Selling Tips

How to make your car go faster

Here are some tried and tested ways to make selling a car a less stressful experience.

Selling a car?

Where to sell

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The Drive Team Selling a car is often a precursor to buying another one, but that doesn't mean we should hurry through and lose money in the process.

Creating an effective ad

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The Drive Team Creating an effective ad can go a long way to ensuring a successful sale. The advertisement is your first point of contact with potential buyers, so keep it short and simple ... and be honest.

Completing the picture

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Clear and sharp photos provide a better impression than a description alone - and the more the better.

What's my car worth?

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The Drive Team Setting the right price can be the difference between selling your car quickly, or not selling at all.

Closing the sale

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The Drive Team Forms are never fun, but forget these and you could be paying the new owner's speeding fines. Or worse...

Essential Reading

How to haggle like you mean it

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David Berthon If you know how the business works, you can make big savings when cutting a deal.

Smart ways to seal a sale

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Tim Colquhoun As buyers embrace new cars in record numbers, they are discovering used cars are harder to sell than expected.

Drive away without the instant price drop

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Jane-Anne Lee Some cars hold their value.

Take Our Advice

Dealing with potential buyers?

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The Drive Team Test drives are an integral part of buying a car, but we're usually the one doing the driving. Here's how to play the role of seller during a test drive.

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