Best way to sell a vehicle?

**Xtreme** · 17th May 2023, 09:04 AM

When I sold my 1985 110 Isuzu County, which I had owned since new, I had all the service & fuel records.
I put it up for sale by tender (similar to a silent auction, I guess) with a closing date. Had three written offers and sold it (unseen) to a guy in Zeehan Tasmania who flew up and drove it back.
Each offer was unknown by the others but each one increased, resulting in the final/accepted offer being more that I'd paid for it 10 years earlier - not uncommom these days but it was a rareity in the 90's.
Anyway, due to the offer being so generous and the fact that the buyer was going to drive it straight back to Tassie, I gave it a full service before he took it.
I believe he used it as a tour vehicle for quite a few years and I often wonder where it is today, I even thought at one stage that it may be the one that JC has now.

**one_iota** · 17th May 2023, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by scarry

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Anyway,good luck with it,I bet it goes quickly.

Thanks Paul. My heart tells me to keep it but my brain says to pass it on to someone who will use it and enjoy using it as much as I have.

**ATH** · 18th May 2023, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by towe0609

When I sold my 1HZ Landcruiser with RWC, it needed a leaking water pump addressed. I asked the mechanic to put a timing kit in it given it was due in 20,000kms and he would have the timing cover off anyway .... he couldn't believe I was going to do that at my expense even though I'd sold the car.

I'll be doing exactly that when I hopefully get my new vehicle and have to sell the D4 about this years end. It'll get whatever's needed as if I was keeping it and be trying for a decent price. Carsales is where I've sold all my vehicles in the past although this time I'm tempted to just trade it in to save my nerves and possibly skin from the idiot drivers I've had in the past.
Or having to explain to those who want to test drive it that I want to take a pic of their license before hand just like a car yard would. Plus I email their details to a safe place to protect my skin from damage not of course that Landie owners would be like that.

AlanH.

PS. I sold my daughters car once to a so called mate of our sons and it broke down later he complained to Consumer Affairs that I was an unlicensed salesman. They were not impressed when I told them the full story. Never found out what they said to him.

**3toes** · 19th May 2023, 12:09 AM

As well as a copy of the license I also take a photo with them standing beside the vehicle. Have the vehicle number plate visible in the picture

This was recommended to me by a solicitor as protection for me if the test drive goes wrong. Idea is you have done all you can to ensure driver is licensed and the vehicle they have been given the OK to drive alongside their mug shot. Evidence for both your insurer and the police

If buying a car privately the picture with the car, rego number and the seller. Even better if can manage a location shot for the car in a photo

**ATH** · 19th May 2023, 08:18 AM

When selling our Prado years ago a possible buyer reckoned their mechanic would come and test it etc. but wouldn't agree to having a mug shot or license pic taken. "He won't get to drive os sit in it then" I said but the bloke came up a couple of times and peered around the caravan checking it out.
Got good shots of him on the security cameras.

Had a vicar (or something) come up to test it on behalf of the eventual buyer in the NT. His driving was shocking, frightened the crap out of me and I thought he was relying on divine intervention or something. I stopped him very quickly and told the buyer if he bought it there'd be no insurance from the time it left my driveway.
He agreed and said his BiLs (vicars) driving was "confronting" which is not the word I would have used. :O
Anyway he rang me up after delivery and thanked me for selling a car 'as described' in the advert.
AlanH.

PS. Security cams caught a dodgy local mechanic using oil from 5 different bottles to refill the engine after he serviced it. After I confronted him he blustered a lot but I said I'd prosecute him with film evidence and he came round and refilled with the correct oil while I watched.
He runs a car servcing spot at a servo nearby now and people sing his praises..... smarmy git.

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