The topic title is a euphemism of course. It's been 19 years since I got my license, and just I sold my first vehicle private party. I had always traded them in, but it took me this long to realize what a waste of money that was. We're needing a bigger general purpose vehicle for our 6-person family (we already have a minivan for long trips and such) so our Mazda Tribute had to go. A small SUV that didn't fit everyone and made a poor commuter vehicle due to a 20mpg average.
Put it on Craigslist but that generated a lot of low-balls and scam type stuff, wasn't very successful. My wife sold it on a local Facebook sale network to a family with a daughter going to college, which I thought was a good fit. Took about 3 weeks, I'm glad my wife is more patient than I, because I was ready to lower the price significantly just to get it sold and move on.
Now that it's gone I still look for it in the driveway. Kinda miss it, giving it second thoughts because I maintained it meticulously, spent a lot of time washing, waxing, repairing, etc. Anyone else feel like their missing a bird is missing in the nest when their vehicle goes away, or just me? The vehicle-swap at the dealer is a lot easier because you have something new and exciting, it's easier to to leave the old one behind.
Put it on Craigslist but that generated a lot of low-balls and scam type stuff, wasn't very successful. My wife sold it on a local Facebook sale network to a family with a daughter going to college, which I thought was a good fit. Took about 3 weeks, I'm glad my wife is more patient than I, because I was ready to lower the price significantly just to get it sold and move on.
Now that it's gone I still look for it in the driveway. Kinda miss it, giving it second thoughts because I maintained it meticulously, spent a lot of time washing, waxing, repairing, etc. Anyone else feel like their missing a bird is missing in the nest when their vehicle goes away, or just me? The vehicle-swap at the dealer is a lot easier because you have something new and exciting, it's easier to to leave the old one behind.