With a very heavy heart, my wife and I have agreed we need to sell our second car, a Mini Cooper S (2nd Gen).
I'm trying to work out the best way to sell it. eBay reaches a very large audience, but I suspect there are untrustworthy characters that lurk there. It is fairly cheap to place a classified there. There's also Autotrader. I have no experience with it, but I know it is highly regarded. Can be pricey, and I don't know if it's audience is any better in terms of trustworthiness.
I'd want to minimise my risk: I assume the best bet is to sell for cash or bank transfer? Also, how do you deal with test drives? If they have third-party insurance, it's legal, but that's not much help if they write off my car!
My car is FULLY loaded and only 13K miles (registered Dec 08), so Glass's is saying £10,400 (and that's not taking into account the R109 wheels). This is quite a chunk of cash, so I've got a lot to lose if this doesn't work out.
I don't really want to sell it to a dealer, so I'd be interested in opinions and stories of people who have privately sold a car of similar value.
A big thanks for any advice you can give.
I'm trying to work out the best way to sell it. eBay reaches a very large audience, but I suspect there are untrustworthy characters that lurk there. It is fairly cheap to place a classified there. There's also Autotrader. I have no experience with it, but I know it is highly regarded. Can be pricey, and I don't know if it's audience is any better in terms of trustworthiness.
I'd want to minimise my risk: I assume the best bet is to sell for cash or bank transfer? Also, how do you deal with test drives? If they have third-party insurance, it's legal, but that's not much help if they write off my car!
My car is FULLY loaded and only 13K miles (registered Dec 08), so Glass's is saying £10,400 (and that's not taking into account the R109 wheels). This is quite a chunk of cash, so I've got a lot to lose if this doesn't work out.
I don't really want to sell it to a dealer, so I'd be interested in opinions and stories of people who have privately sold a car of similar value.
A big thanks for any advice you can give.