Re: Trade in or sell privately?

Mekon wrote:
> Hello all, first thanks for all the replies to the Egas ute thread. Very

> informative and useful. Now I know what the issues are.
> 
> We have 3 cars a 99 318i BMW a 98 RAV4 5 door and a beat up old XF ute. 
> All running well.
> 
> We plan on buying a Mazda 6 to replace the BMW and a cab chassis Ford 
> ute to replace the RAV and the XF.
> 
> We will be paying cash for the new cars.
> 
> Should we sell privately of trade them in? What are thre pitfalls?
> 
> (I doubt the XF would get a roadworthy certificate as it is.)
> 
> 
> Mekon
> 
> 
If you have the time do the private sale , it's more trouble but you 
make considerably more and will be able to negotiate a better cash price 
on the new buys , win/win ?