[gnhm3]

I need to sell my car fairly quickly and haven't had much luck with the forums and craigslist. I wanted to stay away from auto trader but I feel like I don't have that many options left.

Has anyone here been in a similar situation? What was your luck with auto trader? Are they more serious buyers or joyriders? Any input is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[jpsum]

sold my 2003 MR2 on that site years ago. It seems to have less scammers and more local buyers. I actually prefer this site over ebay.

[Back in a Subie]

I bought my 1999 Subaru Impreza 2.5rs back in 2003 and a friend recently bought a 2010 Camaro through Autotrader and both were easy fast transactions.

[solefald]

sold multiple cars and bikes there. last car i sold in '08 was '01 VW Jetta.
for some reason did not get a single call for the first 2 weeks, despite the fact that the ad was printed in the magazine and shown on the site. then 2 weeks later i got a flood of calls. sold that very same day.

[Brey335i]

Autotrader and Cars.com have been good. eBay and Craigslist only lead to joyrides and rich CEOs who claim that their secretaries will write some kind of cashier's check.

[gnhm3]

Thanks. Any other input?

[CD2534]

I'm not sure if they still do but they used to make you pay to list a car so generally it has less scams, as you will notice a lot of dealerships post there as well as locals. I've purchased off the site before and had a good experience.

[MC 357]

Sold many cars on autotrader (vw golf, acura legend, Integra R, bmw 323, mini cooper s, some cars sold quicker than others, the Integra R was on there for close to a year but all the other sold within a month or 2. Craigslist and forums are a waste of time...

[NBK]

i have never sold a car on autotrader, but i did buy one. it was very easy. its a great site for both buyers and sellers.

i got a great car too!

[KingOfJericho]

I sold a car on autotrader about 8 years ago. Sold in a few weeks but the car was an old POS and this was pre-craigslist. I sold my 2008 GTI on craigslist in less than 24 hours so I'm not sure why anyone would call it a waste of time.

[ragingclue]

If you do go with Autotrader, make sure to go ahead and include as many good pics as possible, plus pay a few extra bucks to get the listing a little bit of pizzazz. I forget exactly which extras I used, but there are some that are dumb and some that really do bring the ad to the forefront.

I guess another question I'd ask is how many cars within... say... 50 miles of you are the same make/model? The more there are, the harder you'll have to work to get your ad noticed over the others.

[import36]

i have bought and sold cars on Autotrader.....personally i don't use anything else. as ragingclue mentioned....i would get the option to post as many pics as possible....that's what potential buyers want to see.

[TwinTurboXI]

I used cars.com to sell my friends 92 325i... worked out well.

[Nate2046]

I've sold 5 cars on Autotrader. 3 of those I put up on forums first (NSX,FD,GS-R) and got nothing but grief from 'buyers' there. Once the Autotrader ad went up I sold the cars fairly quickly. I think you get connected to a lot more real buyers and less tire kickers than you will get from the forums. Well worth the cost IMO.

[TMNT]

I sold my 2004 330ci ZHP on Autotrader quickly with no problems. You'll have to pay some, especially to show pics. However the $50-60 price to list the car was well worth the price over wasted time.

Craigslist and car forums were just a waste of time with no one who was really interested.

[Terraforce1]

I think Auto Trader is one of the best sites to sell a car on. As someone mentioned already, usually only serious buyers.

[andrey_gta]

I used autotrader and Kijiji at the same time. Worked well, and cars were sold within 2 weeks.
Take your time to make Carproff/carfax be available for the buyer and take pictures with a very nice camera.

Good luck