SELLING MY CAR | Cazoo vs WeBuyAnyCar vs Motorway vs CarWow

SELLING MY CAR | Cazoo vs WeBuyAnyCar vs Motorway vs CarWow
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I just sold our old Citroen C5 Aircross using a car buying service, find out which one I went with and why, and what I thought of some of the others.
Let's see which one is the best-selling car platform for disposing of your second-hand cars for cash. Which of these car platforms gave me the best offer and which ones were the easiest to deal with.
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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@paulanderton9424]

I sell damage repairable cars as a hobby. The absolute worst part of it by far, are people! Massess of Virtual Tyre kickers. 90% are timewasters, lots of texts at night, unlimited amounts of "Best Price Mate" Navigating fraud attempts. So you are bang on about not wanting to sell privately. Unfortunately nowadays, it's the majority who are horrible to deal with.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

100% mate, sad times really. I used to actually enjoy selling a car years ago.

[@crimsonpirate1710]

This is rubbish. I sold my 911 privately. The best offer i had from online lot was 22k, the worst was 18k. I sold it to a lovely chap for 28.5k. Top value.

[@lawrencehenson8409]

You deserve a medal mate for selling damage repairable, that can't be easy.

[@RepairandRideout]

Agreed, private selling has become a hassle. Great video really helpful, thank you

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Cous1nJack]

No one has cash to spend everything is on finance

[@charlesjay8818]

@@Cous1nJackSpeak for yourself. There are people who don't live the finance lifestyle, who want everything now and pay later. There are some people (believe it or not (like my dad)) who actually saves up the money for a car then buys it without paying interest. It's called saving.... people should try it sometime. If you constantly don't have cash then something is wrong, your not budgeting properly, or in a low paid job. If your in a low paid job and have to borrow or finance your car your holiday your kitchen your Ikea sofa etc etc the solution is not to borrow or finance, it's to educate or train yourself and get A BETTER PAID JOB

[@jonricketts6570]

I sold my car through Motorway, it was a great experience the best I’ve had for a long time hassle free no issues at all the collecting agent was spot on and the money was in my bank the next day before they even collected the car. We buy any car personally just look to beat you down and offer less when you turn up to have the inspection. I’d use them as a marker and get a better deal elsewhere.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍

[@andypandy4987]

I found Motorway by far the best on two occaisions - their price is an estimate which was exceeded by over £1000 - dealer collects car and makes instant bank transfer.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@stevekay528]

Just used Carwow. Offered best price from about 4 companies l tried. All in all took less than a week. No charge for service or collection. Prompt payment on the day. Pretty hassle free.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@scottmackintosh7633]

Just sold through Motorway and was very impressed. WBAC offered £7,500 and I’ve sold previously through them and been knocked down on the day. Motorway gave an offer of £8,450 which they then reduced to £8,400 when I went through some minor damage with them on the phone. It went to the dealer auction the following day and they confirmed the best price they had received was £9,650, which I accepted. Dealer then got in touch and sent a guy to pick the car up the following week, inspection consisted of a read of the paperwork, a 1 min walk around and the test drive involved me driving him from the station to my house. Money hit my account the moment the inspection was complete and he drove off, no fees and no hassle at all. Was very happy.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

That’s awesome

[@itsharvey1112]

Thanks for the video. I sold my car through Motorway last year, they were brilliant very quick and I got more than they quoted. Hassle free , money in the account as I passed him the keys.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Nice 👍

[@robsmith1a]

I used Motorway in 2020 to sell a Zoe ZE40, good price and easy transaction despite the Covid hassle at the time. I got about £1k more than the best part exchange price offered. I'm sure a private sale would have been a bit better price wise but as you say there's a lot of hassle doing that. I've only found your channel recently - love it.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Lots of good feedback for Motorway in these comments. YOuTube likes to keep my channel under wraps I think - it makes it way more exclusive......😥

[@steveking2877]

I used carwow in January and I have nothing but praise for them. The most important thing to do is be completely honest with your description, declaring any damage and include photos. I was given a very competitive minimum reserve. It met the reserve in the first auction and in fact sold for £300 over reserve so I was very happy. On the collection day, the chap inspected my car and rang the office to say the car was as described and there was no suggestion of reducing the price. Was notified by my bank of the funds transfer and notice from DVLA to say I had sold the vehicle into the motor trade before it was driven away on trade plates. Very happy with both carwow and the dealer who purchased my car.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@rad1sh480]

Used Motorway to sell a 10 year old Mondeo last year. Took all the photos they requested, using their app. Was offered minimum £4500 (WBAC was £3800). Car went to auction and sold for £5300. The lady who came to inspect and pick up must have taken 45 minutes going over the car, and listed 20-30 imperfections, many barely visible. Madness, but she assured me it wouldn't make any difference to the price I'd been offered - so why list them? The dealer knocked £650 off for cam belt not being done. At no time had I said the cam belt had been done, and had provided all service history. Having said all of that, we still got the best part of £1000 more than WBAC, and £1600 more than Big Motoring World offered us. Would use again.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@PhilipBallGarry]

Dealer offered me £1100 in px for my 2009 Mitsubishi Colt. WBAC offered £1300 on their website but on inspection deducted approximately £100 for each chip and ding (there were a few, but nothing more than to be expected given the age of the car). I was finally offered just under £900! The WBAC agent was in genuine disbelief when I declined. But judging by the way the previous customer left their portacabin shaking her head, I shouldn't have been too surprised at the result.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Seems like a familiar story

[@dh10178]

Sold mine and my wife's car with Carwow last month. One car went over the estimate by a £600. Another met the reserve. Easy collection and finance settled. No complaints! Agree on private selling too many tire kickers

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@simonkiddle2726]

I used Motorway to sell a 92k 2013 auto 1.6 Ford Focus. It had basic countryside body work (hedge scratches that would buff out etc.), alloys in need of attention & a new near side wing. I had it serviced, MOT & £70 clean. Got £4,500 for it. WeBuyAnyCar were offering £2,700. Motorway were easy, polite & straight. WeBuy were pushy, overbearing & ultimately cheap…in every way.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@MrWestcliffe]

Same good experience here with Cazoo. It was a little while back about 2,5years ago but exactly same. They offered me about 2k more on a 27k car then the rest. Came to collect it and before they left the money was on my account. Top service from Cazoo.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@JamesYoung-jx5cg]

I sold my outlander phev via cazoo today. Awesome experience and got £17,300 after all fees. This was £1.2k higher than webuyanycar and £2.2k higher than trade in price. They collected and no hint of knocking the price down.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@leoseries]

Very interesting. I would have welcomed your comments 6 months ago. I part exchanged the two family cars then because I got much more than I expected and was happy with that. I was perhaps too sceptical of the car buying companies, one of which (Motorway) had offered £1k more on one of the cars. This was the wife's car (a 5 year old Suzuki Ignis) that she had owned for 18 months. We got the same price (in part ex) that we had paid for it. It seems to be a sellers market for some brands at the moment.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks for sharing

[@PaulSmith-xf8us]

We also had a great experience with Cazoo. Described the car as honestly as we could, got a very decent online offer. The handing over experience at Cazoo in Chertsey was on a par with buying a car - really friendly, seamless and hassle-free. If only others could set this sort of standard!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@daviddean4682]

We sold our car a couple of months ago, the Motorway way, it was a brilliant experience. Five days start to finish.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@rogerevans425]

Sold myt KIA estate using Motorway on the recommendation of the KIA dealer, who told me I would probably get a couple of thousand more using them than I would get as a part exchange. Quite painless, and I ended up getting £2300 more than offered as PE. Dealer, from a couple of hundred miles away, came with a trailer, inspected it and immediately transferred money. Waited until it was visible in my bank account then loaded car and took it away. Absolutely would recommend them again.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Oli-l5m]

I just sold a car through Ebay. Yes, I got a lot of hassle, but ended up selling to a car trader, and got a few quid more than I would have via Motorway. Think it depends on the price bracket of the car you are selling. I sold a 69 plate car to Motorway a few years ago and couldn't recommend it enough.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

100% mate

[@sevesellors2831]

Bought and sold with Carwow best price and easy process. Motorway wanted so many photos which didn’t work out took 3 days. Carwow all sorted in a day brilliant and way better than we buy any car who always knock you down when you turn up.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@digger000100]

Thanks for being honest and going through every step of the sale ..

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@linedancer111]

I tried all those earlier this year my wife said try the BMW dealer you bought it from, I laughed, used there online system, not good, then they phoned me asked what was I looking then, I told them, following day they rang and bought the car back, I was well happy!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@ZZR1200ZX]

Selling privately at this price point would be time consuming to find a buyer cash ready also as a buyer you have no protection and no warranty . It’s the way to go this day and age. Great video as usual. Let’s not forget the vat man he will want his share therefore leaving Cazoo two grand profit which is not a lot for an eighteen grand plus car.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Oh yes I know; no issue with their margin, just felt it was a shame that they didn’t fix the small bits of damage.

[@mrgrumpy9077]

Nice one Jim I think this is the best way to go if you can't trade it in, you just never know who's going to knock on your door nowadays and the hassle you might get afterwards, I'm now off to the shop to get a bar of dairy milk chocolate yum yum 😅

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@hairywol]

We sold a Panda through Best Car Buyer for a good price and no problems, no silly fees and quick turnaround. We found WBAC always pretends to find something to reduce their offer, and Carwow was a pain - as well as the lowest offers. Yes, couldn't be ar*ed to sell privately these days.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@williamstroker6805]

Great video and certainly food for thought. I sold many cars privately years ago when I lived in London, as being without a car for a while was no problem with trains, tubes etc. Lots of awful people of course, trying to knock you down on the phone before viewing, not turning up etc. and other daft stuff as you mentioned. The funniest/strangest one was a nice chap who had seen a car like mine (BMW 635csi) pass him on the motorway and asked if it would tow a caravan. I said of course it would with a tow bar and he proceeded to tell me all about his caravan and if I would like to buy it. I nearly did.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@dangosypethau]

Thanks for the video. Cazoo worked for you but it seems that Motorway has worked for most.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It does!

[@mikadavies660]

Spot on video thanks. So useful to know who will be giving nuisance calls and who will just do the job correctly. 👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@BIGGGESTAL]

Motorway was the site we used, simple efficient and a better price than anyone else. Our car was, however, in mint condition and fully serviced, so no knockbacks. Well done Motorway

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Lots of decent feedback on Motorway in the comments here

[@johnw65uk]

I normally filter them out on the first phone call when doing private sales. Sold my B class Merc last year to a really nice Polish chap after I had about 6 calls from probable time wasters , can sniff them out a mile away , I just said someone was due to buy it that day and that got rid of them.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@dean7442]

That's actually very useful. I have used WBAC before and it's been a bit love & hate. Looking to sell my wife's car next year so will give Cazoo a go. Like you, I have no patience for tyre kickers. Cheers.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@cclark3064]

Also went with Motorway for 2018 Volvo XC60 inscription pro t8. Dealer offered £28550, Motorway was £32250. Dealer came with a paint meter, chipped 100 off. But insane difference. Car went no problem

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@sandersson2813]

Amazing the difference a few months make in value of used cars. I sold a 2022 XC60 2 weeks back for same price as your one.

[@philgreen3376]

I Used Motorway, very pleased with the service👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@stuartthomas4836]

I have had good experiences with We Buy Any Car and also had rubbish experience with them. My last car I sold with Car Wow and had a good experience and found them to be really helpful.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks for sharing

[@Kendoddsdadsdogsdead532]

A few years ago i purchaced a 10 plate Meriva from BCA for 1040 quid. It had some undisclosed sill damage which really hit me when trying to sell it on just over a year later. So what did i do? I got rid of it at WBAC for 1050 quid. They never noticed the sill damage.......or the knackered gearbox......well they should test drive them before purchase!!!! BCA own WBAC so they never lose with all the buyer and seller fees they get. Anyway on this occasion i had a years motoring and got a tenner back for my bus fare home

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@markbutcher4100]

I sold a car to Peter vardy a couple of years ago. 10% more than all the others. I had full history, every invoice and they didn’t want it! Offered them another later and they were 20% lower than the others. Morale is try them all.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Great advice

[@melcragg7814]

I took my car to the most famous car buyer. Online offered £7500, then after seeing 2 small dents deducted £820. There is the £75 admin charge To make it worse their patter was insulting. I tried motorway and got an offer of £8295 with zero fees. So far so good.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@shedworks3196]

It’s no fun selling your car privately but satisfying when it goes right, car buying sites I have found robbing bastards but each to there own

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@crimsonpirate1710]

Totally agree with you

[@markrichardson8299]

My car is up for auction on CarWow today, been fairly smooth process so far, but I went ahead straight away, so not experienced the nagging. Remains to be seen if it actually sells though!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@richard_ellis]

I sold mine through CarWow. The winner was a trader who was an utter pain in the butt. They sent two guys to collect the car who had some kind of good cop/bad cop routing going on. One guy telling me all the invisible things that were wrong with the car and the other telling me their reduced price was a great deal and I should take it. CarWow were good throughout but the dealer is on my blacklist.

[@David-bl1bt]

​@richard_ellis you should name the dealer as a heads-up to others so they can be on their guard. They will continue the practice as long as they are allowed to get away with it and no doubt con many shhpush unchallenged people in the process.

[@ohyesitsme]

If CarWow are anything like the idiot that does their car review videos then god help you.

[@andyrobertshaw9120]

I think Cazoo have dropped the price of your Citroën to £18,200 already! I sold my car to Motorpoint. This was hassle-free, and they didn’t beat me down on price. All you have to do is declare you are as ‘excellent’, ‘good’, ‘average’ or ‘poor’. CarWow was unsuccessful for me - got one offer, which was way below. Motorway wanted to know all the imperfections, which is very difficult on an older car. Didn’t use them for that reason.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@sharonsweeney9710]

We Buy Any Car offered me a price for my 2019 Picanto. When I went to the office was told quote was for showroom condition car. The guy then went over the car panel by panel knocking money off for minor stone chip damage and eventually offering £900 Less. Complete waste of my time!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Frustrating

[@murdogordon3091]

I found Arnold Clark (Arnold buy my car) very good. Sold three cars to them in the past couple of years and one of them got paid £1000 more than we buy any car offered.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Great 👍

[@davidlloyd498]

We Buy Any Car go over the car to find the smallest defect ,to bring the price down from what you were told online.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@welshjim22]

Terrible service from Carwow. Vastly over priced my 520d , according to offers, at £12800 they advised a reserve of £12600. Offers I at £11000 and one st £11550. On arrival they found two new scratches one was photographed and submitted so not new the other was hard to spot but tiny and near a declared one in the sale. Fairway I missed it but was TINY and next to a larger one they already knew about. Tried to knock £300 off for what they no doubt will touch up and polish out in minutes. Just walked away with £11400 which was less than the skoda dealer. Don't buy the hype be prepared for less.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@colingianella7172]

Wouldn’t use we buy any car simply because of their irritating advert.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@raymondgill9796]

What an interesting video. I have never seen one that follows the car all the way to going up for sale. In defence of Cazoo's 2.5K marrk up it should be noted that £500 of that will go in VAT and a massive part of their costs is marketing probably about 1K so that leaves 1K real gross profit before the valet at say £100 so down to £900. Then they are on the hook for warranty, which you do not have if you sell privately, who knows what that might be after the car is sold.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I’ve got zero issue with their markup, I’m just a bit shocked they didn’t fix the tiny imperfections that they knocked me down for. I was happy with the price I got though so good luck to them.

[@leeholden8658]

We’re looking at a newer car but our current car is 20 years old and creeping up on 130k miles. It’s our first car and it’s not wanted for anything. Just recently had a new condenser,Compressor aircon regas and aux belt, a set of new tyres last December and not a cheap set (£500) of Yokohama all season. I doubt we’d get much for it tbh. But it’s an honest car and we’ll miss it if we decide to buy a newer car. (Our car is a 2003 Honda CR-V mk2 auto petrol ULEZ too) We also never have less than half a tank of petrol and only use E5. Probably only get offered £600 😂

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

That’s one that you’ll probably sell privately with not too much drama

[@danuk2005]

When i sold a car a few years ago i found some 'local' company in Nottingham offered me the best price. And they travelled the hour to me, to see the car. The moral of the story is also try local companies, they dont necessarily have the overheads and quick turnaround so can sometimes offer a better price

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@charlieboyvespa8610]

Best car buyer also a great shout used many times...

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@kevinferris9045]

Hi I recently purchased a model 3 LR RWD on the 0% deal. I did the same and used Carwow this time and it worked out well and a good price compared to others. Tesla certainly do not offer a decent p/ex in my case £5k difference.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes, about £3/4K difference for me I think.

[@paulh5854]

I have sold two cars thus year using Carwow. I used WBAC and Motorway for comparison. Carwow offered me a lot more than either. Both cars were 2021 - A class 180 and M135i. Carwow was hassle free and I got the money offered. However, depending on who wins the auction the buying experience is different. The first car - the A180, I had to take a lot more pictures using meinheim auctions app. But what it did mean was I got the money that they bid for it. The second sale was a lot easier, but they took a longer period of time to come and collect the car. I didn't get people hassling me from carwow. I think you were just unlucky or they really wanted your car!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@snowman2970]

Sold two cars through Motorway , no hassle at all and prices £000`s better than WBAC!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Nice 👌

[@timoliver8940]

Last March my new car arrived 8 months early so I went to WBAC for a valuation - I also had a valuation as a part ex from the dealer supplying the new car and they offered £9000 more than WBAC despite it being the third week of March and they had a forecourt rammed with the same cars taken in as part ex/ end of PCP at the change of year numbers on registration plates. I got only £3k short of what I paid 3 years and 23000 miles ago from the dealership!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@rimmerblues1586]

Wow, that must've been a special, even rare, model!

[@Harley-ir4er]

Just for the record, Webuyanycar and Cinch are owned by British Car Auction BCA - Not Good.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes, as are Marshall motor group, British Motor Show……….

[@richardstubbings6962]

Solid advice again Jim. I commented on stock vehicles on your last video, telling you about my T-Roc on order. I’m buying my Volvo V40 R Design Pro for £7500 at the end of it’s PCP and I’ve been quoted £13,700 to sell to many of the dealers you mentioned. So hopefully this is a £5,200 profit towards my T-Roc lease which for 2 years will cost me £9,000. A new car ran for 2 years is only going to cost me net £3,800 🎉

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

That is awesome!

[@chrishart8548]

Sounds like you were paying to much on the pcp. Sounds like you have no choice than to buy it at £7500 if its worth nearly £15k by the Sounds of it. My car at the end of the pcp was going to cost £19k to buy so I just returned it. Mind you the monthly payment was really low and the deposit was only £500

[@richardstubbings6962]

@@chrishart8548 I managed to secure it at 0% apr and the payment was £279pm. I think the dealer didn’t account for the dealer contribution, as this wasn’t shown in the financial statement. I believe they missed a £2750 advance somewhere.

[@ianpies2498]

Thanks for that - really useful as are the comments others have added here - great to hear personal experience on the alternative to endless tyre-kickers….

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Cheers Ian

[@KingSadim]

I got stung with repairing diamond alloys, £250 per wheel so 1K knocked off. Looked into and that is the going rate for repairing diamond alloys. Keep them safe folks, I park a good foot away from the curb now 😊

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Oh no!

[@ukgroucho]

Interesting video so thanks for sharing. I had a very bad experience with I THINK it was 'wewantanycar' some years back where they offered me a price on an Audi A6 30L Tdi quattro avant that I had owned from new - it was in great shape and had never had a bump or even a door ding. It had near 70k on it at 6 or so year old. The guy at the handover place went over the car checking paint thickness and commented on every minor stone chip etc. It was ludicrous - this was a 6 or 7 year old car that he was treating as a 1 year old- and he tried to find ways to whittle down the online offer - as he did, substantially. I declined his 'kind' adjusted offer as Audi had offered me more as a trade in for my new A6 allroad BiTdi. Drove to Audi, handed them the keys, drove away with my new car. Sometimes the easiest way is the best.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@philvxr78]

Great info Jim, will be giving them a go when i sell the wife"s Vauxhall Mokka, great videos, they are electric!.👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks 👍

[@ipanemakid3058]

Nice work sir. Bigs want my car are okay. Sold my audi tt for a good price and didn't try to knock me down on arrival

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Nice 👍

[@RichardSibley-n1n]

Great insight into these companies, thank you.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@sandersson2813]

I got by far the best quote on Carwow. £1500 more than others, completely painless and paid within 15 minutes of car being approved by buyer. I guess it depends on how good your car is and therefore what calibre of buyer/dealer you are in a transaction with. I cam imagine the worse a car and lower value the worse your experiwnce is likely to be.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@JamesHargrave]

Unfortunately my experience with Cazoo was not so good. I tried to sell them a 10 year old car with 130k miles. It has two areas of scuffs/scratches on the front which I clearly described on the website. The agent collecting was polite to begin with but then said he had to “call in” the damage and started looking at it and shaking his head like a typical tyre kicker. In the end he said “they won’t take it as it has accident damage”. The car hasn’t had an accident this was a minor parking scuff. The whole calling it in didn’t seem real. Anyway they wasted time and diesel although also my time……I’d have gladly sent them photos in advance and saved us both the hassle. They seem to think that just because they didn’t try and beat me down on the drive to take less cash that wasting time like this is OK. I literally repeated the damage on the phone to the driver when he called me 20 mins before arriving……

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Oh no, sounds like you may have encountered a jobsworth!

[@davehorton7712]

Sold my X5 via Motorway in September 2021, was due a set of tyres before winter (£1300) and got £1,500 more than webuyanycar, straight forward, pick up and payment went seamlessly, happy sale

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@garyminion9610]

I used Motorway for my daughters car and while the price they offered was the price I got, i didn't receive the money until 8 hours later, I had to watch someone drive off in the car with no payment, i will not put myself through that again, it took many emails before I received the money. Motorway did responded to my concerns and assured me that the dealer who bought the car would pay me, but i have to say it was a long 8 hours.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

That’s awful

[@Soulboy63]

Why did you let it go?

[@sandersson2813]

Why didn't you insist on payment before handing it over?

[@davefish8107]

Always bought second hand cars from a dealer and always part exchange my old car. Too much hassle trying to sell privately and lots of future problems if unlucky. A friend of mine had the police knock on his door about 6 months after he sold a van because it was involved in a robbery, the people paid cash and did not register it. Also heard of people getting parking tickets and speeding fines after selling their cars

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@iikavanaghii]

The most surprising part of this video is that someone’s paid more than a tenner for a Citroen 😂 bonkers. Good informative video jokes aside! Glad you got a good price.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@chrisaris8756]

Don’t forget as dealers Cazoo have legal obligations to stand by that car for 6 months should it develop a fault. Hence the markup

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I’m cool with the markup, it’s their business

[@MISSDELUCA]

Just went to sell my car and £299 pick up fee not to do sure if this is due t the cost of the car plus the £50 admin fee also ways great to watch you uploads thx

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Ouch!

[@memeGT150]

I had pretty much the identical experience, did you mention Cazoo will not pay outstanding finance off,so you have to pay that just prior to selling? That was the case for me last year.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

No I didn’t 👍

[@doitcom]

Sold mine at a dealer. Motorway was £700 more in value but I had 2 tiny dents. 2 Alloys with Scuffs and a fault - they didn't know about this yet. Happy to sell to the dealer and they dropped me 20 miles home.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@adrianday]

I used to live down the road from big motoring worlds “national vehicle prep centre” I’ve seen how they treat the cars, test drive racing down the roads, storing the cars on pavements and in public car parks etc I would never buy a car from them

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I’ve never seen anything to suggest any kind of reason to deal with them.

[@nicksportster8711]

Hi Jim, another great video 🙂👍love your 'laid back' style. its a shame i didn't know you were so local or i'd have offered a lift back after a drop off to Cazoo (we're Hedge End). Also hear what you're saying about CarWow, inundated with emails and in my opinion their prices are nowhere near as good as they were before the acquired Wizzle.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks Nick, next time eh!

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

Very informative Jim. Sounds like Carwow have a good business model...so it might be the place to sell until they get a new MD, and the changes they make will screw it up 🤔😉 I've sold my cars privately, and I've never enjoyed the process...so knowing that there's a company that offers a reasonable deal is a bonus. I wonder what they're like with the cheaper end of the market?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Would be interesting to see; I think it’s generally easier to sell a cheap car privately but when the car is worth a few quid I think people are reluctant to buy privately

[@sandersson2813]

Makes sense.

[@mudskipper0075]

WBAC offered more than their online estimate on inspection on my E class,were great to deal with and quick and easy,doubt that would happen now though…

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Cous1nJack]

You can haggle with them. Tell them you want more and they’ll ‘phone the manager’

[@paulfigus]

Another good video, informative and interesting content which I’m sure will help your viewers , keep up the good work looking forward to the next video

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Much appreciated

[@spsmith45]

Carwow worked well for me. Good price, smooth process.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Good to hear!

[@TheChukklebunny]

Had the same pestering from WBAC. I thought if you are that desperate to buy it bump the price up 😄 Like you I would rather take a knock on the price than deal with the public.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@TheChukklebunny]

Just like to add how much I enjoyed your video, great presentation and communication. Subscribed.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

@@TheChukklebunny thanks very much

[@nickainley1]

Just like to give some feedback on my recent sale. Just sold my BMW M340d from which webuyanycar offered £24,500, Motorway £29,000 and Carwow £30,300. I decided to go through Carwow from which the car was sold through auction to traders for a reserve price of £31,500. As there was 13 bids on the car I managed to sell the car for £33,600 with no fees and the car was paid for and collected the same day. So from my experience its certainly worth exploring all options.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Awesome result 👍👍

[@Jezmundo10]

CarWow absolutely robbed me blind on a vehicle in the past 10 days or so. The offer was £3k and I was entirely honest on the description and listed every issue on the description. The dealer took almost a week to contact me and foul individual who turned up to collect the car instantly started to try and knock the price down. OK, so there was one issue the computer showed up when he plugged it in, which I wasn't aware of, but he then started to apply the pressure and essentially started to re-negotiate the price. He started off at £1,400 and I finally ended up taking £1,900 as I just wanted him out of my house and the car gone. So my advice would be to be entirely honest on the description & photos and make sure they know there will be no haggling on price when they arrive to pick it up.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@paulblueoasis5608]

First of all thanks for all your great content I’m about to take out my first lease but can’t decide if it’s best to take out maintenance option or not. Do you have a comparison video on the subject Cheers Paul

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Cheers Paul. No. It's really something to look at on a case by case basis as much depends on your mileage (how often the car will need servicing and tyres) and the cost which varies massively from lease to lease. Pricing varies massively, sometimes it's a no brainer and sometimes it's not far off extortion.

[@toco789]

I sold through SellCar, they spent an hour haggling with me steadfast no. Ended up giving them 20p I’d found on the pavement earlier 😂 Then they got a speeding fine on the way back to base!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Oh no 😂

[@claudiushempstead9893]

Hello everybody. I have sold many cars over the years ( not a trader by the way) and use EBay good description and photos. However some inane messaging, they have massively improved the messaging service, which is good. I have always qualified potential purchasers before they travel to view. As people take time and pay a lot of money to see the car, so it’s important not to be a time waster yourself. I have always met nice people and all the transactions have happened seamlessly. I can fully understand a lot of people not wanting to have the hassle. And with young people not always having the social skills to negotiate calmly and easily.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@djtone122]

Need to work out what’s best option an company to use for my non running evoque. (Requires new engine). hard when would need to drop off and pay for recovery from garage. Anyone sold a non runner to one of these car sale sites. Scared would get really dropped down on price offered. Help/advice anyone ?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Forget WBAC, maybe try Motorway but realistically the value is going to be very low. I assume it’s the 2,0 diesel?

[@djtone122]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru yep the 2.0L Diesel. local garage as offered 2.5k and WBAC 4k so stuck in abit of bad spot. other problem is the with the car been at the garage it would not be possible to take photos for the motorway website so to do that would need to pay and recovery the vehicle again.

[@leewalerzak]

Available car are worth a mention mate they give decent prices and have no admin fee's

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Trailfinder8]

Sold my Merc ML on Autotrader after only 2 days. Got more than double the price offered by these car buying sites. Ridiculous low trade offers.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

nice

[@robertlloyd7493]

Interesting stuff 👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Glad you think so!

[@adamwynyard4065]

It’s not mind boggling - WBAC use BCA auction prices that fluctuate weekly. If a car is making more at auction say 4x4’s in bad weather you will be offered more by the algorithm

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I get it

[@richardwilton722]

On your point that Cazoo made money by not doing very much, they did relieve you of a lot of hassle and they were friendly and efficient. To do this they have to employ good people who know their job and know how to deal with people. It costs money to employ such people. As you say, you could try to sell it yourself, but it's hard, frustrating work.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I don’t care one jot about how much they make, probably very little when all is said and done but that’s their business and not mine. I just felt it was a bit off that they paid me less due to damage but then didn’t fix the damage. Overall I was very happy and would use them again.

[@johnrobson4230]

Wow £12000 and a bar of Dairy milk! The price of chocolate these days makes it a good offer!😂😂

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@johnread185]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Glad it was helpful!

[@UKRenna]

I used Big Motoring World, good experience overall.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Wow, first time I’ve heard that but glad it was fine for you. 👍

[@vimtocrazy739]

Sold my Mazda 2 with car wow. Very good. No problem.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@tectoramia-sz1lu]

Most of these companies are part of British Car Auctions. We buy any Car will rarely give you the price quoted online.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

WBAC and Cinch are - who else is?

[@chrisbaxter5041]

If they would have done the repairs, it would have been £19200 time they collect it clean it put a warranty, pay the VAT advertising, and overheads they will maybe make 5% profit if nothing goes wrong

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

They could have done the repairs in house for £150 tops. I have no concearn about how much money they do or don't make (that's their business and not mine). I just think if they reduce the price they will pay due to damage, the damage should either be fixed or the cost saving passed on to the customer. Again, I was happy with what I got so really don't care.

[@chopokkwan]

Thanks for the video. I’ve recently checked all the mentioned websites, and I found that Motorway has the highest quote. However, I realised that the winning dealer is Big Motoring World. Do you think that’s ok? Are they reliable?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I think there is more chance of them nickel and diming you on collection but you could take a punt and see what happens

[@Steve-ix2un]

Go to We want any car, sold my car to them, no faff taking pictures like Motorway, they wanted at least a dozen pictures you have to send to them, and wait. We buy any car is a poor payer, We want any car came quick, he took it for a drive, and gave you a fair price, paid straight into your account.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@jonron4729]

Good info thanks

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

No problem 👍