How to sell my BMW before Tesla Arrives

[seadog]

I sold my F30 to our local BMW dealer. Around £900 above WBAC price and no fees or haggling over stonechips etc, although like yours mine was in pretty much mint condition WBAC will always try to knock down their price if possible. I ordered my Tesla in February WBAC was around £16.5K, in March before lockdown just over £9K!!, May time it was back up to £14.5K, I held out and bit the bullet in August, sold at £15800 as I was worried another lockdown was coming. I didn't want to sell private as it's not the time you want strangers to be coming to your house and hassle of test drives and insurance etc, but probably could have got a bit more if I had done.

 

[Andywil]

Try Arnold Clark I got a good price and no hassle from them.

 

[twlr]

An alternative is https://www.wizzle.co.uk/ where they sell direct to trade.

Quite an easy process too; you appraise your car, upload a few photos, and they give you an indicative valuation. You then speak to them about setting a reserve, companies bid on your car for a week, if any bids meet or are greater than the reserve then you're committed to sell to them.

We used them, not for a performance car, but it was more than WBAC were offering.

 

[Basicbob]

Wizzle doesn’t work for some reason

 

[Stuart1714]

I had an Alfa on Autotrader for a few weeks. I had somebody pretty interested just as the second lockdown was about to start. He was pretty keen on the rare luxury interior which could be a selling point. As travelling is currently restricted I took it off Autotrader.

I also noticed that offers were plummeting for WBAC and Motorway maybe because dealers are supposed to be shut for sales, but not click & collect and repairs/servicing. I may put it back on Autotrader and look at the quick sale sites again depending on what lockdown rules bring. I’m likely to be in the third tier.

 

[LongRanger]

Another vote for motorway here. I got one bidder for my vehicle through them, at 4K higher than the rubbish WBAC process, if you have provided enough pics for a full assessment by bidders then the motorway process commits them to their offer if you accept - unless you are being untruthful about condition of course.

Felt really lucky to ditch a big, expensive, less popular BMW model 3 months before lockdown happened the first time - could have been a whole world of pain otherwise.

 

[Chrisgillett]

Feeling your pain, I think the timing, economy, pandemic and evolving attitudes to diesel engines are all against us. I'm about to list my 330d F30 that I've owned for 18 months and 20'000 miles.
WBAC are offering me HALF what I paid . See you next Tuesday!!!

Mine sadly, it not quite immaculate, and I wish I could keep it, but I need to release the cash

 

[Ant M3]

Another vote for Motorway - I shifted my M2 with them, happened very quickly and comms throughout were good.

Yes i also used Motorway ... was ok ish , I did get more than WBAC but I had to stick to my guns as the initial offers came in as less - so be careful

 

[SFBanks]

Try Arnold Clark I got a good price and no hassle from them.

Another vote for Arnold Clark. That is who I used. Easy and simple and they pay what they say on the website.

 

[Sixer]

I mean this with the ultimate respect but trade it in. The car will be lost in a sea of BMWs.

 

[UrbanSplash]

Another shout for Motorway. 2 cars sold. No issues at all. Highly recommended