secondhand car market - is it quiet?

flyingalexf68 wrote: If someone phones you can tell them to have a look on the net at the pics.

True enough

The real annoying thing with Autotrader is that there are so many cars from the North in it. I think a Republic only issue is due. CBG is only good if you are buying a second hand car from a dealer as the private ads are crap. The buy & sell is still good though.

Ive never actually seen more cars for sale with contact details in their windows, are dealer refusing to take in trade in's on the grounds that they wont sell?, I recon the second hand market apart from the Punto brigade is dead in the water and totally saturated everyone has copped on that you can get better and cheaper in the UK even after the crippling VRT and all the kids want brand new cars at this stage all getting themselves in extraordanary dept for brand new s!*t boxes. If and when the overheating economy finally melts down the repo man is going to be quare busy!  

ballina123 wrote: Folks,     What are you experiences of selling cars lately? I have had my Z3 up for sale for 4-5 weeks (carzone and CBG.ie) and haven't even had one call, not even a time waster or canvasser (and yes the number is correct) the price seems right to me, its the cheapest '02 car advertised and is at least 3 grand less than main dealer prices.

Just touching base? Did CBG deliver a buyer? Think I've got one for mine. Came through a free ad in buy and sell.

nn_dd wrote: Damn drought.

I guess you aren't rushing to finish your house at the moment Nigel?!!

Spotted one of Jon's neighbours walking past me as I left work one evening last week with his towel under his arm as he came back in to have a shower!

Finally got my Audi sold after almost 5 months on Carzone.  Guy rang me Sat. night came up from Cork Sunday morning and drove off with it about half hour later.  it was well below what other similar cars were on Carzone.  Put it in the B&S got a couple calls but nothing definite.

D.

I put my wifes 2001 MX-5 on Carzone last Thursday, I've had three calls so far, and two people coming to view on Wednesday night. Fingers crossed, one will bite.

flyingalexf68 wrote: GusK wrote: I put my wifes 2001 MX-5 on Carzone last Thursday, I've had three calls so far, and two people coming to view on Wednesday night. Fingers crossed, one will bite. I have a beautiful red '01 BMW Z3 2.2 for sale if your looking for a proper car to replace the MX-5. It's on carzone as well. I want to buy an M3 evo. Can you help me? Pleeeeease.

She's already bought a new car, baby on the way so a Z3 would be about as much use as the MX-5!!

ballina123 wrote: I had one call a week ago from a lady who "would love to come and see it but I'll have to check with my husband first" - I haven't heard from her since....

My buy & sell "purchaser" came over to see the car last monday week, loved it, spent time driving it, checking out the paperwork, looking at panel gaps etc. Shook hands at €13,000, left me a €100 cash deposit and promised to turn up last Friday with the balance. I, stupidly, never saved his number (You kind of assume that anyone giving you cash is going to be alright). I haven't heard from him since! It's driving me nuts! I've already put his cash down as a deposit on another car and now I've had to stall the deal.

He can S*D off if he thinks he's going to get it back.


It's back languishing on carzone now. Wouldn't mind so much but it's such a waste of a really good little car for it just to be sitting in my driveway!

Sometimes the market is slow depending what you are selling for example..............

put my e36 coupe on the net on mon 31st. july so far not one call....

put the wifes 95 mitsy lancer 1.6 glxi on the same time had about 20 calls and it was sold yesterday afternoon 'tues' one and a half days on the net must be a record. I consider my e36 far more superior than the lancer. So now i have to listen to the smart comments and the he he he's from her. I'am sick