2nd hand Tiguan price?

[08elf]

I've been trying to sell my Tiguan for 4 weeks after it finished its lease and haven't received 1 call about it. So that's got me thinking, clearly I've overpriced it or nobody wants a 2nd hand Tiguan. Details are:

2009 - 125tsi with stage 1 apr, manual, 100,000kms, full service history, extended factory warranty until 2016, extras on the car are leather seats, comfort pack, fog lights, tinted windows. Body is straight nothing wrong with it & 12 months rego.

My question is what is a realistic price range in peoples opinions?

[Transporter]

How much did you advertised it for?
The marked is probably flooded with the 4-5 years old cars.

[NZTiguan]

Also I hate to tell you but telling people it's a manual with APR1 and 100,000kms is NOT something I'd be recommending to my friends. Rightly or wrongly people view a vehicle with performance mods as a risk as they assume that the owner has been "using" those mods and may have reduced its lifespan.

Good luck

[08elf]

Redbook values it between $18,700 & $21,100. I'm happy to accept with a high km vehicle it's towards the lower end of that range. I guess I'm just surprised that 6k of extras when new doesn't increase resale later. For reference, I've been asking $22k expecting anyone interested would negotiate that price.

[Sharkie]

This is probably 1 of the few times I'd agree with Derek .... Advertising a Tiguan with 100,000km and APR is very unlikely to get any interest unless you plan on selling for $10K .... At which point I'd buy it

Deactivate the APR tune and remove any reference to it in your adds.

I sold my 2009 125TSI manual, 35K kms completely stock for $27.5K when it was 3 yrs old. I'd expect an 09 with 100k kms to fetch between $16k and $19k at the moment. Not a huge market, but I sold to a person who only wanted a TSI manual, so they are out there ...

Also, I had the same spec as you without leather but including VW towbar and rear parking sensors. And I detuned from stg2 to completely stock before the sale.

[NZTiguan]

As Doctor Phil would say ............. "and hows that been working for you" !!! If the figures you're giving are correct I'd think you'd have to be talking an asking price below 20k and then negotiate from there. Unfortunately, while extras may help get a sale, they generally don't add to the value, and high milages really do effect people's thinking. Why did you buy it out of the lease ? did you think there was an easy buck in it ???

Cheers

[08elf]

Why did you buy it out of the lease ? did you think there was an easy buck in it ???
Cheers

Just the conditions of the end of lease, had to purchase.

[NZTiguan]

It's a pity you're having trouble, over here they're easy to sell and have the highest residual value of virtually any vehicle but they're all diesel autos, I got 55% residual on a trade in (they got just over 60% when they sold it) after FIVE years. Mind you mine was very low milage and so quite hard to come by.

Good luck

Cheers

[Transporter]

Just the conditions of the end of lease, had to purchase.

So, don't worry about the cost of the resale. You go your financial benefits from the lease.

[nat225]

Last time i sold a car it took me 6 months. The first 3 monts I insisted a price at slightly below the redbook upper valuation. Finally the car was sold a bit over a dealer trade in price and below the lower redbook valuation amount.

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[nat225]

However it could be because of the brisbane market (quiet and deserted..).not sure if ACT is the same. Sydney was definately quicker in the used market, in Sydney it took me less than a week for 2 cars I sold privately.

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[nat225]

I can understand why some people just dont bother selling their cars privately, it is just to much hassle. Especially if they are already super busy with family & work. Has anyone known a plastic surgeon or any other (with very high earning) professionals who sold a car privately?

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[Transporter]

I can understand why some people just dont bother selling their cars privately, it is just to much hassle. Especially if they are already super busy with family & work. Has anyone known a plastic surgeon or any other (with very high earning) professionals who sold a car privately?
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Why you asking?
A plastic surgeon or not, there are some high earning professionals that are very greedy and they don't want to lose a dollar on anything .

[Transporter]

Sorry Taz, I didn't know that you were still working on your post and wanted to delete your double post.
You can undelete your post if you like now.

[Taz]

Something definitely wrong with my laptop today! The screen was frozen and when I started it back to re-post, I ended up seeing two posts. I tried to delete one and it decided to delete both posts!

Anyways, here is what I was trying to say;

I do feel your frustrations but I think you have to be realistic with price and patience with time when it comes to selling your car. It took me 6 months to off-load my MPS3, however I had the luxury of time, having to wait 8 months for my Tiguan. Of the 6 months, only one dude rang at the end, and he became the next owner.

I also agreed with what Derek and Sharkie; you should probably de-mod your car back to stock prior to selling. The majority of the people looking to buy Tiguans are probably not interested with performance enhancements in the first place.

Having said this, it is IMHO that you should be honest about your mods to individuals who ended up viewing your car. When I sold my MPS3, I did not mentioned any modifications in my ad but immediately do so when this guy came to view my car. In the end he also bought two of my mods that I have sitting in my garage for sale.

Taz