| If you aren't a car salesman by vocation, the whole | | | | good idea to also have a copy of this report to |
| process of how to sell your own car can be | | | | provide to each person who test drives the car. This |
| intimidating, but if you follow a few simple guidelines, | | | | will help the buyer feel more confident in buying your |
| almost anyone can do it and do just fine. Selling your | | | | car and all of this available research shows that you |
| own car is a wise move as you can often save | | | | know your car very well. |
| several thousand dollars over just trading it in instead, | | | | * If someone just wants to steal your car at a value |
| as most people do. But you have to be prepared to | | | | that is ridiculously low, let them walk. Tell them that you |
| show what your vehicle is worth and know how to | | | | have plenty of other people coming to look at the |
| get the price you want. Here are some negotiating tips | | | | vehicle and them ask them where they got the idea |
| on how to sell your own car quickly and easily: | | | | that your car was not worth what you are asking? |
| * Before you even put your first ad out there, get to | | | | Obviously you will have proof that your car is worth |
| know exactly what your current vehicle is worth. This | | | | what you say it is, so it puts you in the position of |
| is very important as many buyers are going to try to | | | | authority in the situation. You don't have to lose money |
| convince you that your car is worth less than it really | | | | just because someone tells you that your car isn't |
| is, and that's because they want the best deal possible. | | | | worth what your research tells you it is. |
| But if you have done your homework you will know | | | | * If you have kept maintenance records for the car, it's |
| what a fair price is and you won't have to waste time | | | | a good thing to make them available to show that you |
| on insufficient offers. So go to and and find out what | | | | have been caring for it while you owned it. If you don't |
| they say your car's "Market Value" is, not the trade-in | | | | have the records themselves, go back and get the |
| vale. Market value is what you can expect to sell the | | | | receipts from the work you have done instead. All of |
| car for on the open market as a straight sale. It's also | | | | this shows that you have not just been ignoring the |
| a good idea to print out these pages that list the car's | | | | vehicle's maintenance and that can certainly build more |
| market value so you can show them as proof to | | | | confidence and more value in the vehicle in the minds |
| prospective buyers. This validates your asking price. | | | | of many buyers. |
| * Another great way to build value in your vehicle is to | | | | If you want to sell your own car, it's not as difficult as |
| run a Carfax report on it to show the vehicle history | | | | you may think. Especially if you have done some |
| and offer outside proof that the odometer has not | | | | advance work beforehand, you can bargain from a |
| been tampered with and that it is has not been in a | | | | position of strength and quickly and easily sell your car |
| major wreck in the past where it was junked. It's a | | | | for a nice profit. |