Boardsie's own (or family/friends) cars for sale

Long shot here but does anyone in Dublin or along the M7 somewhere have plain old alloys in good condition to suit a 1997 W202 Merc that I could buy?

At this stage if it's not booked in for an NCT, it's probably going to be November or Decmber before you can get a date, so if you plan to sell it soon, the new buyer will be offering you based on a car with little or no NCT

Sorry. I was basing it off the availability in the sellers NCT centres located in Waterford or Kilkenny

Good availability in Dublin so, as I bought a car a few weeks ago and the NCT had been booked before I bought it, around the beginning of July, and the earliest was end of September for Mullingar. I contacted them and cancelled to be put on waiting list and got offered one 2 weeks earlier, in for 10th or 11th September and thought I was doing well!

Marcusm wrote: »

Just booked Fonthill for 21/8 and reasonable number of centres have late Aug/early Sep availability if there was likely to be a price implication.

My nct is due Nov and I'd like to get it done early because I want to sell soon. I know you can get it done 2 months early so does that mean I couldn't take a date in late August? I was offered one. Would it have to be sept or after to bring the NCT up to Nov 21? Thanks

NCT due dates have been pushed out by 4 months due to Covid-19 so if it was originally due in November, it is now not due until March 2021. Just saying if you cannot get a date.

That's a lot of car for the money Cian! Best of luck with the sale, I'm sure it won't hang around long.

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

I assume you don't have to get a new cert or anything like that, and the Gardai will be aware, etc...?

Nope. No need for a new cert and the Garda system will also have it
You can go to ncts.ie and enter your reg and you'll see the date is now 4 months later than your original date

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Said i'd bang these up here just encase.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-toyota-corolla-1-4-diesel/25796020

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-land-rover-freelander-2/25823863

Best of luck with the sales. And absolutely fantastic photos I must say, it shows you care!

Selling my Nissan Qashqai +2
7 seater 1.5 dci
141k miles
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-qashqai-2/25862538#xtor=ES-92-%5BpublishAd%5D--%5BviewAd%5D-25862538@2

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Said i'd bang these up here just encase.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-toyota-corolla-1-4-diesel/25796020

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-land-rover-freelander-2/25823863

The Corolla is belonging to me. I picked it up recently from a neighbour needing a little work. It wasn't starting and had a lot of tidying up needed mechanically and cosmetically. Ive spent a bit of time on it and it's starting and driving really well now and it's had a really good clean. The bumpers both have some deep scuffs but aside from that the body is good and the interior is very good, there's a lot of driving left it it now IMO. Happy to discuss price and will do a very good deal if you mention you're a boardsie!

The Freelander is belonging to a good friend of mine. He's owned it a long time and taken really great care of the car. I couldn't fault it, there is thousands of euros of receipts with it. He has bought a new car but has justed asked me would i look after selling this for him and how could i resist :pac:

Corolla is sold, got duped by a fella with a fake fifty. Thankfully only one appears to be fake. I should have known :rolleyes:.

Freelander is still looking for a good home.

Yes, hopefully not. I should have known.

He had shown interest in the car a few times. Long story short, i wanted 1650. Had turned down 1600 from him previously, i knew what i wanted for the car. Rocks up today nice quick transaction, all "new" 50's, mixed notes, some fresh, some dirty etc and in the midst of all that, one old model 50 that in fairness was a very good fake but just didn't seem right to me.

Checked it against others i had and sure enough, fake. The note is around 2mm shorter and the watermark is ****. Bastid. Would rather let the car rot in the garden.

Selling my Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 2008 VTR + 1.6hdi Manual

Tax and NCT out next Month.
Have an absolute ton of receipts for it except the one for the timing belt but can show an email to my wife asking her to drop it down for it and then the money coming out of my account a week later for the timing belt around 617 euros.
Timing belt was done in 2017 at 160K kms.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-c4-grand-picasso-vtr-manual/25907601

Priced very reasonably
Can't get a NCT appointment for a while, it will need break pads shortly as just back from mechanic had to get electric window fixed and CV joint on driver side fixed.

posting on behalf of a co-worker, listed yesterday (Tues) BMW X3 - my work colleague isn't the best of taking photos and I personally haven't seen the vehicle, but pics make it look very clean.

https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2644925&r=s.php%3Fm%3D10%26o%3D1015%26r%3D2012%26g%3D0

Reluctantly a change of circumstances has come up and my wagon has to go. An extremely comfortable and quick wagon.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/300-bhp-bmw-330d-touring/26001272

beggars_bush wrote: »

we're selling wife's car
€4200


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-megane-estate-1-5l-tom-tom-edition/25983005

Car is now sold!

Voodoomelon wrote: »

E46 2000 318Ci for sale:



Brand new NCT, just serviced and only 116k miles. Just got a van so no longer need a second car.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2000-bmw-318ci-brand-new-nct-just-serviced/26021113

Sold.

I've my mother's 2008 Toyota Auris up for sale here - owned for four years but, since Covid and the ability for her to work from home, now deemed surplus to requirements. I've had it up for three weeks now - NCT'd and taxed and priced very competitively but the phone isn't ringing. Some Boardsies might take a look and see what they think of the ad, pictures, price, etc.

I told her it might take a few weeks but I have to say I'm surprised I haven't had any real enquiries.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-toyota-auris-nct-tax/25680990

One of the main issues I can see, is the NCT is effectively out since last month
I know we all have the Covid extension, and yes, it's covered until December, but in reality, it was due last month, so it's over a year since the car had it's NCT and any buyer looking at it is potentially looking at immediately having to book it in for an NCT as at this stage, it will probably be a couple of months before they get an appointment

(I just sold a car myself last week and was in a similar situation, so I took it down, waited 6 weeks, and got the NCT and then listed it and sold within a few days and got close to what I wanted originally)

My advice is either get a fresh NCT on it (but you'll have to wait until the date available), or you're looking at selling it at a lower price to take into account that the first thing a buyer has to do is put it through the test

Price seems fairly right if it had a bit longer on the NCT, but I'm guessing you'll need to be pitching it around €2750 to get any interest
The other issue, as strange as it seems, is Donegal plates seem to be a big no for some buyers
The advert itself is bang on. I think you have some very good pictures of both interior and exterior and it shows the car off well

frash wrote: »

I've an 03 VW Passat Estate for the last 14 years
I bought it with 55,000 miles on it & it now has 177,000
I used it every day for work as it's the family's 2nd car (was the 1st car years ago)

With Covid I haven't been using it much since March.
The tax was up in June and so I declared it off the road.
Realistically I'm not going back to the office until the Spring at least so it would be a year sitting idle - hence I'm going to sell it

It's got a full service history, the timing belt & water pump were done in Jan (pre-Covid in Ireland)
I got a new battery in it this month as the old one gave up from lack of use.

There's none comparable for sale at the moment so it's hard to tell what to look for.
I'd have kept the car going for another few years if it wasn't for the virus & me working from home the whole time.

Oh - the NCT is up next month. I considered putting it through it before selling but can't get a booking until December.

What's it worth?

For some reason, your image is only showing up tiny
As there are very few B5 Passat estates around any more, it's hard to value them, but some people will pay as much for yours, as they will pay for a newer B6 model as they prefer the B5 shape (I for one, would prefer the B5 model)

My advice is to throw it up with your max price, and you can always drop
Nothing worse than putting a car up and selling it right away and wondering could you have done better!

The fact the NCT is out next month is not going to do you any favours though
With a car of that age/value, an NCT could almost double what somebody would pay for it
I think a 2003 with a fresh NCT and in good shape could sell for close to a grand, while one with the NCT out in a few weeks is probably going to make somewhere in the region of €400 or €500 at the most.

Mad_Mike wrote: »

My advice is either get a fresh NCT on it (but you'll have to wait until the date available), or you're looking at selling it at a lower price to take into account that the first thing a buyer has to do is put it through the test

Price seems fairly right if it had a bit longer on the NCT, but I'm guessing you'll need to be pitching it around €2750 to get any interest
The other issue, as strange as it seems, is Donegal plates seem to be a big no for some buyers
The advert itself is bang on. I think you have some very good pictures of both interior and exterior and it shows the car off well

Thanks for the advice and feedback all, it's much appreciated. I'll look into getting the NCT booked as soon as I can, the nearest dates it's giving me now is mid-December but I'll try again around midnight tonight. And yes, completely agree with you on the Donegal plates - it's a real thing and I knew when they would be an issue for some people :P

beggars_bush wrote: »

I think you are asking for too much

I tried to gauge the asking price by comparing it with similar examples currently for sale in Dublin - what do you reckon I should ask for it as is?

What engine size?