At 02:02 PM 9/7/00 EDT, you wrote:
>Hey Dml'ers,, real dilemma,,,Should I try to sell my truck
>or just trade it as is...anyone have this experience ?
>Thanks, Ted O.
In the ~40 years of owning cars, I would guess that I would
lose, on an average, a few thousand at least if I did a trade
in. It's a pain to sell privately what with advertising,
being home to take calls, describing the truck and arranging
for look-sees and test drives, and, lately, in Ont., the gov't
has made it more complicated to sell privately ... virtually
responsible for a safety (which means emissions as well) and
must purchase a 'selling' kit from the license bureau but this
might not apply in your locale. Having said that, if you want
to save a significant amount of money towards your next purchase,
private is the way to go.
Your truck is really modded up. I would suggest that you remove
as much as possible (I gather that you are). I'm performance-oriented
but I would never purchase an aftermarket, modded vehicle for the obvious
reasons. Your truck, in stock or near stock form (especially a 4 x 4
without the SC, nitrous, MPI, 24# injectors) will appeal to a wider
buyers market and you don't have to convince everyone that it has
not been driven hard. Sell the aftermarket parts seperately ...
if the buyer wants them, all the better.
Good luck, whatever you do! Except for buying a Lightning :-)
Bob
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