Make Your Vehicle Look More Presentable For Buying

Make Your Vehicle Look More Presentable For Buying

You’ve made the decision to sell your used car so now you must get it ready to be placed on the market. Your goal is to:
• Make your car easy to advertise
• Make your car sell quickly
• Command a higher sale value

How do we do this? You must think like a buyer. Put yourself in the buyer’s position and think about the things that you would look for when buying a used car. You definitely want a car that has been cared for and maintained.

First you’ll want to clean your car inside and out. Remove all garbage or items laying around your car, vacuum the interior including trunk and wipe down the dash and the rest of the interior. Give the exterior of your car a thorough wash and a good wax. Making your car look more presentable will help you maximize the return on your investment.

You’ll then want to fix all obvious damage. Fix all broken items that are easy to fix such as headlights. Airbrush touch up of small scratches and chips to make the car look newer.

When you’re presenting your car, make a clean impression. Hopefully you’ll have the original keys, the owner’s manual in the glove compartment along with maintenance and service documents. This shows the potential buyer that your car was well maintained and it will sell faster.

A strong selling tool for your car is a complete report of your car. This will eliminate any questions or concerns regarding the quality of the title of your car.

Make a professional “for sale” sign for your car. Make a sign with a legible phone number, use an eye catching colour. As an added bonus you can make flyers so when potential buys come see the car after visiting several on that day, they will remember yours. A flyer can be created through a word processor and look really great.

Remember that you are not a dealer and cannot give any warranty on the car so be honest about the condition of your car and any serious problems. The last thing you want to do is create a bigger headache from the buyer down the road.

In your bill of sale, establish that the car is sold “as is” and keep a copy for yourself. This will help protect you for any further liability.

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