Motoring Discussion > Trying to sell my car MK2 Buying / Selling
Thread Author: bathtub tom Replies: 15
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 Tue 27 Jul 10 21:30 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - bathtub tom
Not mine but daughter's boyfriend's. Advertised on here but got no bites.

It'll be taxed from Sunday and reading the other, similar thread got me thinking it might be worth dropping the price below the psychological £2000 barrier, so I thought I'd ask you lot for your opinion before placing any adverts.

I expect Bb pushes these out by the bucketful.

Vauxhall Corsa, 2002 1.2 SXI, 3-door, 5-speed manual, 33,000 miles, MOT 07/11.
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 Tue 27 Jul 10 22:03 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - FotheringtonTomas
Looking on Autotrader, it should go at your price - the only similar "private" one is £1,750, and that's got horrible "privacy glass" which must knock the price down a bit, and a dent in the roof. All the others are dearer than £2,200.

Your car's very low mileage will possibly be viewed as suspicious. Is this another car that's a horrible colour?

Advertising "on here" has probably a very slim chance of making a sale.
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 Tue 27 Jul 10 23:04 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - bathtub tom
>>Is this another car that's a horrible colour?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder FT (yes). ;>)
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 Tue 27 Jul 10 23:09 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Bellboy
i read your advert
and saw the photo
to me its all good and perfect
however
its NOT autotrader
you have to spend to accumulate
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 Tue 27 Jul 10 23:16 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - bathtub tom
Thanks Bb, unfortunately it's not me holding the purse strings.
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 Tue 27 Jul 10 23:19 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Bellboy
so leave it pushing up the weeds on your drive
4 weeks hence i will come over with my £800
we do deal comrade
dont tell Dog
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 00:09 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Marc
Why not try a free ad on pistonheads?
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 08:36 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Dog
((we do deal comrade dont tell Dog))

I'll ave arf :}
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 10:56 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Mike Hannon
Blimey, I thought you had a Mk2.
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 11:44 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Mapmaker
>> Blimey, I thought you had a Mk2.


Jag? Spitfire? Corsa???!!!
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 11:51 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Dog
>>Jag? Spitfire? Corsa???!!!<<

Interceptor? www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/101797
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 12:04 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Bellboy
Proper rotboxes those old jensons
once looked at a £15,000 so called professional restoration jobbie and the welding was disgusting on it,ive done better on railings
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 Sun 1 Aug 10 20:26 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - bathtub tom
Well, it went today for the full asking price. Thanks to Marc for the heads-up on Pistonheads.

I received a £1700 offer immediately it went on there, sight unseen.

The first potential buyer turned up in a Hummer and 'phoned me from the road outside my house to announce he'd arrived! Had a quick look round and offered £2000. Had to be a dealer I thought and that encouraged me to stick out for the full asking price.

The next to see it bought it after a half-hearted attempt to knock £100 quid off. They turned up on a 'bike and accepted my offer of a brew, I'd just mashed a pot. A pleasant couple who wanted all the V5 and MOT details for an HPI check I assume. They left a £100 deposit and agreed to a transfer in a Post Office tomorrow.
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 Mon 2 Aug 10 15:01 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Collos
Great news,
I think its all about persistance and presentation you see adds on Autotrader and ebay and think I am just not interested half the info is missing, poor photos and to high a price you see the same cars month after month.There is an art to selling anything and some people have it and some don't.
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 Mon 2 Aug 10 17:44 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Marc
Good work fella.

A nice Corsa should sell all day long if priced right.
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 Mon 2 Aug 10 17:54 
 Trying to sell my car MK2 - Bellboy
dammmmmmmmm and i had the £800 in nice little folded over £100 lots that i count 5 times before i hand them over

oh no thats the punters do that isnt it and then they still hold their breath as you count it again in front of them,or just trouser it if you really want to wind them up.........
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