Where's a good place to sell a whale?

[go_nuts]

How's things?

My plan has changed and I'm being (kind of) forced to leave earlier than expected but the whale is still here. Which dealer should I or should I not spend some time with and get a half decent price? I'll be going for 18-24 months so leaving it around collecting dust (and depreciate) is out of the question.

Thanks.

[siksII]

hey, if you are going to sell it to a dealer, you wont get a 'decent' price from anyone, depending on what you mean by decent..

try and sell by consignment(dealer sells for you and they get a cut, so you could leave it there at the lot)

or else just sell it privately cheap if you are in a rush, someone will buy it if its a decent car for a cheap price.

what are the specs of your car?

[go_nuts]

Here's the link..

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...d.php?p=1034868

[boj01]

Advertise it on as many car forums/websites as you can - you never know where you will snag a sale.

If you get a chance, maybe advertise in Unique Cars/Trading Post.

If the above fail, some places will sell it on comission - but it is generally hard to sell this way, as they appreciate the value of the car too much!

[go_nuts]

Advertise on a whole lot of forums seems a bit...annoying and intrusive, plus quite a few forums these days won't let you post in their for sale section unless you've been with them for some time and/or contribute something. Seems hard.

[siksII]

Ah ok its a gtr..

sorry to sound negative but speaking generally it is really difficult to sell them, even quick, unless you ask ridiculously low amounts or something...different colour from stock wouldnt help either so if you are in a but of a rush it may be a problem.

if the car is in good condition (most people wont look too far mechanically, because they dont know what to look for! so mostly interior/exterior) it will help to sell so maybe get it detailed, and definetly advertise in trading post as you usually only get lookers (not buyers) from forums.. just time wasters!

also it will sell easier if stock, so if you can put it back to stock and sell the aftermarket bits.

btw. where did you buy your car from, because i have seen a car that looked the same colour as yours (and with a heavy duty clutch) getting a service at an importer a few months ago..?

[Doctor]

Japan mate or somewhere where whaling is legal. Have you considered making your own beauty products?

[MR R33]

if it was still for sale in november i would soooo buy that car its really nice i love the colour

[go_nuts]

Haven't we heard of that before? Tell you what, majority of enquiries I've got to date are like "can you wait for a few months.." for various reasons ie sudden career advancement, HSC, uni, girlfriend's pregnant...that's not my problem.

[siksII]

time wasters

[go_nuts]

The dealer's offers are getting a bit tempting....hmm.

EDIT: had this joker gimme a call, he was asking me for the mod list when the list is so damn easy and plain to read anyway. Asking me if the car is immaculate, what, $35500 for it going to be a brand spanker? I said there's couple of dents, pin sized ones then he said "what? dents? what a shitbox" then hang up.

FFS, it's almost a 10 year old car and what's so amazing to find a few dents here and there? Plus it's cheaper than the rest of the market anyway that is enough savings alone to repair those farken dents. Motherphukas.

[siksII]

LOL

its a 10 year old car, most of them have had most of the body smashed/scratched/resprayed by now theres no way you would find one with all perfect original bodywork.

if you dont mind post or pm me what the dealers are offering, (just out of interest)

there is quite a few Rs for sale now, too bad i cant get one now...or for a long while!

[go_nuts]

The dealers mumbled between $29-33k which is a bit lower than what I expected to part with it. Then again with all these idiots around, $33k smells tempting......

[siksII]

i guess about 30 if you were lucky, im surprised they mentioned 33 grand... i think thats pretty good money from a dealer...

if you were getting rushed to get rid of it that would be the best bet rather than waiting for a private buyer to show up who has anywhere near 33 grand to actually buy a car with lol.

just wait till you really need to sell it i guess.

[go_nuts]

I know people have got the money but a lot of them has that money stuffed elsewhere ie partner not gonna let them waste it on a GTR, burnt the money in business etc..it would be a lot easier to sell a GTST than a GTR due to the price alone.

[siksII]

yes thats true, most people looking to buy ANY import do not have budgets of more than 20 grand..

and the gtr is double that! plus the risks with very high(relatively) costs if it blows up

import yards usually dont have more than 1 or two... and you see them sitting there for aaggess.

also lots of young people that can get away with buying this type of car can scrape up 20 grand (like me) (less than for a new corolla anyway!) to buy a gtst... but not 35 grand..