Thoughts on selling a car.

[Pete Geither]

You just can't beat, up close and personal,,,, usually. I recently sold our 2 124's,,, my wifes' 93 400E, and my 95 E320 staion wagon. I put them both on the Shop Forum "Cars for Sale". and on Craigslist. The 400E went fairly quick and was sold to a shop forum member and his first comment was " I thought it would be nice, but didn't think it would be THAT nice". The E320 got a lot of interest, but no real action,,, and it was a beautiful, well maintained car. It sold to a person driving by our shop who saw it for sale out front, and stopped,,,, looked,, and took it for a drive. That is all it took. What I am trying to say is, if you have a good machine, at a decent price, you NEED to have someone actually see, touch, and drive it, and the deal will be done. There are so many grey areas online, and most are well deserved, that the up close and personal is very hard to beat. JMHO. Pete