Selling car direct to garage?

big_drive

Looking for advice on a scenario within my family at moment, a relation has passed away recently leaving behind a 2018 Fiesta with low mileage, car is in genuinely great condition. Nobody in family is interested in keeping car.

Rather than selling on the likes of donedeal etc what would be the advantage/disadvantages of selling the car directly to a dealer. Obviously it might mean a hit on price but avoid the hassles of selling privately

goochy

Yes it will be hassle free but you wont get best price - maybe try a Ford dealer - if their used stock is low and demand is good you might get them to buy at good price.

i see main dealer in east cork seems to buy in alot of stock , so probably same elsewhere .

djan

Depends how much you value your time. The hassle of donedeal you mention can, in your case cost you 1-2 thousand euro!

Buddy Bubs

I sold my mother's car on done deal 2 weeks ago, first person to view bought it and paid and I haven't heard a peep since. It's not always hassle.

Price it in garages then try sell privately, it's it's hassle then go back to the dealers.

JVince

Put it into Merlin auctions. You'd be surprised at the prices some cars get

Clo-Clo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058336321/selling-car-direct-to-garage

Just use the "we buy any cars" type of service that have popped up

Donedeal is a nightmare with a load of tyre kickers and plonkers going around trying to buy something for nothing. If you have the time and patience to do that you might get a few extra k for the car, but hard to tell in current market which is all over the place.

pgj2015

I wouldn't go near a dealer, you will get more selling it privately. add on money as the private seller will try to get you to sell at a lower price.

sounds like it is a good car and its a sellers market so don't let them away with offering you less than it is worth.

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121774484#Comment_121774484

Sellers market ended about a year ago. Prices are dropping and supply is increasing

Banzai600

Ive sold a lot of motorbikes over the yrs on the likes of DD. You get a lot of time wasters etc, but in no way would i take a hit giving to a dealer, they all play the poor mouth and try to run you downward. Poor mouth all the time. Look at what the prices are in the market, and pick your figure in the middle, if you want a quick sale be realistic but dont give it away. sometimes you'll get ppl agreeing on a price then coming with 500e less, send them on their way, but the money magically appears.

buy a ready to go sim card and use that for contact number.

dont meet anyone near your home until you know they're legit.

payment by bank transfer or else, meet at a bank, when the money is lodged and notes are legit, then you both sign the logbook, but you post it and take pictures of it after its signed and dated by new owner.

big_drive

Just another question. The car obviously has the registration cert in name of the deceased. Can that car be sold like that or in the case of someone passing away must anything different be done around ownership

Clo-Clo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121824535#Comment_121824535

Ring the car reg office and explain the situation, the person needs to sign it is my understanding, so I would expect they transfer it to someone in the family

Hooked

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121824535#Comment_121824535

I gave this (similar) advice weeks ago in another thread... and you should do one of two things:

1. Sign the log book in your (deceased) relations name - and put yourself as the new owner. When new log book arrives, sell away (to dealer or privately). The down side is you are adding another owner to the "number of previous owners section"
2. Sell the car (dealer or private) and hope that the buyer will be ok with (not notice) taking a dead persons car from someone claiming to be the owner. Sorry to put it like that - but I'd NEVER buy a car from a person, if another persons details were on the VRC. And you are 'technically' selling the car illegally as the registered owner has passed.

Oh - and sell it privately will ya... You won't get boy racers or messers looking for a clean 2018 fiesta. AND you'll get WAY more money for it.

antfin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121824535#Comment_121824535

The car forms part of the estate of the deceased so you'd need to show authority to sell it. That would require either a letter from the executor or the solicitor administering the estate and that than goes in with the registration certificate when you send it in to change ownership.

User1998

A dealer won’t care about any of that and the Dept of Transport has no idea who is dead or alive. Just give the dealer the logbook like normal and they’ll transfer it to their garage online, and then onto the new owner when they sell the car

Luna84

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121775440#Comment_121775440

dont meet anyone near your home

That's a sure sign to a buyer the car has faults or the seller is dodgy.

Iodine1

Ask a few dealers for a price and then consider giving it to the best offer:

Dealer then does the waiting, offers a guarantee, can arrange finance, bargaining and haggling and can take a trade in and all you have to do is bank your money. Is that worth €1000, which you probably wont get as you get worn down listening to bull and stupid offers?

db

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121774386#Comment_121774386

Start away from these dealers. They give you a great initial valuation but then every detail you give about the car reduces the price until you are lucky to get more than scrap value for it. You would be better off putting it into an auction but you still won't get the full value of the car.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121824535#Comment_121824535

Did the deceased leave behind a will with instructions on who gets the car? The solicitors office would probably have to complete the change of ownership paperwork per the will instructions. After that, what happens becomes the responsibility of the new owner.

And by the way condolences on your loss if it's a case the relative was close to you.

rob316

Go onto done deal, find the cheapest similar priced car, spec and mileage, price it a bit lower it'll be gone in a couple of days. Fiesta at the right price will always sell.

Garage will pull your pants down, you could make a couple of grand extra privately.

rob316

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827013#Comment_121827013

Who writes a fiesta into their will 😂

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827082#Comment_121827082

Possibly their second most valuable asset after any property. Might also had finance on it that needed addressing. You absolutely make sure that major financial assets (4 figures and above) are addressed in wills.

rob316

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827098#Comment_121827098

I wouldn't consider a 2018 fiesta a major financial asset but ok

big_drive

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827229#Comment_121827229

No but I'm delighted to be getting it and really appreciate being left it. Could be potentially worth anything up to €14,000 and for me that's a lot of money

rob316

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827377#Comment_121827377

Absolutely great to get it, its a nice few quid.

Banzai600

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121826248#Comment_121826248

hasnt failed me yet, and works for me.