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Any advice on selling a car?

Asked by Trustinglife (6668points) June 1st, 2009

I’m about to sell my car, I’ve never done this before, and I feel nervous about it. I would appreciate any advice you have, and I have specific questions below. The background:

The car is a ‘90 Camry with 234,000 miles. It still runs well, though, but has some problems (oil leak and muffler trouble, though it’s not loud). I just had it pass a smog test, which I learned is a requirement to sell a car in California. In the process, I replaced the spark plugs, distributor, and I had recently put in a new battery. It has other minor issues – hey, it’s an old car – but the bottom line is it’s solid and runs well.

Pricing… I’m hoping to get $1,000–1,500 for it. Does that sound reasonable, given the description above?

I’m probably going to start trying to sell it on Craigslist, and then look at cars.com and autotrader.com. Any other websites or suggestions for ways to attract interest from buyers?

Paperwork… once I have someone ready to buy the car from me, what forms do the buyer and I have to fill out to make it official? Do we go to the DMV together? How does that work? Would you accept a check from someone, or insist on cash or Paypal? Would you give them all the paperwork from past work on the car? Thanks for your help!

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