Thinking about listing your non-runner on Facebook Marketplace or AutoTrader? It's worth knowing what usually happens first. In this honest account from one of our specialists, we walk through the five specific reasons private non-runner sales tend to fail: the buyer pool shrinks dramatically, recovery costs get deducted from your agreed price, buyers renegotiate or walk away on inspection, cash buyers build their own margin into the offer, and outstanding finance can block the deal entirely. We also tell you the situations where private sale genuinely is worth trying — because it sometimes is. If you've already hit these problems, or want to avoid them altogether, find out how selling to a specialist compares.

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We've bought non-runner cars since 2009. Here's an honest breakdown of what affects the value of a non-runner and why it's almost always worth more than scrap.

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