Selling my motor :(

Altreab

The time has come for me to move on my wheels!! Posted online here now and would like comments on the advert... have i missed anything obvious or need to add anything? I appear to be getting a good few views but zero inquiries
Any advice welcomed!!

Supergurrier

Put an ad on Donedeal alot more traffic.

Try selling an Audi S4 now that's painful

Dord

This sh!te needs to stop... everyone and their ma is posting now looking for feedback!

johnnyskeleton

Is €16k a bit much for a 5 year old skoda with 70k miles?

I know its a higher than normal spec, but inwouldve thought such a case is closer to the €10k mark maybe?

Special Circumstances

XR3i wrote: »

no offence but i wouldn't pay 500quid for that yoke

luas driver chief negotiator?

Supergurrier

Special Circumstances wrote: »

luas driver chief negotiator?

Rumbled :pac:

colm_mcm

no mention what model octavia it is in the description. bhp etc

Atlantic Dawn

I think it's way too expensive, typically you need to go with guide price of 50% every 3 years which at a new base price of €33495 something like €13k asking would be plenty.

bmwguy

Yeah nice car, but just too expensive. Rough guide as someone said earlier a 3 year old car should be hovering around the 50% Mark for actual selling price. So at 3 years old it would be approx 17k.

In another 3 years a 6 year old would lose half the 17k, making it approx 8.5 - 10k. Yours is 5 years old, a bit newer so maybe 11-13k. Sorry!

stoneill

I would hide your reg number in the photo

mullingar

Hiding reg's is not a good practice, it raises alarm bells and I move on to the next.

ironclaw

stoneill wrote: »

I would hide your reg number in the photo

Why?

Its clearly a vRS, which with respect OP, are a dime a dozen in Ireland. If it was something super rare and debadged, I'd say maybe. But a hidden plate is a turn off for me, I want to run the car via MotorCheck before I view as its quite common for someone to think they have something special and it turns out to be the bog standard version or has a few badges from Halfords thrown on. Saved a wasted trip plenty of times for me :pac:

As regards the Ad, awesome car, great photos but the price point is too high I feel. Perhaps post on some of the specialist forums for German marques in Ireland?

mullingar

The only way to truly value any car to sell is to know the current market value.

A quick look on Dungdeal, has only x6 2011 VRS's for sale.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars/Skoda/Octavia?year_from=2011&year_to=2011&fuelType=Diesel&engine_from=1.9&words=vrs

Looking at the "competition" and also comparing it to 2010 & 2012 cars, its only worth about €13k

andrea1983

16k for a skoda? 2011?

Yer away mate!

millington

It's simply too expensive, even with the relatively low miles. A quick scan of the sites brings up a few '11 VRS for 13-14k. Plenty of dealers asking more but in a private sale, you can only go by the lowest valued private cars if you want to actually sell it.

GustavoFring

How long is the advert up?

I don't think it's too far off the money tbh for a clean one, maybe 1000 or so. Dealers tend I have them up for c.€17k, maybe a straight sale for 16k ish. You need to be usefully cheaper than 16k to make it worthwhile for someone taking the risk on a private sale. There's a lot of shagged ones about but a good one can fetch decent money.

Photos of a service history and receipts are always worthwhile if you have them. If it's a main dealer one mention it.

The adverts a day old, give it a little while.

andrea1983

GustavoFring wrote: »

How long is the advert up?

I don't think it's too far off the money tbh for a clean one, maybe 1000 or so. Dealers tend I have them up for c.€17k, maybe a straight sale for 16k ish. You need to be usefully cheaper than 16k to make it worthwhile for someone taking the risk on a private sale. There's a lot of shagged ones about but a good one can fetch decent money.

Photos of a service history and receipts are always worthwhile if you have them. If it's a main dealer one mention it.

The adverts a day old, give it a little while.

Wtf are you doing with you're car :eek:

Hal1

Would it be worth the OP's while advertising on somewhere like briskoda or autostadt?

XR3i

get it sprayed silver

blue is supposed to be a depressive colour

PrettyBoy

stoneill wrote: »

I would hide your reg number in the photo

Why would you hide the reg number..??

millington

XR3i wrote: »

get it sprayed silver

blue is supposed to be a depressive colour

Silver. The hardest colour to sell in any sort of performance car.

ironclaw

millington wrote: »

Silver. The hardest colour to sell in any sort of performance car.

I would have thought blue was the easiest color to sell. All the OPC's / VXRs come in a blue. Same with the Renault Sport, its a popular color.

XR3i

millington wrote: »

Silver. The hardest colour to sell in any sort of performance car.

well would rather pay 15k for a silver or a blue skoda, that is the question

bazz26

That blue colour was unique to the vRS back then.

millington

XR3i wrote: »

well would rather pay 15k for a silver or a blue skoda, that is the question

I wouldn't buy a silver Skoda unless it was half the price of another colour. If I was buying a VRS, then blue would be high up the list.

PrettyBoy

stoneill wrote: »

I would hide your reg number in the photo

Every time a thread like this comes up this idiotic suggestion is brought up and the idiot person that posted it can never give any kind of explanation or reason as to why reg plates should be hidden. Saw this ad today and just can't get my head around how stupid some people can be.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-m3/12295186

ThisRegard

Lol, that's great.

pablo128

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Every time a thread like this comes up this idiotic suggestion is brought up and the idiot person that posted it can never give any kind of explanation or reason as to why reg plates should be hidden. Saw this ad today and just can't get my head around how stupid some people can be.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-m3/12295186

You can see the reg on the nct disc! :pac:

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Nice M3 there.

ThisRegard

pablo128 wrote: »

You can see the reg on the nct disc! :pac:

[ Rainier Wolfcastle pic ]

colm_mcm

A 318i M3

TheBigGreen

Altreab wrote: »

The time has come for me to move on my wheels!! Posted online here now and would like comments on the advert... have i missed anything obvious or need to add anything? I appear to be getting a good few views but zero inquiries
Any advice welcomed!!

Too expensive.

I paid €17,250 nearly 3 years ago for my 2010 vRS with 69,000km.

biko

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Every time a thread like this comes up this idiotic suggestion is brought up and the idiot person that posted it can never give any kind of explanation or reason as to why reg plates should be hidden. Saw this ad today and just can't get my head around how stupid some people can be.

Hey, cool the jets there boyo. I'm sure you can get your point across more eloquently.

Skatedude

you forgot to include in bold capitals "Non smoker owner" unless you are

Wossack

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Every time a thread like this comes up this idiotic suggestion is brought up and the idiot person that posted it can never give any kind of explanation or reason as to why reg plates should be hidden. Saw this ad today and just can't get my head around how stupid some people can be.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-m3/12295186

if I was a ne'er-do-well, and in the business of cloning cars (avoiding ANPR checks / m50 tolls etc), being able to find reg numbers for cars from the comfort of my evil lair would be pretty handy

Bargain_Hound

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Every time a thread like this comes up this idiotic suggestion is brought up and the idiot person that posted it can never give any kind of explanation or reason as to why reg plates should be hidden. Saw this ad today and just can't get my head around how stupid some people can be.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-m3/12295186

There was a better example then this going around recently, another BMW too. On front plate only the first half of the reg was covered and the back plate only the second half of the reg was covered. It was like a puzzle trying to piece the two together :pac:

Coming back to the OP's car; Too expensive IMO for a warm diesel hatch.

Also, whenever I see a covered up reg plate for a car ad, I immediately close it. I hate it.

mullingar

Altreab wrote: »

The time has come for me to move on my wheels!! Posted online here now and would like comments on the advert... have i missed anything obvious or need to add anything? I appear to be getting a good few views but zero inquiries
Any advice welcomed!!

OP got plenty of advice, primarily about the price being too high, still listed @€;€16k

Altreab

OP back again ... Internet acting the f@UK@r here the last week .... Thanks for everyones comments both the constructive criticism ones and the more lighted hearted tongue in cheek ones :rolleyes:
Ill be changing the add tomorrow and posting it elsewhere on other site ... Thanks again for time to look and post here.

ironclaw

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Every time a thread like this comes up this idiotic suggestion is brought up and the idiot person that posted it can never give any kind of explanation or reason as to why reg plates should be hidden. Saw this ad today and just can't get my head around how stupid some people can be.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-m3/12295186

Reg visible is on the NCT disc anyway :pac: