What’s the best way to sell a car yourself? Do you have tips of your own, in addition to Tom and Ray’s tips ? Share your thoughts, experiences and suggestions right here – and thanks!

If your state requires an inspection to transfer title, get the inspection done and all the items fixed before selling the car. One of the biggest problems as a seller is overcoming the buyer’s unease about buying a car “as-is”. While the car is still sold without warranty, at least the buyer know…

Good point. I don’t buy used, but whene helping others look for used cars (which I do often), I always recommend avoiding anything that does not have an up to date inspection sticker and registration. A lack of either may be for a reason.

In addition to cleaning the interior and exterior, take a half hour, some spray cleaner, and some paper towels and go over the engine compartment. You may not care, but some potential buyer might be impressed.

Good advice; I recently sold a full size Chevy just by posting a photograph on a supermarket bulletin board. The car had dark red metallic paint which show really well. I cleaned the Michelin tires, shampoed the interior, changed the oil and put all maintenance and repair bills neatly in a binder. …

Love your tips - they were very useful in helping me get my 2002 Saab 9-5Wagon ready to sell. I went to CarMax - but they totally low-balled the price. Then I decided to try Craig’s List. I was all set to submit my ad BUT when it came down to it, as a single woman, I did not want strangers coming to…

My car is a manual (5-speed). It is also 10 years old. I’m concerned some nyuk-nyuk may want to test drive the car who doesn’t know how to drive a stick shift. Any advice on how to handle this situation?

@rgill0522 , Ride along on the test drive, and if it doesn’t go smoothly from the start, end the test drive immediately.

When I helped my mother sell her car, we did a couple things that helped: -We printed the Carfax report. I know we regulars in this forum know a Carfax reports can be completely useless, but it does make many buyers feel better. -We printed a complete report from the Kelley Blue Book website on h…

Lets see, the last car I sold instead of traded was an 86 Riviera with 350,000 on it. I spent probably 8 hours cleaning it up and waxing it. Plus it had a full tank of gas, a $70 battery and a $10 antenna. I was selling it to the cousing of a girl at work that needed a car badly to get to work an…

Tips for Selling Your Car

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pleasedodgevan February 4, 2009, 8:51pm 5

Clean it up and make sure your oil change due light is not on. Don’t have worn out tires. Have a maintenance history that PROVES you had oil changes done.

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