Average time to sell your Clio?

[200 Alex]

Just wondering if anyone else has sold their Clio before. How long did it take?

Maybe I'm just very inpatient but I've had my 200 up for a week and haven't had anything. Not a single call or text. Or even email for that matter.

It's priced competitively and has great spec.

Someone buy it!

 

[imprezaworks]

Normally withini two weeks. Although my last car (phase 1) took a while, nice car too. A weeks not a long time dude

 

[Beef-Mc]

I find it depended on where I listed it, PH, here and Gumtree got me nada, within four days of being on Autotrader it had sold.

 

[shiftspark]

From what I've read on 197 and renaultsport sales are very slow unless its rediculously cheap, its worth waiting though its early days.

 

[200 Alex]

I suppose it isn't long at all.

It only becomes a problem if you paid £40 to advertise on auto trader and it doesn't sell by the time the advert expires. That is annoying.

It's on PH and Auto Trader so there's nothing more I can do really.

 

[pastieman]

Link to advert ?

Edit : found it lol was being lazy

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=664251

 

[Alex_225]

Totally depends really, took me a few weeks to sell my 172 but that was 7 years ago!

Sold my VW Lupo through the owners club within a few days of putting up an advert. Have also sold cars to friends/family really easily as I have a reputation for looking after my cars so when they've gone up for sale people have put the word round.

Yet when I was selling my Clio Grande back in 2003 I had to re-advertise it to get a sale.

 

[Stefan.]

i think if you had recaros that prob would of been sold imo, having/not having recaros is big selling point

 

[Beef-Mc]

I think the biggest problem for yourself will be the lack of Recaro's, to a lot of people they are the be all and end all.

 

[Stan.]

Not everyone has got £11500 to spend on a car.Bank loans are not easy to get either so it's easier to go to a dealership and get finance for one.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Iv'e always found selling cars on eBay works well. List as a classified listing or a buy it now.

 

[CrippsCorner]

Yeah eBay will take a couple of weeks max, definitely the way to go, albeit possibly better for cheaper cars.

Longest car that took to sell was my CRX, it was up for sale for 3 years!

 

[imprezaworks]

3 years lol

 

[lemonnobby]

1 day to 4-5 weeks. dear stuff my take longer as nobody has the money now adays

 

[Knuckles]

trade it in against the st if you get offered a good price ooooorrrrrr....


wait until the start of summer when people want hot hatches again... people are gonna want 4x4s again soon lol

 

[Stefan.]

trade it in against the st if you get offered a good price ooooorrrrrr....


wait until the start of summer when people want hot hatches again... people are gonna want 4x4s again soon lol

do people change their car for every season then

 

[Knuckles]

i was looking for my first car... and my 197 actually at the start of winter. when i was asking for sport cars/hot hatches etc, pretty much every dealer said theyre pretty scarce that time of year, everyone wants bigger 'safer' cars lol

thats from a sellers pov

 

[Fletcher]

i think if you had recaros that prob would of been sold imo, having/not having recaros is big selling point

I agree. I personally wouldn't buy one without Recaros.

 

[200 Alex]

Oh well

I will put it up on my old mans website if it doesn't sell this month

 

[R-Sport.]

I think anyone with a used 200 unless its mega spec will struggle to sell at the moment, The market is very poor & now things are winding down for Winter-
The fact that your 200 is highish on miles, no recaros puts you at a disadvantage to a lot of other 200's out there-

To sell these days it needs to be cheap & high spec...

I would either try & PX it or drop the price to around 9-10k- as mentioned in the PM

S

 

[Sir_Dave]

With Recaros that would be outstanding spec.
Without, id just move onto the next advert - unless the car was cheap enough to buy the seats aftermarket ...

 

[Knuckles]

Fit recaros, sell car for profit, sell standard seats on eBay/turn standard seats into furniture?

 

[Dave Hester]

I dont bother selling cars as its a pain in the arse. Much easier swapping for another car you want.

advertise for free on swapz and see what happens. I have done some amazing deals on swapz

 

[Harpham]

Both the 172's that i've sold have gone within the week (2days and 5days).

The 200 got literally no interest. A dealer ended up buying it back off me. (Mine was pauper spec though)

 

[Chrisgti6]

I dont bother selling cars as its a pain in the arse. Much easier swapping for another car you want.

Easier? Yes
Cost effective? No

The last car I sold was a 2005 Pug 307 HDI. Best part ex I could get against an R27 was £1200. I sold it on ebay with a no reserve auction for £2600 within 7 days. Part exchanging is just lining a dealers pocket. I wouldn personally only do it as a last resort.

 

[dmallett]

Car market is s**t imo.

Not many people want to buy rwd 3.5l v6s either atm lol!

 

[Knuckles]

Car market is s**t imo.

Not many people want to buy rwd 3.5l v6s either atm lol!

Thats nothing to do with the incoming winter (snow/wet etc) and a lot of power going through the rear wheels

 

[dmallett]

Thats nothing to do with the incoming winter (snow/wet etc) and a lot of power going through the rear wheels

Shhhh!

 

[Knuckles]

 

[200 Alex]

Might drop the price to £10,995. Thoughts?

 

[gez 172]

That's more realistic for a 10 plate with no Recaros imo

 

[Goodj]

With the new Clio all over the press, the old ones should already have plenty of value wiped off their sticker.

Remember, to 99% of the population, it's just a Clio.

the remaining 1% know it's a 200, but, then, it doesn't have Recaros. Do Not Want.

So you've got precisely 0% of the market interested in the over-priced, over-taxed, needy, fuel-hungry Clio.

Part-ex it

 

[Stefan.]

And the tax is up at the end of the month maybe mention will come with a years? and dropping the price

 

[200 Alex]

I guess I'll put 6 months on it. A year is a bit excessive. Haha.

Ill drop the price to 10,995 shortly then.

 

[Stefan.]

I guess I'll put 6 months on it. A year is a bit excessive. Haha.

Ill drop the price to 10,995 shortly then.

will go to someway of making up for no recaros only messing about, just curious why didn't you buy a car with them in?

 

[200 Alex]

Haha, very funny

I just didn't feel the need for them. Standards are so supportive I didn't see the point.

Anyway, if anybody knows anybody. The price is now £10,995 and 6 months tax included.

It's a beautiful example. Can't believe I haven't had a single call.

 

[RDH]

I'd of rather had no calls compared to some of the clowns that rang me up when I was selling mine. I was undecided whether to sell mine or not, so when I first advertised it I was very optomistic on the price. Once I decided it was going and dropped it to a realistic price it sold within about 3 days.

 

[Goodj]

Less miles, from a garage, with cup packs and recaros

as Steve suggests, you want to check your pricing. Even by CS standards it's waaaay over

 

[R-Sport.]

I spoke to Steve ^^^ hes owed 11k on that car-
S

 

[Goodj]

And cant shift it.