Mr. Angry's Guide To Selling A Car

Ladies, gentleman, sellers of all ages: read this! Now, I know that selling a car can be a very stressful endeavor, but I can help. Most people nowadays sell their cars on eBay or Craigslist. Now, eBay is obviously a pay service, but it offers you a customizable billboard to help sell your car. Craigslist is a free service that lets you put a brief description with about four pics, but offers no customization. Either way, I promise if you follow these three simple steps, you will be successful.

1. Describe your car accurately. Start with the year, make, model–in that order (it’s amazing how many people screw this part up). Ok, now write a clear statement describing EXACTLY what condition you car is in. Be honest. Don’t BS people about your car. If someone comes to take a look at it and you lied, you’re going to look like a flippin’ jackass. Disclose everything. I don’t care if the car has a tire with a slow leak or blown head gasket–if you don’t disclose this information and someone buys the car and has problems, guess who’s going to be taken to court? You (and you’ll loose).

2. Price your car realistically. Just because you saw a Porsche Carrera GT go for $500k, don’t think that your ’85 944 is going to be worth the same money: it’s not. Take a look at KBB or NADA or Edmunds to get an idea about what your car is really worth in its present condition. Price accordingly, and you’ll sell your car faster with a lot less hassle.

3. Take plenty of photos. Put up the best pics you can take! And use a nice digital camera (no camera phones!). I can’t stress this enough. Also, when you take your pics, make sure your car is in a nice area. People will always be more interested in looking at car in front of a lake or beach then one photographed in front of a dumpster. Take as many as the site will let you put up. The more pics the better. Hey, why not just link to your CarDomain ride page?

So that’s it people. Follow the above steps and I have a feeling you’ll do A.O.K. when it comes time to sell your ride. BTW, I have a real nice 2001 BMW M5 for sale if anyone’s interested!