Okay. I've got a 2011 G37x sedan. 85,000 miles. I'm getting NO bites on the car locally for $11,000

What the hell. I don't have it listed here, being that I don't have enough posts.

Am I asking too much???

 

Market is flooded with used cars and new car rates are incredible cheap. It's a buyer's market. Have you gone to Carmax for appraisal?

 

Not yet.

How are their appraisal's? Do they give a reasonable price?

 

Edmunds.com is a good place to check, too.

 

So far they're fairly reasonable in my experience. Sold 2 cars to them.

You could just take it to carmax and have them give you a value on your car. If you don't agree with their price just don't sell it to them. Their's no commitment to sell it to them if they appraise it.

 

Dont feel so bad, a friend of mine paid 10k for 125k mile 2008 g35 sedan
another friend paid 12k for a 60k mile 08 g35 sedan too...
they were both from a dealership, and well dealerships keep the cars for a long time, if you're really settled on that price, then stay firm bro, and hold on the car untill u get some buyers...
till then post your car EVEYRWHERE, offerup and craigslist, post mulitple listings in multiple cities and states or whatever and somebody will come....
but if u wanna sell quick, maybe take that L and drop the price a thousand or two.

 

Clean the car up and take some really nice photos and i'm sure you will start getting calls. Most of the used car ads I see have such ****ty photos.

 

Use cargurus, autotrader, autotempest to search for similar G37x in your area and see how much they are going for private party compared to yours.

 

This. So much this. I look at Craigslist almost daily and some of the ads I see are laughable. Misspellings, horrible pics, terrible descriptions, etc.


My previous car had 194k miles on it and a bad transmission. People told me I wouldn't get more than $700 for it, but I held firm and I ended up getting $1700 for it. My ad was thorough, had a fully detailed description, and most of all lots of pics. Take the pics like you are doing a calendar shoot. Make the car look its best.

 

I don't think CarMax gives a good price. I've taken several cars there for an appraisal and ended up getting thousands more trading into the dealer I was purchasing from or selling private party.


The resale value on the G37 is terrible. My neighbor just bought his kid a 2011 x with similar mileage for $10.4

 

Lots of good advice here. CarMax is a rip-off. I wouldn't bother with them.

Me my son, and my wife looked for months for a used G for him. here's my advice for you: Either detail it, or have it detailed, tire shine etc. Take pics at an empty park or in front of a fancy house/museum on a cloudy day or in complete shade. As many pics as you are allowed to post. Include blemish pics but at a distance and in the right lighting. And I know it sounds weird, but have something that differentiates you from other ads. It could be a pink trinket hanging from the mirror, or a smiley face button laying on the center console. Why? Because when I looked for months with my wife and son for cars, we talked about the del-tech car (had a student id in the car) or the dice car (had fuzzy dice in it) because if you start relying on year make and model it gets lost in the dozens of cars you've looked at.

There are also sneaky and sketchy ways too. A marines sticker says that marines meticulously clean and maintain their eqpt and they probably did so with the car. An AARP card says it was only driven by a little old lady that didn't beat on it, and had the maintenance done at the dealer. You're not outright saying you're a marine or a retired person, but the message is there and subliminal, and lets you stand out.

And play down any mods you have, or don't even mention them. That screams "I beat this car and didn't maintain it because I am a young guy that would rather go fast and put a vinyl sticker from ebay on it instead of doing boring oil changes." When my son showed me a car with mods, I wouldn't even look at it.

And never mention recent work done to it "New water pump!" That says you let it overheat. "New wheel bearings!" Says you took corners at high speeds. And any other new parts aside from tires simply reminds them it's a used car that will need work. Keep the illusion alive that its a 'new car' at least to them.

Leave your first name at the bottom of the ad. That makes it personal.

 

Everything you listed above is good advice. That "marine" and "aarp" sticker trick is something I never though about. Seems petty for whomever to resort to that to sell their vehicle.

There are many things that can cause wheel bearing failure. Taking corners at high speeds isn't one of them.


Also new water pump doesn't necessarily mean the motor was over-heated. Water pumps can be replaced for preventative maintenance, making noise or leaking.

 

Seems used G market was dinged pretty hard when Infiniti redesignated it as the Q40 and dropped the MSRP by about 20%. Also G sedan was Infiniti's highest volume car. Makes them a tough sell.

Almost glad our cars have such poor resale value, has been a great mechanism in preventing my move to something different

 

100% agreed, on both points

At one point, my dealer was pushing a $299/month lease on a Q40

 

Petty? Oh really? well, I know if there are two very similar cars in front of me, and one has a marines sticker on it, I know which one I would buy.

Bearings? Don't know very much about cars do you? Here, let me google that for you: https://www.google.com/search?q=whee...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Water pump? Again, your knowledge on basic automobiles is lacking. What happens when your water pump stops working? And on the chance that the seller replaced it based on a bad seal, do you really think the buyer would believe that? Why should they trust the seller? Do YOU trust any sellers? The answer unless you're an idiot (and I have my suspicions) is NO.

ANY seller needs to look at a car unbiased and do a full inspection. The things I suggested (none of which are lying) simply get you in the door so to speak. "I saw your sticker, are you a marine?" "No, but I hold them in high regard." "I saw your AARP sticker, did an older person drive it?" "Nope, I am the main driver, as you can see I maintained it religiously."

All of the above is NOTHING compared to slimy tactics used by used car dealers. And THAT is who you as a seller are competing with.