Where's the best place to sell a Gallardo?

[Newc]

What's the current thinking - PH ad for private sale; straight sale to dealer: SOR: something else?

I'm concerned to get the right price obviously, but I'm happy to take less than the absolute maximum possible in exchange for a relatively painless process. In particular I don't want to have to deal with lots of test pilots. What's the best way to prevent that - ask to see some proof of funds being available?

[70proof]

sell it to me..... i have 87k burning a hol in my pocket for the right car.... any details of it....
i think a car in the 60-70 price range SOR as test pilots will annoy you, I think if it is a 75-85k price range you will get serious buyers.....

[jdw1234]

SOR at a reputable place.

I will never, ever bother trying to sell a car worth £35k plus privately again.

I'd rather take a dealer margin and not have the hassle - complete pain in the neck selling privately.

[UH-Matt]

I sold privately via PH, got no test pilots at all and only took a couple of days.

As long as you have a good chat on the phone with people before allowing them to view/drive the car then you can suss these things out and work out who you are happy to deal with.

If that does not float your boat then I would try SOR for a better return than trading it.

[jdw1234]

UH-Matt said:

I sold privately via PH, got no test pilots at all and only took a couple of days.

As long as you have a good chat on the phone with people before allowing them to view/drive the car then you can suss these things out and work out who you are happy to deal with.

If that does not float your boat then I would try SOR for a better return than trading it.

I disagree.

Had a perfectly sane sounding person leading me on for about a week, before he had some sort of divorce based mental breakdown.

Also had lots of other timewasters (one testdrive is basically a wrecked weekend).

The cost of a few grand SOR is basically the cost of a service - well worth it.

[jdw1234]

Not trying to start an argument however....I guess it is basically luck at the end of the day.

[franki68]

Based on my current experience,don't try to part ex it,you will find the price you see advertised for similar cars,and the price you are offered are hugely different.
I'm trying to sell mine privately,but I think it's hard with no ability to offer finance etc,you have to be quite lucky.

[ferdi p]

Down to luck I suppose...
I sold a Gallardo, F430 & GTR all privately & all with no hassle...
Like Matt, I too spend alot of time on the phone sussing them out, I insist on a landline number to call them on, I never let anyone drive my car & was always happy for them to arrange an inspection anytime...
I have done SOR once & it did go fine, however I knew the guy well & would be VERY careful who I'd trust my car with!

[TISPKJ]

It's a minefield isnt it, what to do for the best ...

Was reading on here only the other day about the chap who SOR his car still waiting for the money from the dealer months later.

Bad enough trying to sell a 993 with constant silly questions etc, let alone the will you take a £10 for it texts !

Although it must be great owning Gallardos and the like I dont envy you having to sell them !

p.s would you take an old cayenne S and 25k in swap ? :-)

[Sarnie]

UH-Matt said:

I sold privately via PH, got no test pilots at all and only took a couple of days.

As long as you have a good chat on the phone with people before allowing them to view/drive the car then you can suss these things out and work out who you are happy to deal with.

+1 Qualifying the buyer correctly is a massive part of selling privately. I've never px'd a car, sold a car to a dealer or SOR'd one, always private and always to one of the first to view.

The advert makes a huge difference too! Great pictures and a huge amount of detail such as service history will ensure that any callers have virtually nothing to ask apart from 'When can I can and view it?' and as long as it's as described = car sold.

[Drclarke]

I'd never sell privately again, too many chancers/test pilots/scammers and idiots out there nowadays especially on something like a Ferrari or Lamborghini

[mambolambo]

The long and short is:

1) get a contract, preferably one that does not allow the dealer to keep your money.

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[andrew]

double your price and sell it in wan chai
hth

[mambolambo]

andrew said:

double your price and sell it in wan chai
hth

No the double in price is taxes.

[Newc]

Some good thoughts, thank you. I think I'll probably not go through the private sale route.

[lambo_xx]

I tried selling my last 911 privately. I got a couple people who sounded genuine enough but lots of people saying "well I know you want x, but I'm going to offer you a 1996 Nissan Micra and £4k in cash what ya say?"

I tried selling my 430 Spider last year as well and didn't really have much luck. To be fair I'm a bit impatient, quite busy and on both occasions I wasn't desperate to sell the car. If it sold great, if I didn't wasn't the end of the world. I think if I had been a little more committed then I probably would have got it sold, but to be honest on those occasions I just didn't have the time.

The other thing is, what do you do about test drives? Obviously I wouldn't want to give anyone the keys, but on the other hand it's not unreasonable to want to try an expensive car before you buy it?

[steven f]

jdw1234 said:

SOR at a reputable place.

name one

[jdw1234]

steven f said:

jdw1234 said:

SOR at a reputable place.

name one

Fair point!

[anonymous-user]

It's luck of the draw.

I sold my R8 on PH within 48 hours of the ad going live to Broughtons Specialist Cars. Very fair price, no haggling, money stright into my bank before they drove it away.

[Try5t]

lambo_xx said:

I tried selling my last 911 privately. I got a couple people who sounded genuine enough but lots of people saying "well I know you want x, but I'm going to offer you a 1996 Nissan Micra and £4k in cash what ya say?"

I tried selling my 430 Spider last year as well and didn't really have much luck. To be fair I'm a bit impatient, quite busy and on both occasions I wasn't desperate to sell the car. If it sold great, if I didn't wasn't the end of the world. I think if I had been a little more committed then I probably would have got it sold, but to be honest on those occasions I just didn't have the time.

The other thing is, what do you do about test drives? Obviously I wouldn't want to give anyone the keys, but on the other hand it's not unreasonable to want to try an expensive car before you buy it?

From experience I would say that you can spot or on whole sound out a genuine buyer. I have never offered test drives, inspections always been welcome as an alternative; most of my cars have gone privately or via third party buyers on behalf of dealers etc. and every transaction has been smooth.

Its a buyers market at the moment for most things expensive but I think times are still incredibly hard out there and I don't envy anybody who wants to sell privately at the moment, as people are being very cautious. Probably explains some of the comical dealer offers some people are currently getting on their cars.