Your always gonna get less of the garages than if you sell it privately. They never give you the best trade in value, especially in Dublin.A friend of mine changed her cooper to cooper s this year and they gave her a bad deal on her cooper but she has the s now and is as happy as ever! She tried to sell it privately at the price she wanted but nobody was interested. At least if you sel it to the garage and something hoes wrong you wont have anybody knocking on your door