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hey there guys. i was thinking of selling my r33 in a private sale but am not sure how to go about doing it. could anyone run me by a list? i've got a few concerns

1) the prospective buyer's gona want to test drive it. what's stopping him from crashing my car during the test drive and getting away with it?

2) i have to go to vic roads to transfer ownership or something, rite? does that mean i have to include a rwc as well?

also, i know that car conditioning is impt, but around how much would a 86000kms '93 r33 series 1 turbo manual with a hks bov,apexi air filter,type m body, n greddy turbo timer go for now?

thanks in advance for your input

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Basically, IMO, if they take it for a test drive you go with them. If you don't like their driving, tell them and if they crash it, they pay for it.... If they refuse, go to the police and take them to court.... Sure there are a lot of A#%EHOLES out there that like to make it hard but i don't think you'll have any troubles there man.... good luck with the sale...

Cheers,

Dave.

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I have always asked for their liscence and hold onto to it until the car is back in my garage. I always go with them when they test drive and don't just let anyone drive it. Only let them if you believe they have a genuine interest in buying.

I am sure that when you bought it you wanted to thrash it once or twice on the test drive to make sure it all went well so in a way you have to expect that in return. But if at any stage you feel uncomfortable with their driving of your car tell them to stop! Again if they are at all interested im sure they will understand.

Hope this helps

JimX Grand Master

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If/when I am going to sell my car, I won't be letting a prospective buyer drive it unless they wanna put down a non-refundable $2k cash deposit to cover my insurance excess and then some if they write it off. If they don't want to do that and still insist on driving it, then they're not serious in my opinion.

An alternative which seems to work (and is in fact how I bought my car) is to just be the passenger and let them drive it. If they want to know what "a Skyline" feels like to drive, get them to test drive one from a dealer first, then come back to yours. You can pick up most important things in the passenger seat. The only thing I got him to do was let me hold the steering wheel to check for vibration on a straight bit of road. There was none, and no other problems with it that I didn't pick up from the passenger seat.

predator Grand Master

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Don't let em drive it. They should be happy to sit in the passenger seat first time.

Or if they do sound keen, let them drive but ALWAYS sit in the passenger seat. But you never know, they could be some turbo n00b who is just going to plant it and go sideways into the nearest wall. My mate nearly did that in a GTR much to my dismay.. owner wasn't happy! but it was funny..

Just explain to them the situation. If they are a genuine buyer they will understand. If they want a joy ride they can go elsewhere.

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