Pistonheads or Autotrader

martins · Post by **martins** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:41 pm

Wanting to sell a 2009 Ford Ka for a friend.

Seems that Pistonheads and Autotrader now charge Minimum of £9.99 for the privilege. For a 2009 Ka what would be the best option out of the two?

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andyc · Post by **andyc** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:01 pm

Fire it up on my iPetrolhead FB....you never know someone on there might want one......no charge lol

Jam_s160 · Post by **Jam_s160** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:14 pm

Piston heads is free for old / long term members from many moons ago... I can still advertise for free for example. Can someone post on your behalf?

Post by **campbell** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:43 pm

Autotrader is the obvious channel for such an item.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:59 pm

campbell wrote:Autotrader is the obvious channel for such an item.

I'll second that.

But if you can get a free ph ad then no harm done. Other than the traders and canvassers.

Gumtree a decent free alternative too, local rag also? P&J?

steviej · Post by **steviej** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:01 am

Gumtree gets my vote too, sold my sons corsa and gf's Z3 from ads on it, and its free.

Stevoraith · Post by **Stevoraith** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:11 am

Autotrader is a lot more than £9.99- it's about £35 for the cheapest package I think.

It's definitely worth it for normal motors though. I wouldn't bother with pistonheads for that type of car.

As others have said I'd go for autotrader and gumtree as its free. eBay seems to be quite popular too but not sure how much they charge for a classified ad.

I recently sold an old diesel Golf, put it on PH, autotrader and gumtree. Had 6 or 7 enquiries, all via autotrader.

Last year I sold my 330d (so more of a petrol heads car) and had a lot of enquiries from each of the three.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:45 pm

Don't rule out SE of course...a few years back I had a fiesta for sale on ph, Scot ads (another freebie), and here.

Sold it to an SEer near abz

Doc883 · Post by **Doc883** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:47 pm

Sold my last 3 cars on Pistonheads (Renaultsport Megane 225 F1, Clio R27 and Elise) and have used Gumtree for smaller items like Bikes etc.

sendmyusername · Post by **sendmyusername** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:49 pm

I'd use ebay, but the classifieds, not the auction part.
I advertised my exige on pistonheads and autotrader and all the scam ones were from autotrader.
I wouldn't include your phone number or email with autotrader, they do a 'phonesafe' which stops a lot of spammers (i didn't use it.

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Think pistonheads do the same, but again I didn't use it, but didn't get any bother.

Where ever you choose, as dull as it is, read the scam alerts on all sites.

sendmyusername · Post by **sendmyusername** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:51 pm

Plus if you use autotrader, if you have a lot you want to say about your car to help sell it - extras, mods etc. They just don't allow it or give you space. If it's a standard car then it's ok.
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