Private Party Car Sales Question

lvevo · 10-16-2018, 07:43 PM

Guys,
As the title states, how did you handle a private party car sale? I'm looking to have only serious buyers test drive the car. So how did you do that? I have seen people mention that "please have the money available before the test drive", possibly a cashiers check during meet up? Just write an ad that is uninviting/mean to thwart those joy riders? Not sure how to handle this situation. Can someone let me know their experience please.

Thanks,

Caffeine Powered · 10-20-2018, 09:34 PM

Who says you have to let them drive? I've taken prospective buyers as passengers. When I sold my Audi last week it was to a 17yr old girlfriend of my daughter. Her mom came along and I ride shotgun.
If you've shopped for cars you can remember how you acted and what you said when you weren't serious. Keep those signs in mind and you'll be fine.

c1pher · 10-20-2018, 11:57 PM

Last private sale I did was for my Mustang. Naturally a lot of younger people were interested. Older people didn’t even ask to test drive, but if anyone did ask, I politely declined and offered to take them on a ride. And I would proceed to scare the living daylights out of them on a back road, showing them the merits of the car. That, plus how perfect the car looked along with maintenance records didn’t really present any questions.

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lvevo Private First Class 93 Rep 151 Posts Drives: Evo 9, Focus RS Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: IE, CA iTrader: (0)	Private Party Car Sales Question Guys, As the title states, how did you handle a private party car sale? I'm looking to have only serious buyers test drive the car. So how did you do that? I have seen people mention that "please have the money available before the test drive", possibly a cashiers check during meet up? Just write an ad that is uninviting/mean to thwart those joy riders? Not sure how to handle this situation. Can someone let me know their experience please. Thanks, __________________ Passively looking for a F80 M3 Competition & Executive w/ manual trans in all colors but black. Prefer 2018 and Carbon Cloth seats.
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Caffeine Powered Keep it moving 49 Rep 83 Posts Drives: '07 328xi Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Madison, Wisco iTrader: (0)	Who says you have to let them drive? I've taken prospective buyers as passengers. When I sold my Audi last week it was to a 17yr old girlfriend of my daughter. Her mom came along and I ride shotgun. If you've shopped for cars you can remember how you acted and what you said when you weren't serious. Keep those signs in mind and you'll be fine. __________________ In reality I am a 12 year old with no concept of consequences.
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c1pher Primo Generalissimo 5098 Rep 4,239 Posts Drives: All of them Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: DC area iTrader: (0) Garage List 2025 BMW M850i [10.00] 2024 Ford Bronco Ra ... [10.00] 2018 Porsche 911 GTS [10.00] 2022 Ford F-250 Tremor [8.50]	Last private sale I did was for my Mustang. Naturally a lot of younger people were interested. Older people didn’t even ask to test drive, but if anyone did ask, I politely declined and offered to take them on a ride. And I would proceed to scare the living daylights out of them on a back road, showing them the merits of the car. That, plus how perfect the car looked along with maintenance records didn’t really present any questions.
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