How clean does a car need to be to trade it in?

urabell

My elderly neighbour has me cleaning out his ancient Volvo he's trading in off a new car, garage are giving him 500 for it

I've spent the last hour on it and it's still covered in dog hair, how clean would the garage expect it to be? I assume they'll have it cleaned themselves anyway

I don't particularly like this neighbour so I don't care about getting him extra money really, but he's old and he needs help so ill do whatever it takes to make them take the car but no more

Yawlboy

Why clean it at all? They have already agreed the trade in price.

urabell

Yawlboy wrote: »

Why clean it at all? They have already agreed the trade in price.

They haven't seen the car yet though, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it except for the dog hair which he's worried about

Maphisto

urabell wrote: »

They haven't seen the car yet though, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it except for the dog hair which he's worried about

No dealer is going to put a sale of a new car in doubt for some dog hairs especially as he's only giving €500.

Dollars to doughnuts they wont pay anymore.

Is the old guy paying you to clean it?

urabell

Maphisto wrote: »

No dealer is going to put a sale of a new car in doubt for some dog hairs especially as he's only giving €500.

Dollars to doughnuts they wont pay anymore.

Is the old guy paying you to clean it?

He'll offer but I won't take it, I thought as much about the dog hairs myself so I'll leave it now and go out to the garage with him

endacl

Yawlboy wrote: »

Why clean it at all? They have already agreed the trade in price.

Agreed. I bought a cheap corolla from a garage some years ago. Essence of bangernomics! Jap import, one previous irish owner who was an elderly farmer. The boot had a load of straw in it! Don't be stressing about leaving it in showroom condition. The garage can do that. They're the ones with the showroom!

clogher71

What car is it? No dealer is giving him €500, they are just taking it off him. Would be better off put on donedeal, but he might not want the hassle, post in the classic section, maybe someone there might like it even to buy it off a garage.

urabell

clogher71 wrote: »

What car is it? No dealer is giving him €500, they are just taking it off him. Would be better off put on donedeal, but he might not want the hassle, post in the classic section, maybe someone there might like it even to buy it off a garage.

I don't know a whole lot about cars by he said the dealer is knocking 500 off his new car if he trades in the old Volvo

alias no.9

clogher71 wrote: »

What car is it? No dealer is giving him €500, they are just taking it off him. Would be better off put on donedeal, but he might not want the hassle, post in the classic section, maybe someone there might like it even to buy it off a garage.

+1. At €500, the dealer is playing with numbers, it's not a trade in, the same €500 could easily have been negotiated with no trade in. As for the condition, even at €5000, it would have been priced in. I cleaned trade ins for a main dealer in my youth, it's an eye opener to see the kind of condition they used to be in and more to the point, the difference a good powerful hoover and a damp cloth could make.

Maphisto

From the photo I don't think the dealer is being generous in any sense. How old is the car?

I might buy if you get all the dog hairs out:D

monseiur

Is your friend buying a brand new car, if so advise him to get a quote from another main dealer for the same model, spec etc. straight deal, no trade in.
He may save alot more than €500 and still have his old car to sell privately....dog hairs optional extras !! He may not be too late yet unless he has paid a cash deposit ....unfortunately some car sales men prey on the eldery - it may or may not be the case here.

M.

clogher71

Maphisto wrote: »

From the photo I don't think the dealer is being generous in any sense. How old is the car?

I might buy if you get all the dog hairs out:D

Is that the car? or a generic picture of the model? Some Volvo enthusiast would love that!! Rather than the dealer just sending it for scrap maybe, running ok? Nct?

urabell

clogher71 wrote: »

Is that the car? or a generic picture of the model? Some Volvo enthusiast would love that!! Rather than the dealer just sending it for scrap maybe, running ok? Nct?

That's just a picture from google, same model and year though.

It works perfectly NCT till next January.

monseiur wrote: »

Is your friend buying a brand new car, if so advise him to get a quote from another main dealer for the same model, spec etc. straight deal, no trade in.
He may save alot more than €500 and still have his old car to sell privately....dog hairs optional extras !! He may not be too late yet unless he has paid a cash deposit ....unfortunately some car sales men prey on the eldery - it may or may not be the case here.

M.

He's buying a new Fiat 500, this man's sharp enough doubt he's been taken advantage of, he has plenty of money and I think he's just handing it over to the dealer because it's easy

Maphisto wrote: »

From the photo I don't think the dealer is being generous in any sense. How old is the car?

I might buy if you get all the dog hairs out:D

It's a 97, that photo is just from google but they're the same and like I said it's NCTd until january.

Is it definitely worth more than 500? if it is I might take it off him and sell it on myself

BillJ

I would be offering the neighbour the 500 and taking it off his hands instead of giving it to the dealer

clogher71

BillJ wrote: »

I would be offering the neighbour the 500 and taking it off his hands instead of giving it to the dealer

+1

urabell

In the last hour he's changed his mind and is now buying an 09 Mercedes S class from a different garage, how he went from wanting a new fiat to a merc is beyond me. No idea what he's doing with the volvo now

urabell

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mercedes-Benz/S-Class/320-CDI-/44113947352763770/advert?channel=CARS

This is what he's buying now if anyone's still following

MarkR

Put down the hoover for a start. Similar car on done deal for 650. http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-850-2-0l-new-n-c-t-bargain/3750698

BillJ

Fiat 500 and s class are fairly opposite ends off he spectrum, there's a man who doesn't know what he wants

cadaliac

urabell wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mercedes-Benz/S-Class/320-CDI-/44113947352763770/advert?channel=CARS

This is what he's buying now if anyone's still following

This is hilarious:)...

djimi

BillJ wrote: »

Fiat 500 and s class are fairly opposite ends off he spectrum, there's a man who doesn't know what he wants

Maybe he thought about it and realised that he wasnt prepared to go from a big comfortable lump like that Volvo into something as small as a Fiat 500. I know which of the two I would prefer to choose if it was a choice between the Merc and the 500.

laffindevil

urabell wrote: »

They haven't seen the car yet though, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it except for the dog hair which he's worried about

Use the special brush from the pet store & this will make it easier to gather the dog hair...only a few euro & saves the pain of blocking the hover with it.

tom_tarbucket

urabell wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mercedes-Benz/S-Class/320-CDI-/44113947352763770/advert?channel=CARS

This is what he's buying now if anyone's still following

fook that, if he has 40 grand to spend on a car, he should be able to afford to pay some lad to Valet the Volvo.

If he was any good, he would give you the Volvo for free

BillJ

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

fook that, if he has 40 grand to spend on a car, he should be able to afford to pay some lad to Valet the Volvo.

If he was any good, he would give you the Volvo for free

he doesn't have 40k to spend for no reason

tom_tarbucket

BillJ wrote: »

he doesn't have 40k to spend for no reason

OP, offer him 300 for the car, sell it for 800

Maphisto

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

fook that, if he has 40 grand to spend on a car, he should be able to afford to pay some lad to Valet the Volvo.

If he was any good, he would give you the Volvo for free

Mind you - in my experience people with 40K and more didn't get it by spreading it around (no offence Uncle Pat).

tom_tarbucket

Maphisto wrote: »

Mind you - in my experience people with 40K and more didn't get it by spreading it around (no offence Uncle Pat).

Very true. But this sounds like the kind of lad that has a load of money saved and even after spending the 40k on the car , he will have loads more left, and yet wont spend it and then all the money he has will just go to some long lost relative he has never met

Zcott

And if he still wants the dog hair off, use a pair of rubber kitchen gloves and just rub the hair off.

Idbatterim

a fiat to an S Class?! LOL

MadYaker

O.P offer him €500 for the volvo, clean it up a bit and sell it on to make a profit. Thats what the dealer is going to do.

tom_tarbucket

MadYaker wrote: »

O.P offer him €500 for the volvo, clean it up a bit and sell it on to make a profit. Thats what the dealer is going to do.

offer him 350.

Plus, if the old man is any way smart, he will know he will have better bargaining power on a straight deal

MadYaker

Whats the point in the OP offering 350 if the dealer is offering 500??

tom_tarbucket

MadYaker wrote: »

Whats the point in the OP offering 350 if the dealer is offering 500??

Cause he knows the old man, he has helped the old man out so the old man should take this in to consideration etc etc

urabell

40k is a drop in the ocean for him, have no idea what he was going for with the fiat at all. The S class suits him. As for giving me the Volvo, he was having none of me buying it never mind handing me the keys. He's a little bit eccentric, no telling that he'll end up with.

Appreciate the advice anyway, thanks

Stella Virgo

bet u a tenner, he wont buy either of the two cars, he will keep the old one after you have cleaned it inside /out for free.........;)
he might not be as daft as you think

Supergurrier

If he is loaded let the old prick pay to get it valeted, why do you care.

tom_tarbucket

urabell wrote: »

40k is a drop in the ocean for him, have no idea what he was going for with the fiat at all. The S class suits him. As for giving me the Volvo, he was having none of me buying it never mind handing me the keys. He's a little bit eccentric, no telling that he'll end up with.

Appreciate the advice anyway, thanks

Ignore

djimi

urabell wrote: »

As for giving me the Volvo, he was having none of me buying it never mind handing me the keys.

Why wouldnt he sell it to you?

Surely it makes no difference to him where the €500 comes from? Or is there something fundamentally wrong with the car that he doesnt want coming back to him?