Alternatives to selling cars privately

exdos · Post by **exdos** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:18 pm

It's been ages since I've been on this forum and my personal circumstances have recently changed and I'm thinking of selling my 2002 S54 M Coupe (37k miles) and 2007 Z4 M Coupe (33.7k miles) because I just won't be able to give them much use in the future.

At the moment, I simply haven't got the time to spend advertising these cars privately and having to see tyre-kickers. Can anyone suggest and/or recommend reputable agents or other alternative sellers such as Munich Legends and Hexagon who would make the process of selling these much loved cars as painless as possible for me? What sort of commission could I expect to pay?

Alternatively, if I were to sell the cars directly to a dealer what sort of mark up would they expect to make?

Thanks to anyone with useful advice to me.

Scubaregs · Post by **Scubaregs** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:24 pm

Does the mark up matter if you get a price you are happy with? You will get less selling this way, but it will be relatively quick and easy.
I sold my 718 Boxster back into the OPC network, got bids from loads of OPC's and some specialists and then my local OPC who supplied the car originally, grudgingly matched the best price making it hassle free for me.

Sold my then DD Corsa to Arnold Clark who offered more than WBAC and tbh, more than I could have got privately, surprisingly they upped their offer vvvv slightly when I took the car in.

Worth writing an email with as much detail on the cars you can give and send it to any dealers you think may be interested, including local used car garages and ask for bids.

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:54 pm

Hoping the circumstances are not bad ones John….you’ve been very good to me with health matters.

Zulu4 · Post by **Zulu4** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:58 pm

Would you consider selling on this forum ? Cars seem to be selling here very quickly at the moment.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 3:01 pm

Motorway seem to get decent reviews and feedback compared to the likes of WBAC and I think with them it's an auction type sale with dealers bidding against each other so if the car is in good condition and sought after might be the way to go and it's collected from you etc

I can understand not wanting to sell privately these days.

Tim.

1536Z4 · Post by **1536Z4** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:03 pm

How about your local BMW dealer . It might be worth asking them ?

Stratstone for example https://www.stratstone.com/sell-your-car/sell-my-bmw/

I have read many of your informative posts . I hope it all works out well for you .

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:12 pm

Wizzle is another you can try, they make an immediate offer which is normally poor but then you can chose to advertise to there dealer network so you could get a few offers.

maxman · Post by **maxman** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:59 pm

Look in your area for dealers who sell good quality performance cars.That’s the route I would take if I didn’t want the eBay,Autotrader way.

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:23 pm

Sorry to hear you are having to consider selling two lovely M Coupes.

Plenty of suggestions but I'd try an advert for the Z4MC on here anyway. It's free and you aren't likely to get the test-pilots and tyre-kickers you'd get with a private advert anywhere else.

Good luck anyway.

JK0202 · Post by **JK0202** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:31 am

I used motorway to sell my M3 recently and was really impressed with the service. It was recommended by a few people on the cutters forum along with Wizzle. Ended up selling the car for £1500 more than I paid for it 14 months ago. I would definitely use the service again. And no cost to us! The traders bidding have to pay a fee as far as I am aware.

JK0202 · Post by **JK0202** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:34 am

Selling privately wasn't an option really due to reasons mentioned above! Didn't fancy the low ball offers and time wasters. I had already seen the z4 I was after and wanted a quick process which Motorway certainly were.

Mister T · Post by **Mister T** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:10 am

I would try The Market or Collecting Cars, both of which have really gained momentum for online selling.

Rockhopper · Post by **Rockhopper** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:23 am

Many car dealers use We Buy Any Car to underwrite their trade in prices, Evans Halshaw even say so on their web site so get a price and you can use that to get a good idea of what you could sell it to a dealer for.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:00 am

One of the popular sellers on Pistonheads seems to be 4 Star Classics, and the must have a deal with PH as the front page keeps promoting them (last one was a 30,000 mile Corrado VR6 in white which they were asking almost £27k for).

The Z3M is within their preferred age range, but the Z4M may be too new for them...but they may be interested in them as a 'job lot'

Z4MCoupe86 · Post by **Z4MCoupe86** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 3:34 pm

Are you still trying to sell your vehicles?

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