Best Way To Sell Your Car

[DoragonKingu]

What is the best way to sell your used car for maximum profit and least amount of low balling test drivers?

[RobParks2M]

sounds like you won't beat carvana these days

[bsmit107]

FB Market place, list for $5k higher than value. Put in the ad, no test drives without proof of funds.

You can also choose to let whoever you want drive the car.

What is the car?

[Jax05]

What is the best way to sell your used car for maximum profit and least amount of low balling test drivers?

by posting it for sale

[Murph0408]

sounds like you won't beat carvana these days

i've never tried it but looked into it.

example. i looked at maybe selling my ram. it's 10 years old and i can probably get 10-15% more than what they offered if i sell it privately.

but you're telling me they'll show up, give me the payment in full, take the car away and handle the paperwork? and this will all happen within a week? man. might be worth it.

[EDcellent]

I'll be selling my G8 to Carvana soon, they're going to give me high trade in value for it. Could I get a little extra selling it private party? Yes. Do I want to deal with LS autists, guys looking for a joyride and pen pals? No.

[Krackerjacked]

i've never tried it but looked into it.

example. i looked at maybe selling my ram. it's 10 years old and i can probably get 10-15% more than what they offered if i sell it privately.

but you're telling me they'll show up, give me the payment in full, take the car away and handle the paperwork? and this will all happen within a week? man. might be worth it.

That’s legitimately how it works.
Every vehicle I’ve owned I immediately remove their logo/stickers/plate surrounds. My wife’s Tiguan still has the carvana plate surrounds and they’re the only dealership I’m willing to promote as they chit on local dealers when it comes to trade ins and their price on said Tiguan was on par with local “no haggle” dealerships.
I’ve bought and sold a ton of vehicles and by far the easiest to deal with has been carvana.

I'll be selling my G8 to Carvana soon, they're going to give me high trade in value for it. Could I get a little extra selling it private party? Yes. Do I want to deal with LS autists, guys looking for a joyride and pen pals? No.

This x350

[RobParks2M]

i've never tried it but looked into it.

example. i looked at maybe selling my ram. it's 10 years old and i can probably get 10-15% more than what they offered if i sell it privately.

but you're telling me they'll show up, give me the payment in full, take the car away and handle the paperwork? and this will all happen within a week? man. might be worth it.

Yup. This is why whenever I buy things used I find someone with a reasonable sell price, show up with cash, inspect, and make sure everything is as described before leaving promptly. I love not paying the dealership premium especially on boats/atv/snowmobile/bikes and if enough people make it a hassle it won't be worth it before too long. Crazy that private sales are better for the seller and buyers usually still save a few thousand too.

[FoxMcCocks]

i've never tried it but looked into it.

example. i looked at maybe selling my ram. it's 10 years old and i can probably get 10-15% more than what they offered if i sell it privately.

but you're telling me they'll show up, give me the payment in full, take the car away and handle the paperwork? and this will all happen within a week? man. might be worth it.

That's exactly what they do. I sold my car to them last week. They show up with the check, barely look at the car (didn't even drive it, although my car was only a year old), and handle 100% of the paperwork. You just sign a few documents.

[Azzurri]

Back in the day like 2008 I sold my 2003 POS Mini Cooper S to carmax for 10k, I think if I sold it privately I could have got about 12-13k, but the thing had so many issues that it was just so much easier to sell it to carmax and let them deal with it.

[buwbs]

ebay

[buwbs]

ebay

[greenleaf]

How does Carvana stack up against CarMax in terms of transaction experience? Is there extra risk involved with Carvana because some random guy has to pick up your car from your location and drive back to the Carvana lot vs you dropping off your car at CarMax yourself?

[Krackerjacked]

How does Carvana stack up against CarMax in terms of transaction experience? Is there extra risk involved with Carvana because some random guy has to pick up your car from your location and drive back to the Carvana lot vs you dropping off your car at CarMax yourself?

Carvana chits on Carmax. They won’t nickel and dime/lowball you and they hardly look the car over at pickup. Srs.

[elterrible987]

easiest car to sell is a reliable cheap car like a honda or toyota to a buyer you already know

sell it well above dealer trade in rate but lower than maximum private party rate and you both benefit and you dont waste time dealing with weirdos and you know there is a low chance that it breaks down after they just bought it from you so your friendship/business relationship isnt strained.

[eternalone423]

Carvana chits on Carmax. They won’t nickel and dime/lowball you and they hardly look the car over at pickup. Srs.

This. I sold them a chitty chiiiiity 2016 Malibu that was plagued with build quality and issues GM wouldn't own up to and came out on top.

[litljay]

About a month ago, I used the KBB instant cash offer function to start the transaction. Price came back at high trade in number. Got a call from a local dealership within 10 minutes. Took it down there for them to inspect. They offered the same number, and I just said, ok, can I get it in writing and how long is the offer good for. They said, "what price will get you to sell it to us right now?" I added $1k to the price and they took it (should have added more).

This was $5k over what the Chevy dealership offered as a trade on my new truck.

2015 GMC Sierra with 103k miles on it.

[eternalone423]

About a month ago, I used the KBB instant cash offer function to start the transaction. Price came back at high trade in number. Got a call from a local dealership within 10 minutes. Took it down there for them to inspect. They offered the same number, and I just said, ok, can I get it in writing and how long is the offer good for. They said, "what price will get you to sell it to us right now?" I added $1k to the price and they took it (should have added more).

This was $5k over what the Chevy dealership offered as a trade on my new truck.

2015 GMC Sierra with 103k miles on it.

Nuts man. The market is wild right now