Adverts.ie Car Valuation Tool

readytosnap

Just tried the adverts.ie car valuation tool, i know it is not a definitive assessment of value as stated in the small print but I was amazed to see the difference in price compared to colour etc but the biggest surprise was that if my car has tax it is worth less than if it doesn't, surely that cannot be right?
I guess it's just a gimmick, the missus' car is being traded in next wednesday, its 7k on the confiigurator with tax 6600 without tax she is getting 8000 for it as a trade in against a 17k new car. well that passed a few mins of my boring life anyway. :D

biko

http://www.adverts.ie/valuator

Kenny Logins

Looks like a random number generator. WTF? Was this launched on April 1st or something? :pac:

Foxhole Norman

Having valid tax decreases the valuation for mine :pac:

Pov06

Yep valid tax decreased car value by like 50 euro.

Seems as correct as online insurance quotes

Chris_Heilong

Its all over the place.

cletus

My car is worth €150 more with no tax

bazz26

A valid NCT increased the value of mine by over 4k. I think I'll use this calculator for tonight's lotto numbers.

cletus

bazz26 wrote: »

A valid NCT increased the value of mine by over 4k. I think I'll use this calculator for tonight's lotto numbers.

No NCT drops the value of mine by €500. I've never seen the internet be more random

drunkmonkey

Mines €1500 to tax and she's worth €13,740 with tax, now if I recalculate it with no tax she's worth €14,637
With no NCT and no tax she's worth €11,624 and with tax but no NCT it's €10,912.

I like this calculator.

TrailerBob

It really is pretty random, it won't even let me put in my real mileage.. Max it allows is 300,000km... Mine has 400,000km...:eek

Noccy_Mondy

2010 mondeo valued at 7,600, keeping all the criteria the same, just changing the model to focus, the value is 10,550

Pov06

TrailerBob wrote: »

It really is pretty random, it won't even let me put in my real mileage.. Max it allows is 300,000km... Mine has 400,000km...:eek

Your car is either priceless or a pile of sh*te (according to this calculator) :pac:

Atlantic Dawn

White gives the most price, green the least by over a grsnd on a 2007 BMW 3 Series wtf?

nd

alloys makes mine worth 7 euros less. I suppose Ireland does like steelies :pac:

Lardy

Apparently, the Merc is worth €800 more if I don't tax it!

testicle

My car is apparently worth 6 grand more than I paid for it last year, from a main dealer!

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

testicle wrote: »

My car is apparently worth 6 grand more than I paid for it last year, from a main dealer!

Yep! Mines only depreciated €750 in two years

Axel Lamp

Are cars the new houses?

My 8 year old car is worth nearly 30% more than when I purchased it 2 years ago..... €€€€€€

Seweryn

NCT valid until September 2016, taxed for another two months, low mileage, one previous owner, economical Diesel Estate in very good condition...

Result:

€713,-

Kenny Logins

I'd love to know how the people behind it came to the decision that it was ready.. It's not just a few bugs or quirks, it's complete rubbish. Pick any car at all and flip through the engine size from 1.0 right up to 4.0 and it'll throw a random number at you.

Has this actually launched, or did somebody just stumble across the URL?

readytosnap

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Has this actually launched, or did somebody just stumble across the URL?

I got the link from the top of a boards page, I wonder if that is how customs calculate the VRT :eek::D

mhackett102

Car im looking at for €3500 is coming up for €2000 with it (I may show that to the salesman )

A car im selling for my sister for €8000 is coming up at €10500 .. I may rise the price!!

But in all seriousness, the valuations seem to be all over the place

Gone Drinking

No matter how much its worth, if you post it on adverts.ie, all you'll be offered is:

SWAP MY AD??????????????

CrazyMark

I get an error message because my car has too many miles up on it

"Mileage should be between 1000 to 300000km"

Hachiko

has anyone sold a car on adverts?

a daycent car ....

mik_da_man

it doesn't go over 4.0 L either...

Closest I could get for my car is about 10k less than its worth, think I'll pass!

Seweryn

mik_da_man wrote: »

it doesn't go over 4.0 L either...

It also doesn't go below 1.0 litre, and the oldest car you own was registered in 1990, which is when we started driving cars in Ireland.

Pov06

Hachiko wrote: »

has anyone sold a car on adverts?

a daycent car ....

I actually did and didn't get much for it.

The thing with adverts.ie is you have to take the first offer because any other offer will be 100% lower than the previous offer by someone else

It's a proper car boot sale type of market on adverts.ie

Truckermal

It values mine 3k more than what I paid for it yesterday! !!:rolleyes: and it values my wife's car 10k less than what we paid 3 weeks ago! !

Chris_Heilong

The year seems to have the biggest impact on prices, never mind if the cars is worth 10 grand the calculator will says its worth 1k if you put it down as an 1998 car:rolleyes:


For example a 1998 Toyota supra is worth over 6k, however the calculator has it at 1574 euro, lol

Maybe some mong who worked on the project will come along to chat

ba_barabus

I've noticed this service being advertised online,

Hope they got the ads cheap

Seweryn

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

The year seems to have the biggest impact on prices, never mind if the cars is worth 10 grand the calculator will says its worth 1k if you put it down as an 1998 car:rolleyes:

No matter what the car model is, the cheapest one is from 1997 range . So if you are looking for a cheap car, always go for 1997 model year.

Chris_Heilong

Seweryn wrote: »

No matter what the car model is, the cheapest one is from 1997 range . So if you are looking for a cheap car, always go for 1997 model year.

I would be more so talking about high performance cars that age does not really affect price in reality, the calculator is saying an 8k car is worth 1k which is ridiculous.

Seweryn

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

I would be more so talking about high performance cars that age does not really affect price in reality, the calculator is saying an 8k car is worth 1k which is ridiculous.

I know, that was also my point. They simply base the value of a car on the registration date.
Any why there are only cars from 1990 up on their list, I have no idea.

Skatedude

K,my current 8 series bmw is worth 2k? wish i could have bought it for that. And my old 93 740 is worth 4k and value goes up the older is is? A 1990 is worth 2K more than a 1999?

Kenny Logins

Seweryn

Kenny Logins wrote: »

^

A Diesel engined VW Beetle is as rare as a Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic, but the price does not reflect this .

Never mind other details... Jezis, this valuation tool must have been created on a Friday afternoon.

obezyana

My 2004 Xtrail 2.2dci 4X4 is valued at 2,565. Nice one, I only paid 500 for it.

_Kaiser_

LOL...

- 05 3.0 TDI automatic Audi A6 saloon, black, alloys, leather, 270,000 km, NCT & Tax...... €6798
- change Tax to no...... €7242

:rolleyes:

Voodoomelon

As useful as an iron life jacket.

Pov06

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

LOL...

- 05 3.0 TDI automatic Audi A6 saloon, black, alloys, leather, 270,000 km, NCT & Tax...... €6798
- change Tax to no...... €7242

:rolleyes:

Sure they should just change all the prices to "SWAP MY AD?" instead. Typical adverts.ie bidders.