Who's the user on here who buys Porsches?

[AndyC160]

Just had a shockingly low valuation on my Macan from an OPC!

Can anyone remember the user on here who buys Porsches?

[Col Lamb]

Prestige Cars.

I got a lower valuation from then than by WBAC, or Motorway, whilst others have had higher valuations.

So worth a try.

[pmg]

Just had a shockingly low valuation on my Macan from an OPC!

Can anyone remember the user on here who buys Porsches?

https://www.prestigeperformanceyorkshire.co.uk/


I would also try the likes of Motorway where dealers actually compete to buy

[AndyC160]

Thanks Col and pmg. I got a valuation from motorway which was well above the OPC. Best so far has been the valuation from an Audi dealer (also looking at an RS4) which was alot more than all the others and still leave them making quite a bit on it

Looking at similar Macans on the porsche used site it looks like OPCs are wanting to make a profit of around £13-14k on a car!

[BZR81]

I recently sold a Cayman and the best offer to sell to the trade was from WBAC. £1500 more than the OPC I was buying my Macan from.

WBAC knocked £300 for a few stone chips on the front and because the MOT didn’t have long left. It wasn’t a very thorough inspection though she missed the chipped alloy, scratch on the spoiler and fact the tyres were quite low on tread even if still legal. The OPC guy was much more thorough but felt like he was lowballing me as he has the opportunity to add the biggest mark up. It’s gone via WBAC to a OPC in Perth and they’re asking nearly £9k more than I sold it for and more than I paid for it 2.5 years ago.

Didn’t really have any joy with motorway or carwow. Fully intended to use one of these but they tried to make me set a reserve price which was a lot lower than the value of the car. It wasn’t really clear whether it was legally binding if I got an offer more than reserve but less than what I thought it was worth and be forced into a sale. So in the end I didn’t list with either. Be interested to hear if others have had similar experience or a better understanding of how it works.

[FirstSeaLord]

I'd also try phoning around more OPCs. When I sold my Boxster a few weeks ago I got very different offers from various places.

NB most of the groups have a group-wide buyer so worth checking which OPCs are in which groups before starting

[AndyC160]

I'd also try phoning around more OPCs. When I sold my Boxster a few weeks ago I got very different offers from various places.

NB most of the groups have a group-wide buyer so worth checking which OPCs are in which groups before starting

Yes, I'm looking into that as I've seen a couple at different centres (and different groups)

[FirstSeaLord]

Of all of them Brooklands offered me the most. And several started bidding up when I gave them a number I was after, and told me that that helped them. Don't know why. They seem to low ball if you say I'm phoning round and will take / consider the best offer.

Also found that if you get two who are in a similar ballpark there's scope to play them off against each other a bit ie their first offer isn't final one in most instances

Best of luck

[Plyphon]

Didn’t really have any joy with motorway or carwow. Fully intended to use one of these but they tried to make me set a reserve price which was a lot lower than the value of the car. It wasn’t really clear whether it was legally binding if I got an offer more than reserve but less than what I thought it was worth and be forced into a sale. So in the end I didn’t list with either. Be interested to hear if others have had similar experience or a better understanding of how it works.

It's not legally binding, no. You still have to accept/refuse any offer you get. Im unsure why they use a reserve either.

I got a good price on Motorway for my Audi before my Macan.

[BZR81]

Didn’t really have any joy with motorway or carwow. Fully intended to use one of these but they tried to make me set a reserve price which was a lot lower than the value of the car. It wasn’t really clear whether it was legally binding if I got an offer more than reserve but less than what I thought it was worth and be forced into a sale. So in the end I didn’t list with either. Be interested to hear if others have had similar experience or a better understanding of how it works.

It's not legally binding, no. You still have to accept/refuse any offer you get. Im unsure why they use a reserve either.

I got a good price on Motorway for my Audi before my Macan.

Thanks. I maybe should have given it a try then. I was just confused why they wanted to set such a low reserve price and were unwilling to set it higher when I requested. They’re doing themselves out of business like this at it scared me off.