15-20% if you're lucky, the money saved should be pugged away for potential repairs if you inadvertently buy a pup.

 

when you say buying from a trader do you mean a car sale fourcourt or a trader who trades in cars ?

auction imo and i have bought from them for 20 years are very hit and miss blackbush get a lot of main dealer part x-s in so you will be buying at trade price however if the car is a good example ie low mileage good specs then a car sale supermarket tend to snap these up for way over trade / cap book price as they make most of there money from finance charges so all that is left in auction is the stock that is less than ideal,
imo unless your thinking of doing it for a living then you would be better of buying private you can test drive it give it a mega going over avoid the expenive fees you would have to pay at auction so i would go through all the media ie ebay piston heads gumtree autotrader ect find three of the car you want and bid them in the bollux see who wants to sell first you should end up with the car you want with no nasty hiden shocks.

good luck

 

when you say buying from a trader do you mean a car sale fourcourt or a trader who trades in cars ?

auction imo and i have bought from them for 20 years are very hit and miss blackbush get a lot of main dealer part x-s in so you will be buying at trade price however if the car is a good example ie low mileage good specs then a car sale supermarket tend to snap these up for way over trade / cap book price as they make most of there money from finance charges so all that is left in auction is the stock that is less than ideal,
imo unless your thinking of doing it for a living then you would be better of buying private you can test drive it give it a mega going over avoid the expenive fees you would have to pay at auction so i would go through all the media ie ebay piston heads gumtree autotrader ect find three of the car you want and bid them in the bollux see who wants to sell first you should end up with the car you want with no nasty hiden shocks.

good luck

its for my next taxi, so either really, seen a few mazda 6's in there, and a few mondeo's, so a good variety.

anyone know what a 08/58 plate 6 or mondeo could go for? diesel's of course? with over 100K on them

 

been to Blackbush a number of times and some of the prices they cars go for are unbelievable (sometimes more than retail price) so have never bought anything

 

yep see that a lot these days most of them are bought by buyers for car supermarkets so they take advantage of low cost big volume transport and then sell them on often only making the profit on the finiance and of course they hammer you on your part exchange which then gets sold onto a sister company ect ect

 

anyone know of a reasonable auction, as in cars go for good value?

hhhhhhhhhhmmmm............ whats my chances of getting the Mazda 6, under 4 years old, for sub 3500 quid? lol

 

With 200k already on the clock, or on the V car, every chance

 

Does it need to be<4 years old? It'll be a mk2 then afaik?

 

yup, 4 years or under from date of registration

 

Is that local taxi regs? A lot of the cabbies around Chester are still running vectra b dtis

 

Might be a hard one to get. We just sold an 06 Vectra 1.8 for £3700 and it needed work done for the MOT due in a week.

 

yeah, prices seem to be all over the place at the minute, one week, loads of affordable stuff, next nothing within budget!

patience i spose

 

Auction purchases -

9 year old Fiat Punto mk2. Extremely well specced, nothing wrong apart from the interior was minging and a few niggly bits. Nothing mechanical or serious. £265..

9 year old Corsa C SXi (good spec) - once again, few niggly bits and a blowing exhaust but otherwise fantastic. £1020.

11 year old Peugeot 206 LX. £900. Cat C damage, panels were horribly mis-aligned. So badly infact some of the interior trim wouldn't clip on. Headgasket had gone and it was using more water than petrol.

It's a gamble! But it's a great buzz and often there are cosmetic things to be done which is almost like a project in a way.. you can get some serious bargains like the first car I listed

 

I'd say you did well to get that for the vectra, they're worth peanuts now.

 

They really are very cheap now and ours wasnt the best of examples. 60k, 1 rusty front wing and only ever serviced twice.

 

Don't forget the buyers premium on top of the hammer price

 

I went to a Manheim auction couple of weeks ago, I dot think they are as good as they used to be, to many members of the public are buying now and driving the price up.

 

Don't forget to add in all the charges on top of the hammer price.
At the moment there aren't really any deals to be had at the auctions. Too many privateers going who can pay a bit more than dealers and pushing prices up at auction.
Better off looking at a private add or ebay for that sort of money.

 

Went to BCA today, the one Mazda I was interested in went for £4300, then of course buyers fee, plus another £25 I think, must have put it up to around 4700-4800

Shame as I really liked that one too

 

I bought my first car at a car auction, got it for a really good price compared to Autotrader etc.

There are bargains to be had at auctions, just really annoys me though when you see car salesmen from Arnold Shark sticking big bids in effectively 'upping' the price of your potential car.

 

Premium depends on hammer value, i've never bothered to bid as i don't feel there are big enough bargains nowadays, last time i went it was something silly like £250 on a car less than £1000 ...

Why not try your local Mazda dealer to see if they have anything that they intend to send to auction ? Our lease company want silly amounts for cars too, I'll request the value of our Focus tomorrow, anyone care to have a guess ? its a 58 plate Focus style estate with 104k on the clock, 1.6 TDCi 110ps. Condition doesn't come into it

 

I'll request the value of our Focus tomorrow, anyone care to have a guess ? its a 58 plate Focus style estate with 104k on the clock, 1.6 TDCi 110ps. Condition doesn't come into it

Hmmmm, I'm guessing between £3700 - £4900?

 

I should really start a new thread .... but that's quite a large window

 

Am I correct with my estimate Steve?

 

I don't know, i'll request a price to buy tomorrow

 

I'd say that's high for the age and mileage, £3100 tops.

 

Think you'll be nearer Jammy, considering what I saw today, lol