Driving a used car bargain

Look, selling a car privately is about as stressful as bathing with a crocodile. I did it this year and won’t be doing it again. Well not until the next time anyway.
What is interesting is how far people will travel in response to your advert in Auto Liar or whatever publication you have used to stretch the fabric of reality. One careful owner, ha, I’ve seen you parking.
When I was flogging the MG one gaggle of blokes drove up from Stafford to Lancashire hot foot to beat a lad driving from Cannock. They then looked at the car and walked away because it did not have electric windows. You drove 70 miles to find that out?
There is, however, good reason to travel distances for a car. Price mainly. Average asking prices for used superminis vary by as much as 10 per
cent across the UK and the Midlands is currently the best place to go in search of a low-priced car.
Small three-year-old cars in the Midlands average £5,500. This is around £350 less than in the South West, where asking prices for second-hand
superminis are highest.
After the South West, the second most expensive region for used superminis is the South East, with East Anglia in third place, tracking slightly higher than the national average of £5,675.
I can tell one place you will never find a bargain. My house.