miss_s_b: State of the SB

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miss_s_b) wrote,
@ 2010-01-21 05:18 pm UTC

Current mood:

mildly inebriated.

State of the SB

I had my stitches taken out today. I am stitch free. I also did karate and I was rubbish because I haven't done proper training for weeks. But the main issue at the minute is that I have to sell the car. And I need to ask your advice about that.

For various reasons I owe my dad £640, and he needs it back ASAP (within the next two weeks). To obtain that money, I can sell Kaligula (I can cycle to work, and it will be fine to be carless). Kaligula's tax and MOT have run out. If I MOT and tax him I will PROBABLY get much more money for him, but I can't afford to do that. So do I borrow more money and then gamble that I will get £640 + whatever it costs to tax and MOT the car, or do I just stick it on eBay untaxed and untested?

Tell me, oh internet. Give me your wisdom.

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ponygirl72
2010-01-21 10:33 pm UTC (link)

I'm going to go the other way, not because I have any idea of the value of having it MOT'd and taxed, but because Every. Single. Time. that I've gambled on something working out my way when I'm in the midst of one of life's shit storms, it's ended up biting me in the butt. Arse. Whatever.

I guess a reasonable question might be, what's the blue book value of the car. Is it close to £640? Or is there already a comfortable margin there?

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	no subject miss_s_b 2010-01-21 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, the biting me in the arse thing is something I am worried aboout. To find out the book price of the car I would have to pay. They start t abut £600 on Auto Trader, but with Tax and MOT they go for anything up to £1800. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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ponygirl72
2010-01-22 12:13 am UTC (link)

You can use the old AQA trick and check completed listings on eBay Motors for accurate and current wholesale prices. You may also be able to gauge the price difference between 'with MOT & tax' and 'without' that way. Private sale is probably an extra £100-200 over that, depending on the local market.

It's a Ford Ka, yeah? I'm guessing there are quite a few out there in eBay land.

Hope that helps. :-/

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ponygirl72
2010-01-22 12:20 am UTC (link)

Oh... almost forgot. If you do decide to eBay, I had a very, very strong response on a car I sold by putting a video test drive (hosted on Youtube) right in the eBay listing. It was an old, old car, and people seemed reassured to be able to see on the video that it started easily, ran, and drove well.

That might also reassure anyone who thinks yours doesn't have an MOT because it wouldn't pass.

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