Re: Trade in or sell privately?

"atec77" <atec77NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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 ?

Absolutely. You not only get more for your trade, but you definitly have 
more bargaining power when negotiating for your new vehicle. As a rule of 
thumb up here, you can save anywhere between $2,000 and $4,000 without a 
trade.

Roger