To sell or not to sell? Hubby thinks i should keep car and i think i should sell it?

Question

I have a 2002 Beetle. I havent looked after it the way i intended so it has some scratches and a wee chip here and there. Apart from that and needing a new boot carpet it is fine. I have done less than 30,000 miles.

Hubby thinks we should stick to the original plan of putting it off the road for a while as we are getting a (nearly) new car and we still have his car. I think we should sell it privately and put the money towards buying the other nearly new car.

He thinks we can do it up in a few months and then sell it/trade it in but i think it will be worth less and less as time goes on no matter what the condition.

What does everyone think?

By the way, the other car we are buying is purely for use as a taxi! So we will use his car only for personal use.

Answer 1

I would sell it. It's nice to have two vehicles, but if you are planning on selling it down road then why keep it now? I think your plan of using the money you get from it to apply towards the new vehicle is the right thing to do.

Answer 2

I am retired, I was sitting working out how much my car was costing to keep on the road the other day.
I don't do a lot of mileage now, and it's a small diesel, paid for and kept up to trim.
It worked out at almost £1000 a year, that's over £20 a week, for just one car.
So anyone with 2 cars and just doing an average mileage , plus paying hp to buy it, must have money to burn?
Now you are thinking of having 3 cars (or your husband is) what is the point of taking yours off the road , do you have some place to store it off the road, even if you do you will need to keep up the insurance wont you?
It isn't going to increase in value is it?
Flog it!!!

Answer 3

Sell it. And yes, sell it privately because if you trade it into a dealership, they will not give the car what's it's worth so they're actually ripping you off.

Answer 4

It shouldn't take you long to get the car into shape. So I doubt if it will lose much value while you get it fixed. From what you said, it should only take about a week to get the repairs done. Then you can sell the car yourself. You'll do much better than trading it in. Good luck.

Answer 5

I'd sell it.

The longer you leave it, the less it will be worth. A few scratches won't make a lot of difference, it's five years old, after all.

Answer 6

it would be best to sell it out right instead of trading it in because a car dealership will not give you what the car is worth

Answer 7

if it was mine id go ahead and sell it now and use the money towards the other car,it would come in handy when car shopping,good luck on it.

Answer 8

Sell it now, it will only depreciate as it sits

Answer 9

Sell it & get another female driver off the road!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

sell it