Part Exchanging Car For Cali

[SimonK]

We looked at a brand new Ocean at weekend at our local dealer. Having had our hearts set on a new Marco Polo we have come to our senses and decided that an Ocean would be a much better bet. We would want to part exchange our car (MINI) to clear some existing finance. And we don't want the added hassle of tyre kickers at our home.

The dealer we visited said they use a British Car Auctions valuation tool, so the car would end up just going to auction. So the part exchange offer would probably be quite low. It probably doesn't take various option packs etc into account.

My thought is that a VW retailer that is part of a dealer network that has MINI franchises (e.g JCT600, Listers, Lookers) might be a better bet.

Have any of you succesfully part exchanged a car through a VW Retailer for a decent price? If so, who did you use?

Thanks

Simon

 

[Redrover]

Most will only gives auction prices even seen a main dealer use we buy any car valuation and add a £100. private is the best way if you want to maximise price

 

[NZCol]

Try going to a mini dealer and seeing if they need to buy in stock as you may get a better price that way. I just sold my RS4 for almost exactly what I paid for it 18 months ago by asking them when it was in for a MOT. Meant I was a cash Cali buyer.

 

[westfalia]

Try - we buy any car and then compare to what the dealer offers.

 

[WelshGas]

We looked at a brand new Ocean at weekend at our local dealer. Having had our hearts set on a new Marco Polo we have come to our senses and decided that an Ocean would be a much better bet. We would want to part exchange our car (MINI) to clear some existing finance. And we don't want the added hassle of tyre kickers at our home.

The dealer we visited said they use a British Car Auctions valuation tool, so the car would end up just going to auction. So the part exchange offer would probably be quite low. It probably doesn't take various option packs etc into account.

My thought is that a VW retailer that is part of a dealer network that has MINI franchises (e.g JCT600, Listers, Lookers) might be a better bet.

Have any of you succesfully part exchanged a car through a VW Retailer for a decent price? If so, who did you use?

Thanks

Simon

Ive used Evans Halshaw twice now and got a substantially better deal than Part exchange and We Buy any Car.

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[SimonK]

Ive used Evans Halshaw twice now and got a substantially better deal than Part exchange and We Buy any Car.

Sell Your Car - Evans Halshaw

Sell your car to Evans Halshaw and get more for it! By cutting out the middlemen and selling your car directly to Evans Halshaw, you can sell your car for more.

www.evanshalshaw.com

Thanks, i'll give them a go

 

[Loz]

We went this route, got a trade in price that would also be less after we factored in the additional mileage during the build time, so set about selling privately and made £3K more privately than the trade-in quote.

 

[pjm-84]

I have a JCW MINI and will be selling this shortly to make way for a Hybrid. Try Motorway (similar to WBAC). They seem to be offering a far better price for my Mini then WBAC with Evans Halshaw being the highest at the moment

 

[SimonK]

I have a JCW MINI and will be selling this shortly to make way for a Hybrid. Try Motorway (similar to WBAC). They seem to be offering a far better price for my Mini then WBAC with Evans Halshaw being the highest at the moment

This is a JCW Convertible so I’ll give them a try too. Thanks

 

[Ting Tong]

I thought that P'xing our Mercedes amg at a dealer which also had local group MB franchises would give a better px price but it made no significant difference. In the end I declined their derisory offer and sold it on Autotrader within 2 weeks for 4k more with a fair bit of interest. The independent performance car specialist that bought it just sold it 7 months later at a +3k loss.

My advice is to negotiate the lowest purchase price you can (try Autoebid) then opt for px with the dealer and, since convertibles will be in demand over the summer, see if you can sell it privately before the Cali arrives and you have to pay the balance.

 

[MattBW]

I part exchanged my Alfa Brera for my Beach, not the greatest price but not terrible either. It was however a desireable car so that may have helped.

 

[SimonK]

My wife changed her 2,year old Mini One last year for a Caddy Maxi Life.

We originally looked to part exchange it, but the prices weren't great. We tried posting it on the local used car Facebook pages just to see what would happen and it ended up selliing within 24 hours.

It was probably the easiest car we've ever sold. I thought that a base model Mini One might be a difficult sell, but it seems the Mini brand is really desirable.

MINIs are very desirable, especially to younger drivers. Even the poverty spec ones.

We've had 3 between us.

We will probably hold off on a Cali for now and see if we can shift the MINI over the summer period. It may be difficult to sell privately though, as not many people have £23-£25k burning a hole in their back pocket for a 10 month old car.

 

[2into1]

It may be difficult to sell privately though, as not many people have £23-£25k burning a hole in their back pocket for a 10 month old car.

I think you've captured the issue there. When I was young everyone bought and sold their cars privately. Now there are hardly any private sales as so many buyers are reliant on finance of one form or the other.

 

[ArunAlec]

I think you've captured the issue there. When I was young everyone bought and sold their cars privately. Now there are hardly any private sales as so many buyers are reliant on finance of one form or the other.

I wonder what percentage of cars on the road are actually paid for and owned by the drivers and what percentage are owned by finance companies.

 

[SailSki]

A friend of mine in he motor trade commented a while ago that 90% of cars are now bought on finance / PCO etc. seems that many people are fixated on the “monthly cost” and choose to ignore the initial deposit and any cost to buy at the end in their calculations of the effective overall cost over the period.

 

[ArunAlec]

A friend of mine in he motor trade commented a while ago that 90% of cars are now bought on finance / PCO etc. seems that many people are fixated on the “monthly cost” and choose to ignore the initial deposit and any cost to buy at the end in their calculations of the effective overall cost over the period.

It could get interesting if we have a big hike in interest rates, lots of people buying bikes and lots of cheap secondhand cars!

 

[murray0710]

Did it with a bmw in 2012 when we bought our first California. Salesman called Bmw garage that was part of same group and got us a decent trade in price.

 

[B J G]

I have used the Trade Car Auction site twice and got approx £1500 more than WBAC quoted. well over £2,000 more than dealer trade in prices on both instances.

Tootle is a no cost to seller site. You put your car on with photos and an HONEST statement of condition etc. The info is circulated to car dealers who make you an offer, simply pick the best or closest to your desired price and the dealer will send someone to inspect the car is as stated then arrange a Bank transfer, your car is taken away. You don't have to accept any offers. You can see online who the dealer is and check out their validity prior to doing the deal just for security.
One car sold within day, the other in only 15mins.

https://www.tootle.co.uk/

 

[SimonK]

Did it with a bmw in 2012 when we bought our first California. Salesman called Bmw garage that was part of same group and got us a decent trade in price.

Dealers seem to be less willing to put the extra effort in these days.

Mercedes dealer told me he was going to do this against a Marco Polo too....but he never actually bothered. A godsend really as the poor Mercedes experiences prompted us to go back to VW and look at the Cali again