Advice on selling a truck?

[badrinker]

Forgot to mention, only the seller's signature has to be notarized, so you can do that prior to the sale (if to an individual)

 

[tul9033]

I second trying FB marketplace. A lot of people are shopping on there and its free to list. Most of what I've sold lately was listed on multiple sites but was ultimately sold through marketplace.

However, when selling something relatively inexpensive there, you'll be responding to a baffling number of millennial morons everyday with ridiculous offers. Some of them just get a thrill from harassing sellers.

EDIT: I retract my recommendation!

Exactly my experience selling a Jeep on FB. Several 20 somethings saying I'll take it or I'll give you $xx tomorrow and never hearing back or just wasting my time.

 

[OkieMoe]

It's off my farm in Seminole and I brought it to Tulsa to sell. A dealer wanted it but he's apparently changed his mind. I don't want to drive it all the way back to Seminole.

I'll share the specifics and you can recommend the best approach. It's a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 2WD regular cab with 8 foot bed. SLT pickup, 5.7 liter Hemi. It's got some dents and scratches but the upholstery looks ok. No rust that I can see. 148,000 miles.

It's got a new (1 month old) battery but needs an oil change. I took it to Robertson's to change the oil but they failed to do that. They did run an engine diagnostics to see why the "check engine" light is on. (It's been on for several years.) The diagnostic determined the light was on because the variable cylinder module was no longer varying the cylinder performance.

As I understand, that feature fires all eight cylinders when accelerating, but then drops to only fours cylinders running at cruising speed? Anyway, my understanding is likely all eight cylinders are firing all the time. I drove it from Seminole to Tulsa and it runs strong.

The "low tire pressure" light also stays on. The TPMS sensor batteries are dead and the sensors have to be replaced which, I'm not going to do. I just check the air pressure like always. The tires are good.

I went to Kelley's for some ideas for pricing. For private party pricing in "fair" condition it starts at $4066 to $6899 with the average of $5483. I tried to see what it would be in "poor" condition but that wasn't available.

Trade in value in "fair" condition is $2793 to $4978 with the avg of $3886.

Is "fair" condition accurate? If I sell to a private party, do we go to his bank to cash a check? Do I keep my license plate and registration? Transfer title, does it have to be done at a notary?

Is carmax any good? Do they take old/high mileage vehicles?

Any advice is appreciated.

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Give Hoss At Hosstyle motors in Checotah a call and shot at a fair price to put on his lot. He would be able to fix the issues and still make a buck.
And he is able to pick it up if needed.

 

[okietool]

I think now is a good time to sell, I would opt for as many views as possible. I guess vehicles are still at a premium now. You can also take advantage of folks getting a tax refund.
KECO 96.5 FM in Elk City has a show called Tradio, you could text it in there. I would guess some other radio stations probably have something similar.

 

[1911Sooner]

I sold a car through Carvana and another through givemethevin.com and both came and picked it up from my house.

 

[NationalMatch]

I sold a car through Carvana and another through givemethevin.com and both came and picked it up from my house.

They picked it up? How'd they pay?

 

[1911Sooner]

They picked it up? How'd they pay?

Both brought me a check on the spot.

 

[Roy14]

Since you don’t do Facebook, I’d list it on Craigslist. Put it on the farm items page first, as it won’t cost you anything to do it and you’ll get less BS from flippers.

Look on Craigslist and autotrader for comparable prices, and decide how badly you want to look at it in your driveway. My experience has been if it’s not priced to sell in a week, people see it stay listed and tend to shy away from it.

Facebook has the most buyers on it by far. And seem to be the ones with more money, or more willingness to part with it anyway.

A 2wd hemi dodge is about as sought after as a yeast infection so I definitely wouldn’t go fishing with a high price, but I wouldn’t want to have a dealership come steal it from you either.

 

[Mr.Glock]

List on here. I have bought two trucks off the classifieds here.

 

[Speedrat]

And I sold 2 trucks on here! one to @Mr.Glock