If you are thinking of selling, now's the time!

[A.J.]

From what I gathered from speaking to Motorway is that they don't actually buy your car, they auction it on your behalf!?
The bloke I spoke to said that they could not 100% guarantee the price they offered me, it depended on the dealers on the day.
All they seem to do is give an indication of what it will fetch, albeit very accurate.
On the other hand I believe WBAC come up with real money then auction the car themselves later.
Of course, I could be very wrong.

You are correct of course. WBAC buy to make a profit at Auction, they are British Car Auctions after all. With Motorway you effectively cut out the middle man and sell direct to the Retailer which will in fact to the highest bidder. Everybody is a winner, unless you can be @rsed to deal with the tyre kickers and time waster’s yourself which I personally wouldn’t have the patience to do.

 

[s5tuart]

You are correct of course. WBAC buy to make a profit at Auction, they are British Car Auctions after all. With Motorway you effectively cut out the middle man and sell direct to the Retailer which will in fact to the highest bidder. Everybody is a winner, unless you can be @rsed to deal with the tyre kickers and time waster’s yourself which I personally wouldn’t have the patience to do.

I hate selling cars too!

 

[Blobcat]

You are correct of course. WBAC buy to make a profit at Auction, they are British Car Auctions after all. With Motorway you effectively cut out the middle man and sell direct to the Retailer which will in fact to the highest bidder. Everybody is a winner, unless you can be @rsed to deal with the tyre kickers and time waster’s yourself which I personally wouldn’t have the patience to do.

They are also now Cazoo - they buy as WBAC then retail as Cazoo

 

[Srdl]

We Want Any Car, which has now merged with someone else, were by far the best when I sold my Mini last year and they come to the house as well for the assessment and offer.

 

[s5tuart]

Last month my Shooting Brake was valued by Motorway at £21,845
Last week £21,450
Prices seem to be dropping...

 

[Mr Greedy]

Prices might pick up in a couple of months. Everyone is miserable as sin at the moment, sick, and sick of lockdowns, weather, politicians and the depressing news pumped into our homes in general. When the weather picks up and Blow Jo lifts all covid restrictions (assuming it's the buffoon still in power), I would imagine sales will pick up a touch.

....depending on how high utility prices go.

 

[s5tuart]

Prices might pick up in a couple of months. Everyone is miserable as sin at the moment, sick lockdowns, weather, politicians and the depressing news pumped into our homes in general. When the weather picks up and Blow Jo lifts all covid restrictions (assuming it's the buffoon still in power), I would imagine sales will pick up a touch.

....depending on how high utility prices go.

You're probably right.
I'm not going to sell, I just like feeling smug!

 

[daveenty]

Got a respectable offer from Motorway yesterday on the e-Golf.

Nearly £2k more than I paid for it last May. Tempting to be honest but, unless I decide not to replace it, then somewhat irrelevant as everything else has also gone up proportionately. Having said that, it's not really being used nowadays so it''s certainly something worth thinking about. ~325 miles in nearly 9 months does seem pretty pointless really. I've actually walked further than that...

It's in for service and it's first MoT tomorrow so I'll probably make a decision after that...

 

[A.J.]

Prices might pick up in a couple of months. Everyone is miserable as sin at the moment, sick, and sick of lockdowns, weather, politicians and the depressing news pumped into our homes in general. When the weather picks up and Blow Jo lifts all covid restrictions (assuming it's the buffoon still in power), I would imagine sales will pick up a touch.

Lets not forget the good things that have happened since Boris has been at the wheel. Here's a quick rundown on all the deals Boris and his team has done since leaving the eu..

Cadbury announced plans to transfer production of its Dairy Milk bars from Germany and other sites across Europe to the UK.

The future of Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant was secured with a £100m investment. The site will become Stellantis' first factory dedicated to electric vehicle production for the Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot and Citroën brands.

British supercar manufacturer Gordon Murray Group announced plans to invest £300m expanding its manufacturing and design operations in the UK.

Airbus officially opened its new £40m Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre (AIRTeC) in Filton.

Nissan announced plans to build a new electric vehicle at its Sunderland plant and, in partnership with Envision AESC, open a £450m gigafactory as part of a £1bn investment programme. The expansion will create more than 6,000 British jobs.

Ford announced plans to invest £230m converting its Halewood transmission plant to build power units.

British Steel unveiled a £100m investment programme.

Under construction in Goole, Siemens' new £200m train factory is expected to create 700 direct jobs.

The Hitachi Rail/Alstom joint venture was awarded a £2bn contract to design, build and maintain HS2’s new fleet of trains. The order will create and sustain 2,500 British jobs.

Rolls-Royce officially opened its new £90m Testbed 80 in Derby - the largest facility of its type in the world.

Kraft Heinz announced plans to invest £140m at its Kitt Green plant and start making tomato ketchup and other sauces in the UK for the first time since 1999.

Babcock unveiled its new £31.5m assembly hall at Rosyth and announced plans to create 500 jobs to support its £1.25bn Royal Navy Type 31 frigate programme.

BAE Systems announced it intended to hire 1,250 apprentices and graduates in 2021 – the highest number it has ever recruited in a single year.

Rolls-Royce's small modular reactor (SMR) programme - expected to create 40,000 British jobs - secured almost £500m in funding.

Norton motorcycles opened its new multi-million factory and global HQ in Solihull.

Aston Martin broke ground on its new £200m F1 factory in Northamptonshire.

The £130m UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) opened in Coventry.

Siemens Gamesa announced plans to invest £186m expanding its wind turbine blade plant in Hull. The investment will more than double the size of the site and create hundreds of new jobs.

Britishvolt secured planning permission for a new £2.6bn gigafactory in Northumberland.

Lotus invested £100m in its UK sites and created hundreds of new jobs.

JCB built a record number of machines, created over 1,350 new jobs, secured a host of major orders and invested £100m developing its award-winning hydrogen engine.
Space firm OneWeb, which is working to build a new global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed earlier speculation by announcing that the company will invest £2.2bn ($3bn) to shift manufacturing from the USA to UK.

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

Got a respectable offer from Motorway yesterday on the e-Golf.

Nearly £2k more than I paid for it last May. Tempting to be honest but, unless I decide not to replace it, then somewhat irrelevant as everything else has also gone up proportionately. Having said that, it's not really being used nowadays so it''s certainly something worth thinking about. ~325 miles in nearly 9 months does seem pretty pointless really. I've actually walked further than that...

It's in for service and it's first MoT tomorrow so I'll probably make a decision after that...

You’ll probably get an offer to buy from the servicing dealer my daughter did for her BMW 1 series

 

[JBell]

Got a respectable offer from Motorway yesterday on the e-Golf.

Nearly £2k more than I paid for it last May. Tempting to be honest but, unless I decide not to replace it, then somewhat irrelevant as everything else has also gone up proportionately. Having said that, it's not really being used nowadays so it''s certainly something worth thinking about. ~325 miles in nearly 9 months does seem pretty pointless really. I've actually walked further than that...

It's in for service and it's first MoT tomorrow so I'll probably make a decision after that...

Take the money and run, you have a lovely S500 that wants to be used more

 

[JBell]

Lets not forget the good things that have happened since Boris has been at the wheel. Here's a quick rundown on all the deals Boris and his team has done since leaving the eu..

Cadbury announced plans to transfer production of its Dairy Milk bars from Germany and other sites across Europe to the UK.

The future of Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant was secured with a £100m investment. The site will become Stellantis' first factory dedicated to electric vehicle production for the Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot and Citroën brands.

British supercar manufacturer Gordon Murray Group announced plans to invest £300m expanding its manufacturing and design operations in the UK.

Airbus officially opened its new £40m Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre (AIRTeC) in Filton.

Nissan announced plans to build a new electric vehicle at its Sunderland plant and, in partnership with Envision AESC, open a £450m gigafactory as part of a £1bn investment programme. The expansion will create more than 6,000 British jobs.

Ford announced plans to invest £230m converting its Halewood transmission plant to build power units.

British Steel unveiled a £100m investment programme.

Under construction in Goole, Siemens' new £200m train factory is expected to create 700 direct jobs.

The Hitachi Rail/Alstom joint venture was awarded a £2bn contract to design, build and maintain HS2’s new fleet of trains. The order will create and sustain 2,500 British jobs.

Rolls-Royce officially opened its new £90m Testbed 80 in Derby - the largest facility of its type in the world.

Kraft Heinz announced plans to invest £140m at its Kitt Green plant and start making tomato ketchup and other sauces in the UK for the first time since 1999.

Babcock unveiled its new £31.5m assembly hall at Rosyth and announced plans to create 500 jobs to support its £1.25bn Royal Navy Type 31 frigate programme.

BAE Systems announced it intended to hire 1,250 apprentices and graduates in 2021 – the highest number it has ever recruited in a single year.

Rolls-Royce's small modular reactor (SMR) programme - expected to create 40,000 British jobs - secured almost £500m in funding.

Norton motorcycles opened its new multi-million factory and global HQ in Solihull.

Aston Martin broke ground on its new £200m F1 factory in Northamptonshire.

The £130m UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) opened in Coventry.

Siemens Gamesa announced plans to invest £186m expanding its wind turbine blade plant in Hull. The investment will more than double the size of the site and create hundreds of new jobs.

Britishvolt secured planning permission for a new £2.6bn gigafactory in Northumberland.

Lotus invested £100m in its UK sites and created hundreds of new jobs.

JCB built a record number of machines, created over 1,350 new jobs, secured a host of major orders and invested £100m developing its award-winning hydrogen engine.
Space firm OneWeb, which is working to build a new global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed earlier speculation by announcing that the company will invest £2.2bn ($3bn) to shift manufacturing from the USA to UK.

This is all the stuff that doesn't get publicised due to the medias witch hunt

 

[daveenty]

Take the money and run, you have a lovely S500 that wants to be used more

I wouldn't mind an S500 to be fair Jon, mine's an S63 Coupe though and yes, it does need using more.

 

[Peterbrake]

Thanks AJ for pointing out the facts that people like to ignore

 

[sonic]

Last month my Shooting Brake was valued by Motorway at £21,845
Last week £21,450
Prices seem to be dropping...

My E350CDI has gone up in value by £200 over the last month.

 

[SL63 Mark]

The SL63s I have been looking at have gone up in price by circa £8k over the last year from mid £30s to low £40s. No way am I paying that for one, I can afford to wait for prices to drop. I'm in no hurry.

 

[JBell]

I wouldn't mind an S500 to be fair Jon, mine's an S63 Coupe though and yes, it does need using more.

Knew I wasn't far off

 

[gez]

Lets not forget the good things that have happened since Boris has been at the wheel. Here's a quick rundown on all the deals Boris and his team has done since leaving the eu..

Cadbury announced plans to transfer production of its Dairy Milk bars from Germany and other sites across Europe to the UK.

The future of Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant was secured with a £100m investment. The site will become Stellantis' first factory dedicated to electric vehicle production for the Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot and Citroën brands.

British supercar manufacturer Gordon Murray Group announced plans to invest £300m expanding its manufacturing and design operations in the UK.

Airbus officially opened its new £40m Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre (AIRTeC) in Filton.

Nissan announced plans to build a new electric vehicle at its Sunderland plant and, in partnership with Envision AESC, open a £450m gigafactory as part of a £1bn investment programme. The expansion will create more than 6,000 British jobs.

Ford announced plans to invest £230m converting its Halewood transmission plant to build power units.

British Steel unveiled a £100m investment programme.

Under construction in Goole, Siemens' new £200m train factory is expected to create 700 direct jobs.

The Hitachi Rail/Alstom joint venture was awarded a £2bn contract to design, build and maintain HS2’s new fleet of trains. The order will create and sustain 2,500 British jobs.

Rolls-Royce officially opened its new £90m Testbed 80 in Derby - the largest facility of its type in the world.

Kraft Heinz announced plans to invest £140m at its Kitt Green plant and start making tomato ketchup and other sauces in the UK for the first time since 1999.

Babcock unveiled its new £31.5m assembly hall at Rosyth and announced plans to create 500 jobs to support its £1.25bn Royal Navy Type 31 frigate programme.

BAE Systems announced it intended to hire 1,250 apprentices and graduates in 2021 – the highest number it has ever recruited in a single year.

Rolls-Royce's small modular reactor (SMR) programme - expected to create 40,000 British jobs - secured almost £500m in funding.

Norton motorcycles opened its new multi-million factory and global HQ in Solihull.

Aston Martin broke ground on its new £200m F1 factory in Northamptonshire.

The £130m UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) opened in Coventry.

Siemens Gamesa announced plans to invest £186m expanding its wind turbine blade plant in Hull. The investment will more than double the size of the site and create hundreds of new jobs.

Britishvolt secured planning permission for a new £2.6bn gigafactory in Northumberland.

Lotus invested £100m in its UK sites and created hundreds of new jobs.

JCB built a record number of machines, created over 1,350 new jobs, secured a host of major orders and invested £100m developing its award-winning hydrogen engine.
Space firm OneWeb, which is working to build a new global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed earlier speculation by announcing that the company will invest £2.2bn ($3bn) to shift manufacturing from the USA to UK.

Please do not hijack my thread with political BS cut and pasted from the Daily Mail! .

 

[AMGeed]

Must admit, with the little use its getting, I'm sorely tempted to sell and move into something more mundane for a while.
I get a valuation for the E63 every month from Motorway and apart from a dip in December, the price has been on the rise for a few months now.

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28 days ago, your car was valued at up to:​

£26,618 ​

See if your valuation has changed today​

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Mercedes E63 AMG Auto​

• 2014
  
• 35,035 miles
  
• Black
  
• Saloon
  
• Petrol
  

• Change car
  

Your estimated sale price​

£27,656*​

Based on 35,403 offers for Mercedes vehicles from 1,460 dealers on Motorway.​

 

[Blobcat]

Must admit, with the little use its getting, I'm sorely tempted to sell and move into something more mundane for a while.
I get a valuation for the E63 every month from Motorway and apart from a dip in December, the price has been on the rise for a few months now.

​

28 days ago, your car was valued at up to:​

£26,618 ​

See if your valuation has changed today​

​

​

​

Mercedes E63 AMG Auto​

• 2014
  
• 35,035 miles
  
• Black
  
• Saloon
  
• Petrol
  

• Change car
  

Your estimated sale price​

£27,656*​

Based on 35,403 offers for Mercedes vehicles from 1,460 dealers on Motorway.​

Life is too short to drive boring cars…

Repeat the above until you come to your senses