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any rule against posting up your own car for sale here?

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

any rule against posting up your own car for sale here?

No once you mention it’s your car

I think that ad is well done.
Price yes is a bit strong but it being a 08 it will have a bit cheaper tax which the new owner won't need till September so that's a couple of hundred euro already.
Glws

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

Thanks

its actually by far the cheapest 08 for sale though and the next cheapest 08 sport is nearly 10k but thats insane and my milage is high . and as i said im open to offers

But a car is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. If it is on the cheaper tax band I would make a big deal about that on the ad. Not quite the 10 years and it maybe 6 months before you shift it. I would be prepared to drop it by 1000 for a quick sale. Although I hope you won't have to.

California Dreamer wrote: »

But a car is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. If it is on the cheaper tax band I would make a big deal about that on the ad. Not quite the 10 years and it maybe 6 months before you shift it. I would be prepared to drop it by 1000 for a quick sale. Although I hope you won't have to.

If i got a quick sale i would be prepared to drop the price. and yes its on the cheaper tax band

I would have bit the hand off the first person who offered 5k.

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

When u have it up for sale 2 days . Next cheapest 08 is an SE with the real old style interior similar mileage (maybe 10k less) no tax no real service history and asking 8k . Next cheapest sport is nearly 10k .and your getting 500 quid less in a trade in . Youd bite his hand off ? Seriously?


If it was a few months later with not a single call ya id agree but not in first few days .

Im only looking at a 2nd hand car around the 12k mark . So ya 3k off for cash never gonna happen . Be lucky get 500 quid off at that price point .

High mileage cars do sell in ireland . Ive sold higher in the past . Not if its a car there is 10 a penny of but the less common stuff does sell.

You can buy a 7 series with 110 or 120k miles but thats the mileage at which stuff starts to break . Stuff that ive spent over 5k replacing over the last few years . So if ur buying one of these cars not just a 7er but an s-class or A8 or XJ or whatever buy one thats sorted because they are very expensive when they go wrong .

But your not actually getting 500 less as a trade-in value, your really getting a lot less. The dealer is just taking the discount on the car they are selling to you and adding it to your trade-in value instead to make it look like a more attractive deal because all people focus on is the trade-in value of their car rather than the cost to change value. How much was the dealer's car priced compared to similar cars from elsewhere? Did you get a straight deal figure from the dealer for the other car? Even if you took 5k for it and bought the dealer's car for cash you would be better off

And people can ask stupid money for their cars all day long but it's usually why they are still for sale. Sport, SE adds little value monetary wise on cars of that age, might make it a bit easier to sell but won't mean it's worth a whole lot more. Maybe the first offer of 5k might have been worth refusing given omitted bit about the time scale involved but when you get a similar second offer then maybe it's time to look at what you think your car is worth v what someone is actually willing to pay for one.

BTW I'm not trying to be smart or disrespect you or your car but even taken away the dreamers asking 8k or 10k, a 10 year old E65 with 200k miles is just not worth much more than the 5k cash you were offered.

bazz26 wrote: »

But your not actually getting 500 less as a trade-in value, your really getting a lot less. The dealer is just taking the discount on the car they are selling to you and adding it to your trade-in value instead to make it look like a more attractive deal because all people focus on is the trade-in value of their car rather than the cost to change value. How much was the dealer's car priced compared to similar cars from elsewhere? Did you get a straight deal figure from the dealer for the other car? Even if you took 5k for it and bought the dealer's car for cash you would be better off

And people can ask stupid money for their cars all day long but it's usually why they are still for sale. Sport, SE adds little value monetary wise on cars of that age, might make it a bit easier to sell but won't mean it's worth a whole lot more. Maybe the first offer of 5k might have been worth refusing given omitted bit about the time scale involved but when you get a similar second offer then maybe it's time to look at what you think your car is worth v what someone is actually willing to pay for one.

BTW I'm not trying to be smart or disrespect you or your car but even taken away the dreamers asking 8k or 10k, a 10 year old E65 with 200k miles is just not worth much more than the 5k cash you were offered.

Im not disagreeing with you . Everything you have said is 100% true and i agree asking 10k for that car is insane he will never sell it. But ive not had the car up for sale long . I may well end up selling it for 5k but not this soon .

Dealer wouldnt do anything better for straight deal. If i was spending 25k ya or getting finance with him ya but for a low value car he wasnt budgeing . I got the straight deal price from him before ever mentioning a trade in .

I personally don't agree with the 100k-120k mile costs, its spread about a lot without a lot of merit. What matters more is how the miles were accumulated and what the service history is. To say you can buy a 120k miles E65 and have to dump €5k into it is untrue.

Personally if was buying a 200k mile+ 7 series, regardless of how much money was put into it, i'd be budgeting to dump a lot more into it than a 120k mile one.

You have fresh years on yours and a full history to your advantage, but i'd be grabbing €5k all day long.

Like above, i'm not having a go, I remember I listed my E38 a few years back for €5k, some chap on here said he'd eat his hat if it sold for that. It did 5 days later. So maybe you're right to hold out. But its a risky game! I refused a few offers recently on the same car after rebuying it and it cost me.

What did you get done to the gearbox out of curiosity?

Voodoomelon wrote: »

What did you get done to the gearbox out of curiosity?

Torque converter was replaced . Oil and filter changed on gearbox and mechantronics unit replaced. Had to do the mechatronics unit on my old BMW 645ci aswell, seems to be an issue with them ZF gearboxes .

Back to luxobarges please.

The wheel on that is horrific.