If the Yaris is priced correctly, I doubt it will take 28 days to sell.

Between £2,100 and £2,650 seems to be the way.

I've no idea what the correct price is, but you can look at what the competition is up for and judge accordingly. What you need to decide is if you put it up for £2,400 and someone comes along a week later with say £2,200, do you accept or hold out, perhaps for many weeks just to get £100 or so more.

A popular car like a Yaris won't be hard to sell at a competetive price. Some owners however feel that they can sell a car privately for similar prices as dealers charge. It's been a while since I've sold a car, but when I did, I was realistic on price and never took more than a week or two to shift.

Edited by Chris M on 12/02/2014 at 19:40

UPDATE. Purchased the new car as planned , I took the insurance offer of £50 for 28 days from my insurer for the old car. Advertised the car late Friday night and sold to the first viewer for the full asking price this morning. When placing the ad in autotrader they give you a suggested price - thankfully I ignored the £2,125 it suggested , £2,395 seemed far more realistic !

Thats a nice little story, and many thanks for updating it.

Very handy that temp insurance cover and fair beans to The Bulldog for the full refund, i didn't think the Yaris would take long to sell, the right car with the right history, gone.

You're so right about insurer choice too, some of the really cheap ones stick huge admin charges on to bump up the headline figure. I only wish more insurers would take more care of their loyal long term customers (who don't claim unless absolutely necessary) at renewal time, instead of chasing new unknown customers with cheap offers and fleecing the loyal renewer.