Hi All,
My car is about 6 years old and i'm thinking of selling it and upgrading to a new car either by end of this year or early next year. I have considered posting it up on carsales.com.au (which charges $60 to put up the ad) but was wanting to know if there are other ways of selling it privately that I haven't yet considered.
And with regards to purchasing a new car - what do you consider the best time to buy?
The car is Subaru Liberty Heritage 2008, 83k km
It's a luxury sedan
Waste of time putting this on Gumtree. I'd say you would be looking to get about $10,000. Gumtree is for bargain hunters looking for CHEAP cars. Put it on carsales and carsguide (FREE). Try Gumtree but your luxury car is well out of that league.
Here is answer for selling your car: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/163817
On side note: searching in forum before posting does not hurt and not forbidden.
Thanks for the link. I also wanted to know if there are other options aside from Gumtree and carsales.com.au.
Local rag paid advertisement, a lot of people still do not use the internet.
Stick it on the side of the road?
Online Trading Post… but I think that is a dying source these days.
What are you selling?
You know you will get a ton of tyre kickers and scammers?
Park it somewhere (legally) with high visibility and traffic and throw a massive sign on it. Apart from that you need to use online sites like Gumtree or Carsales.
do not leave it in your yard with a for sale sign in the window. This attracts window shoppers who knock on your door to ask the most stupidest time wasting questions anyitme of the day
FROM MUCH EXPERIENCE: One needs to be located in the right suburbs of a major city for Gumtree to work well. One where Travellers and temporary residents abide as this group is a major user of gumtree. Its also a bargain hunters den so people are mostly looking for cheap cars - under $3,000. Its free anyway so worth a try. I have had success selling a car through gumtree as well.
Off topic I know but… why don't you want to trade it in? Cash sales don't bring much of a better deal these days.
Unless you are lucky you will only get about wholesale value for it with a private sale unless someone falls in love with it because of the colour / shape / jazzy wheels etc..
"And with regards to purchasing a new car - what do you consider the best time to buy?"
Question been asked a 1000 times… answer, any day of the year. Depends on the car make model.
Do a ""search"" here for others that have asked your question frequently…
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/133
To achieve the best deal overall the key is you and being armed with knowledge thorough research. :-)
Don't forget to look at ongoing costs for some cars… some charge $500+ for an oil change!! (they call it a service lol)
Gumtree.
Same price/ad blurb/photos but more calls from Gumtree than Carsales. More timewasters off Carsales too which is unexpected.
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I have sold a few cars on carsales and can highly recommend
FROM A CAR SELLING EXPERT:
Carsguide is FREE:
http://www.carsguide.com.au/
Gumtree is FREE:
http://www.gumtree.com.au/
It takes a day or so for the advert to go live on Carsguide.
By that time I had already sold my (dirt cheap) car through Gumtree.
Gumtree works well with CHEAP "BARGAIN PRICED" cars only, under say $3,000.
If your car is worth more than $4,000 dont expect miracles from Gumtree.
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Gumtree.
Depends on the car doesn't it? I.e. convertibles cost more in summer than winter. I also reckon it's a matter of finding the right car and person to haggle with than timing.