How do you sell your vehicle?

Answer 1

Depends on the $ value of the car I am selling. I have had the good fortune to own some valuable cars, and the good fortune to own many good cheap cars.

1st Advertising, Used o be a cheap or normall value car went in a clasified add in a news paper. Now we use Craigs list in the USA and Kijiji in Canada. For high dollar cars or speciallty cars I recomend a collector car auction geared specifically to the type of car beening sold.

2nd Evaluation by purchaser, for most normal or consumer cars this usually means a test drive and maybe a trip to a mechanic for a check over. For high Value cars the Auction companies all have different processes, selling through those auctions means the both auction company and the buyer will come back on you for not disclosing everything, so care and truthfullness is required.

3rd the "Deal" in North America, but not every where in the world the buyer and seller expect to negotiate. So you have to set your ask price to attract a buyer, then you have to convince him the car has value, thebuyer will play up the problems damage and imperfections to negotiate a sale price. My experiance is if a buyer takes 5 to 10 minutes to talk you into a 10% discount he thinks he has done well, much shorter time then there is more discount to be had, longer and he is angry and will walk away, less discount and he or she will not feel they got a good deal.

The paper work. Where I live the buyer should do a lien search before payment, done at a local registries or licencing office. From there a hand writen bill of sale including a Drivers Licence # of the seller will prove ownership. In most of the USA no Title, No money! If the seller can't provide the title then you are not leagly buying the car. Some states have twists and turns to be negotiated to get this done but follow the principle!

Last: insurance and licencing: Where I live a car can be added to a current insurance policy on the phone, with insurance a licence plate registered to the owner can be used to drive the car for up to 7 days and must be changed over to the car within 7 days. ( you can buy a plate specifically for the purchased car ) I generally use the plate off my Pick up to move cars around like this.