i cant understand it..its been on autotrader for 3 months now....its only got 4500 miles with 6 disc changer and floor mats and 20% tint all around...im only selling it for $15600!! I JUST dont understand this.....i owe $16000 so im gonna take a hit..plus i bought the car for $17200....i thought it would be easy to sell specially how popular the car is...o well i guess im gonna haveta wait for the right buyer

 

People are wanting new? I don't know.

 

personally i would be kinda hesitant to buy one only 2 months old and ur selling it already, did u put ur reason? is it legit?

 

you can get a brand new one for a grand more... people also want a "new" car... no miles so they can "grow up" with the car hehehe... but good luck

 

i agree with mahalzkita28 why buy used when u can buy new from 1~2k more...

hope you find right buyer

 

Where are you located? WHY are you selling it?

 

For something like this your only hope is a trade in... Or you better take a bigger hit...

You personally wouldn't buy it back yourself now would you?

 

I can give you a few reasons why you may be having trouble selling it. First of all, by "autotrader" I assume you mean the website...right? If that's true, make sure it's not the only place you've advertised it. Believe it or not, fewer people than you might think shop for a car that way. You will always get better results from adds in printed publications (local paper, auto-locator...etc). Another problem you are going to run into is financing. When someone goes to a dealership to buy a car, everything is handled right there for them. Someone who wants to buy your car will have to arrange for their own loan. While that's very easy to do, many people might not want to bother. Personaly, I think saving $1,000 on a car that is still just like new is a great deal. I mean, come on folks, it's a thousand dollars off! That's big savings. But because of what some others here have mentioned, you may need to drop the price even a little more. You'll still do much better than trading it, and it will sell faster. Hope some of this helps. I've been through this many times, so I thought I'd share a few tips.

 

Best bet is a local newspaper posting. I personally wouldnt buy a slighty used tC unless the price difference from a new one was great enough. But because the tC is kinda hard to come by, I wouldnt think you would have too hard of a time selling.

Goodluck

 

another thing about finance...
its used! so most places will only give a loan for 80% of the vehicle...

 

That's true too. It's not so bad in this case, because we aren't talking about a $40,000 car. If someone can only borrow 80% of the cost of this TC we're talking about, they only have to come up with about $3,200. I would think alot of people would have at least that much to put down on a car either from saving or the sale of their last car.
Selling a car yourself can be frustrating, but it's almost always better than trading it. Just be patient and ADVERTISE.

 

Also....usually better financing rates for a new cars. It may be cheaper to buy a new tc. I suggest you find someone to take over the payments.

 

Like stated above, you can buy a brand new one for just a little more... To sell it used you have to really drop the price... You're trying to get basically the same amount you owe.

Find out what the dealer will give you on a trade-in, and then try to sell it for a little more than that. Peace

-THE DON

 

www.ebaymotors.com

 

Not necessarily, $3,200 can be alot of money. Remember the tC is aimed at young buyers, so you have people in college. I don't know about you but most people in college don't have $3,200 saved up unless they were planning on it. Second not everyone has a trade-in, this is my first car period. Thrid how are you advertising, are you puting all the options on there (i.e. automanual, the color, a/c, etc.). I was looking at the dealers on autotrader out here in cali and some put the transmission up there, others put gasoline in that space, I know duh. Fourth the reason you're selling it can be a WTF type thing too. And lastly yeah interest rates are cheaper when it's new.

It's looks like alot of people/dealers in cali are having the same problem new tCs are flying off the shelves, but used are staying put. Alot of them are overpriced too. Oh and give the people the floor mats for free, I heard they suck.

 

As i had said many times you will be lucky to get even 14K for it, New BETTER cars are coming out this summer....take what ever you can for it, and make it a learning experince...There is NO DEMAND for the tC, as people keep saying , my friends has been for sale the last 4 months, and he cant even get 15K...good luck!

 

That would be a regional statement. The demand for tCs in So Cal has been high. With snow and bad weather in other areas of the country, the demand might have slowed.

 

i saw urs on autotrader before seeing this post and was interested in it then...but my problem was with the percentage diff on the loan and it beoing used, theres was barely a $20 diff with my payments... for that i decided to go new and get the 0 mileage and the spoiler i wanted

 

Well, what you are essentially offering your buyer is a $1600 break on the price, but the buyer has no choice in color, transmission, or equipment. The buyer also does not know how the car was treated in the initial 4500 miles of driving, and that mileage is critical to the remaining longevity of the car. The delemma also exists of "Why should I buy a car that someone else wants to get rid of after only 4500 miles?

For $1600 more, the buyer gets the car they want, schmoozed by the salesmen, and gets the intangible bonus of driving a *new* car. This price difference isn't enough to make the typical buyer feel attracted to your car.

George

 

I believe you could sell it as - "take over payments" and list how much is left to owe. a 15,600 loan for a used car through a bank could cost as much as a 16,500 depending on the difference between the used/new loan interest rates. Plus, I can't see how anyone couldn't just wait a few weeks to get a brand new one, but that's just me. Some people must have one now.