26

Just noticed there that the car in the link I posted is actually a 2010 Mondeo despite it saying 2011 in the advert header.

If your car is in good nick then a 2011 Zetec should fetch around €14,500/€15000. You could advertise it for a bit more depending on how quickly you want it sold.

chickatees

Thanks E30i. I will do that. Also, does anyone know really how successful Done deal is for selling cars at the €13-15k range? Obviously it depends on ad and the car itself, but do cars at this price really sell privately?

E30i

bazz26 wrote: »

Just noticed there that the car in the link I posted is actually a 2010 Mondeo despite it saying 2011 in the advert header.

If your car is in good nick then a 2011 Zetec should fetch around €14,500/€15000. You could advertise it for a bit more depending on how quickly you want it sold.

Where did you spot the 2010 as a matter of interest. I didn't see anything to suggest it was anything but 11 so well spotted.

bazz26

The number plate.

E30i

chickatees wrote: »

Thanks E30i. I will do that. Also, does anyone know really how successful Done deal is for selling cars at the €13-15k range? Obviously it depends on ad and the car itself, but do cars at this price really sell privately?

It will be difficult enough allright. The Mondeo on Donedeal for 13,150 looks to be from a dealer if you look for other ads from the seller. He might be giving some warranty etc.

I'd say the price would need to be as tight as you can go, leaving a couple of hundred wriggle room. Condition and service history would need to be good as well to get peoples attention and get them to view your car. Best of luck.

E30i

bazz26 wrote: »

The number plate.

I'm blushing her, I was actually looking at this example, my bad

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-mondeo-priced-to-sell/4815163