Advice please on selling a MOT failed Motorhome

Have you been to a commercial vehicle dealer for the brand of the cab involved? Perhaps it is a question structural replacement rather than welding. You obviously have to balance the cost of expensive repairs and what little you would get for it has a MOT reject with lots of work to do. Is it 16 years old or is that how long you have had it?

David

I have 6 people bidding and not one of them has been to view it yet. Crazy. I will let you know how it goes at the end of the auction on Friday. By bidding they are entering a contract to buy but we shall see.

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Which one DD?, there have been a few😕. With caution all can be swerved mind👍🏻

I suspected this. Chap at work sold his on eBay years ago. Got more than he paid, don't think there was problem like yours, never thought to ask him at the time if it was viewed.

Seems bizarre to me to offer large sum of money for something unseen. I'd expect viewings if genuine so its good to discuss.

Do keep us posted - details of how payment is sorted too. 

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I'm hanging fire as I really miss motorhoming but not sure about driving ours - it's tall but only 21 feet long wider than the car 😉. But old school driving, he's 17 years old, no bells and whistles like our new car. They drove me mad to begin with but I love them now! As I'm getting on top of things I'm wondering if I can do 'lessons' with trailer/driving instructors to get my confidence. It's stored and paid for until end of May next year, no refunds, and off road at mo. I do give it a turn or 2 around our huge storage compound, but parking can't be fraught if OH watches 😉😉

Our 15 year old Peugoet based Nuevo sadly failed the MOT - also due to much rust - at the end of last year.

As is so often the case, it was just the van bit that was a problem, the living bit was still very nice.

We discovered, on the local jungle drums, a business that buys and fixes such stricken vans.  I admit I was pleasantly surprised at the price offered, even given the rust problem.

I decided to let them buy it and get a new van.   

We have good body, 17 years, but water coming in, thought reseal had fixed but sadly still a dribble 😤.  Due to OH health and I don't want to drive it. I see you're a long way from us! Is it one of the companies that advertise in the club magazine?

Is there any way you can get a rough idea of what to expect, equivalent of Glasses for card?

All went well. How people can part with that much money without viewing first beats me. Got a bank transfer in the morning and the guy picked it up lunchtime. No problems. 

So this will be my last post as I have now cancelled membership. Cheerio everyone!! 

Thank you for posting back. I too am really surprised that it wasn't viewed, but delighted it all went smoothly.

Definitely food for thought and probably worth a try before taking up one of the advertisers in the magazines.

No decision made yet, I'll probably kick the can further down the road until the storage expires and just insure ours again.