Im looking to sell my old car, not entirely sure what the procedure is.

Should i go back to the original dealer and ask them to buy it, or go to uncle Joe's down the street or sell it privately via Kijiji? Which other means would gimme the most money back?

The car is in pretty good shape. No accidents at all.


Thank in advance.

Jon
**note, i am not try to sell my car via macinsiders. Just wanna get some advice on how to get it off my hands**

I haven't personally sold a car myself, but for a while I was looking into selling mine (still not sure if it's worth it), and this is basically what I learned:

What you should do first is clean it up as much as possible. If there are any rust spots, sand them down, get colour matched paint and paint over them. Clean any stains and other crap out of the car - make it look as good as possible.

If you can, try and get a hold of a diagnostics computer (you can get them off ebay ~$100 or just borrow from a friend if you happen to be friends with any mechanics). Some mechanics will even do a diagnostic for free. This is just make sure there isn't anything wrong with the inner-workings of the the car that you may not know about (misfiring cylinders. etc).

After you've cleaned up the car as much as possible and are sure it isn't majorly screwed up internally in anyway... I would recommend trying Kijiji first. If you sell back to a dealer, they're going to be turning it around for profit as soon as possible - which means they're going to try and get it from you for as little as possible. If you instead go to something like Kijiji, you're selling to the customer directly which means they pay less than what they'd pay to a dealer and you get more than what the dealer would give you (same principle as with selling textbooks to other students instead of the book store).

I'm not really much of a car guy, so hopefully someone more knowledgeable on the topic will be able to fill in more of the details here. I'm pretty sure that's the basics though.

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dan...cle/used.shtml

Originally Posted by Ownaginatios

I haven't personally sold a car myself, but for a while I was looking into selling mine (still not sure if it's worth it), and this is basically what I learned:

What you should do first is clean it up as much as possible. If there are any rust spots, sand them down, get colour matched paint and paint over them. Clean any stains and other crap out of the car - make it look as good as possible.

If you can, try and get a hold of a diagnostics computer (you can get them off ebay ~$100 or just borrow from a friend if you happen to be friends with any mechanics). Some mechanics will even do a diagnostic for free. This is just make sure there isn't anything wrong with the inner-workings of the the car that you may not know about (misfiring cylinders. etc).

After you've cleaned up the car as much as possible and are sure it isn't majorly screwed up internally in anyway... I would recommend trying Kijiji first. If you sell back to a dealer, they're going to be turning it around for profit as soon as possible - which means they're going to try and get it from you for as little as possible. If you instead go to something like Kijiji, you're selling to the customer directly which means they pay less than what they'd pay to a dealer and you get more than what the dealer would give you (same principle as with selling textbooks to other students instead of the book store).

I'm not really much of a car guy, so hopefully someone more knowledgeable on the topic will be able to fill in more of the details here. I'm pretty sure that's the basics though.

Not much of a car guy my self.

Thanx alot Ownaginatios that was really informative. Kijiji it s!

Pretty obvious that a private sale would get you the most cash. If you're looking to buy a new car however, take it to the dealer (even better if you know them) and trade it in. That way you would get a better deal over just straight up selling it to a dealer.

Sell it privately. It isn't as hard as it seems. Clean the car, take some good pictures, place an ad on kijiji, autotrader, etc., etc. Make sure you are honest and up-front and ask an appropriate price. Good luck! :-)

Im looking for a car, just curious, what car are you selling?

Mercedes Benz B200
2007
AT
Silver