BIG smoke

In my older age, bells and whistles break. No sunroof? a plus for me. I never open it. Used car, is all about price. I have small kids and car pool. Currently have a 4 seater, next will be 2 . . .

jivemutha

Final story: The car (2011 base model, mint, PDK, little else, only 9.5K miles) finally sold for $41,500 on consignment. I got an even $40K. It took months. The dealer advertised in lots of places. He very much discouraged me from reducing the asking price much. In the end, he was right. (He had no stake--his take was an even $1,500 regardless of the sale price.) In the end, I'm happy and, given the condition of the car, I suspect so is the buyer.

wardrive

Moral of the story: only takes one buyer to sell at your price.

Question is: does one have the patience to stick with their asking price?

Congrats OP on the sale.

jivemutha

Thank you. Of course if the price were really out of line and new models come out, there's a point where "too high" could become "way too high." I got close, as 2015s were getting close to US docks.

I'm confident I got the high price that I did for the very same reason I paid a high price for the car--there's always someone willing to pay extra for an absolutely pristine very-low-mileage car with full maintenance records.