...my car on this forum. Sorry about all the misunderstanding on my part and whatever conflicts I might had caused.

Hang in there...........

This is a good site with great members. Just remember, if you ask for an opinion, you'll get one. These members are smart and opinionated, which is why this site is so valuable. You can buy the advice/opinions or not, but they are done with the best of intentions.

JCD

I know it can be frustrating trying to sell a car. Just because someone was inquiring about a car does not mean they are going to buy it. Hang in there and good luck selling your car.

79, Read my post under '300SD for sale' by TClanton. Selling a car is frustrating. However, a little patience goes a long way. You can get a fair price if you take the time.

Hilton Smith

Selling a car is not easy. I've been trying to sell my dad's pristine 1994 sl600 all black with 18" AMG wheels and full service records not to mention low low mileage, and no one wants it.

hell if I had the $30k needed I'd buy the car from him, but since I don't I'm just selling it for him.

I've had it listed on cars.com, the recycler, autotrader, dupont registry and various other places, and not one inquiry to the car in two months, the price is priced below blue book, and still noone inquires about it.

So now my father is stuck with two SL's his brand new 2003 SL500 and his pristine 1994 SL600. The car will sell at somepoint, but obviously the car wont sell too quickly.

Alon

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'92 300CE - Sold
2004 C240 - 744 - C7 Wheels - Android Radio
2002 C320 - 816 - Sport Wagon

I think the fact that the economy is pretty bad right now probably has something to do with it.

However, I do agree that with some patience you will find somebody who'll buy your car.

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2008 BMW 335i Coupe

I can think of a few worse things...

Kuan

I have bought and sold all of 9 my cars private party, and my experience was the same everytime:

It is very hard and takes a looong time.
It is extremely frustrating.
You lose your self-confidence.
You look at KBB values and price your car accordingly, put a sign on the window, and advertise in local papers, Auto Trader Magazine, cars.com, autotrader.com, etc., and get no response. Zero.
Nada.
You wait a week or two, and then lower the price a couple hundred dollars.
And then get no response again.
You wait another week and drop the price about $500. Now you're at close to or right at KBB wholesale value, and think to yourself now someone is gonna jump on this right away!
And you wait and wait and wait, and get no calls. And then the first guy calls and says he'll meet you in front of the local supermarket.
You wash the car and wax it, detail inside and out, get there early, and wait and wait and wait, and he doesn't show up.
The following week, you drop the price below KBB wholesale value, run the ad again, and park your car on the corner of a busy intersection, or in the parking lot of a local Wal-Mart. Nothing happens.
You end up parking the car on the side of busy street with the sign still in the window. Weeks go by, maybe even a month or two, and one day you get a call from a guy out of the blue who says, "yer car still for sale? I saw it parked in the local Wal-Mart a couple of months ago, jotted down the phone number, lost it, and then found it yesterday under the passenger seat in the car. I was wondering if you'll take $2,500 for the car?"
You think to yourself, holy ****! I started out asking $6,500 for the car, and ultimately dropped the price to $5,000. Should I sell the car for $2,500???? And you end up taking the deal because you just want to get the car out of your life and off of your insurance policy.

And the funny thing is, most of my cars sold that way, although I really didn't sell the car for that much of a discount. But the fact remains that all the cars I bought and sell went for right at, above or below KBB wholesale blue book value. My Mercedes I bought for more than $1,000 less than KBB wholesale value and it was in nearly perfect shape, dealer maintained.
And they all had between 85,000 and 135,000 miles on the odometer, had a perfect maintenance record with all receipts, and were in virtually flawless condition inside and out. And in every case the first person that actually looked at the car bought it.

I have found KBB pricing is pie in the sky high, even with Mercedes, and most people here seem to disagree with me on this. But that's o.k.

I have also found that in my own personal experience in buying and selling my cars private party and watching and listening to the experience of others, is that everyone over-estimates the value of their own car.

And just to satisfy your curiousity, the cars I've bought and sold private party are: 1965 Chevelle El Camino, 1978 Datsun B210, 1989 Audi 90, 1993 Nissan Quest Minivan, 1994 Dodge Intrepid, 1992 For Explorer Eddie Bauer Edition, 1994 Infinity G20, 1994 Mazda Protege LX, and my Mercedes.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".