A surprise!
Apparently our trip to tha Doncaster Dacia dealer (Evans Halshaw) is not to sign an order form, but to collect our new car!
Mad rush today to organise insurance and get a certificate of insurance which arrived as a .pdf from Direct Line.
(We had to get a one day extension to the Jazz to cover the drive to Doncaster for collection of the new shopping trolley. £23, but cheaper than a taxi!)
The new insurance has to be in my name as I'm the one whose name is on the finance docs. So a brand new policy (costly) lessened a bit by transfer of Deidre's NCB to me, as I have always been a named driver on her insurance.
It wouldn't print, as the originator had disabled printing (it came out as a reading from the right and back to front mirror print).
Solved that eventually by opening the .pdf in Libre Office from which I was able to print.
We are selling the Jazz separately to the Evans Halshaw equivalent of We Buy Any Car. It's a separate operation from their retail showrooms and is only available from specific locations.
We have a "Car Store" locally, so that's where it is done.
Online valuation was £1020 and the assessed value was £980. There are no fees to pay, but it's a lot less than WBAC offered before Xmas which came at a net of £1360., from an initial £1500. Shows what a difference a few months makes, as WBAC online start value was £1130 last week. If they applied the same criteria and fees that would give a net of £990. Not worth extra hassle for a tenner.
BTW, I found out that making multiple enquiries from WBAC and their ilk, throws up an HPI flag, which needs to be removed before a purchase is agreed.
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