selling my car...Autotrader.com or Cars.com...or other??
01-17-2010 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by flipspeed' post='1092443' date='Jan 17 2010, 07:46 PM
From my experience, it's a big headache to sell a car through cars.com and autotrader. Be prepared to be bombarded for months with phone calls and emails asking you if you're willing to accept trade in's or set up a monthly payment. For those people who actually have money, mostly likely they'll low ball to an offer which is at or a little above auction price (even below auction price). If you owe money on the car, you have the headache of waiting for the lien release which the buyer needs to register the car and that takes at least 2-3 weeks. If you can find a dealer that can offer you even a 1 thousand above auction, I would go for it.
We finally sold the car to a Senior Police Inspector working in the Serious Fraud Office who enlightened us about the scams. He was the one and only genuine buyer. It's probably the last time I'll be using autotrader as a seller.
01-17-2010 | 01:20 PM
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I sold my old e39 on Craigslist for 1k more than I wanted for it. CL all the way. Ebay sucked kept getting low ball offers. I had it on auto trader too never got one call..
01-17-2010 | 04:07 PM
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I had my e39 listed on cars.com and had maybe 2 calls over 3 months or so. What generated the most traffic was parking it in a secure and high traffic location with a for sale sign on it. Might be worth driving it to work for a while, if your office is on a major thoroughfare, so it would get some exposure but you wouldn't be leaving it unattended for extended periods. Also you can tell interested parties that they can drive by and look, and then schedule a test drive if they are really interested...
01-18-2010 | 04:42 AM
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Thanks for the replys guys....I'm thinking Craiglist and also parking in a good location with a For Sale sign. I actually bought the 911 that way...it was parked in a Walmart parking lot with a For Sale sign!
01-18-2010 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Allen' post='1092774' date='Jan 18 2010, 05:42 AM
Thanks for the replys guys....I'm thinking Craiglist and also parking in a good location with a For Sale sign. I actually bought the 911 that way...it was parked in a Walmart parking lot with a For Sale sign!
Wow at a walmart!
01-18-2010 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='1093045' date='Jan 18 2010, 04:09 PM
Wow at a walmart!
01-19-2010 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Allen' post='1092774' date='Jan 18 2010, 08:42 AM
Thanks for the replys guys....I'm thinking Craiglist and also parking in a good location with a For Sale sign. I actually bought the 911 that way...it was parked in a Walmart parking lot with a For Sale sign!
01-19-2010 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by porsche911targa' post='1093398' date='Jan 19 2010, 09:33 AM
Are you sure that 911 wasn't a knock-off??
01-19-2010 | 07:10 AM
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I've posted on Craigslist and Autotrader. Craigslist had more hits, but it ended up selling on Autotrader in about 3 weeks.
01-19-2010 | 07:33 PM
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My Ride: 2008 535i Monaco blue/cream beige, light poplar trim, sport, nav, premium, Logic 7, 6 speed manual
My other rides:
Departed: 2006 530xi Silver gray/black, anthracite maple trim, cold, sport, nav, premium, Logic 7, 6 speed steptronic, bluetooth, adaptive xenons
Departed...2002 525i White/beige, 5 sp manual
Originally Posted by porsche911targa' post='1093398' date='Jan 19 2010, 10:33 AM
Are you sure that 911 wasn't a knock-off??
