Everyone posts the price higher than what they really expect, so you MUST expect everyone to expect a discount. Getting all flustered about it is a bit childish. He asks what you will take, you tell him, he counters. In negotiations, the first person to say the price typically loses.

Advertised a car for £2500. First call - Would you take a grand? No.

Heres the most common scenario: "THREE ASIANS LADS TURNED UP. THEN THE EXHAUST STARTED SMOKING BADLY AND THEY OFFERED ME A FEW HUNDRED QUID FOR THE CAR. THEY WERE INTIMIDATING SO I AGREED"

Good place to sell a car when transmission starts to whine

My bmw 435i had all the following faults when I sold it to some garage from motorway. 4 bald tyres, knocking from the front, broken aircon (bmw had quoted me 2k to fix) due a service and was pulling to one side. I listed all the faults and the guy came and gave me what I wanted. Next day it was up for 4k more on their site clean MOT but wheels had been painted black and they added a crappy front lip spoiler thing. When zooming in the pics they had clearly just bodged the mot as I seen my same old bald tyres on there... I called anonymously and asked about the aircon and all this stuff saying "common faults these have they been done" and they like yeah no record of it but is all working 😂 load of bollocks

From what i can gather your clueless. 12k for a car that a dealer can only get 15k for sounds like 12k was a fantastic offer. 3k margin is peanuts.

I don't bother selling privately anymore. The financial hit from not trading in or selling to a dealer is offset by the amount of time I waste with tyre kickers, advertising and waiting around for people.

I feel the pain and I think your remote location was the main barrier. I tend to keep my cars for about 5 years and typically have 3. I have sold privately almost every time with an honest detailed description, good photos and a sensible price. You do have to filter out the wasters. I am very selective when buying and I look after my cars so I know they are usually way better than most other equivalents. When buying the history and spec is super important to me and I will travel to get it. If a car is being sold with any form of non premium or non matching tyre it is an instant fail for me - a simple but effective filter.

Great ranty video, hope you feel better after it🤣 Just had a similar experience selling a ZSEV to get a MODEL Y.

Excellent video, thanks. Love how the used-car salesmen (the ones that cannot write properly) are bleating in comments; you must have hit the nail on the head!

Buying a car is one of the eisiest things known to man,

Sold my 15 month old low mileage Mercedes CLA 35 through Carwow. Buyer was a dealer from Hull and got the train up to Scotland where I met him at the station then went back to my house. Money paid by bank transfer and he drove the car away...all quick and super easy.

I used Motorway and my experience was the same. Got the money they offered in the bank before they drive away. Probably use them again

I bought my last car privately, the book price on it was £6,500 and it was advertised at £3,995. There were a few cosmetic issues but nothing major and it needed a really good clean inside but paid the asking price for it after a short test drive and about 30mins of speaking to the owner and having a good look. I got it home and there were a few lights on the dash after a few days but turned out to just be a faulty ABS sensor so I paid about £200 at my local garage including an Aircon regas and jobs a goodun. Saved quite a lot over what I would have paid at a dealer even paying the seller the fullasking price because I could see that the cosmetic damage (which I can fix myself when I get round to it but doesn't affect the way it drives at all) was reflected in the price it was advertised at. I hate selling cars privately personally and tend to keep them as long as I can before selling them for scrap.

15 months! My car (not a BMW, by the by) will be 20 years old this August (i special ordered it, bought it brand new), and the only way I'd ever get rid of it is if they pried it from my cold, dead hands! A new car every 15 months -- that is a BRUTAL financial hit, just for that new car smell and extra electronics and shitty firmware, where each year the chance that something will bust because of complexity increases...

Great learning video! Thanks.

Same here used motorway 3 times now and always get the best price as in effect it goes out to auction

My friend. I feel every bit of pain that you've just been through as I've experienced it all recently all from that cess pit called buying and selling cars.

Great Video. I live in Northwest, Northern Ireland. I fly to GB to buy my cars. I would fly to Northern Scotland to buy the right car. I agree a price on the phone.

Most people aren’t as honest as you so the used car market is still risky. I bought my 2017 F30 from a local garage, they had bought it from a member of the public. Day 3 I found a knock on the steering rack and it needed a rack rebuild, new motor and steering rod, £2,600. Garage got a third from the warranty company (Warranty Wise) and paid the rest themselves. Personally I would never buy anything more than £3k privately. I find you can buy from a main dealer, negotiate them down and get 2 years warranty at the moment. Sounds like you got a good deal though mate and get to stalk the reductions they make on the car they are now trying to sell 😀