Thread: Selling A Car Privately

If you have a printer / scanner, just take a copy of their licence while they go for a drive, then give them the copy when they return.

That way, they can carry their licence, but you still have their details.

Oh, and if someone turns up for a test drive, and offers to leave their vehicle as security, do a quick on line rego check, to make sure it isn't stolen.

Have heard of the baddies stealing one car, even with the keys, and then finding a better car to take for a "test drive" & leaving the first stolen car with you.

Originally Posted by Celtoid

It never used to be, which I believe is unchanged. You used to have 24hrs, I think, to produce your licence after that (as in present to a police station), if pulled over by the police.


QLD are now introducing a new system for their licences ..... I'm not sure what the rules will be regarding carrying it after that.


There is certainly a lot of emphasis on photo recognition in an automated sense, as you have to get a new type of photo taken when you get the new style licence and it sounds very Big Brotherish.


I'll have to check ..... I just carry mine out of habit.

A QT contact tells me they are having a lot of fun with their new facial recognition software. Finding people who have two or more licences under different ID's.

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the great advice.

I'd have prefered to trade the car but the prospect of losing around $10K in the process put me off.

I appreciate it may take some time to find somebody that is willing to part with that much money but fortunately I don't need to get a rushed sale. However, if I get close enough to my 'reserve' I'll let it go.

Not keen on the idea of potential 'riff raff' and time wasters coming round my house but I guess I could employ the carpark at the local public park as a meeting point.

With regards to the 'security' advisories raised by a couple of you guys, I'll be checking licences and under no circumstances will anybody be driving the car without me in it. I'm pretty certain genuine buyers will have no issue with that. If not ..... too bad ... LOL!!!

I'm organising detailing and the other admin aspects, so should have it listed soon.

Thanks again for your collective advice.

Cheers,

Kev.

PS Anybody checked out the MY13 D4 for sale on this forum, only listed yesterday? Looks like an absolute steal! Wish it had been listed earlier .... LOL!!!

I've sold the last few vehicles that we have needed to get rid of privately and if you are in a position to wait it is definitely the best option.
3 Months eseems to be a bout the time you need to wait for a serious buyer but I think the distance from Sydney weeds out some of the time wasters for me. My most recent experience was with a BA Falcon on dedicated gas. I suspect we were being passed around the Indian community, the last lot were really miffed when I would not accept their offer that was $3000 below market value and whinged loudly about the fuel bill to come and try to haggle with me. ( and the six hours it apparently took them to drive 300 KM) I ended up selling it locally for pretty much what I reckoned it was worth so stick to your guns.

Regards,
Tote

Be honest.

If you owe money on it declare it.

Let the purchaser make a bank chq to the finance people.

If you can get extended warranty offer it, even as an extra.

Get a roadworthy even if it is going interstate that way it can be legally driven by the new buyer.

Offer to get permit for interstate purchaser's flying in.

Let the purchaser ring your mechanic to verify that it has been serviced etc.

Don't forget to get well stocked up on sedatives as you'll need them after going for test drives with some of them out there. I said about the pastor that drove our Prado, I was shell shocked afterwards and had to have a quiet sit down with a couple of tins to settle my nerves.
No checking of a licence would have readied me for the sheer terror of his driving.
Good luck.....
AlanH.

Originally Posted by solmanic

I would go one better and ask to hang on to their license while they drive it, assuming you aren't going to ride along - which I always do.

For advertising, you can't beat Carsales, but as others have suggested, start on places like this forum first. When you do start advertising widely on-line, for God's sake take decent photos! If you have access to a wide angle lens then use it for the interior shots. Take a ton of photos and use the maximum number you are allowed to on whatever site you advertise. Simple formula - start on the outside, opposite corners and perhaps a side & front shot, then plenty of interior shots and perhaps an engine bay depending on how clean it is. If you exclude a particular area (say inside shots), people will automatically assume it is a mess in there. Carsales offers it own photographing package which a lot of dealerships use. Have a look at the angles they take on their in-house ads and copy that.

If, like I was, you are selling a vehicle you dearly love, a good set of "hero" shots is worth it for advertising and sentimental value. Sunset also makes for great photos. For example:



And inside...



Best of luck.

Thanks mate, appreciate the advice. Very smick looking car you have there.


Do you by any chance know what the general allowable size is for most sites?


My mate took a plethora of shots with his new camera but obviously they all come out at around 8+MB (5516x3744p) per frame. So I need to reduce resolution on them.


Cheers,


Kev.

Hi Guys,


In the event of a perspective buyer being interested, I'm assuming he's not going to have 50+ Large in his pocket.


What is the norm or best practice for the 'interested to money in-hand' situation?


Obviously I won't be accepting personal cheques but do I take deposits, etc? How does that work, how binding is it?


Cheers,


Kev.