Car prices are stupid

[peebee]

Ive been trying to sell my VTR for a couple of months now and it seems like no one wants it.

£1200 for a ni-on mint 2001 VTR is dirt cheap, book price is £1700. I sold my old P reg VTR with a massive dent in the arche and a shagged gear box for £1000 5 years ago, i cant sell a mint VTR for £1200.

WHATS GOING ON?

Thoughts and feelings about this matter please!
(help me sell my car)

Peebee...

[greenman]

Me too man, have my C4 VTS for sale at £5500 two years old with 20k on the clock (still in warranty!) absolute minter and have not had a single call about it!

[Stissy]

....i bought a vtr about 2 and a half months back for £2500. Have i been ripped off?

[nathan818]

the thing with saxos is,there are thousands of them,also with the scrappage scheme it isnt exactly helping matters,perhaps try one of the car buying websites,they offered me 1100 for a 2001 vtr,if your that desperate :D

its not exactly a great time to sell with the recession etc

[nathan818]

....i bought a vtr about 2 and a half months back for £2500. Have i been ripped off?

how many miles on it ?

[Stissy]

how many miles on it ?

72,000

[peebee]

....i bought a vtr about 2 and a half months back for £2500. Have i been ripped off?


Stick the cars details into www.whatcar.com for a valuaton mate.

[greenman]

72,000

unlucky

[nathan818]

72,000

well i paid 1500 for one with 73k on it in green,with 6 months tax and mot,so yea but if your happy with it keep it :)

from what car

Citroën Saxo Hatchback 1.6i VTR 3dr 2001 (51) 76,000 miles
Dealer £1,980
Private £1,655
Part exchange £1,585
Trade £1,435
Cost new £9,815

[Stissy]

unlucky

shit haha
but its really nice.

i saw about 6 black VTRs before this one, and this one.
I know its done a fair few miles but its flawless, theres a stone chip on the bonnet, and a little mark on the door where someones opened their door into it and thats it.

the inside was really clean, you could tell it had been looked after. its had two women owners from new (then me)

[Stissy]

Stick the cars details into www.whatcar.com for a valuaton mate.

...how do i know if PO52 is 2002 or 2003?
is that on my log book or is there another way to check?

[peebee]

52 means its 2002 mate!

[craigy_87]

....i bought a vtr about 2 and a half months back for £2500. Have i been ripped off?

that is quite alot, think i paid similar for one about 3 years ago with less miles :geek:

[Stissy]

52 means its 2002 mate!

but theres an overlap where cars produced in 2003 still had 52 plates

[Stissy]

that is quite alot, think i paid similar for one about 3 years ago with less miles :geek:

was it black?
i found black ones more expensive for some reason

[peebee]

but theres an overlap where cars produced in 2003 still had 52 plates


Will be in your log book then

[nathan818]

mehh you seem okay acctaully

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1239679.htm

[Stissy]

If its 2002

Citroën Saxo Hatchback 1.6i VTR 3dr 2002 (52) 72,000 miles
Dealer £2,385
Private £2,035
Part exchange £1,765
Trade £1,615
Cost new £9,830



If its 2003

Citroën Saxo Hatchback 1.6i VTR 3dr 2003 (52) 72,000 miles
Dealer £2,495
Private £2,130
Part exchange £1,765
Trade £1,615
Cost new £9,850



so its not too bad :)

[martinmac]

i paid £2400 for one with 22,000 miles on it in 2007, was black and totally standard, nothing wrong with it and also had full factory fitted leather :A:

[saxovtrstevie]

i paid £1275 for my black 2001 vtr with 63,000 miles

[Danr]

If, as you say the car is dirt cheap then you must be using poor advertising or something as small cars are usually quite easy to sell.

Try getting good photo's done by a decent photographer. Also write a full description pointing out why the car is so good and back it up with photo's as well.

[craigy_87]

was it black?
i found black ones more expensive for some reason

yeah man was black

[SamW]

Apparently aswell the demand and price on second hand cars has gone up due to the scrapage scheme... because theres not enough of them i think its like £200 on average a 2nd hand cars values gone up this year...

So hang in there might get it gone soon

[peebee]

cheers lads.

[Ryan]

The arse has fallen out of the market, doesnt help trying to sell anything on here, most of the current people who want to buy stuff are dreamers with no £££ who want stuff for nothing.

[peebee]

Your spot on there buddy, i got loads of interest claiming not to be tyre kickers and then they all came back asked me to accept a nats bollock for it!

Id sooner keep it and have 3 cars, than give my VTR away, ive had VTR's since 2003, moving on is hard enough without this hassle! :wall::wall::wall:

[TU-Tuning]

Recession + credit crunchage + Xmas surprisingly close + epci buyers market means its easy to find bargains now where people need quick cash and cars just arent going as quick as they should for what they should

[moxy89]

i paid 2300 for a vts with 48k . 1 lady owner full citreon service history now i woulnd see 2k i dont think and i have spent around a 1000 on it but hey prefect excuse for a track car imo... bodies here i come lol

[Asherz86]

i have noticed that around xmas time with my £1500-£1700 will get me a pretty tidy vtr mk2

as said reccesion and scrappage scheme is the killer along with high insurance prices on the saxos for new drivers and even drivers with some ncb.

shows with one of the lads on here trying to sell his real nice black saxo on pistonheads and on here but had to drop the price £400 already. buyers market tbh once everything starts clearing up will be a sellers market again

[Mieran]

what car valuations are not accurate

try parkers