Selling My SUV

   / Selling My SUV #1  

twes36

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Tomball, Texas
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Looking to buy a newer used truck within a month or so. Currently have a 2003 Ford Expedition with about 175,000 miles on it. Wife has used it for general transportation for last 9 years and recently for pulling a horse trailer. Still runs good but she is afraid that it may break down while pulling the trailer. And she wants something nicer and more up to date.

When I get the new truck, I know I won't get anything in trade so I am not even going that rout.

My problem is how to sell the Expedition. Haven't sold a vehicle in a while. In the old days you put an ad in the paper, but that is probably useless today. Any suggestions on on the best way to sell it? Guessing that I could get about $4,000-5,000 for it
 
   / Selling My SUV #2  
craigslist, local facebook "for sale" boards, the sale section here, lots of avenues
 
   / Selling My SUV #3  
Looking to buy a newer used truck within a month or so. Currently have a 2003 Ford Expedition with about 175,000 miles on it. Wife has used it for general transportation for last 9 years and recently for pulling a horse trailer. Still runs good but she is afraid that it may break down while pulling the trailer. And she wants something nicer and more up to date.

When I get the new truck, I know I won't get anything in trade so I am not even going that rout.

My problem is how to sell the Expedition. Haven't sold a vehicle in a while. In the old days you put an ad in the paper, but that is probably useless today. Any suggestions on on the best way to sell it? Guessing that I could get about $4,000-5,000 for it

Did your newspaper cease operations in June?
 
   / Selling My SUV #4  
Craigslist is how I sell everything
 
   / Selling My SUV #5  
Fairly straightforward to list a vehicle on one of the many sites like autotrader or cars.com. Craigs List can be good as well.
 
   / Selling My SUV #6  
For older vehicles, Craigs List is probably better to get some response than autotrader or similar, but be prepared to take some heat on the price. I did a quick Kelly Blue Book run on your SUV and even in excellent condition it comes in around $2500 for a private party sale. I think KBB runs low but a lot of buyers will go there to get a baseline for offers and it's hard to get them above it.
 
   / Selling My SUV #7  
Looking to buy a newer used truck within a month or so. Currently have a 2003 Ford Expedition with about 175,000 miles on it. Wife has used it for general transportation for last 9 years and recently for pulling a horse trailer. Still runs good but she is afraid that it may break down while pulling the trailer. And she wants something nicer and more up to date.

When I get the new truck, I know I won't get anything in trade so I am not even going that rout.

My problem is how to sell the Expedition. Haven't sold a vehicle in a while. In the old days you put an ad in the paper, but that is probably useless today. Any suggestions on on the best way to sell it? Guessing that I could get about $4,000-5,000 for it

For older vehicles, Craigs List is probably better to get some response than autotrader or similar, but be prepared to take some heat on the price. I did a quick Kelly Blue Book run on your SUV and even in excellent condition it comes in around $2500 for a private party sale. I think KBB runs low but a lot of buyers will go there to get a baseline for offers and it's hard to get them above it.

Guessing?

$4,000 is pretty high for a 14 year old vehicle with 175K miles. UNLESS it's been meticulously maintained with all records. Well, still a lot. You might get it but probably not.

My experience is that KBB is a little high.


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