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Can anyone recommend places in Dublin/Wicklow where I can sell my car directly (not a trade-in)?

I’m looking for somewhere I can just bring it in, have it evaluated, and get a relatively fair offer. I know I’ll get less than selling privately, but I’d rather avoid the hassle of dealing with ads, viewings, etc.

Any good experiences or places to avoid would be really helpful 👍

It’s a 2022 Rav4 Phev with only 27k on the clock.

Cheers!

As with a lot of people I’m sure, the fuel crisis has me looking more and more into EV’s. Wouldn’t be able to afford a new one, so we’re talking second hand only. Moving to a new house soon that will have the ability for a charger port but doesn’t have the charger at the moment.

Can you send on your pro’s, cons and advice for getting an EV as opposed to diesel please? Would have to go semi-long distance quite regularly, talking 340km total round trip.

Any feedback appreciated!

I've seen a lot of commercial vehicles on donedeal and I've been wondering how does that actually work. Are all these people setting up a business of some sort to qualify or can a private owner use commercial tax and get private insurance? I tried looking it up but from what I can see the insurance wouldn't cover any use of the vehicle outside of the business use.

Have 2011 Nissan Note, NCT in a couple of weeks, driving well, serviced a while back and tyres are good, 140K Kms on the clock.

A bit of a shake in the clutch pedal pulling away in low gears and yellow engine management light is on for past few months, will it fail on either of these issues?

TIA..

Anyone else experiencing fuel issues since the fuel crisis?. I have a fuel delivery issue, its probably a coincidental pump failure but its hard not to notice that I filled from a pump just as they were running out everywhere, there was even a notice that pressure may be poor due to low tanks. Since then my car starts and stalls immediately but intermittently, it didnt happen for the first few days but it has been problematic since, and has now completely failed to maintain idle.

My symptoms are fairly aligned with low pressure pump failure so I know im clutching at straws, but my fuel filter was changed just over a month ago so I can't help but think it may be blocked by the usual bottom of the tank sediment that occurs in stations. I dont know much about fuel systems but id immagine an airlock is somewhat possible too. Id be very interested to know if anyone's had a similar issue lately. Thanks

Have a budget of around 20k , and can trade in my car which is at best 5k, at worst 3k

I want a petrol, nice looking car, fast-ish ( 150bhp+ ) and nothing too old, my current car is 2014 fabia and I am mainly just looking at 2018/2019 1.4L golfs at the moment

Is there anything that I should be considering?

i know 150bhp isn't fast but it will be fast from by 70bhp jump 😂

Driving home and someone turns out coming towards me and crosses into my lane, so I just shook my head... in response, I got the middle finger thrown at me 😂

I know there are a good few brokers out there but has anyone first hand experience in importing from Japan? What was the process like. Would you recommend it over a broker, did you save much? What was the registration process like once it arrived in Ireland.

TIA.

This is just something that strokes me the wrong way, why do people list their cars with such vague descriptions like well maintained and xxxx kilometres and nothing else, not even the model, engine, spec etc. Do you just not want your car to sell??

Hey, I’m collecting a 2019 golf later next week. What are the things I should be checking for at collection? Thanks!

Skoda Kodiaq 211, 1.5 petrol automatic.64k

'Gearbox in emergency mode' warning!

I couldn't reverse, turned car on and off , and was able to reverse .Orange engine light stayed on , dove it straight to a local mechanic. Orange engine light cleard.Hes going to plug it in tomorrow and see.

Any experience with this on here?

HI everyone I recently bought an Audi A6 2014 and now it's showing this notice (Audi pre sense not available) and on computer the only error showing is (right front seat belt tensioner) is it related ? anyone have similar issue and could fix

If there is anyone can fix this issue please ley me know

note: the car is driving perfectly no issues at all

Any help much appreciated

Hi, does anyone know someone in Kerry who would replace the headliner in a golf? Looking to replace the whole thing as it has dropped. Thanks

Ive spent the last week looking at C220 mercs on donedeal, ive attempted to call and msg on WhatsApp + donedeal around 9 different sellers and not a single one of them has responded

Why tf would you spend money to put an ad up on donedeal and not answer the fucking phone???

They arent even old listings, all of them have been up for around 1-3 days.

Genuinely baffling.

Hey guys, one month ago I bought a car from a dealer. Been fine up until now when I’ve started spotting what I thought was oil patches underneath my car. Brought it to my local garage and they told me it’s diesel leaking from the injectors 3 and 4 that were recently replaced. Main Q is would this be covered under a warranty for engine and gearbox?