What’s the best way to sell a car with outstanding finance?

[vxr8mate]

A friend of mine is looking to sell his car which has an outstanding amount of dealer finance on it. He is mulling over the best way to advertise it and accept payment (i.e. draft to finance company and balance to him etc).

Any experience?

[falkster]

I struggled like hell to sell my mates car after he moved to Oz. I tried to pay the finance off with the potential new owner present which wasnt a winner, I tried to get the potential new owner to pay the finance off directly with the settlement letter in my hand.
Nothing works!!
Only way, and rightly so, to make a potential buyer feel confident it's not a scam is to pay off the finance.
No matter how genuine you try to look, people will think its dodgy and you would too.