A CX-60 that was driven two ways, appraised for both of them.
Some of these ran on the battery all week and rarely saw a petrol station. Some ran on petrol from the day they left the showroom and the charging lead is still in its bag.
Neither is a problem. We ask which it was, come to your home or work, appraise the car in front of you and make a firm offer at the car, paid by bank transfer the same day.
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Two ways to drive one car
The same CX-60 can have lived two completely different lives
A plug in hybrid is two cars sharing one body, and which one you mostly drove is the first thing worth knowing about yours.
A plug in hybrid gives its owner a choice every morning, and most owners make it the same way every time. Charge it overnight and the engine barely runs. Skip the charging and it is a petrol car carrying a battery it rarely uses. Both are legitimate ways to own the car, and after a few years they leave two different cars behind, worn in different places.
A car that lived on the battery has an engine that barely ran and a battery that did the work. A car that lived on petrol is the reverse, with the battery mostly along for the ride. Neither is better or worse to us. What matters is that the appraisal looks at the right things first, and we only know which things those are if you tell us how it was driven.
So we ask before we come out, and we look accordingly. The battery is read either way. The charging lead, the wall box if you had one fitted and it is coming with the car, and anything else that arrived in the box with it are valued with the car rather than left on the garage floor. Then the offer is made at the car, and you are paid by bank transfer the same day.
On the call
Five things we ask about a CX-60 that plugs in
Answers, not tests. They decide what the person who comes out looks at first.
- Did you charge it, and how often?
- Every night, most nights, or almost never. There is no right answer and nobody is marked down for any of them. It tells us whether the engine or the battery did the work, and that is where the appraisal starts.
- Where did it charge?
- A wall box in the garage, the portable lead into an ordinary socket, or a public charger near work. If there is a box on the wall and it is coming off with the car, it is valued. If it is staying with the house, say so and that is the end of it.
- Is the charging lead still in the car?
- Some are in the boot where they were delivered and some have not been seen for a year. Tell us which. What comes with the car goes into the figure, and a missing lead is a thing to mention on the phone rather than a thing to go looking for on the day.
- What is owing on it, and to whom?
- A loan or a novated lease through work is settled directly with the financier. Tell us who it is with and roughly what is left. If the payout is more than the car is worth, the shortfall comes to you in writing before anything is signed.
- Long trips on petrol, or mostly short runs?
- The Christmas drive to the coast on a full tank, or the school run on a full charge. Both are fine. It points the inspector at the engine or at the battery first, and the visit is shorter for knowing.
Whichever way it was driven
Three things that hold for a CX-60 either way
- It is appraised as the car you actually drove. Not as a plug in that should have been charged more, and not as a petrol car with something extra bolted on. The person who comes out looks at the whole car.
- The charging gear is part of the sale. The lead, the wall box if it is coming, anything that came in the box with the car. Valued with the car rather than left behind for the next owner to find.
- The payout and the payment happen on the day. Finance or novated lease settled directly with the financier, and your balance paid by bank transfer the same day the contract is signed on your phone.
Before the call
Three questions from owners of a CX-60 that plugs in
I almost never charged it. Does that count against the car?
No. It means the engine did the work and the battery mostly rode along, which is one of the two ordinary ways to own this car. Say so on the call and the inspector looks at the right things first.
The wall box was expensive. Will you pay for it?
If it comes off the wall and goes with the car, it is valued as part of the sale and it goes into the offer. If it stays with the house, the offer is for the car alone and nothing is held against you. You decide which.
Do you need to see the charging lead?
Yes, if you have it. It is part of what you are selling and it is counted. If it has gone missing, tell us before the visit and it is left out of the figure from the start rather than becoming a surprise on the day.
Tell us how you drove the CX-60. We appraise it for that, and pay the same day.
Or call us on 03 9000 0075 and talk it through first.