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Thu 15 Apr 2004 17:11
Vectra price - Marcos{P}
I am selling one of my companys pool cars and would like peoples opinions on what to sell it for please.
It is a silver Vectra 1.8 SXI Y Reg. 60,000 miles and fairly standard, air con and so on but nothing special.
Any guides would be appreciated.

Thanks

Marcos
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Thu 15 Apr 2004 17:17
Vectra price - Marcos{P}
Sorry forgot to mention that it is in average condition.
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Thu 15 Apr 2004 17:21
Vectra price - No Do$h
Of course it is. It\'s a Vectra, the epitome of average.

::: Dons flame proof overalls and battens down the hatches :::
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Thu 15 Apr 2004 19:36
Vectra price - DavidHM
Is this a newspaper ad, a disposal to an employee, an auction reserve, a figure for a trader coming round? All could be slightly different for different reasons.
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Sat 17 Apr 2004 02:11
Vectra price - MichaelR
I don't see a difference. If someone buys a car, goes
over it very thoroughly, services it and re-sells it, then fair
enough. They have added value. But if someone is just selling
a car I don't see any difference between the price they
should expect for it from a trader or from a private
punter.


Whilst I agree with you HJ, and would personally not want to pay over about trade price for a car (Which I've not done for either of my last two cars), it would seem most of the market disagrees. Hence there being several values given in most reputable guides - the 'Private Sale' value often hundreds, sometimes thousands, more than the 'Trade' value.

It's reasonable to expect to fetch more for a car if you sell it through Autotrader to a private individual, than if you were to auction it to trade punters, or trade it in at a local independant garage, don't you think?
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