think hes just selling it at a real world price.

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my sister in laws just about to trade in her one owner full ford service history 1.6 (115) focus ghia for a Audi a3. they offer her £3200 the focus has 65k on the clock.

as you can imagine it'll be passed on to a local ford dealer 2k added to the price and sold on....(Audi dealer told her that)

chap i sit next to has just sold his petrol 80k golf 03 plate he got 2k trade in..again that will be priced up and sold on, the dealers have to add the vat/warrenty then profit.....

paul....

lots of private sales are dreamers...they see a car for sale at the local dealers and want the same price but offer none of the benifits of dealer purchase...

as long as you get it hpi etc checked out, it might be worth finding out if it needs some work, i often ring a dealer mentioned in the service record and say i'm looking at buying said car and is there any outstanding work required...ie sometime a dealer will have records of a fault, but the owner will say the cars not worth it and sell it on...

I know Lucy has virtually just said this..but in a more simplified form, because many people don't realise this...

...make sure that the vehicle you HPI check is in fact that vehicle and not a cloned vehicle, otherwise you are HPI ing something that will come up faultless, but is not in fact the car you are buying/ considering buying.

So if you think you are buying ABC 123D and HPI it and it comes up o.k...that is of no use to you if in fact it is really DEF 123D, but had the plates for ABC 123D on it.

HPI checks, like many things, are only as good as the information provided and if you provide the incorrect information even if you didn't know because you've been hoodwinked, then you can be seriously out of pocket.

>>It is worth checking where the VIN numbers are before you look..

How can the general public determine where the VIN locations are for a specific vehicle?