Can We Flip A Car For Profit?

that's disgusting I know I love it hello welcome to car throttle my name is Alex I'm Jack I'm Ethan and today in the first of a three-part series brought to you by our friends are auto trader we're going to be buying a car fixing it up and flipping it for a quick profit we've got a budget of around £5,000 and the plan is to trade up to a proper Enthusiast Car Plus we'll have some help from a special guest along aw oo so let's hit auto trader and get started so what you was thinking I'm thinking Enthusiast car I actually haven't got a clue what I'm looking for uh I mean there probably multipl on there PT you get another PT Cruiser how about oh go on a f 500 a b oh oh I think we're I'm I'm merging the Realms there of Enthusiast great yeah I know sympatico we actually have to have some tactics for this one don't we cuz normally we'll just say yes or whatever we like but we have to think oh maybe maybe it could do with some breaks doing yeah we can do this yeah cuz we're going to do all stuff ourselves nice description everything that someone wants on a page on auto trader money yeah go bathe me in your dollars I've got an idea for one go on Golf GTI yeah good sh 4,100 stage one miltech I don't think you want that I think he want St completely standard I was no I was about to say that this guy were you yeah this a 500 it's $39.90 Auto Trader actually tells you whatever the price is is good and it says it's got a little rating here low price and it says it's 517 below Market average cat C we can stayle I think we stay clear if you want to buy a cheaper car then getting a caty isn't always a bad thing we got a g whiz £2,200 driven by YouTube sensation Alex Cur that is going to really hke the price up oh big time I'll tell you I found another aath man and this is a great spec as well look at this who's buying these 500 Fe Bar who's who's what's our what's we need to have a mood board we looking he's lost car person what do they look like Millennials yes yes yes Boomer no no get away from the Gen Z no too much hassle younger state agent a Class A Class right a class you we just teased that out didn't we all right thank you mood board I'll have a look Ford Mondo 3 l St same engine as Phil por the end goal for us is to find an awesome Enthusiast car so we're thinking something like Cayman Honda S2000 M3 I'm thinking well out the box now I've taken a little little bit of what Ethan's thinking the GTI and I've applied that to the lopho oh my God this is just the first one that I found three and a half Grand look at the plate shut oh my word we could buy the car sell the number plate Make It Rain the only thing with this one uh-oh this is on 120,000 MI higher than I think we'd like watch 924 2 and a half Grand Ethan what are you doing here he's really good and are you almost at the finish line of becoming I think yeah the new and improv yeah yeah yeah so do you have anything to say to us for for this journey what do I want to say to you I want to say a lot of things to both of you yeah it's mostly that do you know what I think maybe we need some help I know just a man you're not subbing me out I think your work here is done I think you ped you're out do you think anyone noticed seamess hello Rory hi I've been here the whole time yes anyway this is auto traders Rory Reid Ethan was making us look like too much of a mug cuz he was coming up with some really good scary it was yeah good suggestions so we thought we would sub him out for someone who probably didn't have as much knowledge oh no wait wait what stitch up you have stitch up yeah there's also there's a dog next to you as well Jesus M hello I think feat 500 standard is probably a good shout you see so many of them so they must be some sort of like high turnover right people are buying and selling these all the time going to go up to £6,000 you think you're going to haggle £1,000 off I've got TV's Rory Reed here he's going to do the talking and you've got the internet's Alex Kirsten here as well this this is the YouTube sensation Alex let's get it right sorry speaking of the YouTube channel why don't you tell the guys about it if you haven't seen it you should go and check it out it's got me uh hasn't got him so if you're bored of seeing his face then you know a brief reprieve from this guy is always useful but yeah we do some good stuff man we got it's mostly new car reviews So like um super cars family cars electric cars if you haven't checked it out um go go have a look I don't like voxels I just got to think about voxel what is it that you don't like though I don't know I just don't know corses are what everybody learned to driveing though so if you have someone who's just passed their test who's familiar with a Corsa they're going to want a corser that's actually a really good shout that could be your car what about up up is can I throw in a little curve ball here oh a mercedesbenz a class yeah that's fancy we weren't thinking fancy enough no this a car why would we think FY why don't you just buy 20 cars and just use the profit from all 20 that's a that's that's go in left field we could open an entire dealership could F 500 .9 twin air I had one of these I had a f 500 I bought it for about 5 and half Grand and sold it for just under six grand so this is that could be an omen why are we only coming to this now you should have started with that hi I'm TV's warry Reed I used to have a 500 thring it in there Suzuki Swift 1.2 sz4 that for a young person I think would be a cool first car you think a young person has got five grand to spend on that Suzuki in this climate though Mommy does true yeah good shout that's disgusting I know I love it it's like someone said how many stripes should we have on our car yes you know what I'm going to do now I'm going to get even more specific I'm going to search by private adverts only interesting mod here's the other thing as well guys you you do realize cars up north tend to be from my experience a bit cheaper than cars down south as well so you can search by um distance distance so far away from your post Cod okay you probably have to go and pick it up or we can get it delivered we got home delivery we wouldn't have to move and we could get a car from Scotland yeah why why isn't everyone doing that such a touch right scoda Fabia 1.4 TSI vrs 4950 it's an estate do we want an estate is that is that good no they're into SUVs now mate I mean look at these pictures though they're upside down bastard let's have it upside down so how about this guys see 5 grand 49,000 mil I think he's got a couple of little little dents yeah and parking scratches we could probably get rid of that's not a bad shout you I also have here SE ARA 13 plate 1.4 TSI FR FR sport brilliant little car DSG okay for 53 it's private the pictures aren't great yeah you could make that look stunning I think I like that one better prefer I prefer the blue one personally but I think the white one will sell better I have found you a fiesta go on Rory 64,000 Mi fully murdered out 1.25 L engine low insurance low road tax good for Learners and new drivers well maintained car 10 months MLT full service history excellent body work three grand I think I need guy on the list for sure yeah put it in the mark 5 golf 1.4 TSI GT full service history 74,000 Mi and it's one mile away probably one of yours already and it's had a ding on the back there so we can sort that out did we add a corser to the list I can't remember now I don't think we have yet no I think we need to right look at this then that what is that what is that oh yeah damage damage here 28,000 mil shut 28 and it's a 1 lit petrol 3 Grand you say yes there's another 2014 here with 26,000 Mi for £55,000 come put it in come on I think I think our work here is done yeah I've been saying all along haven't I we won't about it we maybe think about start calling some people see what we can do 3500 I think we're all agreed on IA I'm a fan of that and then Rory's just come up trumps with the fox old corser which like I said I've been saying since day do is is a brilliant car let's start with the corser do you want to make a phone call if he plays hard ball hand him over and I'll soften him up okay this is the thing with private sellers they're not always available to do business he's going to be the person you've called is not available what about this um fat 500 but dealer we know he's going to be in I think it'll make money it says good price I think they're in demand you're M all right can I make money on this just say oh there we go and I got hung up on another corer yeah oh that's a strong first picture yeah I mean oh three grand yeah three grand and it's a sting lower price so that is exactly the same spec as the one we're looking at there yeah excellent first car are we thinking it doesn't have any damage on it looking to sell this little car due to work part service history cam belt changed do you want to you want bring him no no I don't I don't like to you don't you don't bring out the star straight away you know I mean are you still in the trailer getting fluffed [Music] exactly oh my God hello hello mate um I'm just on auto trader looking at your voxal corser that you've got for sale oh brilliant y cosmetically are there any dings and dents on the body work uh there AR there aren't any dents there's one slide on the roof it's not really noticeable but there is a dent up there um apart from the the paint perfect if I were to come today um and like the car and take it away would there be any movement in the price there was okay thank you cheers byebye byee so he's rolled it yeah I can't remember what's wrong with it there's a dent on the roof and the airbags are out he will take two and a half all I think I think he probably will and then we can fix it up good pictures sell it five five five they're on there for five this could be it it could be our ticket to Greatness a corser to Cayman that's it it just writes itself shut up just writes itself shut up right Rory you've probably got other stuff to do I got make some proper videos mate um but yeah you enjoy what you're doing here nice little nice little setup you got going on we're actually nearly on 3 million subscribers so when you hit a million give me a call no please subscribe subscribe subscribe no but like Rory says subscribe to the um Auto Trader YouTube channel because the car reviews are the best car reviews online 100% I'm not not just saying it cuz you're slightly bigger than me good luck with it all right yeah but for now there's the door all right can I can I do that and and disappear yeah there you go that's how you do it that was better better than your attempt yeah anyway let's go check out the car right so the uh the Box all that you see behind me is a car that we've just driven to Portsmouth for um everything sounded good until we had a look at it and the roof is dented to uh it's been crashed at the front the rear bumper is different the engine sounds quite ropey the list is endless I don't even know if the roof can actually be repaired so um usually I think doesn't matter it's for us but because we need a good car to start with this this is not the one so we're going back home empty-handed disappointed that the car wasn't what we expected I reported the advert which is no longer listed on AutoTrader and set about trying to find another vehicle right then you join us a couple of days later it's been difficult hasn't it yeah but what we've done is we've decided that we should start with white goods polos fiestas blah blah blah and I came across this red VW move up it's got 53,000 M on the clock I think three owners and genuine reason for sale because the lady has had a couple of kids and the car is too small there is a ding on the passenger side door so we need to get that fixed I also inquired about the service history cuz it's got part service history I asked her Jess when's the last time it was serviced 2016 that's worse than me that is worse than you so we're on our way now Southeast London hopefully this will be the car that enables us to level up I see it that is it that's it that's it that's it [Music] exists look quite smart this I think he might I think he might be on to a winner here all right got keys I have the key I only have one key um so lovely lady called Jess she's probably watching us from the window she saw you she was like I'm not straining from the window C belt needs doing all the fluids need doing but what are your your first impressions Jack I like it a lot it's very clean there's a couple of little bits on the door there I think it's probably worthwhile us just getting a replacement door yeah so do I panel gaps are good no issues with the roof it's not been rolled front looks clean the headlights are Mega as well they're really nice it's very clear it doesn't look like it's been driven on a Motorway it's not pebbled in stone chips I think what we should do is get those Graphics along the side just to break up the fridge like look of it yeah I think that that'll add a lot as well and that's about 15 quid dinky little boot also the really good thing about UPS you think that's a boot yeah you'd be wrong you're joking should we start it up yes little three cylinder 59 horsepower windows work that's always a good sign oh we good yeah yeah we're safe no milky residue thank you very much Mr milman sounds really good 53,000 Mi I think you need to do the Cambo after about either 5 years or something like 50,000 Mi but that no rattles no worries whatsoever quite if it drives as good as it looks it'll be all right yeah yeah and what I do really like is that this is the cheapest up that we can find and we can get more money off because we will probably need to replace that door yeah so there is definitely money to be made in [Music] these how's that I'm very happy with that oh yeah that's very good yeah it's lovely and one thing I forgot as well these have got Hill hold assist oh do they yeah it's great is it that's excellent this is like the perfect car designed for people who have just passed their test I'm going to go and have a chat to Jess Y and then I reckon she'll take 25 we're here we'll take it away wish me luck good luck thank you that's the face of a man that's just done a deal deal done told you I've done it 2 and a half grand um yeah like I said she was happy I was happy so yeah next thing to do insurance tax it I've just had a look at the tax as well yeah 20 quid a year 20 that's mad is it oh go it just gets better and better I'll get this one you get the next one oh thanks very much perfect first car I think this is a great first step to Greatness anyway I'm going to ride off into the sunset like thma okay don't need L you don't need L right I'll see you later with the up now in our possession it was time to get it looking and driving like new so we took it to our friend Adam at vog techic who did a c belt change and a full service this came in at a cost of £400 before we then put on a new door we got for £100 after that it was time to give it a clean because this car was disgusting inside and [Music] out [Music] right so as you can see the up is now looking glorious we've got one more step which is just to uh put some Ceramic spray on it just to seal the paint properly but before we do that there are a couple of things we are going to do first of all is put on these silver wheel trims very non-offensive kind of makes the car scream safety I'm happy byy me then we are going to put the side stripes on those black side Stripes so first things first let's do this I think is going to completely transform the look of the car yes they should go on something like that my wingspan isn't quite big enough but you get the [Music] idea I'm glad that we persevered with it I think that really sets it off I think it'll just add a certain little wow factor to our listing we've got a new door on it's not perfect it was 100 quid it's better than what we had when we bought the car if you have a quick look inside as well these seats were completely stained I mean you could see you could see the stains from like 3 m away it was horrible and the seats look like new the the interior smells great it looks great what more can you want I think this will sell very quickly the up was now finished and it was time to take some pictures a couple of tips when doing this make sure you put the car in a nice or plain setting nothing to distract people from looking at the car you can use your phone to take the pictures but don't take them at funny angles and make sure you get the car fully in the shots inside keep the steering wheel straight and put the seats back to make the car seem spacious and then if you like you can edit the photos a bit on your phone to park them up this looks amazing [Music] cavernous right so I've got the lovely little VW up outside it is running pucka mate so what I'm going to do now is go on auto trailer and then then list it it is actually super easy peasy so place an advert on auto trader create your advert enter the rge enter the mileage there we go Volkswagen up move up Auto Trader actually gives you their recommended selling price which is 3,000 which is a good start 674 so aut Trader reckons we can already make £ 674 but we're going to go higher Bruce we're going to go for 3850 cuz you can always come down but you can't go up and remember we bought this car for 2 and a half Grand but we have spent about 500 getting it right so subtitle I'm going to go straight in with new cam Bel and service features airon so it's already inputed everything in here for us which is lovely service history we're going to have to go for part service cuz remember it's only got service history until about 14,000 and then we've done a new service at 52 plus the C Bel so Chuck that in andot is due which is very good for this car Actually March 2022 right so advert text and this is where it's make or break and luckily for you and for us I am a lyrical Wordsmith um I've actually already come up with I mean it's poetry so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to paste it in there add photos people want to see pretty much a full 360 of the car so they know what to expect and then you can choose your ad package so you can go for ultimate which means that the car is advertised until sold premium 6 weeks standard 3 weeks or basic for 2 weeks so I'm going to go big I'm going to go ultimate package £74.95 uh which means that the car will get seen by more people because it's in the top tier of the search get ahead in search with our search Advantage mechanism show off your car's best features with a YouTube video and advertise until sold and what that means is you'll be able to reboot your advert for free as long as you like and then all you need to do is to add your payment details and then voila your car is online and that took me I don't know 5 to 10 minutes and then um yeah you should sell your car pretty quickly um like I will hopefully do okay so the VW up is now listed on the AutoTrader website for £ 3,850 join us next time to find out how much profit we make and also to see the next car that we buy if you've enjoyed this video video then make sure you subscribe to the car throttle YouTube channel by clicking on this link check out more videos over there and don't forget to subscribe to the auto trader Channel down there we'll see you next time

Channel: Car Throttle

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Keywords: CarThrottle, Car Throttle, Alex Kersten, Ethan Smale, Jack Joy, volkswagen up, vauxhall corsa, rory reid, auto trader, volkswagen, up, trading up, city car, german, european

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Length: 21min 13sec (1273 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 30 2021