Is it worth putting my car up for sale

[DONNA1458]

I have been unable to drive for 6 months now so my car is sat on the garage i don't see myself driving it for a while to come as I can't push in the clutch so i want to buy an automatic but with the car market as it is i am wondering if it has also effected the second hand market, i think my car is desirable as it is small diesle and only �35 road tax a year but i'm not sure any advice.TIA

[Old Salt]

If you leave it to stand without driving, some of the seals will perish. After storing one car when I went to sea for a couple of years, I never did that again. Always sold them for whatever I could get for them. Fix one problem and another showed up.

Even if they are in great shape, low mileage, they have aged, and that' drives down the price. That's why the insurance company will 'write off" a car rather than fix it for several hundred pounds.

Just before Christmas, I had a Scenic which a Dealer-friend told me was worth �2,500. Great condition, 30,000 miles, dealer serviced regularly.

Advertised �2,500 ONO. nothing. dropped to �1,800 nothing. dropped to �1,200, haggled down to �1,100.

It's tough, but sometimes it's best just to get rid of it and forget about it. Doesn't matter how much it's worth, if no one wants to pay that price.

Not an easy decision. Let me know how you get on.

Good Luck

Old Salt

[TWR]

If you are after a Auto Donna, trade in your old car rather than let go to ruin with parking it up, if the car is going to stand check the rear road wheels with blocks otherwise if the car is going to stand with the handbrake on & unused it will seize on, also, make sure you move the car back --forward-back --forward otherwise your clutch will get stuck on the Flywheel ( More Expense)

[naylor1401]

Hi, what car is it you have got?

[eltelioni]

if the second-hand value of your car has fallen then the price of the automatic you want to buy has also fallen, so you may as well trade sooner rahter than later to avoid further deterioration of your current car