Leased the car new a little over a year ago. Has 14k miles on it. Bone stock. LE has sport seats, paddle shifters, big brakes, Bose, Nav, etc., etc. Well...company transitioning to company cars and putting on the pressure. Paid off my lease today to the tune of $37k and now own her free and clear. So, next step is to find her a home and order a company car (Camry....I know, I know). Open to suggestions regarding best way to market the car. Craigslist? AutoTrader? Not much time for dealing with tire kickers, so dreading the sales process.

Appreciate your thoughts. BTW...car is perfect. I'm a fanatic about my cars.

 

nice car...sell me your wheels.

 

I'm not quite understanding. Your company is making you buy a Camry and paid of your lease on the G for you? And now you have to sell it?

 

Translation: My company is now floating my daily ride bill, so I'm selling the G and buying a Porsche for fun

Just kidding, but that's what I'd probably do! I haven't sold a car outright in a LONG time, but I've sold a couple of motorcycles. My best hit rate was with brand and enthusiast forums - we have a local sport bike club and I know many of the members. Guys there know their hardware and what things are worth. Auto Trader gets you in front of a larger audience, but you will have more tire kickers/low ballers as well. My buddy just sold his year-old Tundra and all he did was put a sign in the window. End result - his mailman bought it No joke, but it did take him 6 months. He also dabbled in Craigslist but had to deal with some oddball/PITA type people.

With the boards, at least you get people who know the car and have some sort of affinity for it. You'd be surprised how far people will travel for the right car at the right price: I myself have gone as far as Michigan (from western PA) for a rare Saab and a local friend of mine went to Nebraska () to get an FJ Cruiser he really wanted.

I'm not going to lie; it might take some time and parts of the process will suck. You hold the title, so that should at least simplify the transfer when it does sell, and that's at least something. Bank notes complicate the process tremendously in some cases.

Or you could just go trade it in on that Cayman that you know you want

Good luck!

 

If that is truly the LE... shouldn't it be Malbec black? That looks like gloss black to me. It does have the LE wheels, though...

 

I don't understand this post at all. Who payed $37K for that car? Is the OP expecting to get better than that on resale, because that's highly unlikely. And less on-topic, what is it about LE rims that Zack actually likes?

So confused.

 

It's definitely a LE. But not Malbec. The '12 LE (400 copies) were black obsidian as indicated here: 2012 Infiniti G37 Sedan Limited Edition | Infiniti USA

To clarify...I'm on a car allowance but the company is pushing us all toward the corporate issued Camry Hybrid. So, I bought out my lease (myself) to make it easier to transact a sale. Will be driving it in the meantime as car allowances will remain in place for about another 8 months. Then it becomes mandatory. I realize the lease was a bad deal and don't necessarily expect to come out of the sale without getting hurt. Just hope to minimize the injury! Apologize if my initial explanation was confusing.

Besides this one, what forums are recommended? Would prefer to hit a target market rather than deal with Craigslist BS. And yes....a Caymen would be very nice, but with the first of 3 starting college in the fall, well, you get the picture. Still have my Ducati and an old 560SL for distraction. Leaving for a week long meeting on Saturday...will begin advertising in earnest when I get back. Thanks again for comments and advice.

 

Car forums like this are the best place to sell a (nicely) modified car without being forced to de-mod for the general market. However, I have a suspicion that most cars, particularly stock ones, are low-balled by forum members. If it were a 6MT Sedan, it would be rare enough to speak to a very specific type of buyer. You might have similar luck with it being a Limited Edition.

Good luck, man. Be prepared to take a good $4K hit.

 

If you already bought out the lease, why not just keep it instead of taking a loss? It's not like you need to pay for the corporate issued Camry. I understand it's 1 more car you don't need, but if it's paid off, I would rather keep it and drive it every chance I don't have to drive the Camry.

 

I have three teenage kids. Also, gas, insurance, tires, etc., for the company car are free. Makes sense to use it for almost everything. The G would collect dust in the garage as it depreciates. I have a 560SL and a motorcycle in addition to 3 other cars. More cars than drivers!

 

Youre crazy to buy out a lease to sell it. You can sell your leased car outright for the payoff.

 

Forgot to add: you might be able to work out a deal with the local Infinity or Nissan dealer where they put your car on their lot and get a commission for it; basically a consignment. I have seen this done and it depends upon the terms as to whether it is worth it.

Might want to poke around various Nissan forums (Z, Maxima) - they will be familiar with the car and might be looking to trade up/down/out of something. Maybe Honda? Do you belong to any other forum for some other interest? Many of those have Misc. sale/trade forums for their members.

Just a thought...

Which Duc do you have? I've had to talk myself out of Ducati's a few times

 

I'll pay $1 more than this guy will!

 

You can get a new G37 Sport for low 40s- finance rate lower on new car then used....

I think youll be lucky to get 30K for it at the very most

 

Probably so, but now I don't have to be concerned about a mileage limit, have no payment, but still receive car allowance. Have the freedom to complete an easy transaction if I'm able to sell it, or can just drive it if not. Can keep it and sell one of the other cars as an option. Interest income on the cash is far less than the interest paid on the lease. All mine now. I like having no debt. I like it a lot! House is paid off for the same reason.

Crazy....really?