Nice one. Thanks :smile:‌

This is a first

They have to compete with Gumtree somehow on the lower end of the market.

Unfortunately Auto Trader hasn't been great to use recently, not sure if it's just me but I've found that filters break often, and sometimes the reset doesn't work at all on either desktop or Android app.

I see why they need to do something differently and it's a good deal (as it's free!) but it won't stop idiotic buyers (or people that had no intention to buy) turning up and wasting your time.

I got fed up of this with a prestige car and ended up taking it to a local specialist, yes I get less but I'd rather let the professionals do it. And by professionals, I mean these guys, not 'We Buy Any Car' who offered me 20% less than the people I chose and 35% less than retail...

Lol now it makes sense, donkeys traders who price at £500 to get a free listing then claim missed a zero off should be £5000 you can have it at today's special for 4000.

Thanks

Market / advertise your car for free if valued under £1000 @ Autotrader.

So now the scammers won't have to pay anything to advertise a car they don't have

Took me 12 weeks to sell my car, which was cheapest on there by hundreds!! They've messed it up with the whole sponsored crap and the leasing market is certainly making an impact on used cars above 4k

I don't want to sell my car and yet I feel compelled to with this deal.

Where does it say this?

eBay own Gumtree.

I've never used autotrader. How much does it cost to sell a car on it?

Just curious as to how this benefits Autotrader? I mean the only way they earn money is through people selling their cars on the website after charging them a fee. If they're making it free for those selling cars under the value of £1k, what's it in for Autotrader?

Will they take an Austin Ambassador Y Reg?

long gone are the days of paying £30+ to sell your car... hello Facebook marketplace.

It's fiver for any value for me in Belfast but no audience

Also does a free HPI check. Handy ! ;-)

It doesn't work!!! :disappointed:

Nice deal - heat added. Was on there only yesterday contemplating whether to put the car on for sale. Just posted it now after seeing this deal. Cheers Op

Looking to sell my old car which is 55 grand so hopefully there is a deal for that, any suggestions.

Put my car on it a few days ago under this offer still waiting on the first call

In the market for a new car - thinking Ford Fiesta - consistently the 2nd most popular car in the UK for decades.
I have a look
Within 10 Miles [Liverpool]
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Gumtree has 93
Autotrader has 403.
ebay.co.uk has 72

Wow - go Autotrader...
So you think Autotrader is the place to go for a 2nd hand car?
So I then enter the price - upto £2000 for my 2nd hand car. Not exactly scraping the barrel but reasonable older car price.

Gumtree now has 53 cars.
Autotrader has just 20...!!
ebay has 17.

And in the Autotrader ads of the 20 cars left, I have noticed there are many more far greater as a % 'pitfall cars' than with the other ads - a lot of Cat D/C cars for example (higher insurance, far more difficult to insure)....

Gumtree is by far the best IMO...

Thanks. Saw this deal a couple of days ago, posted and sold car last night. All for free and earlier than planned, thanks to this post.

My rule on buying a older car is simple - will I find plenty of cheap spares in a scrapyard if the worse come to the worst? Frankly with the Fiesta or Focus its impossible not to!

Yes - Petrol over diesel - WAY too many pitfalls with 2nd hand diesel despite the £30 road tax and 60MPG (on the Fiesta models). Not only can the DPF need replacing on a older diesel car - and for a Fiesta they only last about 75,000 miles before they need recommend replacement at huge cost (about £1000), and you have the real bother and risk to HAVE to blast it down a motorway at speed for 20 mins every 300 miles you clock to clear the DPF. Also, because it's usually turbo diesel (TDCi) there is another component - a 'duel mass flywheel' [DMF] which also costs around £800-£1000 to replace - £400 for the Flywheel and £400 for the Labour to fit it. Although these do not have a set life of 75K miles, and can last far longer, it's something that does fail and needs replacing, depending on driving style like a clutch.

Basically, even for a Fiesta Diesel, which offers sharply lower road tax ( £30pa saving about £115pa) and higher MPG (60mpg saving about £80 per 1000 miles over 30PMPG) it will need many years of ownership savings to break even if the DPF or DMF needs replacement unless you live on the motorway and can get a real saving due to the MPG cost difference. The hassle of having to Blast it every 300 miles or so kills it for me.

Basically I can almost guarantee if I went for a 2nd Hand Fiesta diesel with about 60-70K on it, the DPF would not have been replaced, it would have about another 1-5k in it in mileage terms, and I would be stung in the first year or so for £1000.

The petrol model is lighter and more responsive, and the lack of hassle and worry more than makes up for any perceived savings over the diesel.

Excellent just what i needed!

Thanks for the find! I was about to advertise on ebay (which is full of timewasters), but for free figure it is worth a go. Anyone fancy a Lexus is200??

How do they make money from it? They do push the upgrades to premium listings (which to be fair look decent value), and I guess keeps their position with the place you go to look for cars - wherever the cars are, the buyers have to go.

I'll give it a week or so, and if there is no interest, stick it on an auction and see where it ends up.

If anyone wants to buy a 2007 1.2 Fiesta with only 36k miles in Suffolk for £2,000 message me :joy:

Is anyone having a problem that where the search for their vehicle only shows up if you put 20 miles or under? Otherwise the listing won't show making it completely useless advert!!