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Fri 1 Oct 2004 16:56

Is used car market slowing - BobL

Has anyone noticed if the used car market has been slowing down in the last month. I`m trying to sell my MPV (a relatively popular model) at around £5k. Advertised it couple of weeks ago and quite a few phone calls but no viewings. Then recently reduced asking price by £500 and not a single bite

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Fri 1 Oct 2004 17:26

Is used car market slowing - BobL

Car was already on autotrader and now compares favourably with similar. not the cheapest but nowhere near the most expensive. Being a four year old car there is often quite a variation on mileage/history/condition/spec etc

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Fri 1 Oct 2004 18:05

Is used car market slowing - Mapmaker

Slowing? It's gloriously dead. (Glorious, that is, if you don't mind driving a second hand car, and are delighted to be driving a ten year old luxobarge with 100k that costs less than your monthly drinks bill...)

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Fri 1 Oct 2004 20:10

Is used car market slowing - NowWheels

a ten year old luxobarge with 100k that costs

less than your monthly drinks bill...

either the barge was very very cheap, or someone does an awful lot of drinking ...

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