Parker's or What Car? for used car prices

Which gives a more accurate price for a used car?
"Parker's"
"What Car's Guide To Used Car Prices"

Online these guides vary by 10% or so.
(Am sure Glass's is better but they charge online for each lookup.)

Am not seeking a spot-on price but I want to browse a range/model and
see relative prices. Doing this online can be slow work.

Thanks.

Jon D <jon (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote:

Which gives a more accurate price for a used car?
"Parker's"
"What Car's Guide To Used Car Prices"

Online these guides vary by 10% or so.
(Am sure Glass's is better but they charge online for each lookup.)

Am not seeking a spot-on price but I want to browse a range/model and
see relative prices. Doing this online can be slow work.

Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader, take
the average of the lowest and highest price and that's probably more
accurate than either Parkers or What Car....


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www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

On 26 Apr 2007, SteveH <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Jon D <jon (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote:

Which gives a more accurate price for a used car?
"Parker's"
"What Car's Guide To Used Car Prices"

Online these guides vary by 10% or so.
(Am sure Glass's is better but they charge online for each lookup.)

Am not seeking a spot-on price but I want to browse a range/model and
see relative prices. Doing this online can be slow work.

Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader, take
the average of the lowest and highest price and that's probably more
accurate than either Parkers or What Car....

But what about the extra uplift in price for haggling purposes which
will have been included in the Autotrader prices?

Jon D <jon (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote:

Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader, take
the average of the lowest and highest price and that's probably more
accurate than either Parkers or What Car....



But what about the extra uplift in price for haggling purposes which
will have been included in the Autotrader prices?

See that word 'average'.......
--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

On 26 Apr 2007, SteveH <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Jon D <jon (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote:

Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader,
take the average of the lowest and highest price and that's
probably more accurate than either Parkers or What Car....



But what about the extra uplift in price for haggling purposes
which will have been included in the Autotrader prices?

See that word 'average'.......

But even the average is going to be uplifted if all the prices are
uplifted!

Jon D <jon (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote:

On 26 Apr 2007, SteveH <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Jon D <jon (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote:

Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader,
take the average of the lowest and highest price and that's
probably more accurate than either Parkers or What Car....



But what about the extra uplift in price for haggling purposes
which will have been included in the Autotrader prices?

See that word 'average'.......


But even the average is going to be uplifted if all the prices are
uplifted!

But the 'low' price will include those that are priced at bargain
basement prices because their either fucked, being sold by a numpty
seller, being priced to get shot of ASAP or a combination of all 3.

--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

Jon D wrote:

Which gives a more accurate price for a used car?
"Parker's"
"What Car's Guide To Used Car Prices"

Online these guides vary by 10% or so.

IME recently Parkers is always high, What Car more realistic.
Might be different down South though.